NYAB Event - Keico Watanabe and Kotatsu Iwata Exhibition

Keico Watanabe and Kotatsu Iwata Exhibition

NY Coo Gallery

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Keico Watanabe There is a story behind each window of the skyscrapers in Manhattan, and above them shine the stars full of hopes and dreams, just within reach of our outstretched hands. Such inspirations brought Keico Watanabe to her first New York solo exhibition in 1998, titled “Between Stars and Man”.
With vibrant colors and unique forms she brings a smile to our faces and melts our stress away, reminding us of playful childhood memories.
We invite you to leave your dreams and worry to the stars, and take a moment to relax with Watanabe’s creations.
Watanabe graduated from Tama Art University, Tokyo (B.F.A. in Oil Painting and Printing), and joined Nippon Design Center, Ltd. (Illustration Dept.). She has been active in the New York art scene since 1999.

Kotatsu Iwata Once captured on Kotatsu’s canvas, ordinary everyday things assert their existence as new “objects” and resonate within us. The images, which look simple at first glance, are painstakingly created with layers of color and distinctly expressive lines.
Though Kotatsu Iwata devoted himself to music after high school, he acquired a taste for design while creating flyers for performances. This compelled him to complete design school, after which he worked as a designer for 2 years in Osaka and 5 years in Tokyo. During this time he encountered Pop Art, and began painting. In 2004 he moved to New York to concentrate on his art.
Iwata’s creations fuse elements of graphic design with multiple structural layers and a bold color palette, resulting in rich painterly effects.