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| Manabu
Hangai Hangai lives near a nature reserve on Hokkaido, the most northern island of Japan. His regular walks on the island not only inspire him, he also collectswood, bark and bamboo which he uses for his artworks. Hangai makes his own paper. He uses ‘hosojuzumo’, a seaweedspecies collected for him by a local fisherman. It is easy to work up. It needs to be washed, soften, boiled and finally to be grinded to give the pulp its cohesion. Hangai uses a basic form of twigs and hemp on which he applies the pulp. After being dried he colours the paper and ads acrylic as a finish. "The First Cut - 2012" |
| Text by Fiona Corridan Curator : Exhibitions Manchester Art Gallery |
| 1963 | Born in Hokkaido JAPAN |
| 1988 | M.F.A. Musashino Art Univercity, Tokyo JAPAN |
| Solo Show | |
| 2022 | "Colorful lye 2, HANGAI Manabu Solo Show" / Gallery Kohbundo / Hokkaido, JAPAN |
| 2021 | "Umbrella Flowers 11, HANGAI Manabu Solo Show" / Gallery Shell 102 / Tokyo, JAPAN |
| "Umbrella Flowers 10, HANGAI Manabu Solo Show" / Gallery Nayuta / Tokyo, JAPAN | |
| "Umbrella Flowers 09, Colorful lye 1, HANGAI Manabu Solo Show" / Gallery Kohbundo / Hokkaido, JAPAN | |
| "Umbrella Flowers 08, HANGAI Manabu Solo Show"/ Popke - Shirakaba tori Museum / Hokkaido, JAPAN | |
| 2020 | "When the Umbrella Flowers bloom - Walk in Art vol.4 Hangai Manabu Solo Show R.U.P. 7" / Abashiri City Museum / JAPAN |
| " Umbrella Flowers 3, HANGAI Manabu Solo Show R.U.P. 8" / mono gallery / Tokyo, JAPAN | |
| "Wind Ear 4 : Plastic Ice" / Jewerlly Ice Art Project / Tokachi river estuary / Hokkaido, JAPAN | |
| 2019 | "Umbrella Flower 6 : Beyond Syrface" : Bakurou-cho / Tokyo, JAPAN |
| "Umbrella Flower 5" / Gallery Nayuta / Tokyo, JAPAN | |
| "Umbrella Flower 3 : Flowers Fall 2" / Tomakomai City Museum / Hokkaido, JAPAN | |
| 2018 | "The begnning of the wind : Wind Ear 1" / Viento arts gallery / Gunma, JAPAN |
| "Wind Dragon and Wind Flower - Walk in Art 4" / Manabe garden / Hokkaido, JAPAN | |
| "Umbrella Flower 1" / Gallery Nayuta / Tokyo, JAPAN | |
| 2016 | "Obihiro municipal theater award winner memorial exhibition" / Obihiro citizen gallery / Hokkaido, JAPAN |
| 2015 | "Poison Rain 2 - Walk in Art 3" / Sarou Houmura / Sapporo, JAPAN |
| "Poison Rain 1 - Walk in Art 2" / Azabujuban Gallery / Tokyo, JAPAN | |
| "Wonder Forest - Walk in Art 1" / Obihiro Citizen's Gallery / Hokkaido, JAPAN | |
| 2014 | "Natural Line vol.1" / SPACE 8 gallery / Shibuyaku / Tokyo, JAPAN |
| 2013 | "From Negative to Beautiful Images : Transformation of Images" Shibukawa Art Museum / Shibukawa / Gunma, JAPAN |
| "Early winter" Rokkatei sweets shop in Sapporo / Hokkaido, JAPAN | |
| 2011 | "Leafman and Flowerman Exhibition" Kohbundo Art Case / Hokkaido, JAPAN |
| 2010 | "Autumn Leaves Exhibition" The Toyosu Tower Gallery / Tokyo, JAPAN |
| 2009 | Street Gallery MICHIKUSA / Fukui, JAPAN |
| 2008 | "The Lace Flower Exhibition" MONO Gallery / Tokyo, JAPAN |
| 2007 | Kobundo Gallery / Hokkaido, JAPAN |
| "The 7th Flower Exhibition" MONO Gallery / Tokyo, JAPAN | |
| 2006 | Obihiro city hall / Hokkaido, JAPAN |
| 2005 | Gallery MARUFUKU / Kyoto, JAPAN |
