I am probably not the right voice for these paintings
ISHIGURO Hikaru
When spirit is entrusted to matter it does not merely take on form but begins to breathe as cipher Painting is one such manifestation
Our era prizes the speed of understanding and locks questions away in the name of resolution But my practice refuses, stubbornly, to be contained within that cage
Instead, from silence from the faintest tremor, from delay from the gaps of rupture I keep my distance from thinking that rushes toward answers through asynchronous relation
I am probably not the right voice for these paintings.
ISHIGURO Hikaru, Whispered Conspiracy, 2025, Cotton cloth, art glue, ink, and watercolor pencil on wooden panel, 375 × 315 mm, ©2025 ISHIGURO Hikaru, Courtesy of the Artist and aaploit
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I am probably not the right voice for these paintings
- Dates
- October 3 – October 19, 2025
- Hours
- Friday, Saturday, Sunday 13:00–18:00 Viewings by appointment available on other days
- Venue
- aaploit, Tokyo
Artist
ISHIGURO Hikaru
b. 2002
Positions painting at the interface arising between the material and spiritual realms. Retrieves the contours of unspoken dissonance, tremors, and presences stripped of substance.
Selected exhibitions include witch craft (solo, haco-art brewing gallery-, Tokyo, 2024) and Chiasmus (group, aaploit, Tokyo, 2025). Awards include the Excellence Award, 44th International Takifuji Art Award (2023) and the Special Prize, 9th Ishimoto Sho Nihonga Grand Prize Exhibition (2024).
Born 2002 in Yamagata, Japan. Tohoku University of Art and Design, BFA and MFA in Japanese Painting.