|
Hikaru
Born in Japan, Hikaru (Hirata-Miyakawa) is a man of
many talents. He is an award winning artist, musician, dancer,
writer, and a Waldorf (Steiner School)
teacher. He lives and works in Boulder, Colorado but have
shown his artworks in Japan, U.S.A., Europe (Germany, Italy,
Greece, England,etc.), and Australia. He is currently represented
both as an artist and a performer by Chiaroscuro Art in Malta.
As a musician, he is an opera singer (tenor/ sings in
9 different laguages)) and have given many solo recitals ,and
performed as a soloist for the chamber orchestras, pianist,
composer, guitarist, arranger, etc. As a dancer, he dances
Modern, Flamenco, and the Contact Impovisation. Most recently
he has co-choreographed and also appeared as the guest
performer and a teacher at Denver University. As a Waldorf
teacher, he has taught the Studio Arts, art history, Music
history, etc. at Shining Mountain
Waldorf High School between 1995-1999 and many other Waldorf
schools. He is also listed in the 5th Edition of the"Who's
Who among America's Teachers", nominated by the students.
He also has painted the copy + of the "Last Supper"
by Leonardo da Vinci on the wall of the classroom as the gift
to the school spending 2,000 hours on it! As an actor he was
biefly coached by the
Academy Award winner, Red Buttons. Hikaru is currently writing
a book on Leonardo da Vinci , whom he has followed for 32
years since he was
eleven.
His earliest artistic training was through his own mother
when Hikaru was only 4 years old. he was introduced to drawing,
singing, and writing, but the
encounter with Leonardo da Vinci's work and the life when
Hikaru was eleven years old chaged his life. "A Painter
is not praise-worthy if he is not an universal man" became
his motto. Although he has been inspired by many artists from
the past, he considers Leonardo as his true master.
He will be performing in Boulder through the International
Fringe Festival, both as a dancer and singer this August.
In 2006, above all projects that he is working on, Hikaru
will be participating as an artist and a muti-madia performer
in Malta.
Hikaru
describes his art as visionary, fantastic, and surrealistic.
His work heavily integrates themes of mythology, explaining
archetypes in Jungian terms. "Archetypes are timeless
and boundary-less, and you can share that with people of different
backgrounds. With my art I want to show something beyond physical
existence - (to show) spirit, light and energy."
Hikaru shares his knowledge and love of art by teaching. One
of his former students, Amanda Sage, has assisted Ernst Fuchs,
the founder of the Viennese Fantastic Realism movement.
His art has been shown in Germany, England, Japan, and the
United States.
|
|
|