Shintaro & Yoshiko Nakahara

Sanderson are pleased to announce the exhibition Perpetual featuring a new suite of paintings by Shintaro Nakahara (b.1972, Saitama, Japan) and Yoshiko Nakahara (b.1978, Kanagawa, Japan). Using waves as the main motif, the inspiration for this series emerged from contemplative moments at the beach. The artists describe the feeling of...

In their exhibition Affection, Shintaro and Yoshiko Nakahara look to the current season of spring in their first home, Japan. This is a special time of the Sakura or cherry blossom flowering season, one of celebration associated with new beginnings. Cherry blossoms are a symbolic flower in Japan, representing renewal...

Yoshiko works in black ink, delicate and detailed; it is a labour intensive and meticulous process. In contrast, Shintaro opts for vivid, graphic forms in vibrant colours. When collaborating, they complement and contrast one another, creating a undetermined dialogue within the work which they have described as the “third artist”....

Shintaro and Yoshiko Nakahara work collaboratively in their practice, with Yoshiko doing the delicate and intricate ink work and Shintaro adding the beautiful blocks of flat colour. In this show the Nakaharas explore the intricacies of different forms and bodies of water.

While it is easy to draw out the individual artists from their collaborative works – colour from Shintaro and black line work from Yoshiko – the “third artist” is actually inseparable. The collaborative works form themselves on the canvas, often ending in unexpected outcomes. Yoshiko starts the process with her...

Shintaro Nakahara’s studies in pure colour are played out in calligraphic paintings that joyfully defy any accepted notion of colour theory. Crisp, even sequences of colour diverge, align, and intersect across the surface of his works, in combinations that simultaneously bewilder and delight the viewer. Shintaro studied Fine Art in...

Brendan McGorry shows a series of portraits of artists throughout history mapping a solar system of influences. While Yoshiko Nakahara's intricate and highly detailed drawings look at the microscopic beauty of the natural world. Yoshiko's focus in this new series focuses on the healing properties of rain and plants -...

This exhibition features new work from the collaborative practice of artists Shintaro and Yoshiko Nakahara. The Japanese-born husband and wife, who were classically trained in Tokyo, each make art independently; as individuals they have different conceptual concerns, work on dramatically different scales and in different mediums. Their unique collaborations demonstrate...

Bringing together the talents of Shintaro and Yoshiko Nakahara, the artists' present a unique body of collaborative paintings. The Japanese-born husband and wife duo each have successful independent artistic practices, having gained degrees in Fine Art in Tokyo prior to their emigration to New Zealand. Despite possessing obviously disparate working...

The complexity of her compositions inspires a mood of introspective contemplation that is both unexpected and immediate. Working on a relatively small scale is key to Nakahara’s practice, which centres on perfecting the quality of her mark-making. Working exclusively in ink, her pieces are built slowly and deliberately from thousands...

Crisp, even sequences of intense (sometimes lurid) colour diverge, align, and intersect across the surface of his works, in combinations that simultaneously bewilder and delight the viewer. His fields of flat, solid colour, defined by razorsharp lines, retain the overall surface consistency used by the Colour Field artists of the...

Bringing together the talents of Shintaro and Yoshiko Nakahara, the artists' present a unique body of collaborative paintings. The Japanese-born husband and wife duo each have successful independent artistic practices, having gained degrees in Fine Art in Tokyo prior to their emigration to New Zealand. Despite possessing obviously disparate working...

'Japanese artists Shintaro and Yoshiko Nakahara work both together and separately … Recently they have begun to collaborate, combining their different approaches to create an exquisite series of works that they have called 'Hikari' (Light), a metaphor for the revelation implicit in taking a mutual journey.' - Helen Kedgley, Senior...

Working on a relatively small scale is key to Nakahara’s practice, which centres on perfecting the quality of her mark-making. Working exclusively in ink, her pieces are built slowly and deliberately from thousands of individual pen strokes and subtle washes. Every minute detail is described with unshakable precision; gradually, forms...

The distinctive playful and colourful aesthetic of Shintaro Nakahara belies the rigorous and complex creation of his paintings. Immediately arresting, his work draws liberally from Japanese tradition, Pop Art and contemporary cultural iconography to create visually striking paintings that blend ancient and contemporary elements to great effect. Nakahara’s painting practice...

Bringing together the talents of Shintaro and Yoshiko Nakahara, 'Clockwise' presents a unique body of collaborative paintings. The Japanese-born husband and wife duo each have successful independent artistic practices, having gained degrees in Fine Art in Tokyo prior to their emigration to New Zealand. Despite possessing obviously disparate working styles,...