Hiroki Morinoue | |
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ヒロキ モリノーエ | |
 'Butterfly Kimono' (2006), woodcut by Morinoue | |
| Born | 1947 (age 77–78) Kealakekua, Territory of Hawaii (now U.S.) |
| Education | California College of Arts and Crafts (BFA) |
| Occupation(s) | Painter, printmaker |
Hiroki Morinoue (born 1947,Japanese:ヒロキ モリノーエ) is anAmerican Hawaiian visual artist, of Japanese descent. His artwork fuses westernImpressionism with modern Japanese design. Morinoue lives inHolualoa, on the Big Island ofHawaii.
Morinoue was born in 1947, inKealakekua, Territory of Hawaii;[1][2] and was raised nearHolualoa, formerly a major coffee plantation town in the mountains aboveKailua-Kona on theBig Island ofHawaii.[2] Japanese workers were imported from Japan at the turn of the 20th century to Hawaii to work the plantations. Although the coffee plantations are gone, Holualoa remains a major producer and exporter ofKona coffee from a cooperative of private growers. In addition, a large artist colony has taken hold in the town itself.
Morinoue studied at theCalifornia College of Arts and Crafts (now California College of the Arts) in Oakland, California, where he received hisBFA degree in 1973.[1][3] Later, while inJapan, Morinoue studied with a mastersumi-e artist and a master ofwoodblock printing.
It was Morinoue's seemingly abstract paintings of calm water on textured wood or woodblock prints that propelled him to prominence. The play of light on pebbles at the bottom of a creek or pond, bubbles, ripples, or the reflection on the surface of water are combined with a Japanese sense of balance and design in intense shades of aqua, black and blue creating art of refined, serene elegance. Subsequent works show a trend towards abstract art, experimentation in warmer palettes, rougher strokes, various subject matters and media such as ceramics and photography.
Hiroki Morinoue can be seen in several public and private collections in the USA (particularly in Hawaii) and Japan.
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