I am attracted to the pulsations of life and visages seen in flowers, which is why I have painted and drawn them for so long now. My goal is to give form to their shapes and presence as they are born, bloom, lose their petals and repeat the cycle again, over and over. I have great respect for and gratitude toward flowers, who have shared with me forms which need to be expressed through art. This is my first exhibition at Artglorieux,and I urge you to come and look, together with me, at the different types of flowers that are blooming. For these works, I have used acrylic paints on canvas. For framed works and pieces painted on glass, I have prepared the frames myself and consider them to be part of the artwork itself.

「春の花」27.3×45.5 cm Acrylic on canvas

「Bouquet」10×10 cm (Frame 32×23.3 cm) Acrylic, Oil, Glass

「風の花」72.7×116.7 cm (50 inches) Acrylic on canvas

◆Haruko Nagata
Born 1960 in Shimada City, Shizuoka Prefecture
1981 Graduated from Joshibi University of Art and Design Junior College, Department of Sculpture
1982 Completed Joshibi University of Art and Design Graduate Course, Sculpture Major (studied under Professor Kyoshu Kuwahara)
1983 Studied in France
1991 Part-time Lecturer, Joshibi University of Art and Design
Currently: Part-time Lecturer, Department of Fine Arts, Faculty of Art, Joshibi University of Art and Design / Department of Fine Arts, Joshibi University of Art and Design Junior College; Member, Nika-kai

Solo Exhibitions
2025: “LIVING with ART – Living with Flowers: Haruko Nagata Exhibition” Comfort Q, Hankyu Umeda Main Store (Osaka)
2024: “Haruko Nagata Exhibition: Floral Forms” WADA GAROU TOKYO Lab (Tokyo)
2023 “Haruko Nagata Exhibition” KOICHI Fine Arts (Osaka)
2022 & 2024 “Haruko Nagata Exhibition” Gallery Kokon (Tokyo)
2021 “Haruko Nagata Solo Exhibition: A Single Flower ~La Fleur~” AMMON (Tokyo)
2020 “Haruko Nagata: Where Do Flowers Come From?” Numazu Shoji Art Museum (Numazu) ※Cancelled due to COVID-19 prevention measures
2019 “Haruko Nagata 2012–2015” Kikugawa Cultural Center Exhibition Lobby (Kikugawa)
2018 “Haruko Nagata Exhibition: Arranging Flowers” Shizuoka Country Hamaoka Course & Hotel (Omaezaki)
2017 “Haruko Nagata Exhibition: Where We Breathe” Shimada City Museum Branch / Japanese House (Shimada)
2016, 2017, 2023 “Haruko Nagata Exhibition: Spring has come” CORNFIELD Fujieda (Fujieda)
2015, 2018 “Spring Haruko Nagata Exhibition” INOAC Ginza Namiki-dori Gallery (Tokyo)
2010 “Haruko Nagata Exhibition in bloom” Ginza Gallery Joshibi (Tokyo)

Major Group Exhibitions & Art Fairs
2026 Art Fair NAGOYA (Wada Gallery / Nagoya)
2025 Art Fair TOKYO (Takiyama Art / Tokyo)
2020, 2022, 2024, 2025 “TOMORROW Haruko Nagata × Naoki Yomizu” Arakawa Gallery (Tokyo)
2022 “Blue Friends: 33 Artists Exhibition” Den-en Art Museum (Isumi)
2020, 2022 “Painting Exhibition: Blue Notes” Gallery Ogata (Fukuoka)
2014–2026 “Full Sky of Stars Exhibition: East Japan Earthquake Support Project” Arakawa Gallery (Tokyo)
2012 “Kuwahara Kyoshu and His Students Exhibition” Nirasaki Omura Museum of Art Satellite Space (Nirasaki)
2011 “Hoso Exhibition – By Members of the Founding Period of Joshibi University of Art and Design’s Sculpture Education” Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi Main Store (Tokyo)
2010 “Joshibi 110 Years: Leaders in Beauty – Joshibi University of Art and Design 110th Anniversary Exhibition” Ueno Royal Museum (Tokyo)

Collections & Installations
‘Bloom’ Shibukawa City Museum of Art / Kuwabara Kyoshu Sculpture Museum
‘Bloom’, ‘Arranging Flowers’ Nirasaki Omura Museum of Art
‘Mermaid’, ‘Wood Nymph’, ‘Hearing the Wind’, ‘Seeing the Wind’ Installed in California, USA