
Cignitta will be holding hitch's solo exhibition "For Your Eyes Only" from Saturday, November 9th to Sunday, November 17th.
This is a solo exhibition by hitch, the painter and leader of the mural production unit "WHOLE9". hitch creates realistic images of people, animals and plants on everything from the huge walls of buildings to small canvases. This time, the exhibition will focus on the theme of "the imperfection of communication" and focuses on "landscapes", which have not appeared much until now. We will bring you the new charm of hitch.

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hitch solo exhibition “For Your Eyes Only”
Venue: Cignitta (Takagi Building 1F, 1-13-21 Kyomachibori, Nishi-ku, Osaka)
Period: November 9th (Sat) -17th (Sun)
Time: 13:00~19:00 Free admission, no reservation required, open daily
Gallery Talk November 9th 15:00-
hitch @hitch_w9
Curation @natsumi_kawasaki

Artist's comment
For Your Eyes Only"
"Communication is imperfect and messy.
There is no expression that can be conveyed 100% to others, even to close friends, not to mention words, dance, or painting. I can't escape the cage of my subjectivity and my head feels cramped. At times like that, I leave the house. Traveling is even better. A wind blows and light shines in the midst of a busy work conscious. It was such a natural progression that I first thought of painting a landscape. Perhaps it was the accumulation of painting murals on the streets from the rising of the morning sun until the setting of the evening sun, but there were many landscapes I wanted to paint. I respond with my brush to the way the world is shaped by a single light source, its reflections, transmission, and interference, as each truth of the world.
I take a deep breath in the contrast between the drama of light created by backlighting, frontlighting, cloudy skies and sunny skies, and the invisible things that humans carry inside of them. I hope I can convey to you, even just a little, that the world can only be seen through one's own subjective eyes.

hitch
Biography
A painter born in Kyoto, raised in Hyogo, and based in Osaka.
He is the leader of the mural production unit "WHOLE9" and a member of the artist collective "Soulflex," which primarily produces music.
In 2007, he began creating murals and tableaux, inspired by his childhood experiences with street art.
As an individual and under the leadership of his group WHOLE9, he has provided office murals and graphics for a variety of companies (Adidas, Amazon, Google, etc.), and has produced murals both domestically and internationally (Taiwan, Australia, USA).
2011 Graduated from Osaka University of Arts, Faculty of Arts, Department of Design, Graphic Design
Main techniques: Acrylic paint, acrylic aerosol paint
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hitch_w9/
@hitch_w9 | whole9.jp

[Solo exhibition (*=organized by WHOLE9)]
2016|'WHOLE9 Exhibition'*|at Secret Arcade Gallery, San Francisco
2017|'Transit'*|at mograg Gallery, TYO
2018|'Post Portraiture'*|at BSIDE Gallery, Melbourne 2018|'.ORG'|at NOS ORG, Tokyo
2022|'After We Have Broken in Pieces'|at grasroots Yokohama, at NICK JERKY Kobe
[Group Exhibitions/Projects]
2018|MUSIC ILLUSTRATION AWARDS 2018
2022|'Art Project Takasaki'|in Takasaki
2022|'JAPAN WALLS Square Spaces'|in Shirahama
2023 | Iimefukurame Excellence Award Winners Exhibition Daimaru Tokyo Store
Client (*= as the main organization WHOLE9)
Live Painting
AdidasJapan*/AmazonJapan*/HeinekenJapan*/MINIJapan*/PerrierJapan*/ UniversalMusicJapan*/XFlag(Ex mixi)*/RadioCrazy(FM802)*/
Office mural
Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry/Fujitsu/JR East/Nakano Ward, Tokyo/UR Urban Development Corporation*/German Embassy*/Mitsui Fudosan*
EmpireEntUS*/GoogleJapan*/IndeedJapan*/IbisJapan*/PullmanJapan*/PnG
Japan*/SPINNS*
Other commission work
CHROME Industry* / EDWIN Japan*/PUNPEE/SIRUP/Suchmos*/ Shueisha
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