“CANTINA” mograg VERSE
mograg gallery
JUN 10, 2023 - SEP 7, 2023
CONCEPT
mograg gallery is a gallery with the aspect of an artist community, where artists and their friends gather on a daily basis to exchange updates on their works and activities.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, we have been pondering the interaction between “people and people” and “people and art”.
We will present an exhibition in the motif of "CANTINA (bar)", a space where you can feel the joy and pleasure of this interaction.
BIOGRAPHY
oki-chu.
oki-chu.
https://www.instagram.com/oki.chu
Born in 1979. Artist, acrylic painter. Works in an art style known as automatism, in which the subconscious guides the artist’s creative process. It begins with pencil, letting himself draw lines without thinking, and then finds forms and motifs in the work that he brings out in pen, and finally, connect on the colorful and humorous brain world. Also he runs mograg gallery with co-founder Motoko Ohta in Tokyo. Teaming up with interesting artists, they propose “Japanese lowbrow art” as an attitude to enjoy the very current art.
Sasaku Kusuriyubi
Sasaku Kusuriyubi
https://www.instagram.com/kusuriyubi339
Painter living in Wakayama,Japan. The motifs of her paintings are original landscapes and dear neighbors, and the main axis of her work is daily miscellaneous notes.
Johnny Akihito Noda
Johnny Akihito Noda
https://www.instagram.com/wc_johnny
Born near Nagoya, Japan in 1985. At 20, struck by a monster painting he saw in an LA gallery, he began painting experimentally. In 2011 he moved to America to directly immerse in lowbrow art. Following 5 years of artistic output in California, he now has Nagoya as home base for energetically putting on exhibitions both in Japan and abroad. He steadily produces a stream of freaky characters who are just too charming to dislike.
Sekintani La Norihiro
Sekintani La Norihiro
https://www.instagram.com/sekintani
Born in Osaka in 1979. Prodigious collage artist with an enthusiastic worldwide following, especially in the European underground scene. He has published a number of collections of his work from the French silkscreen graphic publishing collective Le Dernier Cri, and has announced a collaboration with Supreme in 2019.
Akihito Nonowe
Akihito Nonowe
https://www.instagram.com/nonowe_akihito
I paint, carve wood, and animate. Don’t know if it’s any good, if at all, but we just can’t take our eyes off it. That’s what’s up!
Masayoshi Hanawa
Masayoshi Hanawa
https://www.instagram.com/masayoshihanawa
https://twitter.com/HANAWANDER
Born 1981 in Ibaraki, Japan. Self-taught in painting, he began showing his works on the streets of Tokyo around 2005. He has had solo exhibitions at LOOP HOLE, ZENSHI, mograg, Aquvii, Atsuko barouh, TACO ché, Trance pop Gallery, and others. He has participated in numerous exhibitions in Japan and abroad. In 2015, he was on the cover of "HEY!", the best lowbrow art book from Paris. In 2017, he exhibited at the Outsider Art Fair in Paris with Atsuko barouh booth. His work is in the collection of the Hermitage Museum Outsider Art Museum in Amsterdam. In 2018, the art book was published by Le Dernier Cri, a silkscreen graphic publishing arts collective in Marseille, France. In 2019, he was the only Japanese artist to participate in “HEY! #4"held at the Halle Saint Pierre Museum in Paris. In 2022, the art book "MONSTERS 2" was published by Le Dernier Cri, a silkscreen graphic publishing arts collective in Marseille, France.
HAMADARAKA
HAMADARAKA
https://www.instagram.com/eruhamadaraka
https://www.instagram.com/emuhamadaraka
The duo painter consisting of the twins, Eru Arizono and Emu Arizono. They use various tools to express their paintings based on the theme of "a paradise created by mixing impossible creatures and time" and "a world that exists between this world and utopia”. In addition to solo exhibitions in Japan, they have participated in art projects in France, the Netherlands, New York, Beijing, Taipei, Germany, Belgium, and Brazil (National Museum of the Brazilian Republic). In 2018 they held their solo exhibition "EDENDORDORADO" at DIESEL ART GALLERY. They participated in the Residency Program at the Qingyun International ArtCenter in Beijing, and produced murals for "DoDo Café" in Rotterdam, "Café Pförtner" in Berlin, “Jidar - Rabat Street Art Festival” in Morocco. They have been actively exhibiting their works in Japan and abroad. They have done costume artwork for "Hedwig and the Angry Inch" John Cameron Mitchell's concerts in Japan, album artwork and apparel in Japan and abroad. The art book "YAUYAUPARAISO" was published by ERECT lab.
KAIJU ARTIST PICOPICO
KAIJU ARTIST PICOPICO
http://picopicoshimbun.web.fc2.com
https://www.instagram.com/picopicoshimbun
https://twitter.com/picopicoshimbun
Figure prototype modeler, monster artist. He has been creating works in various genres based on the theme of “Kaiju-monsters". His unique monsters with unparalleled originality are called "PICOPICO Kaiju" and have attracted the attention of the world. Published "PICOPICO Kaiju Encyclopedia” in 2021.
HIZGI
HIZGI
https://www.instagram.com/hizgi
An illustrator who continues to draw the cutest girls in the world. She uniquely projects herself into the character HIZGI GIRL created upon fetishes and kawaii. HIZGI has held exhibitions in galleries worldwide, including “KIBUN" in Berlin, 2011, "Re:SPES-LaB” in Tokyo, 2012, "GG BOT FESTIVAL" in Amsterdam, 2012. Her works are highly received both domestically and internationally.
“CANTINA” mograg VERSE SPECIAL EVENT
EXHIBITION GOODS
https://dieselartgallery.stores.jp/
In commemoration of the exhibition “CANTINA” mograg VERSE, a DIESEL and mograg gallery collaboration T-Shirts will be on sale.
Sales will start on July 1, 2023 (Sat) at DIESEL SHIBUYA and DIESEL official online store.
* The image is for illustrative purposes only. The design and specifications may differ from the actual product in some cases.
Key Charm
Sticker
KAIJU ARTIST PICOPICO
KAIJU ARTIST PICOPICO
Sekintani La Norihiro
Sekintani La Norihiro
CURATION
mograg gallery
https://www.instagram.com/mograggallery
https://twitter.com/mograggarage
The history of "mograg" dates back in 2008. It was launched by Motoko Ota (owner) and oki-chu.(painter/director). We hold/direct exhibitions basically with 2-dimensional works of artists whose style is beyond the genre or the way of expressions are uncategorized. Producing merchandises is actively going on as well. The concept of the gallery is "the Japanese Lowbrow Art”. The gallery offers visitors a chance to encounter "familiar art" that conveys the fun of "painting/viewing" more directly as art for the masses that emerged from the periphery of the mainstream "high art”.
INSTALLATION IMAGES
Photo: Miki Matsushima
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