Teiji Hayama's paintings join together western and Japanese influences, combining different art historical periods varying from Christian art, Greek mythology to contemporary Japanese pop culture and Ukiyo-E.
Many of the figures are rife with symbolism, a tradition in Christian art. Hayama's pale, ethereal figures with frail bodies and pale tinited eyes often inspired by well-known images of female deities, portray an angelic appearance which clashes with a penetrating and unnerving glare directed at the viewer.
Symbols of religious and spiritual devotion, pledges of love, tattoos depicted in the portraits represent the seat of emotions of the young girls, their convictions, belonging or identification with particular groups. Teiji Hayama communicates the innocence of children by portraying nude girls.
Nudity combined with innocence and vulnerability is often depicted in Japanese pop art. Hayama also wants to show the transition from childhood to adolescence, a physical and mental transitional stage involving social and psychological changes.
"I want my portraits to have a psychological charge and the viewer to feel the fragility of this phase of life".
born 1975 in Kumamoto, Japan
lives and works in Switzerland
Education
1995-1998 : Central Saint Martins
College of Art and Design, London
1999-2002 : Assistant designer &
creation Cabane de Zucca,
Issey Miyake Group, Tokyo
| 2010 | Affordable Art Gallery (AAF), Brussels | Group exhibition at stand G5 of Leslie's Artgallery |
| 2009/2010 | Leslie's Artgallery, Bridel, Luxembourg | Solo exhibition |
| 2009 | Leslie's Artgallery, Bridel, Luxembourg | Group show "NEW CONTEMPORARY FIGURATIVE ART" |
| 2009 | SCOPE ART Show Basel, Switzerland | represented by Galerie T40, Düsseldorf |
| 2009 | Galerie T40, Düsseldorf, Germany | Solo exhibition "Innocence" |
| 2009 | Espace Arlaud, Lausanne, Switzerland | Group show "Accrochage Vaud 2009" |
| 2009 | Holster Projects | Group show "GODS AND RITUALS" |
| 2009 | Musée Cantonal des Beaux Arts, Lausanne | Nomination for the annual Swiss art scene exhibition |
| 2008 | SCOPE ART Show Basel, Switzerland | represented by Saatchi Online, London |
| 2008 | Sovereign Art Prize | Nomination |
| 2008 | Luerzer's Archive 07/08 | Nomination 200 best illustrators worldwide |
| Dorobushi Ginza & Hiroo, Tokyo | Solo exhibition | |
| L'Assiette Japan | Solo exhibition | |
| Galerie Bassins, Switzerland | Solo exhibition "WasserWaterEauAqua" | |
| Galerie Luna, Switzerland | Solo exhibition "Moon Project" | |
| Nestlé Centre de recherche, Switzerland | Solo exhibition "Scènes d'intérieurs" | |
| Galerie L'Oiseau, Switzerland | Solo exhibition "Celebrities and Ghosts" | |
| Transition Gallery, UK | Group show "The Painting Room" | |
| Villa Dutoit, Switzerland | Group show "Zone Bleue" | |
| Galerie EDGAR, Paris | Group show | |
| Contemporary Art Museum Kumamoto (CAMK), Japan | Group show | |
| Art Generation Gallery, France | Group show "Talons aiguilles" | |
| En Beauregard Gallery, Switzerland | Group show | |
| Sekiun Gallery Tokyo | Group show "Supernatural" | |
| Selected collections Jean Pigozzi, Christian Leger | Collection |