Masanori Handa's world is one of playful, impressionistic, yet nonetheless contemplative experimentation. Fleeting encounters and occurences often give vital momentum to his practice. Sites, scenery, and urban phenomena are the loci at which incidents are recorded and vividly remembered by Handa. His unique approach results in a variety of large installations and sculpture.
At his first solo exhibition in Ota Fine Arts Tokyo, he reconfigured "150 hedron", a particular Islamic symbol. The structure was constructed with brass and glass, 3 metres in height and coloured by buttermilk and coal tar. This paint mixture became cracked as time passed by, and came to litter the floor, dappling it like snowflakes. In addition, he set up "Golden Cloud" made of brass and a cracked signboard with directions to an absurd and fictitious mosque formed by objects from strange, different origins. Handa wished to express the magnificence of daily religious activities in Islamic cities around the world as something that could not be fully explained or understood.
At Ota Fine Arts Singapore, Handa staged an immense, yet intricate, site-specific installation titled "nakakiyo no entakukei" put together with an assortment of trailing vines, timber, cement, canvas, foam and fabric. The enormity of the work was breathtaking, and inspired by the atmosphere, climate, psychogeography and cross-cultural dialogue.
Born in Kanagawa, Japan in 1979, Masanori Handa completed a BA in Fine Arts at the Tokyo University of the Arts. His recent solo exhibitions include "Tokyo Palace", Statements, Tokyo (2017), "Nakakiyo No Entakukei", Ota Fine Arts, Tokyo (2015), "Metamorphosis : objects today", gallery αM project 2009, Tokyo (2010). He has also participated in numerous group exhibitions including " Setouchi Triennale 2019", Nujima, Okayama (2019-), "TWO STICKS", The Museum of Architecture, Wroclaw, Poland (2015), "Ways of World Making", The National Museum of Art, Osaka (2011), "The Age of Micropop: The New Generation of Japanese Artists", Art Tower Mito, Ibaraki (2007), "the Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale", Niigata (2006). Major collection destinations include Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, The Japan Foundation, Takahashi Collection. He has participated in "Rolex Mentor and Protégé Arts Initiative" since 2008. From 2010 to 2012, he made works through fieldwork in Europe with the support of the Agency for Cultural Affairs.
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Masanori Handamatsu, 2017Watercolour, oil pastel on paper108 x 108 cm
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Masanori Handaonjiki ni kaete, 2017Watercolour, oil pastel on paper108 x 108 cm
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Masanori Handatoononefurino, 2016Watercolour, oil pastel on paper110 x 110 cm
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Masanori Handasingapore no nakakiyo, 2016Watercolour, oil pastel on paper77 x 149 cm
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Masanori HandaMt. Athos 02, 2013Oil on canvas65 x 100 cm
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Masanori Handa150 hedron, 2011mixed mediavariable dimensions
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Time
Chen Wei, ChillChill, Masanori Handa, Tsuyoshi Hisakado, Hilmi Johandi, Yayoi Kusama, Guo-Liang Tan 13 Oct 2020 - 31 Jan 2021 SingaporeOta Fine Arts Singapore is delighted to present 'Time', a group exhibition featuring seven artists from China, Japan and Singapore: Chen Wei, ChillChill, Masanori Handa, Tsuyoshi Hisakado, Hilmi Johandi, Yayoi...Read more -
Private Viewing Room
Chen Wei, Masanori Handa, Tsuyoshi Hisakado, Tomoko Kashiki, Yayoi Kusama, Hiraki Sawa, Nobuaki Takekawa 11 Apr - 6 Jun 2020 ShanghaiDue to the novel Coronavirus (nCoV) situation, Ota Fine Arts Shanghai's private viewing room will feature works by Chen Wei, Masanori Handa, Tsuyoshi Hisakado, Tomoko Kashiki, Yayoi Kusama, Hiraki Sawa...Read more -
