Artist Selectors
Artist
Selector
Hiroyuki Hattori
Curator
Selected Artists
Hiroyuki Hattori is an independent curator based in Nagoya and Akita, Japan. He combines architectural training with an interest in developing grassroots initiatives, and has over ten years’ experience working in such renowned artist-in-residence institutions as Akiyoshidai International Art Village and Aomori Contemporary Art Centre[ACAC]. He was a co-curator of the Aichi Triennale 2016, and his other projects include MEDIA/ART KITCHEN (National Gallery of Indonesia, Jakarta / MAP KL, Kuala Lumpur / Ayala Museum, 98B Collaboratory, Green Papaya Art Projects, etc., Manila / Bangkok Art and Culture Centre [BACC], Bangkok / Aomori Contemporary Art Centre [ACAC], Aomori, 2013–2014), ESCAPE from the SEA (National Visual Art Gallery and Art Printing Works Sdn Bdh, Kuala Lumpur, 2017) and Going Away Closer (Centro de Arte Contemporáneo Wifredo Lam, Havana, 2018). He is the curator for Japan Pavilion at the 58th international exhibition, La Biennale di Venezia in 2019.
Currently, when I am in Japan I base myself in Nagoya and Akita. I decided to invite artists from the areas in which I live, and also those who I have direct connections with. One’s thoughts are influenced to a certain extent by the surrounding environment and people, and the situations around an artist also affect their work in one way or another. In addition, I wanted to introduce artistic activities that suggest an idea of questioning the acts of creation and expression themselves, rather than simply something someone can possess.