KH GALLERY

KH Gallery Ginza will hold the exhibition entitled “Hiroko Koshino -New Creations of Traditional Performing Arts”.
Koshino is an accredited performer of Nagauta Shamisen. In the national competition of Nagauta Kinekatsukai which will be held
in the Tokyo Kabukiza Theatre in late April this year, she will draw the stage background for the Shokyokushu medley.
This exhibition will present the new original ink paintings for the stage background, as well as Koshino’s works related to traditional culture such as lacquerware and kimono. Please enjoy the new creations that perceive Japanese traditional performing arts and culture with a modern aesthetic sense.

KH Gallery Ginza
Hiroko Koshino
New Creations of Traditional Performing Arts

Tuesday, April 2 – Saturday, June 8, 2019
10:30 a.m. – 7:00 p.m. *Open at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, April 27
Closed: Sundays / Wednesday, May 1

KH Gallery Ashiya will hold the exhibition entitled “Hiroko Koshino: The Composition – Aesthetics of Arrangement -“. Composition is an important artistic element in paintings. This exhibition will present various compositions in Koshino’s works, such as the color composition which is also used in fashion design, the balance between margins and Sumi ink in ink works, and the calligraphy designs. They will be displayed in diverse arrangements as an attempt at space composition.

The exhibits will change in each period and include works of diverse genres, from colorful works to ink works and calligraphies. Please enjoy the aesthetics formed by Koshino’s works created with her flexible sense and the imposing architectural space designed by Mr. Tadao Ando.

Hiroko Koshino: The Composition – Aesthetics of Arrangement –

Period 1: Sunday, February 24 – Monday, May 6 (holiday)
Period 2: Sunday, May 19 – Friday, August 9

11:00 am – 4:00 pm
Closed: Wednesdays / Monday, April 1 – Tuesday, April 9 / Tuesday, May 7 – Saturday, May 18 / in case of special events
Closed in case Hankyu Bus does not operate

*Special exhibition of Hina dolls: Sunday, February 24 – Sunday, March 31

Hina dolls from the late Meiji period, owned by Koshino, will be displayed. The dolls and various items that feature gold lacquer decorations will shine in an orderly line with the 100-year history. Please enjoy the “aesthetics of arrangement” in Japanese traditional culture.

Open upon reservation: Please fill out the [Admission Reservation Form] on the ASHIYA GALLERY page on this website.

The gallery is open without reservation on Sundays. (Closed on April 7 and May 12)

The new exhibition space named “KH FASHION BOX” opened inside the Kobe Fashion Museum where Hiroko Koshino was appointed a director emeritus. For the first exhibition, the mannequins used in the Metropolitan Museum and clothes by Hiroko Koshino, which were presented in her exhibition in New York last year, are displayed along with colorful paintings and tapestries. Exhibits will be changed according to the themed exhibition in the future.

Koshino hopes the space will make people feel closer to fashion and become a place of learning for young people. Please enjoy the world of Hiroko Koshino where art and fashion meet.

KH FASHION BOX

Address: 1st floor, Kobe Fashion Museum (2-9-1, Koyo-cho Naka, Higashinada-ku, Kobe)

Opening hours: 10:00 am. – 6:30 pm (admission open until 5:30 pm)

Closed: Mondays (if Monday is a holiday, closed on Tuesday)

Free admission

KH Gallery Ginza will hold the exhibition entitled “小篠弘子 × HIROKO KOSHINO – Cycle of Art and Design -”. The career of the fashion designer Hiroko Koshino started when the 18-year-old Hiroko Koshino entered the world of design while dreaming of becoming a painter. Since she found the commonality between fashion drawings and paintings, she worked at the forefront of the fashion industry as a designer. This exhibition will shed light on some of her fashion creations, selected from her huge collection, and present the close connection between art and design.