Post Art Fair
Yayoi Kusama, Chris Huen Sin-Kan, Ay Tjoe Christine, Masanori Handa, Tsuyoshi Hisakado, Tomoko Kashiki, Nobuaki Takekawa 1 Apr - 12 Jun 2020 TokyoOta Fine Arts is delighted to present Post Art Fair, a group exhibition featuring a robust selection of works by our represented artists. In response to the cancellation of Art...Read more -
Desert Garden
Akira the Hustler, Etsu Egami, Masanori Handa, Jong YuGyong, 17 Aug - 12 Sep 2019 ShanghaiOta Fine Arts Shanghai is delighted to present 'Desert Garden', a group exhibition featuring eight artists from China, Japan, Korea and Singapore. Through the diversity of works presented, the exhibition...Read more -
Crossroads
Akira the Hustler, Chen Wei, Cheng Ran, Masanori Handa, Zai Kuning, Yayoi Kusama, Hiraki Sawa, Guo-Liang Tan, Tang Dixin 21 Sep - 3 Nov 2018 SingaporeCoinciding with Gillman Barracks Art After Dark x 6th Anniversary Celebrations, 21 September 2018, 7pm till late Ota Fine Arts Singapore is delighted to present 'Crossroads', a group exhibition by...Read more -
Masanori Handa: A Palace
Masanori Handa 22 Jul - 2 Sep 2017 SingaporeOpening Reception in the presence of the artist: Saturday, 22 July 2017, 6-8 pm Ota Fine Arts Singapore is delighted to present 'Masanori Handa: A Palace', a solo exhibition featuring...Read more -
Imagined Peripheries
Masanori Handa, Yayoi Kusama, Firoz Mahmud, Nobuaki Takekawa, Yeesookyung 23 Nov - 24 Dec 2016 SingaporeOta Fine Arts Singapore is delighted to present 'Imagined Peripheries', a group exhibition by 5 artists from East Asia: Masanori Handa (Japan), Yayoi Kusama (Japan), Firoz Mahmud (Bangladesh), Nobuaki Takekawa...Read more -
primal lines
26 Jan - 20 Feb 2016 TokyoOta Fine Arts is pleased to announce 'primal lines', an exhibition of drawings by various artists, including new works and works which will be presented in Japan for the first...Read more -
nakakiyo no entakukei
Masanori Handa 18 Apr - 6 Jun 2015 TokyoOta Fine Arts is delighted to present a solo exhibition by Masanori Handa. 'nakakiyo no entakukei' an immense installation work presented in Ota Fine Arts Singapore in 2013 will be...Read more -
nakakiyo no entakukei
Masanori Handa 6 Sep - 13 Oct 2013 SingaporeOta Fine Arts is delighted to present new work by emerging Japanese artist Masanori Handa in his first solo exhibition in Singapore entitled 'nakakiyo no entakukei.' Masanori Handa's world is...Read more -
Gallery Collection
Tomoko Kashiki, Yayoi Kusama, Hiraki Sawa, Jessica Diamond, Nobuaki Takekawa, Dale Berning, Masanori Handa 9 Feb - 9 Mar 2013 Tokyo -
ROPPONGI MOSQUE
Masanori Handa 10 Sep - 15 Oct 2011 TokyoTaking sceneries or incidents that the artist encounters as momentum, Masanori Handa opens his senses and visualizes the fluid and sometime-utterly incoherent world. In this exhibition, Handa rebuilds the'150 hedron'...Read more
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Masanori Handa "Art House Project" Setouchi Triennale, Inujima
19 Jul 2019Masanori Handa participates in the 'Art House Project' in Inujima from 19 July. In addition, during the Setouchi Triennale, you can view the artwork using...Read more -
"Art Basel Hong Kong 2019" 27 - 31 March, 2019, Booth No. 3D05
8 Mar 2019Ota Fine Arts will participate in Art Basel Hong Kong 2018, from 27th to 31st March 2018. Ota Fine Arts will be located at Booth...Read more -
"Art Dubai 2019" 20 - 23 March 2019 , Booth No. E1
7 Mar 2019Ota Fine Arts will participate in Art Dubai 2019 from 20th to 23th March, 2019. Ota Fine Arts will be located at Booth No. E1,...Read more -
"TAIPEI DANGDAI Art and Ideas" 17- 20 January, 2019 Booth No. D16
22 Dec 2018Ota Fine Arts will participate in TAIPEI DANGDAI Arts & Ideas from 17 to 20 January 2019. At TAIPEI DANGDAI Arts & Ideas, the selection...Read more