profile
- Name
- Design/Artistic Calligrapher Kouma Horimoto
- Career
- 16 years
- Design/Art Calligraphy is a type of calligraphy that places primary importance on evocation of a burgeoning of artistry, causing it to leave a lasting impression in the mind and to touch the heart. On the enterprise scene, works are provided for use in a broad variety of publicity media, as logos for shops, companies and products, and on the individual scene, for naming documents and nameplates.
Contact e-mail address syo@kouma-horimoto.com
History of activities and awards
- 2011.11
- Displayed in Paris, France at “Salon Idees Japon”
- 2011.11
- Displayed at the Toronto Art Festival (Canada)
- 2011.10
- Used as New Year’s cards and printed in magazines
- 2011.10
- Calendar Exhibition (Japan)
- 2011.7
- Placed in the Mexico Art Awards (Mexico)
- 2011.3
- Joint exhibition at Ouchi Gallery (NY)
- 2010.12
- Calendar exhibition of 12 selected artists at Ouchi Gallery (NY)
- 2010.10
- awards the Art Publisher’s (Bijutsu Shuppan-Sha) award at the “1st Creative Expressionist Exhibition,” and that work was published in their magazine.
- 2010.10
- Placed in the “Offerings to the Gods” Art Competition (Heian Shrine, Japan)
- 2010.8
- Live Calligraphy collaboration with Kahon at the Sumida Ward JAZZ Festa (Japan)
- 2010.4
- Live Calligraphy in collaboration with Wa-Daiko drums, sponsored by JINRIK
- 2010.2
- Displayed at Toronto Art EXPO (Canada)
- 2009.6
- Received the Grand Prix of the interior books Kyara-Moji (Character Letters) Award