Kanako HAYASHI 林加奈子

Kanako Hayashi was born in 1981 in Osaka, Japan, and currently lives and

works in Tokyo.web: http://kanakohayashi.net

 

She gathers historical traces and fragments of memory in urban space where diverse people come and go, and attempt to make these invisible things visible by means of actions and setups. In one of her site-specific works, she intervened physically into the gaps and cracks of walls and streets, so that the memories of the emotions such as joy and sorrow, which are associated with these places, and a new time and place can be mediated. Hayashi`s work is influenced by her intense training experience in competitive swimming and synchronized swimming during her teenage years. The experience underwater has led her to observe the world from an extraordinary point of view, develop a physical sense of being in restricted environment and nurture the creativity that drives from restriction.

Hayashi`s recent solo exhibitions include: "Portfolio 2013" island-medium, Tokyo (2013); "The daughter of Time" αM Project 2011 Stratosphere, Gallery αM, Tokyo (2012); "STREET PRACTICE" continue #6, Otto Mainzheim Gallery, Tokyo (2009). Selected group exhibitions include: Zerodate Art Project 2013, Akita (2013); "TRANS ARTS TOKYO" Kanda Community Center Art Project, Tokyo (2012); Skin & Map: the study of body and sense by four artists, Competition of Aichi Triennale 2010 Aichi Arts Center, Aichi (2010); "MEMENTO VIVERE/MEMENTO PHANTASMA -No Mans Land-" Former French Embassy, Tokyo (2009); HIROSHIMA ART PROJECT 2009, Hiroshima (2009). And some of her other activities include; YUME, galerie de l’ESBANM, Nantes, France/ Collaborate with Laurent Moriceau (2011); La! Alegria de Mexico -Fruits Magical Show-, Mexico City, Mexico/ Self initiated Project (2006); Sarajevo International Culture Exchange, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina/ Berlin, Germany and Tokyo, Japan/ Project (2004-2006).

 

Hayashi most recently has been the recipient of residency and grant from the Asian Cultural Council (ACC) fellowship (2013-2014).　Hayashi completed a MFA in the Inter Media Art from Tokyo University of the Arts in 2013, studied at the Chelsea college of Arts and Design University of the Arts London in Art Theory from 2010-2011, and received a BFA in Oil Painting from Kyoto Seika University in 2004