
Yukiko Hata, Let the Sadness Drift Away, 2019 Oil, alkyd resin paint on canvas. 13.1 x 20.9 x 0.9 in (33.3 x 53 x 2.2 cm)

Yukiko Hata, Let the Sadness Drift Away, 2019 Oil, alkyd resin paint on canvas. 13.1 x 20.9 x 0.9 in (33.3 x 53 x 2.2 cm)

YUKIKO HATA ハタユキコ
Born in 1988 in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan
Lives and works in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan
Yukiko Hata’s works capture contemporary society with vivid colors and dark messages. Having felt a strong sense of discomfort with “society” since her early childhood, Hata learned to build acceptance by expressing her thoughts through painting and depicting the world as seen through her own eyes. While portraying real-world problems, she has taken to using venomously bright colors, likened to recalling “the brilliance and beauty of the world before the explosion of the atomic bomb.” The end result recalls the feeling of omnipotence and dreams of piercing hue she experienced as a child, while also pairing them with a unique sense of humor.
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2017
Young Artists Support Program Voyage, Yukiko Hata: Natsuno Genshi (The Shiogama Sugimura Jun Museum of Art, Miyagi)
2014
Gitai suru Kaiga (Gallery b.TOKYO, Tokyo)
2013
Human ERROR (Ideha Cleation, Yamagata)
2012
Human COMPLEX (Art Room Enoma, Miyagi)
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019
Reimagined: Contemporary Artists Take on The Tale of Genji (SEIZAN Gallery, New York)
2018
Michi no Oku Geijutsusai YAMAGATA BIENNALE 2018 (Tohoku University of Art and Design, Yamagata)
2017
The 11th Nishiwaki City Thumb Hole Grand Prize Exhibition (Okanoyama Museum of Art Nishiwaki, Hyogo)
2016
Genzai Sensoga-ten (TAV GALLERY, Tokyo)
Something Precious (SEIZAN Gallery, Tokyo, continued until 2018)
2015
Tohoku-ga ha Kanou Ka?: Chihou no Kuni Gendai Bijustsu-ten (T-Art Gallery, Tokyo)
TERRADA ART AWARD 2015 (T-Art Gallery, Tokyo)
ART AWARD NEXT III (Tokyo Art Club, Tobi Museum, Tokyo)
2014
LITTLE AKIHABARA MARKET (ROPPONGI HILLS A/D GALLERY, Tokyo)
The 1st CAF Award (TABLOID GALLERY, Tokyo)
AWARDS
2017
The 32nd Holbein Scholarship
Selected for Yuji Yamashita Prize, the 11th Nishiwaki City Thumb Hole Grand Prize Exhibition (Okanoyama Museum of Art Nishiwaki, Hyogo)
2015
Selected for TERRADA ART Award
2014
Selected for the 1st CAF Award
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Okanoyama Museum of Art Nishiwaki, Hyoko
EXHIBITIONS
Reimagined: Contemporary Artists Take on The Tale of Genji