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Art of "awakening" and "awakening"

  • The 71 guest rooms are themed around the hotel's concept of "awakening" and "awakening."
    Each one features a different original piece of art.
    Artist curation is handled by "artless Inc."
    Enjoy the work of up-and-coming artists.

Participating Artists

【2F artless Inc. × hikaru】

■Profile"artless Inc."

  • artless Inc. has offices in Tokyo, Kyoto, London, New York, Paris, Firenze, Helsinki, Taipei, and other locations.
    We are a design and consulting company operating globally with bases in eight cities around the world.
    In today's increasingly diverse society, we continue to pursue the relationship between art and design, and between design and society.
    We assemble the most suitable team from a wide range of creators for each project and carry out a variety of communication designs.

    artless Inc.'s global collective includes creative directors, art directors, film directors,
    graphic designer,Interactive Designer,programmer,Photographer,stylist,
    These include makeup artists, product/interior designers, architects, musicians, artists, etc.
    In addition to client work, we also organize, participate in and curate exhibitions.
    He is also actively involved in art activities, such as submitting artwork to various media.
    Their communication designs on the global stage have received high praise both at home and abroad.

    artless Inc. views design as a visual language, transcending language and national borders.
    Our concept is to express invisible things such as thoughts and ideals.

【3F hikaru】

■Profile

  • Influenced by graffiti, street art, and skateboarding, he began painting.
    While attending a design vocational school in Okinawa, I exhibited my work with a friend at the "Spiral Independent Creators Festival".
    It received high praise along with screams.
    He also started doing live painting at club events.

    After graduating from a vocational school, he moved to Tokyo and worked at a design office for two years.
    He met an illustrator there and participated in his art activities, which left him so impressed that he decided he wanted to work on his own, so he left the company.
    This encounter led to him broadening his horizons as an artist with the theme of "life."
    It continues to stimulate the right brain.

    【Activity History】
    ・Live painting at the club event 'Two GROW UP'
    ・Exhibiting at the Spiral Independent Creators Festival / Group Exhibition『PROJECT i"
    ・Solo exhibition "HIKARU EXHIBITION" / Exhibiting at POWER of LIFE × TSUNAGARI NEO
    ・Live painting / Exhibiting at 'DESIGNFESTA vol37'
    ・Live painting at the group exhibition "COLOR"

【4F Jun Inoue】

■Profile

  • He depicts the delicate Japanese spirituality with abstract lines, creating a unique space within his work.
    The exquisite sensibility of the piece stimulates the viewer's consciousness as it blends modern sensibilities with traditional spirit.

    His style is constantly changing, and his expression begins on a flat surface,
    There is a fusion with various fields, such as fashion and display design.

    Since 2004, he has been performing live painting at numerous events.
    In 2008, she presented her work overseas for the first time at "NO COMPLY 08" held in Australia.
    In 2010, he held a two-man show with Que Houxo titled "Flowers and Diamonds" in Portland, State of Oregon, USA.
    In the same year, he created a mural for Nike's headquarters.

    In 2011, the "NEW YELLOW" series, themed on Japanese aesthetics, was held at Backwoods Gallery in Melbourne.
    Exhibitions of the same series will also be held in Adelaide and Tokyo.

【5F Yusuke Hanai】

■Profile

  • Born in 1978.
    I first saw Rick Griffin's art on Grateful Dead album cover when I was a teenager.
    Hanai, who was captivated by the counterculture of the 60s and 70s and American cartoons, moved to the United States in 2003.
    I enrolled in Academy of Art College in San Francisco.

    In 2006, at Greenroom Festival held in Yokohama, a sign he drew was displayed by the former owner of SurfGallery in Laguna Beach, California.
    Will Penartz took notice of him, and the following year he was invited as an artist to perform at "The Happening," an art show held in New York.

    His nostalgic works have captured the hearts of people all over the world.
    It was subsequently exhibited in Australia, Brazil, California, Honolulu, London, Tokyo, and other locations.
    The scope of its activities is expanding internationally.

