FUORI E-VENTO: Masaki Hirokawa
A new surprise for our community of international artists
A new surprise for our community of international artists
Masaki Hirokawa
Digital Artist
Digital Artist
Masaki Hirokawa is a Japanese artist whose wide range of activities includes graphic design, smartphone app and web development, and interactive movie production. With his technological skills, he masterfully creates marvellous digital artworks that he uses to share his view of the world, concealing deep meanings behind them.
Born in Toyama, Japan in 1981, he started web design and programming self-study in 1997 at the age of 16. Went to Tokyo to work as a web designer/DTP operator in 1999. Got involved in the development of mission-critical systems as a system engineer/programmer in 2002 at the age of 21. Switched to working as a freelancer, working on web design, programming, graphic design, and producing interactive movies in 2005. Won the Grand Prize for the MTV SO-ZO Competition “Web Screensaver Category” in 2006. Authored multiple reference books while submitting works to graphic design magazines in 2008. Got involved in the development of multiple video games as a technical artist in 2011. Went independent to start a smartphone app business in 2013. Developed an app that was eventually downloaded more than 20 million times and is still being used by more than 3 million users worldwide. Returned to creating graphic design, and participating in exhibitions in Italy, Spain, the UK, Greece, and more in 2019. Was awarded the “ARTIST OF THE YEAR 2021” by ITSLIQUID Group in 2022. Continue to create graphic design while managing smartphone apps.
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Title: Forgotten Sky
Year of execution: 2020
Size: 62 x 62 cm
Technique: Photo collage
Year of execution: 2020
Size: 62 x 62 cm
Technique: Photo collage
Masaki Hirokawa masterfully uses his technological skills to create marvellous digital artworks and "Forgotten Sky' is one of them. Against a dark background, the human face of agirl emerges. Her eyes are covered by a dense cloud that flies in front of her, preventing us from seeing her face completely. Like all Masaki's artworks, 'Forgotten Sky' conceals a deeper meaning: it is in fact intended to make us reflect on the fact that today's children can only read the emotions of others through a mask. Their attempts to communicate are based on what they perceive in the other's eyes, or on the feelings that emanate and transmit from the other's whole being. “Forgotten Sky” was created with the hope that we will soon be able to see the smiling faces of children under blue skies, even though we know that those blue skies are probably already a distant memory.
FUORI E-VENTO
A new surprise for our community of international artists
A new surprise for our community of international artists
From September M.A.D.S. ART GALLERY decentralizes your art by offering you a new opportunity, alongside existing services.
We will give you the opportunity to present your works also FUORI E-VENTO (outside e-vent), that is WITHOUT DATE and WITHOUT THEME.
A dedicated service from the curator who will follow you by developing ad hoc strategies and tailor-made marketing for you, based on your current needs.
Depending on your purpose, whether it be to obtain visibility, to have advertising or from the commercial aspect, an exclusive campaign will be created for you to be launched in the world of art, to consolidate you, to focus on a sale of targeted works.
A service that turns to exclusivity, estranging you from the global event, for those who want further support without having to wait for an X date. For those who, at any time, want to learn more, launch a new collection, consolidate a portfolio, present a new technique experienced. Perfect for those who want to present themselves as an "outsider" or expand their audience to support participation in monthly events, with a specific focus.
M.A.D.S. ART GALLERY ensures even more its presence to artists, making them free from any temporal, objective or thematic condition.
ART CURATOR: M. Matilde Della Pina
ART DIRECTOR: Carlo Greco
GALLERY OWNER: Alessandra Magni
ART DIRECTOR: Carlo Greco
GALLERY OWNER: Alessandra Magni