ARTWORKS
Toru Kamiya

Concept Suite #301
2020

(Photo: 1st image, circular work in foreground, from right)
Title: galaxy
Year: 2016
Materials: Acrylic paint, Awa washi paper
Size: Φ600mm

Title: head
Year: 2016
Materials: Acrylic paint, Awa washi paper
Size: Φ600mm

Title: meeting
Year: 2016
Materials: Acrylic paint, Awa washi paper
Size: Φ600mm

(Photo: Second image, front view)
Title: sure
Year: 2020
Materials: Acrylic paint, cotton fabric, panel
Size: H1250 W2450 mm

(Photo: Third image)
Title: round
Year: 2020
Materials: Acrylic paint, Awa washi paper
Size: Φ600mm

(Photo: Fourth image, from left)
Title: dawn
Year: 2020
Materials: Acrylic paint, cotton cloth, panel
Size: H320 W200 mm

Title: hull
Year: 2019
Materials: Acrylic paint, cotton fabric, panel
Size: H300 W115 mm

Title: haze
Year: 2019
Materials: Acrylic paint, cotton fabric, panel
Size: H110 W85 mm

Title: momo
Year: 2020
Materials: Acrylic paint, cotton fabric, panel
Size: H115 W80 mm

Title: feathers
Year: 2019
Materials: Acrylic paint, cotton fabric, panel
Size: H150 W115 mm

Title: heath
Year: 2020
Materials: Acrylic paint, cotton fabric, panel
Size: H220 W80 mm

Title: minty
Year: 2019
Materials: Acrylic paint, cotton fabric, panel
Size: H170 W105 mm

Title: read
Year: 2017 – 2020
Materials: Acrylic paint, cotton fabric, panel
Size: H215 W400 mm

(Photo: 5th image)
Title: round
Year: 2020
Materials: Acrylic paint, Awa washi paper
Size: Φ600mm
Location: Public Area (Staircase)

Artist's Statement:
As is customary in hotels, the guests of the rooms change, yet the installed artworks remain.
These works of paintings await the moment someone enters the room to view them in private.
During their stay, the guest becomes the artwork's owner. Please enjoy life with art that
resonates with light, sound, and space. I would be delighted if this room becomes a place you
find hard to leave, one you wish to return to time and again.

PROFILE

Toru Kamiya
Toru Kamiya

1969 Born in Aichi
in 1994 Finished the Master of Fine Arts in Oil Painting at Tokyo University of the Arts
Studied at the National College of Art & Design, Ireland, as an Irish Government Scholaship.
1999 Artist in Residence at Temple Bar Gallery + Studios, Dublin, Ireland.
2011 Visiting Researcher at Chelsea College of Arts, UAL London, under the Agency for Cultural
Affairs Overseas Training Programme.
Major exhibitions include:
‘breath/behind shut eyes/tracing’ (SCAI THE BATHHOUSE / Tokyo / 2023)
‘Modest Engagement’ (SCAI THE BATHHOUSE / Tokyo / 2016)
‘Toru Kamiya, Jenny Holzer, etc.’ (SCAI PARK / Tokyo / 2018)
‘new works’ (Temple Bar Gallery / Dublin, Ireland / 1999)
Major commissioned works include:
Mori Building Azabudai Hills (2024)
Louis Vuitton Omotesando VIP room (2019)
Mori Building Toranomon Hills (2014)
contribution to the book ‘HYPERGRAPHIA the writings of DAVID SYLVIAN 1980-2014’ by
DAVID SYLVIAN (2015)
Tokyo Midtown Public Art Project (2007)
Kyushu Dental University (2007)
(Profile photograph: Taken by Tadanobu Omote)