Mina Hamada

Painting - Mural art - Installation

Visual artist of Japanese origin based in Barcelona since late 2009.

Her work focuses on painting, installation and murals; in recent years she has painted her mural work in several cities around the world such as Europe, United States, Latin America and Asia.

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ARTIST'S WORK

BIOGRAPHY

Mina Hamada, born in Louisiana, USA, grows up in Tokyo, Japan, where she studies Design and Illustration at the Sokei Academy of Fine Art & Design. In Japan she has first exhibitions, presenting her paintings and handmade storybooks, which combine her own drawing and short story-poems.

At the end of 2009 she moves to Barcelona, Spain. Mina Hamada grows to love the city’s urban art scene. She starts to experiment with large-scale murals. At the end of 2011 she meets Zosen, they start collaborating on joint murals, paintings, serigraphy and participate at numerous Mural Festivals and exhibitions since 2012. Mina´s work is exhibited in galleries, institutions and public spaces all over Europe, United States, Latin America and Asia.

Mina Hamada is a Japanese painter, whose work is characterized through abstract and organic shapes in soft, bright and warm colours. Flat and soft forms interact harmoniously balanced, while rhythm and colour provide a striking leitmotif to her work. Mina Hamada’s paintings and drawings are fresh and friendly, personal and sensitive and invite us into the artist’s unconsciousness - a dream world, combining occident and orient, young spirit and profound philosophy. The artist works self-concentrated and investigates unknown fields of painting from the unconscious and improvisation. The titles of her works, sometimes in Japanese, Spanish and English: reflect this poetic self-analysis and refer to her cross-cultural background and examination with her own identity.

CURRICULUM

SOLO SHOWS

>2022. Transition, LAB36, Barcelona, Spain

GROUP SHOWS

> 2023. Dream State, StolenSpace Gallery, London. UK
> 2020. 'Postcards of 2020' Group Show, StolenSpace Gallery, London. UK

ART EDUCATIONS

> Sokei Academy of Fine Art & Design of Tokyo. Japan