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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.

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Projects by this artist

“From ち(Chi) to ち(Chi-knowledge)”

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The city of Chiba is bustling with restaurants, large electronics stores, and commercial malls, with many people coming and going. Mixed in with the hustle and bustle of such a suburban city, there are mysterious “ち(chi)” shaped monuments decorated with a variety of colors and techniques. This monument, which exists in the city as if it were a completely natural part of it, also reminds us of the street art that once flourished in front of the station. Artist Hanae Miyamoto, who studied printmaking at an art college and has also worked as a cook, a nursery school teacher, and as a life support worker for people with disabilities, plans to create such a landscape with this project. The ten monuments in the shape of the letter “ち(Chi),” the symbol of the Chiba International Art Triennale 2025, will be created in collaboration with 10 welfare facilities for people with disabilities in Chiba City, which were called upon to participate.In Chiba City, there are 240 day care centers and supported employment services for people with disabilities. Although they are essential for people with disabilities living in the community, the reality is that not that many local residents are aware of their existence and activities. Miyamoto will attend 10 facilities for this project. Miyamoto proposes creative methods to people with disabilities (called “friends” in this project) that are suited to thier desires, physical movements, characteristics, and interests, and engages in repeated exchanges with each person. Although the project is to create “ち(chi)”-shaped monuments, it is also important to communicate during the process and to discover small “expressions” that may not be noticed by the participants or the staff. In the “social model of disability” in social welfare, “disability” is defined as something that exists in society, not something that belongs to the individual. This project is an attempt for artists to visit welfare facilities scattered around the community, interact with the people who attend these facilities, and gently release what is born from these relationships into the community. Through these activities, the project aims to gradually loosen the various “ barriers” that exist in Chiba City. [Types of citizen involvement] Workshop, Participation in production, Exhibition viewing
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