Nor'West News: October 27, 2022

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‘Painting gives me happiness’
• By Natalie Pham
AN AWARD-winning Japanese
artist is hoping to connect people
through her third annual art
exhibition.
About 320 brightly coloured
artworks are arranged in a cross
at South Library, with its symbol
representing the intersection of
the past and the future.
St Albans artist Haruko Furukawa
said the majority of the
artworks came from her students
in New Zealand and from overseas
artists – from Japan to the
United States.
“I painted about 50 artworks,
220 were from my students and
the rest is from many artists.”
Since starting the project
seven years ago, Furukawa said
her only goal was to have many
people participate and feel connected
through the exhibition.
The avid artist started to paint
many years ago, as a way to deal
with the raw emotion following
her father’s death.
“Then I discovered that painting
gives me happiness,” she said.
“I knew that I want to make
people all over the world happy
through my works.”
Furukawa then attended Kyoto
Saga Art University where she
learned traditional Japanese art,
and later picked up Western
techniques in Florence, Italy.
This explains the incorporation
of acrylic and traditional
Japanese materials into her
painting.
Said Furukawa: “My styles are
a combination of Western and
Japanese styles because I learned
both.
“Western colours are deep,
whereas Japanese is more subtle.
So I normally paint with Japanese
colours first, and then paint
with acrylic.”
Furukawa has taken part in
several live painting events and
created murals across the city
since moving to New Zealand 20
years ago.
Her artworks have also featured
in local and international
exhibitions.
Last week, she was among
five artists participating in an
ongoing exhibition at Tūranga
that displays the lives of ethnic
minorities.
Besides teaching art at her
home, Furukawa also volunteers
teaching art at retirement
SHOW: Award-winning
Japanese artist Haruko
Furukawa has compiled
320 artworks in her latest
exhibition, Big Bang 13.
The artist also teaches from
home and in retirement
villages (above).
PHOTO: GEOFF SLOAN
villages.
Next month, the painter will
collaborate with Shiki Japanese
Music Group for a performance
of live painting and music at the
Arts Centre.
The Big Bang 13 exhibition
will run at South Library until
the end of this month.
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