Kenichi Hoshine

b. 1977, Tokyo, Japan. Kenichi Hoshine is a Brooklyn-based artist whose paintings are characterized by a fluid melding of figural elements and painterly, free-form gestures that evoke a spectrum of moods and narrative possibilities. Inspired by a wide range of subjects, Hoshine’s practice is grounded in the experiences and occurrences of his daily life. Expressed through the formal vocabulary of abstraction, these seemingly common images and scenes take on newfound emotionality and a sense of underlying story. (Courtesy of Hollis Taggart, New York).