Theo HAZE（テオヘイズ）
現代美術家。神戸生まれ。
幼い頃から父と毎週末を山で過ごし、山に漂う「目には見えないけれど確かな何か」を感知する。3歳の愛読書は「地獄と極楽」。死や鬼について関心が芽生える。
美大時代に具体美術協会の嶋本昭三氏に師事した後、日本的美意識や日本人のアイデンティティとは何かを掘り下げるため18歳で鎮魂の楽器・津軽三味線を始める。日本各地の山奥にある磐座や古びた祠の前で三味線を演奏する事で、次第にその土地の人と繋がり古層のリアルな情報に触れ作品を作る。その活動は円空になぞらえられる。そこで感受した鬼や八百万の神の世界を作品に投影。
古来、宗教と美術は切っても切り離せない関係にあり、その根底にあるものが何なのかというのが原初の疑問だった。両者の根本にあるものは「精神の癒しである」と信じ制作している。作家にとって作品はそれを宿す「依り代」のようなもの。
20年来のこうした活動と内的探求から、日本古来の精神美を題材に表現した作品が、フランス、米国、香港でコレクションされる。
Contemporary artist. Born in Kobe, Japan.
Spent weekends in the mountains with his father from an early age. Perhaps because of this, he became sensitive to the memories of the land and the presence of things floating in the unvisible world.
Studied under Shozo Shimamoto of the Gutai Art Association at art school, and while still a student, encountered the Tsugaru shamisen, an instrument of repose. With instrument in hand, he delved into the ONIs (Japanese imaginary creature with two horns) and mythological legends of various regions with his unique antennae, and was invited to play the shamisen at shrines and temples throughout Japan, at sacred sites in Japan and abroad, at Ground Zero on 9/11, and in the disaster areas of 3/11, among others.
His style, in which he responds to the shamanic memory of the land with intuitive brush strokes reminiscent of neo-expressionism and art brut, has won him acclaim overseas in France, the U.S., and Hong Kong, and is collected in various fields.
His gaze seems to be half in this world and the other half in another.
Just as Hilma af Klint captured the world in atoms, Theo Hayes captures information about people, things, and places in “waves/quantum” (as he calls them). Sound is also a particle and a wave. Having played in a brass band in junior high and high school, he wrote lyrics on the theme of nature and people in his 20s, and has won prizes in contests sponsored by the Ministry of the Environment and other organizations.
Using sound to perceive, transform, and express latent information in the world through waves is something that comes quite naturally to him. He has recently been paying attention to quantum behavior and incorporating it into his works.
Recommendation
日本の古代文化の奥深さは神道に表れており、
ジャンマルク・ティルケ（ソルボンヌ大学美術哲学科教授、ギャラリスト歴40年）2014年6月
“The SHINTO is the deepest expression of the ancient culture of Japan, its origin dates back to the beginning of time, it is similar to the animistic religions of ancient shamanistic peoples of Siberia. HAZE invites us to the meeting of its ONI (two-horn-monster), small recurring characters in the Japanese tradition, representations of good and evil spirits, very present in B. D. in animation at MIYAZAKI, they resist time.
HAZE is an important artist in the young Japanese generation.
MAISON DU CHEVALIER-Galerie art Contemporain- Jean-Marc TILCKÉ” June 2014 (ex-professor of Phirosophy and Arts at Solbonne University & owning contemporary gallery for 40 years)
Theo HAZE（テオ・ヘイズ）
1978年 兵庫県生まれ
2001年 宝塚造形芸術大学美術学科 絵画コース卒業
元具体美術協会の嶋本昭三氏に師事
主な個展
2024年 「宇宙叙事詩～Black Sun～」 YOD Editions／大阪
2024年 「YAOYOROISM」 Ako Sanctuary／兵庫
2021年 「鬼の回帰・テオヘイズ展」 兵庫県立美術館 ギャラリー棟／兵庫
2014年 「個展」 Oniko Terra gallery／神戸
2014年 「個展」 Mr. Lo Contemporary Gallery／パリ
主なグループ展
2024年 「On and On」 YOD Tokyo／東京
2024年 「White Walls Gallery グループ展」 White Walls Gallery／マニラ
2024年 「MoCAF2024」 YOD Galleryより出展／マニラ
2023年 「第51回現代芸術国際AU展」 兵庫県立美術館／兵庫
2022年 「第50回現代芸術国際AU展」 あべのハルカス近鉄本店アート館／大阪
2021年 「具体・AU展」 大阪文化芸術フェスティバル EXPOパビリオン／大阪
2018年 「第47回現代芸術国際AU展」 原田の森ギャラリー／兵庫
2016年 「グループ展」 Maison du Chevalier 現代美術ギャラリー／南フランス
1998年 AUグループ展／フィンランド ヘルシンキ
主な受賞歴
2018年 「第47回現代芸術国際AU展」 DALLMAYR Award 及び Turner賞
2007年 「eco japan cupカルチャー部門」準グランプリ／環境省・三井住友銀行主催
2005年 「JAXA宇宙の音楽キャンペーン」審査員特別賞／愛知万博
コレクション
2019年 Marcciano氏 絵画“Poppin Pine Tree”所蔵／ロサンゼルス
