Hidetaka Suzuki
Born in Hokkaido in 1986 and currently lives in Tokyo. Painter.
Completed the Master’s Course in Oil Painting at the Musashino Art University Graduate School of Art and Design.
In 2009, he received the Golden Acrylic Award at GESIAI#13 organized by Takashi Murakami, and in 2021, he was selected by Emilia Yin, Founder and Director of Make Room, for Foundwork’s Guest Curators Program. He was also selected for ArtConnect’s Artists to Watch ’21.
He has recently participated in the online exhibition “TOGETHER THROUGH PAINTING” at the London Paint Club and the group exhibition “EMERGENCE” at the Rise art soho gallery in the UK.
“I resonate with Hidetaka Suzuki’s quote about image-making and its function—he says, ‘Our future is woven from these fragments.’ Perceiving painting as a subjective glimpse, each of his works seems to occupy a space somewhere between the mundane and the uncanny: the cross-eyed pigeon, the hairy neck of a Geisha, or aggressive fire coming out of an ordinary stove. The brushwork of his paintings is tender and playful, as if subtly reminding you not to forget the absurdity of our own existence, but with a dose of love and care.”
Emilia Yin / Curator and the founder and director, Make Room Los Angeles“Many of the objects in Hidetaka Suzuki’s paintings are seemingly obvious depictions at first glance, but they are in fact detached from their original context. By doing so, they take on multiple meanings – and refuse to be pigeonholed, depriving the viewer of certainty. It blurs the boundary between what we experience as reality and what we imagine as fiction, asking us to question the truthfulness of what we see.”
BY ArtConnect“Hidetaka Suzuki stands out for his technical ability and purposefully minimal compositions. The oil painting medium, known for its hyperrealistic tendencies and its technical difficulties, makes up for an interesting contrast to Suzuki’s choice of radically simple subject matter. Whether it’s red peppers, such as in Red Basket, or a half-cut lemon, such as in Bomb, the viewer is left wondering what made these items so special for the artist to dedicate time to paint them. Suzuki doesn’t speak, he suggests.”
BY Sophie Arni / Curator
Contact
Mail : hdtk04[at]gmail.com
[Education]
2014
MFA, Oil Painting Course, Musashino Art University, Tokyo
2012
BFA, Oil Painting Course, Musashino Art University, Tokyo
[Solo Exhibitions]
2022
Entity / biscuit gallery, Tokyo
2021
Aberrating Surface / WHYNOT. TOKYO, Tokyo
Absence of both / Second 2., Tokyo
2015
light house vol.10 planed by Seiji Amashige, Hidetaka Suzuki
“What you wanted to see was surely what I would like to see” / switch point, Tokyo
[Group Exhibitions]
2022
WHAT CAFE × WHYNOT.TOKYO EXHIBITION / WHAT CAFE, Tokyo
The Rise of Inside / Artsy, Curated by Eve Leibe gallery, ARTSIN SQUARE, Online
The Space Between / LONDON PAINT CLUB, Online
CROSSROADS / WHAT CAFE, Tokyo
「grid」/ biscuit gallery, Tokyo
2021
EMERGENCE / RISE ART Soho gallery, London
TOGETHER THROUGH PAINTING / LONDON PAINT CLUB, Online
estate / ZEIT-FOTO kunitachi, Tokyo
2018
ookk/puzz-le / FARO Kagurazaka, Tokyo
ASSEMBLY – HIDTAKA SUZUKI + YUKI HAYASHI – / AWAJI Cafe & Gallery, Tokyo
2017
startbahn presents 「Fujisantenβ」 / AWAJI Cafe & Gallery, Tokyo
2016
Morning Star #01 / NANZUKA, Tokyo
2014
