Hiroki, Setsuko and Miho Morinoue Exhibit - October 9, 2009 - February 19, 2010 @ The Contemporary Museum at First Hawaiian Center

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Hiroki, Setsuko and Miho Morinoue Exhibit - October 9, 2009 - February 19, 2010 @ The Contemporary Museum at First Hawaiian Center
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The Contemporary Museum – Makiki Heights
2411 Makiki Heights Drive, Honolulu, HI 96822
Main: (808) 526-1322; Exhibition Info: 526-0232; Café Reservations: 523-3362

PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release October 5, 2009
Contact: Allison Wong, Interim Executive Director
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Hiroki, Setsuko and Miho Morinoue
October 9, 2009 – February 19, 2010 (This is a new closing date)
The Contemporary Museum at First Hawaiian Center

The Morinoue family of artists from the Big Island, Hiroki, Setsuko, and Miho, will be featured in an exhibition of their new works at The Contemporary Museum at First Hawaiian Center October 9, 2009 through February 19, 2010. Entry is free during normal bank hours and on First Fridays.

Living and working out of their studios in Holualoa on the Big Island of Hawaii, married couple Hiroki and Setsuko, and their daughter, Miho, create work that is continuously inspired by each other and by their island surroundings. The range of work planned for this presentation includes prints, sculptures, drawings, paintings, and ceramics.

The Morinoues were instrumental in founding the Holualoa Foundation for Arts and Culture, a non-profit organization that offers educational and cultural activities for their community. Over the years, Hiroki and Setsuko have hosted many well-known artists such as Red Grooms, Bud Shark, and Bob Arnesson.

Daughter Miho Morinoue is a classically trained ballet dancer who has performed in Europe and North America. She has also designed costumes for the Dance Theatre of Harlem and others. She returned to Hawaii after a 10-year career as a professional dancer.

About the artists:
Hiroki Morinoue: Born in Kealakekua, Hawaii, Hiroki Morinoue first studied painting at the Kona Arts Center before enrolling at the California College of Arts and Crafts where he received his Bachelors of Fine Arts degree. He also spent time in Japan studying with a Master woodblock printer. The skills he acquired there are evident in his direct, elegant, and fluid woodcuts and monoprints.

Hiroki works in a variety of media including painting, sculpture, photography, ceramics and prints. In all of his work there is a compelling sense of place; he is a patient observer of nature, its rhythms, cycles and patterns, and these observations become poetic images in his work.

He has shown widely in the United States and Japan; he has completed several major public art commissions including projects at the Honolulu Public Library and the Hawaii Convention Center. His work is represented in the collections of The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu; the Honolulu Academy of Arts; The National Parks Collection, Maryland; Ueno No Mori Museum, Tokyo, and others.

Setsuko Watanabe Morinoue: Born in Japan, Setsuko is a ceramic and mixed media artist. She is a passionate and dedicated advocate for arts education for children. She is the program director at Donkey Mill. Setsuko dabbled in photography before taking an interest in kusaki-zome (painting with natural dyes) and in the 70’s, after moving to Hawaii, she became immersed in the art of clay.

Today, Setsuko works not only with clay, but has also extended her field of creative works through mixed media in painting, printmaking, and sculpture. Her work has been shown in Japan, New York City, California, and Hawaii. She has received several awards for her works in ceramics, painting, and printmaking over the years. Seksuko’s works are in the public and corporate collections including State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, First Hawaiian Bank, Honolulu, Kailua-Kona, and Guam, Bank of Hawaii, The Royal Hawaiian Hotel, and the offices of Advance Medical Nutrition in Hayward, California.

Miho Morinoue: Miho Morinoue is an acclaimed dancer and a visual artist. As a member of the Complexions Contemporary Ballet Company she performed extensively in the United States and Europe. As a visual artist, she collaborated on numerous projects, designing costumes and setting ballets for Complexions, the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Dance Theatre of Harlem, Oakland Ballet, Philadelphia Ballet and many others. She has shown her artworks in Hawaii, New York and Seattle, Washington.

Morinoue completed her first lithograph at Shark’s Ink in 2006. The Cove is a tour de force of drawing and imagination. Taking nearly a year to complete the drawing while touring with Complexions Contemporary Ballet, The Cove incorporates portraits of friends and family, Japanese mythology and Hawaiian settings.
Her prints are in the collections of the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., and the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York.
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General Information:
The Contemporary Museum - Makiki Heights
Entry: One-Day Membership Pass: $8 Adults; $6 Students & Seniors; Members, Military with ID & Children 12 and under are free. (The fee for a one-day membership pass may be applied to the cost of an annual membership on the day of issue.) It is always free to visit the Museum Shop or the TCM Café. Museum and Shop Hours: Tuesday-Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Sunday from Noon to 4 p.m.; Closed Mondays and major holidays. The Contemporary Café Hours: Tuesday-Saturday from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.; Sunday from Noon to 2:30 p.m. Café Reservations: (808) 523-3362. Docent Tours: Tuesday-Sunday at 1:30 p.m. Cades Library Hours: Tuesday-Thursday from 1 to 4 p.m.; or by special appointment. Parking: Free. On The Bus: #15 to Makiki Heights Drive-stops in front of the Museum. Address: 2411 Maikiki Heights Drive, Honolulu, HI 96822. Exhibitions/Events Line: (808) 526-0232. Tours/Administration: (808) 526-1322; Web Site: www.tcmhi.org. Membership: (808) 237-5219.

The Contemporary Museum at First Hawaiian Center: Entry: Free. Hours: Monday-Thursday from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Closed on weekends and banking holidays; First Fridays: 7-9 p.m. with Gallery Talk at 7:30 p.m. Docent Tours: Third Thursdays at Noon. Parking: TCM Members enjoy validated parking. Address: 999 Bishop Street, Honolulu, HI 96813.

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