Selected History:
- 2024 Group exhibition “On and On” at YOD Tokyo (Tokyo, Japan)
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2024 Group exhibition at White Walls Gallery (Manila, Philippines)
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2024 YOD Editions “Cosmic Epic ~Black Sun~”, Talk event with Professor
Emeritus Toji Kamata, Kyoto University, -
2023 Noh stage pine graffiti display and dedication performance at Tenkawa-shrine Grand Festival (Nara, Japan)
- 2022 Jul. Group exhibition at Abeno Harukasu Kintetsu department store(Osaka, Japan)
- 2021 Dec-Jan Kofu-gaen Street Gallery exhibiton (Hyogo, Japan)
- 2021 Nov Whitestone Gallery Group exhibition (Ginza, Tokyo)
- 2021 Oct-Nov Todaiji Kannonnin Seven artists exhibition (Nara)
- 2021 Sep-Oct Exhibition at Kyoto-city Kyocera Museum AU x Shozo Shimamoto “A”
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2021 July Exhibition at Hankyu Umeda-honten H. P. FRANCE “Rooms Journey”
- 2021 Apr-May Exhibition at Whitestone Gallery (Tokyo, Japan)
- 2021 Feb. Solo Exhibition at Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art, gallery tower (Hyogo, Japan)
- 2020 Aug. Group Exhibition at Keisei department store (Ibaraki, Japan)
- 2019 Oct-Nov. Group Exhibition at White stone gallery (Hong Kong, H Queen’s building)
- 2019 Nov. International Contemporary Art “AU” Exhibition at Pine Blooklyn Gallery (Osaka, Japan)
- 2019 May Dedication of drawing “Black Sun” to Omiwa shrine (Nara, Japan)
- 2019 May Group-exhibition and performance at Daibiru (Osaka, Japan)
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2018 Sep. International Contemporary Art “AU” Exhibition at Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art Oji Branch Haradanomori Gallery, Exhibition and performance (Kobe, Japan)
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2018 Mar. Shamisen (Japanese traditional guitar) performance at Karuizawa New Art Museum, White stone gallery (Nagano, Japan)
- 2017 Aug. Solo-exhibition at Bumpodo Gallery (Tokyo, Japan)
- 2016 Nov. Solo-exhibition at Tsukino-hanare Gallery (Tokyo, Japan)
- 2016 Jun.-Sep. Group-exhibition at Maison du Chevalier in Carcassonne(France)
- 2015 Jun. Solo-exhibition at HEARtiEST (Osaka, Japan)
- 2015 Apr. Solo-exhibition at Tama salon (Tokyo, Japan)
- 2014 Jun. Duo-exhibition at Maison du Chevalier in Carcassonne (France)
- 2014 Apr-May Solo-exhibition at Mister LO Gallery in Paris (France)
2014 Feb. Exhibition at oniko terra, Kobe (Japan) - 2013 Nov. Exhibition at Art space in Aigue Vives (France)
- 2013 Sep-Dec. Artist in residence in Puicheric (France)
- 2013 Jun. Exhibition at Shimizu Gallery, Himeji (Japan)
- 2013 May Exhibition at Herb Gallery, Osaka (Japan)
- 2013 Feb. Exhibition at oniko terra, Kobe (Japan)
- 2012 Exhibition at Cafe Angkasa, Ubud Bali (Indnesia)
- 2011 Japan Art Center Painting Competition, selected artist
~ Compose about 70 songs with lyrics on the theme of global harmony between man and nature ~ -
2009 Katsuhiko Hibino Art Project eco japan cup 2009 Pre-event @ Tokyo Metropolitan Art Space
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2008 Green Power Campaign @ Tokyo International Forum
- 2004 Shamisen performance in pre-event for Venice Biennale with Shozo SHIMAMOTO, GUTAI (Italy)
- 1999 International Modern Art Exposition (i.m.a) selected artist, exhibited at Tokyo Metropolis Art Gallery
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1998 International Contemporary Art “AU” Exhibition in Helsinki (Finland)
< Collection & Awards >
2019 Collected by GUESS founder falimi, Mr. Marciano “Poppin Pine Tree”
2005 Jury’s Special Prize in the “JAXA Space Music Campaign” at the Aichi Expo 2005 (Shamisen & Vo.)