Graduation Works Exhibition / Musashino Art University, Tokyo
genuine | original / Art Center Ongoing, Tokyo
2013
Shell Art Award Exhibition / The National Art Center, Tokyo
2012
Graduation Works Exhibition / Musashino Art University, Tokyo
2011
SapporoMirai 10th Exhibition / Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art
2009
GEISAI#13 / Kaikai Kiki studio Miyoshi, Tokyo
[Art Fair]
2022
New Art Dealers Alliance (NADA) fair in Miami from ACKERMAN CLARKE
[Awards]
2013
Shell Art Award 2013
2009
Golden Acrylics prizes / GESIAI#13
[Press & Publications]
2022
ArtMaze Magazine ISSUE29
Support Magazine #3
Friend of The Artist Volume 15
London Paint Club “The Space Between” Exhibition Catalogue
2021
ArtConnect’s Artists to Watch ’21
London Paint Club “TOGETHER THROUGH PAINTING” Exhibition Catalogue
Foundwork Guest Curators Program, Selected BY Emilia Yin
鈴木 秀尚
1986年北海道生まれ、東京都在住。画家。
武蔵野美術大学大学院造形研究科修士課程美術専攻油絵コース修了。
2009年に村上隆が主催するGESIAI#13にてゴールデンアクリリック賞を受賞。2021年にはFoundworkのGuest Curators ProgramでMake Roomのファウンダーであり、ディレクターの Emilia Yinに選出される。またArtConnectのArtists to Watch ’21にも選出される。
近年ではArtsyでEve Leibe galleryのオンラインエキシビションに参加、Friend of The Artist Volume 15に特集されるなど、活動の場を世界中に広げている。
鈴木秀尚の言う「私たちの未来はこの断片から紡ぎだされる」という言葉に共感します。絵画を主観的なまなざしとする鈴木の絵画は、日常と不気味さの狭間にあるようです。彼の絵は優しく遊び心があり、まるで私たち自身の存在の不条理さを忘れないように、しかし愛と配慮を込めてさりげなく気づかせてくれるかのようです。
Emilia Yin / Curator and the founder and director, Make Room Los Angeles“鈴木秀尚の絵画に描かれるものの多くは、一見して明白でありながら、本来の文脈から切り離されている。それらは複数の意味を持つようになり、固定化されることを拒み、見る者から確かなものを奪っていく。私たちが現実として経験することと、フィクションとして想像することの境界を曖昧にし、私たちが目にするものの真実性を問うのです。”
BY ArtConnect“鈴木秀尚は、その技術力と意図的に簡素化したコンポジションで傑出している。油絵という画材はそのリアリスティックな傾向と技術的な難しさで知られているが、鈴木の選ぶ過激でシンプルな題材は油絵というメディウムと興味深い対比となっている。Red basketのような赤ピーマンであれ、Bombのような半分にカットされたレモンであれ、見る側は作家が時間をかけて描くほどこれらのアイテムが特別なものであるのかどうか疑問に思うことだろう。彼は語ることをせず、絵の中で示唆をする。”
BY Sophie Arni / Curator
2014
武蔵野美術大学大学院造形研究科修士課程美術専攻油絵コース 修了
2012
武蔵野美術大学造形学部油絵学科油絵専攻 卒業
[個展]
2022
Entity / biscuit gallery, Tokyo
2021
収差する表面 / WHYNOT. TOKYO, 東京
Absence of both / Second 2., 東京
2015
light house vol.10 天重誠二企画 鈴木秀尚 “あなたが見たかったものは、きっと私が見たいものだろう” / switch point / 東京
[グループ展]
2022
WHAT CAFE × WHYNOT.TOKYO EXHIBITION / WHAT CAFE, Tokyo
The Rise of Inside / Artsy, Curated by Eve Leibe gallery, ARTSIN SQUARE, Online
The Space Between / LONDON PAINT CLUB, Online
CROSSROADS / WHAT CAFE, Tokyo
「grid」/ biscuit gallery, Tokyo
2021
EMERGENCE / RISE ART Soho gallery, London
TOGETHER THROUGH PAINTING / LONDON PAINT CLUB, Online
estate / ZEIT-FOTO kunitachi, 東京
2018
ookk/puzz-le / FARO Kagurazaka, 東京
ASSEMBLY – 鈴木秀尚 + 林勇気 – / AWAJI Cafe & Gallery, 東京
2017
startbahn presents 「富士山展β」 / AWAJI Cafe & Gallery, 東京
2016
Morning Star #01 / NANZUKA, Tokyo
2014
平成25年度 武蔵野美術大学卒業・修了制作展 / 武蔵野美術大学 / 東京
genuine | original / Art Center Ongoing / 東京
2013
シェル美術賞展 / 国立新美術館 / 東京
2012
平成23年度 武蔵野美術大学卒業・修了制作展 / 武蔵野美術大学 / 東京
2011
第10回サッポロ未来展 / 北海道立近代美術館 / 北海道
2009
GEISIAI#13 / Kaikai Kiki 三芳スタジオ / 東京
[アートフェア]
2022
New Art Dealers Alliance (NADA) fair in Miami from ACKERMAN CLARKE
[受賞]
2013
シェル美術賞 入選
2009
ゴールデンアクリリック賞 / GESIAI#13
[Press & Publications]
2022
ArtMaze Magazine ISSUE29
Support Magazine #3
Friend of The Artist Volume 15
London Paint Club “The Space Between” Exhibition Catalogue
2021
ArtConnect’s Artists to Watch ’21
London Paint Club “TOGETHER THROUGH PAINTING” Exhibition Catalogue