New York, NY, b. Japan
“Kenichi Hoshine’s pluralistic sensibility combines disparate influences. Elements of heightened realism appear sparsely, in sections, obscured through cloudy forms that echo the organic shapes and spontaneity of abstract expressionism. Working in layers of graphite, charcoal, paint, wax, and tea, Hoshine creates glimpses of fragmented figures in varying levels of focus. The resulting effect appears as partially concealed faces, hands, and other fractioned sections of the body, seemingly emerge from beyond—or withdraw into—a fog-like atmosphere….The artist applies a painterly approach in creating his work, yet his compositions express a minimalist simplicity, blurring conventional lines of categorical description”.
Jonathan Levine Gallery, Kenichi Hoshine solo show catalogue
Education
BFA, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
Selected Exhibitions
I Dream Awake, Morton Fine Art's *a pop-up project, Washington, DC, 2010
J. Cacciola Gallery, New York, NY, 2010
Booooooom / Lifetime Collective Show, Vancouver, BC, 2009
Toronto International Art Fair, Toronto, Canada, 2009
Jonathan Levine Gallery, The Night Before, New York, NY, 2009
J. Cacciola Gallery, New York, NY, 2008
Pulse Art Fair, Saatchi Online booth, New York, NY, 2007
Ad Hoc Art, Pop Subversion, Brooklyn, NY, 2007
Selected Awards
Semifinalist, Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition, Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, 2009
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