Hiroyuki Doi, Untitled
Hiroyuki Doi
Japanese, b. 1946
Untitled
ink on paper
signed lower right: HiRoyuki Doi
18 1/8 x 15 1/2 in. (46 x 39.4 cm.), frame: 25 1/4 x 22 3/8 x 0 3/4 in. (64.1 x 56.8 x 1.9 cm.)
Private Collection, New Mexico
Hiroyuki Doi is a self-taught Japanese artist, born in 1946 in Nagoya, best known for intricate ink drawings composed of thousands of tiny circles. He originally trained as a chef in Tokyo, becoming a master of French, Italian, and Spanish cuisine while working at top restaurants and traveling in Europe to study art and cuisine. His career shifted dramatically in 1980 after the death of his younger brother from a brain tumor, a loss that redirected his energies toward visual art, and what began as a therapeutic response has since evolved into an ongoing, self-renewing practice of abstract mapping. Working with a Pilot drawing pen on washi paper, Doi builds meticulous compositions from tiny circles that evoke forms ranging from molecular organisms to the cosmos. Though he drew privately for two decades, his work was first shown in the West in 2001 at the Phyllis Kind Gallery in New York, after which he attracted considerable critical attention, going on to exhibit internationally, including at the Thomas Williams Gallery in London, The Museum of Everything, and a major retrospective at the Pilot Pen Station Museum in Tokyo.
Condition
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Hiroyuki Doi
Japanese, b. 1946
Untitled
ink on paper
signed lower right: HiRoyuki Doi
18 1/8 x 15 1/2 in. (46 x 39.4 cm.), frame: 25 1/4 x 22 3/8 x 0 3/4 in. (64.1 x 56.8 x 1.9 cm.)
Private Collection, New Mexico
Hiroyuki Doi is a self-taught Japanese artist, born in 1946 in Nagoya, best known for intricate ink drawings composed of thousands of tiny circles. He originally trained as a chef in Tokyo, becoming a master of French, Italian, and Spanish cuisine while working at top restaurants and traveling in Europe to study art and cuisine. His career shifted dramatically in 1980 after the death of his younger brother from a brain tumor, a loss that redirected his energies toward visual art, and what began as a therapeutic response has since evolved into an ongoing, self-renewing practice of abstract mapping. Working with a Pilot drawing pen on washi paper, Doi builds meticulous compositions from tiny circles that evoke forms ranging from molecular organisms to the cosmos. Though he drew privately for two decades, his work was first shown in the West in 2001 at the Phyllis Kind Gallery in New York, after which he attracted considerable critical attention, going on to exhibit internationally, including at the Thomas Williams Gallery in London, The Museum of Everything, and a major retrospective at the Pilot Pen Station Museum in Tokyo.
Condition
A condition report for this lot is available upon request (please include the lot number in your request) and is provided by Santa Fe Art Auction as a courtesy and convenience for potential buyers.