| 2004 | Hokkaido Obihiro Museum of Art / Hokkaido, JAPAN |
| Art Space Baku / Fukuoka, JAPAN | |
| Dcross - Mitsubishi Electric Corporation / Tokyo, JAPAN | |
| 2003 | Abashiri Museum of Art / Hokkaido, JAPAN |
| Plus Minus Gallery / Tokyo, JAPAN | |
| Theatres des sens gallery / Tokyo, JAPAN | |
| 2002 | Gallery Pirka / Tokyo, JAPAN |
| 2001 | Street Gallery MICHIKUSA / Fukui, JAPAN |
| 1996 | Gallery Le Deco 3 / Tokyo, JAPAN |
| 1994 | Gallery Le Deco 3 / Tokyo, JAPAN |
| 1993 | Art Gallery / Fukui, JAPAN |
| Gallery Fuji / Osaka, JAPAN | |
| Gallery Le Deco 3 / Tokyo, JAPAN | |
| 1991 | Art Gallery / Fukui, JAPAN |
| Gallery Fuji / Osaka, JAPAN | |
| 1988 | Gallery NW house / Tokyo, JAPAN |
| 1986 | Gallery Gallery / Kyoto, JAPAN |
| Group Show | |
| 2022 | YOUDA Ayana + HANGAI Manabu Gallery Nayuta sellection group show / Gallery Nayuta / Tokyo, JAPAN |
| 2021 | Nakanojo Biennale 2021 / Open air field in Nakanojo / Gunma, JAPAN |
| Group Show of Contemporary Artists 2021 / Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum / Tokyo, JAPAN | |
| Rooms Group Show / Gallery shell 102 / Tokyo, JAPAN | |
| 2020 | Spread the wings of art / Collection of Hokkaido Obihiro Museum of Art etc. / Hokkaido, JAPAN |
| 2019 | Nakanojo Biennale 2019 : Umbrella Flower 4 - Flowers Fall 3 / Isama studio and Sacred mountain Takeyama in Nakanojo / Gunma, JAPAN |
| Kinokuni Trainart 2019 : Wind Ear 2 / Japan Railway Asso Station / Wakayama, JAPAN | |
| Icoro Forest Meets Art 2019 / Tomakomai / Hokkaido, JAPAN | |
| Kagawa Yamanami Art Festival 2019 : Wind Ear 3 / Sanuki Mannou Park / Kagawa, JAPAN | |
| Post 3.11 Sinking Memory / Umbrella Flower 2 - Flowers Fall 1 / Hongo Shin Memorial Museum of Sculpture / Hokkaido /JAPAN | |
| Sacbe White road Riviera Maya : Global Nomadic Art Project / Playa del Carmen, Mexico | |
| 2018 | Estuary Open Air Art Exhibition / Tokachi river estuary / Hokkaido, JAPAN |
| 2017 | Nakanojo Biennale 2017 / Open air area in Nakanojo town / Gunma, JAPAN |
| Pompezu artistic fortress / Hobetsu Open Air Museum / Hokkaido, JAPAN | |
| POST 3.11 Arte Japoses depus del Tsunami / Museo de la Isla de Cozumel / Cozumel, Mexico | |
| 2016 | Kagawa Yamanami Art Festival 2016 / Ryu-un Boys Farm / Kagawa, JAPAN |
| POST 3.11 Seeds of hope / Maruki Museum / Saitama, JAPAN | |
| Naked Northwind from Obihiro / Makii Masaru Fine Arts / Tokyo, JAPAN | |
| 2015 | Nakanojo Biennale 2015 / Reizan Takeyama Nakanojo / Gunma, JAPAN |
| GEA / Museo di Palazzo Mocenigo / Venezia / ITALIA | |
| TEXTILE ART OF TODAY / Bratislava Castle (SNM - Historical Museum) / Bratislava / SLOVAKIA | |
| 2014 | Rokko Meets Art 2014 / Mt.Rokko Country House / Hyougo, JAPAN |
| Zushi Art Site / Roka Memorial Park and Zushi Ginzatori / Kanagawa, JAPAN | |
| POST 3.11 - group show / Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum Gallery A / Tokyo, JAPAN | |
| Art Project of Windbreak Forest 2013 - 14 / farmland in Aikoku-Obihiro area / Hokkaido, JAPAN | |
| Obihiro Contemporary Art Exhibition 2014 / Obihiro Citizen's Gallery / Hokkaido, JAPAN | |
| 2013 | Nakanojo Biennale 2013 / Nakanojo Town Open Air Area / Gunma, JAPAN |
| KYO-KAI (*Border) Exhibition / Soko Contemporary Art Museum / Gunma, JAPAN | |
