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Hiroya Kurata

Hiroya Kurata

Japanese-American, b. 1980
Hiroya Kurata, Way Home, 2017, Oil on canvas, 24 x 24 inches
Way Home, 2017, Oil on canvas, 24 x 24 inches

Kurata electrifies everyday landscapes with high color and careful handling of paint to create scenes both familiar and strange.

Hiroya Kurata’s dreamy landscapes are infused with a nostalgic sensibility that recalls the soft abstractions of Charles Burchfield and John Marin. Working from found images, Kurata electrifies everyday landscapes with high color and careful handling of paint to create scenes both familiar and strange. By playing with perspective and color Kurata seeks to offer new takes on the familiar, offering the viewer novel perspectives on what something one thinks is already known. Hiro Kurata grew up between Japan and the United States and earned a BFA from Parsons School of Design. He currently lives and works in New York. 

Works

Hiroya Kurata, Tennis court, 2021
Hiroya Kurata
Tennis court, 2021
Oil on canvas, 39 x 30 inches (101.6 x 73.7 cm)
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Hiroya Kurata, Kiss Cam, 2021
Hiroya Kurata
Kiss Cam, 2021
Oil on canvas, 24 x 20 inches (61 x 50.8 cm)
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Hiroya Kurata, Untitled, 2021
Hiroya Kurata
Untitled, 2021
Oil on paper, 12 x 9 inches (30.5 x 22.9 cm)
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Hiroya Kurata, Untitled, 2021
Hiroya Kurata
Untitled, 2021
Oil on paper, 12 x 9 inches (30.5 x 22.9 cm)
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Hiroya Kurata, Untitled, 2021
Hiroya Kurata
Untitled, 2021
Oil on paper, 12 x 9 inches (30.5 x 22.9 cm)
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Hiroya Kurata, Girl with green fence, 2020
Hiroya Kurata
Girl with green fence, 2020
Oil on panel, 8 x 8 inches (20.3 x 20.3 cm)
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Hiroya Kurata, Qp 25 Shrine, 2020
Hiroya Kurata
Qp 25 Shrine, 2020
Oil on panel, 8 x 8 inches (20.3 x 20.3 cm)
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Hiroya Kurata, Qp 2 Man in woods, 2020
Hiroya Kurata
Qp 2 Man in woods, 2020
Oil on panel, 8 x 8 inches (20.3 x 20.3 cm)
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Hiroya Kurata, Qp 34 Coffee shop, 2020
Hiroya Kurata
Qp 34 Coffee shop, 2020
Oil on panel, 8 x 8 inches (20.3 x 20.3 cm)
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Hiroya Kurata, Giant girl with red bikini, 2020
Hiroya Kurata
Giant girl with red bikini, 2020
Oil on panel, 8 x 8 inches (20.3 x 20.3 cm)
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Hiroya Kurata, Catcher in the woods, 2020
Hiroya Kurata
Catcher in the woods, 2020
Oil on panel, 8 x 8 inches (20.3 x 20.3 cm)
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Hiroya Kurata, Smoking in yellow tanktop, 2020
Hiroya Kurata
Smoking in yellow tanktop, 2020
Oil on panel, 8 x 8 inches (20.3 x 20.3 cm)
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Hiroya Kurata, Poolside with float, 2020
Hiroya Kurata
Poolside with float, 2020
Oil on panel, 8 x 8 inches (20.3 x 20.3 cm)
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Hiroya Kurata, Running with smartphone, 2020
Hiroya Kurata
Running with smartphone, 2020
Oil on panel, 8 x 8 inches (20.3 x 20.3 cm)
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Hiroya Kurata, Girl with white underwear, 2020
Hiroya Kurata
Girl with white underwear, 2020
Oil on panel, 8 x 8 inches (20.3 x 20.3 cm)
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Hiroya Kurata, Qp 15 Office desk, 2020
Hiroya Kurata
Qp 15 Office desk, 2020
Oil on panel, 8 x 8 inches (20.3 x 20.3 cm)
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Hiroya Kurata, Next door neighbor, 2020
Hiroya Kurata
Next door neighbor, 2020
Oil on panel, 8 x 8 inches (20.3 x 20.3 cm)
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Hiroya Kurata, Qp 17 Room with red vase, 2020
Hiroya Kurata
Qp 17 Room with red vase, 2020
Oil on panel, 8 x 8 inches (20.3 x 20.3 cm)
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Hiroya Kurata, Udon or Burger, 2020
Hiroya Kurata
Udon or Burger, 2020
Oil on canvas, 12 x 12 inches (30.5 x 30.5 cm)
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Hiroya Kurata, White Blouse, 2020
Hiroya Kurata
White Blouse, 2020
Oil on Masonite, 12 x 9 inches (30.5 x 22.9 cm)
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Hiroya Kurata, Dawn after War, 2020
Hiroya Kurata
Dawn after War, 2020
Oil on canvas, 8 x 8 inches (20.3 x 20.3 cm)
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Hiroya Kurata, Girl in the Woods, 2020
Hiroya Kurata
Girl in the Woods, 2020
Oil on Masonite, 12 x 16 inches (30.5 x 40.6 cm)
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Hiroya Kurata, Girl reading, 2019
Hiroya Kurata
Girl reading, 2019
Oil on panel, 8 x 8 inches (20.3 x 20.3 cm)
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Hiroya Kurata, In the rain, 2019
Hiroya Kurata
In the rain, 2019
Oil on panel, 8 x 8 inches (20.3 x 20.3 cm)
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Hiroya Kurata, Red House, 2018
Hiroya Kurata
Red House, 2018
Oil on panel, 8 x 8 inches (20.3 x 20.3 cm)
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Hiroya Kurata, Swing study 4, 2015
Hiroya Kurata
Swing study 4, 2015
Oil on panel, 8 x 8 inches (20.3 x 20.3 cm)
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Hiroya Kurata, Swing study 3, 2015
Hiroya Kurata
Swing study 3, 2015
Oil on panel, 8 x 8 inches (20.3 x 20.3 cm)
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Hiroya Kurata, Outfield study 3, 2015
Hiroya Kurata
Outfield study 3, 2015
Oil on panel, 8 x 8 inches (20.3 x 20.3 cm)
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Hiroya Kurata, Qp 9 Pink ball boy, 2020
Hiroya Kurata
Qp 9 Pink ball boy, 2020
Oil on panel, 8 x 8 inches (20.3 x 20.3 cm)
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Hiroya Kurata, Scene with a Ship, 2016
Hiroya Kurata
Scene with a Ship, 2016
Oil on canvas, 24 x 20 inches (61 x 50.8 cm)
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Hiroya Kurata, Fence, 2018
Hiroya Kurata
Fence, 2018
Oil on canvas, 39 x 44 inches
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Hiroya Kurata, Summer Break, 2018
Hiroya Kurata
Summer Break, 2018
Oil on canvas, 32 x 24 inches
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Exhibitions

