Hiroaki Asahara

Sculptor
Born 1944, † 2015
Japan, Italy / Turin

ISLANDS DANCING IN THE AIR
Work description: Irregular semicircles of Washi paper (variable numbers and dimensions) which internal structures are made of bamboo or wood. They must be hanging with nylon strings inside a cover and at a protected site, because the material is perishable and suffers from water and wind.
The idea: To let your emotions go free into space like a moment of overture and lightness.
The realized sign offers a generous look, even though its fragility is of ephemeral nature. This image is inspired by the butterfly’s cocoon.

Studied painting 10 years under Tatuya Nakamoto, Tokyo
Since1965 lives and works in Turin, Italy
Studied at the “Accademia Albertina delle Belle Arte”,
Academy of Fine Arts in Turin and graduated in painting and sculpture
Since 1995 Profession in Japanese technique of “WASHI” hand paper and Graphic Design for Furnishing

He takes part in numerous national and international exhibitions

Works in many private and public collections worldwide

Most important awards/symposiums

1972 First sculpture prize at “Giovani artisti a Torino”

1996 Third prize at the International Exhibition Città di Casale

Participant in many International Symposiums