Clothes made with the original design textile, paintings that feature the collage of that textile, clothes with prints of these paintings… Such process of developing creations in different forms will be presented in installations using large frames. The exhibition will also display digital-made textiles that reproduced Koshino’s hand-drawn paintings, as well as rare clothes that she directly painted. Gicl-e fashion drawings, the starting point of clothes making, will be sold too.

Plane and solid, static and dynamic, analog and digital-please enjoy the endless cycle of art and design that connects different elements and continues to expand without limit.

Monday, January 21 – Saturday, March 16, 2019

10:30 am – 7:00 pm

Closed: Sunday, January 27; Sunday, February 3; Sunday, February 17; Sunday, March 3

KH Gallery Ashiya opened an exclusive fee-charging parking lot.

You can enjoy the rich nature of Mount Rokko while driving to the Gallery. Although the scenery has changed slightly since the time Koshino built her house in this place, you can still take a walk around Okuike Pond near the parking lot and enjoy the changing seasons after visiting the Gallery. This place is a source of inspiration for Koshino’s paintings, and we hope you will experience its atmosphere too.

In case of strong typhoons and snow, traffic may be restricted on the Royu Driveway.

Please note that the Gallery and parking lot may be closed temporarily in this case.

Parking information

KH Gallery Ashiya Parking Lot

Address: 34-1, Okuikeminami-cho, Ashiya, Hyogo

(inside the Royu Driveway Parking)

Please park in an empty spot among the five spots named “KH Gallery Parking Lot”.

Please remove your car from the parking lot before 5:00 pm.

The parking fee is 520 yen per car. Please pay at the Royu Driveway Office Counter located next to the parking lot. (8 minutes on foot to the Gallery)

*This parking lot is managed by Royu Driveway.

Our Gallery shall not be responsible for any accident or theft that occurs inside the parking lot.

KH Gallery Ginza will be closed the following schedule.

26th December open hour will be until 6:00 pm

From 27th December until January 7th, 2019

Next exhibition will be held from January 21th, 2019.

Further details will be announced on this website.

KH Gallery Ginza will be closed the following schedule.

From 24th December until January 12th, 2019

The opening of the New Year starts on January 13th.

There is no reservation on Sunday and you can visit freely.

KH Gallery Ginza Permanent Exhibition “Abstract Paintings”

Friday, November 16, 2018 ー Wednesday, December 26, 2018

10:30 am -7:00 pm （December 26th is closed at 5:00 pm）

Closed: Every Sunday.

KH Gallery Ginza will hold the permanent exhibition of Hiroko Koshino “Abstract Paintings”

from November 16, 2018.

KH Gallery Ashiya will hold the exhibition entitled “Dishes by Hiroko Koshino” to present dishes Koshino created on various occasions. The exhibition will feature works cut out and formed from flat clay as if making clothes, blue dishes painted with colorful, humorous line drawings as part of collaboration, and decorated lacquerware which was presented at the exhibition in Sabae in summer 2018. Please enjoy the encounter between Japan’s traditional beauty and senses of modernity.

KH Gallery Ashiya

Special Exhibition

Dishes by Hiroko Koshino

Sunday, November 11, 2018 – Sunday, February 10, 2019

11:00 am. – 4:00 pm.

Closed: Wednesdays / Tuesday, December 25 – Saturday, January 12 / during other events

Open upon reservation: Please fill the Reservation Form on the “ASHIYA GALLERY” page on this website and make a reservation.

Reservation is not required on Sundays.

Besides being a fashion designer for over 60 years, Hiroko Koshino has been active as an artist in recent years. She will hold her first personal exhibition in New York, at the WhiteBox Gallery. Please come visit if you are in New York.

*Hiroko Koshino will give a lecture at Feldman C501, Fashion Institute of Technology, from 11 am to noon on Thursday, November 1. If you wish to attend, please contact kyunghee_pyun@fitnyc.edu for reservation.

Special thanks to The Costume Institute, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York and Nao Takekoshi.