It makes me very happy to know that there are people who see my work, and that it is expanding from a small circle of people I know to a large circle. The reactions of those who have seen the film range from good to bad, from like to dislike, to horrified and creeped out, but each response is a driving force that keeps us moving forward. (From Mari Hirako’s website)
1962 Born in Kanagawa Prefecture
1985 Graduated from Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, majoring in Japanese painting
1987 Selected for the first time at the Inten Exhibition
1988 Selected for the first time at the Spring Inten Exhibition, Arime no Kai (and annually thereafter)
1992 New Artist Wave
1993 Solo exhibitions (since then, solo exhibitions at department stores and galleries throughout Japan)
1994 Shunka-kai (since then, many group exhibitions such as "Shunka-kai," "Various Exhibitions," "Hotaru-no-kai," "Zuiki-no-kai," etc.)
2006: Exhibited at Beijing Art Fair, produced and published a children's picture book "Kin no Neko" (The Cat of Gold)
2009 Exhibited at Art Fair Tokyo (Penguin Soccer, etc.)
Currently a member of the Japan Art Institute [Collection] Purchased by the Omishima Art Museum, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Ministry of Justice
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