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Game On!

Game On!

9 September - 30 October 2021
Alex Kanevsky, Concordia, 2018–9

Figure as Form

521 West 26th Street, 1st Floor
12 November - 30 December 2020
Dana James, Roadtripping, 2019, Oil and pigment on canvas, 46 x 32 inches (116.8 x 81.3 cm)

Look Again

A Survey of Contemporary Painting
Extended through September 12
Highlight: Chelsea

Highlight: Chelsea

521 West 26th Street, 1st Floor
6 - 27 October 2018
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News

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Taggart Time - Hiroya Kurata on Instagram LIVE

Taggart Time

Hiroya Kurata on Instagram LIVE
Thursday, September 16 at 6PM
Already Home: AAPI Artists on Belonging. Curated by Shannon Lee for Artsy.

Already Home: AAPI Artists on Belonging

Curated by Shannon Lee for Artsy
Artsy, May 3, 2021
The Smithsonian National Museum of African Art in Washington, DC (photo by Lynn Allen via Flickr)

Week in Review: Senior SFMOMA Curator Resigns; Smithsonian Workers Cite Racism at National Museum of African Art

This Week in the Art World
July 17, 2020
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Sound & Vision: CONVERSATIONS WITH ARTISTS AND MUSICIANS

Hiroya Kurata | Highlight: Curated

Conversations With Artists And Musicians
November 8, 2018
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Highlight: Chelsea Panel Discussion

Highlight: Chelsea Panel Discussion

October 23, 2018
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Publications

Highlight, Chelsea

Highlight

Chelsea

Published on the occasion of the exhibition Highlight: Chelsea held at Hollis Taggart, New York from October 6 to 27, 2018.

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Highlight: Chelsea
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