Demonstration and Workshop
by Calligrapher RIHAKU
"Draw the Universe" on mini-Byobu, a small folding screen
Sunday, October 21st, 11 am - 1 pm
Monday, October 22nd, 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
at Setsugekka East Village
Please join us to enjoy calligraphy! We look forward to seeing you.
We are pleased to announce that Rihaku Inoue, a calligraphy artist, will hold a calligraphy demonstration and workshop at Setsugekka, whose theme is “Draw the Universe” on mini-Byobu, a traditional Japanese folding screen, with a writing brush.
Based in Japan, Rihaku is active at numerous solo exhibitions, workshops, and demonstrations domestically and abroad, mainly in New York. She is a consultant of the Japan Calligraphy Museum and a calligraphy professor of the Japan Education Calligraphy Federation.
Rihaku creates a new type of Japanese calligraphy, in which she not only writes with a brush and ink but also incorporates color, such as acrylic paints. She produces her works to present the beauty of “Sho,” instant art, to the world. Japanese calligraphic art is commonly understood to be simply “writing,” but Rihaku believes that this art form is equal or superior to other visual and performing arts. Even if the audience has no knowledge of Japanese characters, she wants this contemporary Japanese calligraphy to stimulate the senses of people across the world, without borders, and reach out to their souls. This is the reason that she attempts to use more three-dimensional, active expressions.
Rihaku has provided calligraphic designs to corporations, including label artwork for Japanese sake manufacturer Hakushika Sake.
She has also designed wall artwork for a New York restaurant, and her wall art at a roadside rest area (Kasaoka Bay Farm) in Okayama Prefecture has been featured on television. She has lots of fans and receives high acclaim for her artworks, workshops, and her color-incorporating live calligraphy performance.
Upcoming events
October 2018
She will hold a live performance and workshop at the Birch Wathen Lenox School in NYC.
November 2018
She will hold a exhibition, live performances, and workshops at Kinokuniya Books Store in Japan town, San Francisco.
Artist's Profile
Rihaku Inoue
井上理白
Japanese Calligrapher
Born in Okayama Prefecture, Japan
Education: Konan Women’s University, in Kobe, Japan.
Residence: Nishinomiya, Japan
July 2018
Held workshop and lecture in Shimane prefecture, Japan
June 2018
Held live performance and workshop at Setsugekka East Village, NYC.
March 2018
Held her live performance and workshop at Mononobe Shrine for Setsubun Festival in Shimane prefecture in Japan. She was interviewed by two Japanese newspapers and a TV.
December 2017
Held her exhibition and workshop at Setsugekka East Village and performed live calligraphy demonstration at a gallery in Brooklyn.
Held a live performance and calligraphy lesson at Birch Wathen Lenox School in Manhattan.
She was interviewed for her exhibition and the article was appeared in a special New Year 2018 issue of Weekly NY Seikatsu newspaper.
June 2017
Held a solo exhibition and a workshop at KOSAKA, Sushi Japanese Cuisine in NYC.
Held a live performance on two sheets of Japanese washi paper for an opening at Brooklyn Beauty Fashion Labo in Brooklyn.
March 2017
Held a live performance on a 4.8m sheet of Japanese washi paper at a major social event for “Gastropolis Kobe”, a project newly launched by Kobe City to publicize Kobe’s food culture overseas leading up to 2020. Her design was selected as the logo for this Kobe City project.
July 2016
Held a double solo exhibition at the JICC (Japan Information and Culture Center) Gallery at the Embassy of Japan in Washington D.C., and a gallery in Manhattan, NY.
Received high acclaim for her color-incorporating live calligraphy performance.
Demonstration and Workshop
Draw the Universe on mini-byobu, a small folding screen by RIHAKU
Rihaku will perform calligraphy demonstration using a special brush to show how to write characters. Then, you will decorate a small sized byobu, which is a traditional Japanese folding screen, and write your favorite words themed of the universe with a brush and ink.
Take home your own finished art work.
Sunday, Oct. 21st, 11 am - 1 pm
Monday, Oct. 22nd, 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Fee: $55 per person
*This is an e-ticket.
*Matcha and dry sweets by Souheki Mori included
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