Ignoring Hiroko's art is impossible. Viewing her images is a
forbidden trip into her surrealistic subconscious. She got my
attention with her painting, "Hannya", which depicts a
voluptuous woman with a demon's head. I was passing a San
Francisco gallery when it snatched my attention. Since then, I
have found that Hiroko's art can turn the emotional tables on
me; using signature bold colors, her Japanese tradition and an
adopted American bawdiness, she mixes it up to shock or make me
laugh at will.
To the eye of Hiroko, nothing is quite so simple, and nothing is
quite profane; in her exploration of human nature, anything and
everything can be imagined, from insatiable lust to infinite beauty
Eric Seligson
- Graphic designer, Siderealist
Some of the pieces will be in her new book REBIRTH
Available Now.