BECKETT FINE ART, TORONTO

Thomas Beckett invites you to Migishi Kato Ohashi, an

exhibition of three acclaimed contemporary Japanese artists.

Presented at Beckett Fine Art, this exhibition features the

works of Kotaro Migishi, Masayoshi Kato and Miyako

Ohashi. You are invited to attend the opening reception on

Saturday, September 20 from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. at

Beckett Fine Art, 120 Scollard Street, Toronto and by appointment.

One of the most respected artists in Japan, with a studio in Oiso, Japan

and another in Véron, France, 78-year-old Kotaro Migishi's paintings

bear evidence to a fascinating life and a deeply personal poetic vision.

Inspired by the serene countryside of Burgundy, and exhibiting

internationally since 1955, Migishi has traveled between Japan and

France for the last three decades, establishing a studio in Burgundy in

1974. Migishi describes his works as visual poems. His paintings are

simply extraordinary; rich in texture, filled with light and a colourist

beyond compare. Beckett has exhibited Migishi for the past eleven

years in North America.

One of Japan's leading contemporary artists, 73-year-old Masayoshi

Kato finds inspiration for his work, in the patterns of nature. Organic,

tactile and richly textured, his paintings are created from a multi-layering

of oils on handmade Japanese paper. He then rips through the surface

with sharp chisels and paper inlays. Kato has lived an incredibly creative

and active life as an artist, since his first solo show held in Kyoto in 1966.

The oil paintings of Miyako Ohashi have a deep stillness and timeless

quality: ethereal and luminous. Born in Handa, Japan, the 32-year-old

artist's first exhibition was in 2001 in Nagoya, Japan. She has had

numerous exhibitions at the prestigious Takanawa Gallery in Ginza, Tokyo.

This is the forth North American show for Ohashi who exhibited with

Beckett Fine Art since 2004.

Thomas Beckett.