| 2012 | The First Cut / Manchester Art Gallery, UK |
| Small size works fiber art from Asia and Europe / Janina Monkute - Marks Museum / Kedainiai, LITHUANIA | |
| 2011 | Intervencoes Tridimesionais Show / Galeria Deco / Sao Paulo, BRAZIL |
| Nakanojo Biennale 2011 / Nakanojo Town Open Air Area / Gunma, JAPAN | |
| Nature Spirit, Contemporary Japanese Textile Art / Centro Cultural Hispano - Japones / Salamanca, SPAIN | |
| Hanji + Washi, Korea and Japan Contemporary Art Exhibition / Schema Art Museum / Chonju, KOREA | |
| 100 days in Sninsyokaku Exhibition / Manabe garden / Hokkaido, JAPAN | |
| 2010 | EASY POP ART SHOW 2010 / Fukui, JAPAN |
| Konsei 2 Exhibition =Deco Galeria / sao paolo, BRAZIL | |
| Yatsuo Slow Art Show 2010 / Yatsuo Kashio elementary School / Toyama, JAPAN | |
| 2009 | Yatsuo Slow Art Show 2009 / Yatsuo Kashio elementary School / Toyama, JAPAN |
| 2008 | The Jewelry and Petit Arts and Cafe Exhibition / Fukui, JAPAN |
| Art scene 2008 - the flower and the environment / Manabe garden / Hokkaido, JAPAN | |
| 2007 | The 17th International Exhibition of Textile Art / Chiesa di San Francesco a Conmo / Como, ITALIA |
| 1000 Cups Exhibition in 2007, The International Crafts Trend Fair in Seoul / Atlantic Hall of Korea World Trade Center / Seoul,KOREA | |
| Yatsuo Slow Art Show 2007 / Yatsuo Kashio elementary School / Toyama, JAPAN | |
| The Land of Snow and Wind exhibition 2006-2007 / Obihiro city center / Hokkaido, JAPAN | |
| 2006 | Holland Paper Biennial 2006 / Museum Rijswijk / Rijswijk and CODA Museum / Apeldoorn, The NETHERLAND |
| Yatsuo Slow Art Show 2006 / Yatsuo Kashio elementary School / Toyama, JAPAN | |
| Textile in future expression exhibition / Museum Kanazawa 21c./ Ishikawa, JAPAN | |
| 2005 | Momo's Art Festival - Dream Expo 2005 / Kushiro Art Museum / Kushiro, JAPAN |
| Yatsuo Slow Art Show 2005 / Yatsuo Shimosasahara elementary School / Toyama, Japan | |
| IMADATE ART FIELD / Imadate Art Museum / Imadate,JAPAN) | |
| Textile in future expression exhibition / Contemporary Art Space / Osaka, JAPAN | |
| T.A.T. in Busan exhibition / Craft storry / Busan, KOREA | |
| Shibori, Fiber as Art exhibition / Senbikiya gallery / Tokyo, JAPAN | |
| 2004 | Wonju paper festival : Korean & Japanese paper artist's exhibition / Wonju, KOREA |
| Commemorative exhibition 10th Anniversary / Lias Arc Museum / Kesennuma, JAPAN | |
| AZABU 10 BAN ART TEXTILE / Motoazabu gallery / Tokyo, JAPAN | |
| Paper Works Exhibition Kyoto / Art Center / Kyoto, JAPAN | |
| 2003 | Today's Art Textile in Sapporo - Shape of Fiber / Sapporo Art Garden Craft Gallery / Sapporo, JAPAN |
| 2002 | TALI-IKAT:Fiber Connections / Taman Bdaya / Yogakarta, Indonesia |
| Today's Art Textile in Fukuoka / MA gallery / Fukuoka, JAPAN | |
| International Art Festival in Buzan / Buzan, KOREA | |
| The Wonderland of Paper Exhibition / Modern Art Museum Tatebayashi / Tatebayashi, JAPAN | |
| 2001 | Today's Art Textile in Sapporo / Sapporo Art Garden Sapporo Art Garden Craft Gallery / Sapporo, JAPAN |
| Today's Art Textile in Shimoda Bay Stage / Shimoda Harbor Museum / Shimoda, JAPAN | |
| Show Case Gallery Art Work Exhibition / Gallery & Gallery / Kyoto, JAPAN | |
