Hikaru Miyakawa

Hikaru is a citizen of the archetypal world beyond the boundaries of folk, tribal, race oriented identities.

Of course, part of him embodies the genuine Japanese aesthetic, as his maternal great grandfather, Yasujiro Jr, who was an Imperial Court - appointed artisan (the Purveyor to the Japanese Imperial Household). His gift shop and the studio-workshop was visited by the Court. Hikaru's great great grandmother was a wet nurse (Meno toh・乳母) to one of the Emperors (Emperor Hirohito's father / Taisho Emperor) which made Hikaru's great grandfather and Taisho Emperor the foster brothers.
His maternal grandfather had received the medal of honor from Emperor Hirohito for being a dedicated middle school principal.
Hikaru's mother was educated at Waseda University when only few women were allowed. She was one of the members of the Yubenkai (the elite debating/oratorical society which produced numerous Prime Ministers, etc), and she and late Mr. Nishioka Takeo, the former Minister of Education and the 28th President of the House of Councillors of Japan were best friends for over 50 years.

Hikaru's initial training in art, music, and writing had begun when he was four years old. As Leonardo da Vinci, whom Hikaru has followed since he...

Current: Solo Art Exhibition at eTown Hall, Boulder Colorado
Nov.16th, 2014 - Jan. 31st, 2015

Selected Group Exhibitions (National and International)
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2014 CAVA One Year Anniversary Exhibit, Skylight Station, Denver, CO
2013 "Recycle - Reimagine," Poudre Studio Artists & Galleries, Fort Collins, CO
"Art Spirit Now," Agora at the Riverside, Boulder, CO
2012 "Coup d’Espace (Palimpsest)", Washington Project for the Arts,
NW, Washington DC
2011 "Oblique" - IFAA, Aoki Gallery, Ginza, Tokyo, Japan
2010 "Surrealism Now, International Exhibition 2010" -
BISSAYA BARRETO FOUNDATION,
Bissaya Barreto Museum House / Sant' Anna Convent, Coimbra, Portugal
"Fantastic Art Show 2010" - IFAA, Gallery Yasashii Yokan, Tokyo, Japan
2009 "Exposition L'art fantastiques-paris-2009" - IFAA, ESPACE CURTURELLE
BERTIN POIRÉE ASSOCIATION CULTURELLE
FRANCO-JAPONAISE DE TENRI,
Paris, France
"Miniature Exibition" - IFAA (International Fantastic Art Association),
Gallery Bernart, Osaka, Japan
"The Temple Vision," The Hive Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2005 -2006 "7th Annual Judeo-Christian Art Juried Online International Exhibition,"
Upstream People Gallery, Omaha, NE
"Inner Eye" Lof...