HIRO YAMAGATA

• HIRO YAMAGATA, Japanese painter, born in Saga, living in the United States. He is known in Japan for his colorful silk screens, but internationally he is known as a contemporary artist using lasers and holograms, and is a cutting-edge illusionist. In 1973 he signed a contract with a gallery in Paris and had his first solo exhibition in Vienna that year. In 1978 he signed a contract with a gallery in Los Angeles and moved to Los Angeles. He is famous for his vibrant colored style, which is studded with more than 100 colors on silk screen.

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