| 2000 | Today's Art Textile : Seoul -Tokyo 2000-2001 / Mokindo Gallery / Seoul,KOREA + Senbikiya Gallery / Tokyo, JAPAN |
| Carta e Arte Contemporanea - Energia delle Carte / Academia bell Arte / Bolognia ,ITALIA | |
| Wonju paper festival / Wonju, KOREA | |
| 6th International Paper Symposium / Liptop Museum / Ruzomberok, SLOVAKIA | |
| Gokayama Washi Exhibition / AXIS Gallery / Tokyo, JAPAN | |
| Today's Art Textile in Kyoto / Gallery Malone / Kyoto, JAPAN | |
| Memory of Seaweed Paper Art Exhibition / Lias Arc Museum / Kesennuma, JAPAN | |
| 1999 | Today's Art Textile in Abashiri / Abashiri Art Museum / Abashiri, JAPAN |
| 1998 | Art Competition Kagawa - Street Art Grand Prix / Kagawa / Kagawa, JAPAN |
| 1997 | Shiga Annual 97 Paper Work / The Repro-action of Form / Modern Art Museum Shiga /Shiga, JAPAN |
| 1996 | Nature Material and Image -contemporary art from Japan / Artist House Jerusalem+Ein Harod Museum of Art, ISRAEL |
| Tuchioka Shutaro Memorial Art Exhibition -100Artists / Takefu central park / Fukui, JAPAN | |
| 1995 | Paper Art Works Exhibition Japan and Korea / Chongro gallery / Seoul, KOREA |
| Artistas Japoneses e Nipo-Brasileiros Contemporaneos / MAC / Sao Paulo, BRAZIL | |
| 1994 | Carta e Arte Contemporanea / Siracusa, ITALIA |
| 2nd Tannan Art Festibal / Takefu central park / Fukui, JAPAN | |
| 1993 | 12th Imadate Exhibition of Contemporary Paper Art Works / Imadate Art Museum / Imadate, JAPAN |
| Carta e Arte Contemporanea / N.O.A nuova organizzazione arte / Milano, ITALIA | |
| Paper Work Exhibition / Gallery Fuji / Osaka, JAPAN | |
| 93 Miniature Textile COMO / Galleria Arte & Arte Mimmo Totaro / Como, ITALIA | |
| 1st Tannan Art Festibal / Takefu central park / Fukui, JAPAN | |
| Annex Shigaraki 1993 Paper and Ceramic Art / Modern Art Museum Shiga / Shiga, JAPAN | |
| 1992 | 15th International Textile Art Biennale / Lausanne, SWITZERLAND |
| 1991 | 10th Imadate Exhibition of Contemporary Paper Art Works / Imadate Art Museum / Imadate, JAPAN |
| Colori dal Giappone / o4 Centro Culuturale / ImadateMilano, ITALIA | |
| 1990 | Metaphorical Paper Exhibition vol.3 / Paper Museum Ino / Ino, JAPAN |
| 1989 | 9th Imadate Exhibition of Contemporary Paper Art Works / Imadate Art Museum / Imadate, JAPAN |
| 14th International Textile Art Biennale / Lausanne, SWITZERLAND) | |
| Public Collection |
| Tokyo Midtown Medical Center Johns Hopkins Medicine International / Tokyo, JAPAN |
| Yasuoka dental clinic / Hokkaido, JAPAN |
| Chiba central tower / Chiba, JAPAN |
| Lojer Asabu M. entrance hall / Hokkaido, JAPAN |
| Lojer kita 9 jo M. entrance hall / Hokkaido, JAPAN |
| Sun well Numadu / Numazu, JAPAN |
| Restvilla Machida Onoji / Tokyo, JAPAN |
| Inoue dental clinic / Hokkaido,JAPAN |
| Roppongi Midtown / Tokyo, JAPAN |
| Hakata Miyako Hotel / Fukuoka, JAPAN |
| Kokusai Kaikan / Tokyo, JAPAN |
| Mandarin Oriental Hotel Tokyo / Tokyo, JAPAN |
| Hokkaido Obihiro Museum of Art / Obihiro, Hokkaido, JAPAN |
| Muza Kawasaki Symphony Hall / Kawasaki, JAPAN |
| S.C.P. National Paper Mill / Ruzonberok, SLOVAKIA |
| Lias Arc Museum / Kesennuma, JAPAN |
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