The title of the exhibition is symbolized by a black and white square.
The meaning is "black and white." Putting it into words would be a straightforward expression, but by expressing it as a symbol, I tried to approach the idea of looking at the colors black and white more clearly through the picture.

I first started painting monochrome when I was a university student. At the time, I was creating lithograph prints with whales as the main subject. Nowadays, I not only draw whales, but also plants and animals on paper using drawing materials. I use an oil-based dermatograph and pencils sold by Mitsubishi, and draw on Kent paper.

I have been exploring monochrome expression since my student days, and I feel that the color black has elegance and a stubbornness that makes a strong statement, while white, on the other hand, has a purity and cleanliness to it.

However, I have always had the habit of thinking broadly that what I feel may be different for different people, and I think that the way we interpret colors should be more free. Sometimes I want to give colors different meanings, such as black being gentle, or white being imbued with a sense of madness.

I have continued to create works up to this day, looking at these monochrome colors from a bird's-eye view.
I hope you can feel the richness of the black and white colors.



Hiromi Majima

Born in Tokyo in 1991
2018: Completed Master's Program in Printmaking at Joshibi University of Art and Design
Moved to Sapporo in 2021
2024: Began painting using oil-based dermatographs


[Awards and Selections]
2013 81st Print Association B Division Award Nominee
2014: Winner of the Takao Hiyashizaki Award at the 9th Kochi International Print Triennale
2015: Selected for the 83rd Japan Print Association Print Exhibition
2017 Selected for the 53rd Kanagawa Prefectural Art Exhibition
2025 Selected for the 8th Miyamoto Saburo Memorial Drawing Award Exhibition



[Exhibition] *Including solo and group exhibitions
2012 Joshibi Style (BankARTStudioNYK/Yokohama)
2013 Joshibi Style (Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum/Tokyo)
The 81st Japan Print Association Print Exhibition (Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum/Tokyo)
2014 9th Kochi International Print Triennale (Ino Town Paper Museum/Ino Town, Kochi Prefecture)
2015 83rd Japan Print Association Print Exhibition (Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum/Tokyo)
2016 Contact Exhibition (Gallery Uest/Tokyo)
2017 PICK UP THE PIECES 2017 (JINEN GALLERY/Tokyo)
CrossLine 2017 (Tokyo Zokei University ZOKEI Gallery/Tokyo)
Kanagawa Prefectural Art Exhibition (Kanagawa Prefectural Hall Gallery/Kanagawa)
2018: The 41st Tokyo Five Art Universities Joint Graduation Exhibition (The National Art Center, Tokyo)
2022 Solo exhibition "Tontonton" (Cafe Sketch/Sapporo)
Solo Exhibition: Hiromi Mashima Print Exhibition (Grandpa and Dog/Sapporo)
Solo exhibition "YUURAN" (gallery CLAC/Sapporo)
2023 Solo Exhibition: Hiromi Mashima Print Exhibition HOHABA (Kanazawa Yuoke Creation Forest Gallery/Kanazawa)
2024 Solo exhibition "Following the Line" (Fabulous/Sapporo)
2025 Solo Exhibition Hiromi Mashima Art Exhibition (Air Road Atsuta/Atsuta, Ishikari City)
Solo Exhibition: Hiromi Mashima (Kato Shoten/Sapporo)
Solo Exhibition: Hiromi Mashima (Sanbankan/Asahikawa)