Hirotaka Suzuki

Perhaps I am painting the cruelty of contemporary life because it is in opposition to my naïve outlook. In contrast with the physical features of my paintings, I think I am visualizing my feeling of anxiety in contemporary life. Though I do not think I am fully aware of the relationship between this cruelty and my anxiety, I represent this unsure feeling as figuratively as possible, and I am trying to figure it out in my painting. Although there are some prominent aspects of our contemporary world, such as commercialism and materialism, I cannot say who my enemy is. Some of the threats might involve the art world, however to protest such issues overtly does not suit my personal outlook.

1999-2000 Claremont Graduate University,
Claremont, California, Master of Fine Art

1994-1997 Takushoku University, Tokyo, Japan,
Bachelor of Economics

2024 Third Street Gallery, Pomona, California
2024 Centered on Center, Huntington Beach Art Center,
Huntington Beach, California
2020 Fresh Honey, Hive Gallery, Los Angeles,
California
2020 Covid-19 Creativity a virtual exhibition,
Huntington Beach Art Center, Huntington
Beach, California
2020 OCCCA@40 (online show), Orange County
Center for contemporary Art, Santa Ana,
California
2019 LA Open, Tag Gallery, Los Angeles, California
2017 Holiday Show, Art Exchange, Long Beach,
California
2016 ArtStart, Orange County Center for
Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, California
2015 Value Scale, SDAI-Museum of Living Artist, San
Diego, California
2015 Made in California, City of Brea Art Gallery,
Breaa, California
2015 Chaos Theory, Orange County Center for
Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, California
2014 Fresh, South Bay Contemporary, Rolling Hills
Estate, Califoria
2014 Southern California Regional Award Exhibition,
SDAI-Museum of Living Artist, San Diego,
California
2012 Sacred Memories 2012 Exhibition, Pico House
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