About

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.
In recent years, he has exhibited internationally, including an online exhibition of Eve Leibe gallery on Artsy and participation in NADA Miami.

“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]

2023

HIDETAKA SUZUKI SOLO EXHIBITION / ACKERMAN CLARKE, Chicago

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]

2023

「grid2」/ biscuit gallery, Tokyo

Opening exhibition / Mees-Van De Wiele Galerie, Gent

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]

2023

Art Fair Tokyo 2023 from biscuit gallery

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]

2023

ArtMaze Magazine ISSUE30-31

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

Artsin Square Interviews

Contemporary art issue

Tique asks six questions

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やNADA Miamiへの参加など、世界での展示を多数行う。

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]

2023

HIDETAKA SUZUKI SOLO EXHIBITION / ACKERMAN CLARKE, シカゴ

2022

Entity / biscuit gallery, 東京

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]

2023

「grid2」/ biscuit gallery, 東京

Opening exhibition / Mees-Van De Wiele Galerie, ゲント

2022

WHAT CAFE × WHYNOT.TOKYO EXHIBITION / WHAT CAFE, 東京

The Rise of Inside / Artsy, Curated by Eve Leibe gallery, ARTSIN SQUARE, オンライン

The Space Between / LONDON PAINT CLUB, オンライン

CROSSROADS / WHAT CAFE, 東京

「grid」/ biscuit gallery, 東京

2021

EMERGENCE / RISE ART Soho gallery, ロンドン

TOGETHER THROUGH PAINTING / LONDON PAINT CLUB, オンライン

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, 東京

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]

2023

Art Fair Tokyo 2023 from biscuit gallery

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]

2023

ArtMaze Magazine ISSUE30-31

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

Artsin Square Interviews

Contemporary art issue

Tique asks six questions

London Paint Club “TOGETHER THROUGH PAINTING” Exhibition Catalogue

Foundwork Guest Curators Program, Selected BY Emilia Yin