Hanae Miyamoto
Born in Yotsukaido, Chiba in 1985. Graduated from Chiba Prefectural Kemigawa High School. Graduated from Musashino Art University, Faculty of Art and Design, Department of Oil Painting, Majoring in Printmaking in 2010. Mother of twins. Social worker, nursery teacher, and cook. Director of Social Welfare Corporation Yotsukaido Fukushikai, regional coordinator of the same corporation, and chief support staff of “Hachimitsu” (Livelihood Care). She paints to express feelings and things that cannot be expressed in words.
In 2015, she launched the group exhibition “Ten Ten Ten Ten… Exhibition” by young artists living in Yotsukaido City, which is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year. In 2017, she started an art workshop for children. In her current position, she mainly supports the art activities of adults with intellectual disabilities.
In addition to planning exhibitions, she is collaborating with Yotsukaido City to promote the use of artwork on T-shirts, event flyers, etc. She believes that art is a meaningful communication tool other than words. As a teenager, she was attracted to the street art around Chiba Station, where she spent her daily life, and has been fascinated by Art Brut since she decided to become an artist.