【6F MHAK】

■Profile

  • Born in Aizuwakamatsu in 1981.
    Influenced by designer furniture, interiors, and various spaces, he sees paintings as part of the interior.
    His creative activities are based on the theme of "coexistence with living space."
    Pursuing abstract expression, he has developed a unique style that uses curved lines and repetition, and has created numerous interior murals for private homes and hotels.

    To date, we have performed not only domestically but also in the United States (New York, Los Angeles, Portland), Argentina (Buenos Aires),
    He has presented his work in Australia (Melbourne, Sydney) and Italy (Milan).
    He also actively engages with his hometown of Aizu through art,
    He is also active as a member of the artist collective "81BASTARDS".

【7F Jun Matsushima】

■Profile

  • Artist.
    Born in Tokyo in 1981.He grew up in Côte d'Ivoire, Japan and Australia.
    Jun Matsushima, who studied painting at Saint Petersburg State Academy of Fine Arts in Russia, spent several years after returning to Japan,
    He moved away from the Western realism that had strongly influenced him until then and arrived at his own unique style of abstract expression.
    Matsushima's bold yet delicate worldview, expressed through simple colors, is a style that strongly stimulates the viewer's imagination.
    In recent years, he has been creating works that depict every moment of contemporary dance movements performed by ballerinas and butoh dancers.

    【Activity History】
    ・2003-2006:Oil Painting major at the St. Petersburg State Academy of Fine Arts, Russia
    ・2012:The artist exhibits his works annually both domestically and internationally, primarily at Ginza Yorozu Gallery
    ・2016:Solo exhibition at Gallery Kowa in Omotesando
    ・2017:Solo exhibition at Yorozu Gallery booth at Art Fair Tokyo

【8F Takumi YOZA】

■Profile

  • An illustrator and ink painter born in Osaka.
    After working as an art director at several web design companies and graphic design offices,
    In 2010, he became an illustrator.
    Mixing ink painting with other painting techniques, the exhibition has themes of "tradition and innovation" and "coexistence of different cultures."
    Develops visual communication centered on illustrations.
    Since 2009, I have studied sumi-e (ink painting) under Shuko Tsuchiya, representative of Bokusenkai and sumi-e painter.
    Since 2013, I have studied illustration under Mr. Tadashi Ura.

    A member of the "Bokusenkai" group, presided over by Shuko Tsuchiya.
    Member of the design unit "mokuva".

【9F Gen Miyamura】

■Profile

  • A sumi-e artist born in Shizuoka in 1980.
    Member of the Mainichi Shodo Association,A member of the Kyu-Sung Society.
    As a calligrapher of the "post-avant-garde" era, he has been making numerous presentations, mainly focusing on abstract expressionist calligraphy.
    The contemporary expression depicted through a bold interpretation of the aesthetic sense of calligraphy is
    It is expanding beyond the realm of calligraphy, regardless of the technique or medium, be it letters, ink painting, or other media.
    His activities are diverse and he participates in many art projects.

【10F Shun Kawakami × hikaru】

■Profile"Shun Kawakami"

  • Born in 1977 Fukagawa, Koto Ward, Tokyo Metropolis.
    Representative of “artless Inc.”,Conductor of Design/ Artist.
    While thinking about "art and design" across the board and returning to "unique Japanese aesthetic ideals,"
    Since 2000, he has been pursuing the creation of new beauty through the fusion of "design and technology," which has become rapidly digitalized.

    While working as a graphic artist, he also serves as the art director (representative) of "artless Inc."
    Although based in Tokyo and Kyoto, he is active globally. "Creative Consultancy"
    Based on art and design, we provide branding, design consulting, corporate and brand logos, advertising campaigns,
    graphic,web,UI,Motion Graphics,Interactive installation,Digital Signage,
    And with specialists with a wide range of expertise and experience, from architecture to interior design,
    He continues to work without being bound by genre or category.