Shoko Hirose

Shoko Hirose

Calligrapher, artist

Ichikawa, Japan

1941 Born in Niigata Prefecture. Fellow of the Society of Art Connoisseurs (Itikawa).

1998 Participant of the Muroshe Syundji exhibition (Tokyo, Ikebukuro). Establishment of the SHOKO society, Ichikawa.

1999 One-man show at the Daimaru department store Gallery, Tokyo. The Art Space Kaori Group exhibition (Tokyo, Yaesu).

2000 Group exhibition of Hirose Shoko and Yoshida Mitsue (Tokyo, Iidabashi).

“My Calligraphy is about power and color. Sometimes the black color is important, and sometimes the gray color. Power is important at all times”.