LINTALOW HASHIGUCHI

In the university, he learned about the traditional art of calligraphy and its aesthetics while being influenced by 1960’s Butoh (experimental dance) and Gutai art, as well as avant-garde art and its advocate Taro Okamoto. He was especially inspired by Yuichi Inoue, renowned avant-garde calligrapher. Bearing in mind Inoue’s words, “Calligraphy is art for everyone,” Hashiguchi developed the belief that calligraphy arose from everyday lives, giving people energy to keep going.”

In 2008, he first held his solo exhibition at IAF shop* in Fukuoka. After that, he stopped using traditional, “out-of-the-ordinary” calligraphy brushes and picked up “ordinary”, affordable towels instead. In 2015, he was selected as one of the members of Tensakukai, a group exhibition paying homage to Yuichi Inoue. From 2016 onwards, getting inspiration from rock music sounds, Hashiguchi has begun drawing words and phrases in jaggy English letters to express sound waves. In 2018, he was picked as one of the artists in ART SHODO TOKYO and in 2019, he won the grand prize at LUMINE meets ART AWARD 2018-2019.