Almine Rech London is pleased to present Hajime Sorayama's third solo exhibition with the gallery on view from May 30 to July 27, 2024.
Japan-born Hajime Sorayama graduated from Tokyo's Chubi Central Art School in 1969. He started his career in advertising before setting off to Hollywood, California where he freelanced helping to produce visuals for sci-fi films. His works of female images, pursuing of robot and eroticism are well known both inside and outside of Japan.
Sorayama is one of those rare artists acclaimed by the most prestigious institutions in the art world as well as by renowned haute couture houses, erotic publications and multinational companies specialised in new technologies.
The artist's extensive oeuvre centres upon an ongoing pursuit of beauty in the human form and the machine continue to garner international acclaim, with his signature body of work _Sexy Robot _series (1978-) serving to establish his worldwide reputation. Such depictions that integrate the aesthetic beauty of the female body into the context of the robot have presented a significant influence on the subsequent formulation of robotic imagery. In 1999, Sorayama won the Good Design Award (Ministry of Trade and Industry) and the Media Arts Festival Grand Prize (Agency of Cultural Affairs) for his work with Sony on the concept design of its AIBO entertainment robot.
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