Masaaki Hasegawa

Modern Conceptual Calligraphy Artist / Japan

ABOUT

Masaaki Hasegawa is a modern conceptual calligraphy artist based in Madrid, originally from Tokyo, Japan. He is the ambassador of the Contemporary Museum of Calligraphy in Moscow, Russia, and the founder of the project Connect People Thru Art Beyond Borders, a social-goal driven project to connect people regardless of nationality, language, religion, gender, or generation. For this project, he has exhibited in six different countries. In September 2018, Masaaki created the largest calligraphy artwork in Europe, at 1,926 square meters, on the rooftop of Zapadores Museum in Madrid, Spain. (It was the biggest calligraphy artwork in the world until November 2018.)

Books & Lectures

Books

Si, eres creativo-Técnicas para potenciar tu creatividad- (Spain,2015),
New Paradigm of Creativity: From Newtonian Mechanics to Quantum Mechanics and Higher Education Development (USA, 2016)
Have Courage to Doubt What You Believe (Japan, 2017)
What Global Leaders Learn from Art Today (2018, Japan)

Lectures

HEC Paris, IE Business School, University of Tokyo, International University Japan, Globes Business School, CEU San Pablo, European University Madrid, Instituto Europeo di Design, University of Sevilla, Waseda University, Meiji University, Rikkyo University, Kobe University of Foreign Studies

Exhibition

Group Exhibition

Galerie Perahia (Mar 2017, Paris)
Orellana 5 (Apr 2017, Madrid)
Writers Madrid (Aug 2017, Madrid)
Contemporary Museum of Calligraphy (Sep 2017, Moscow)
BECURIOUS (Oct 2017, Madrid)
LetstalkaboutArt (Dec 2017, Madrid)
Writers Madrid (Jan 2018, Madrid)
Google Campus Madrid (Jan 2018, Madrid)
Galerie Perahia (Feb 2018, Paris)
Urvanity Art (Feb 2018, Madrid)
WeWork (Mar 2018, Madrid)
Le Zyriab by Noura (Apr 2018, Paris)
C.A.L.L.E (May 2018, Madrid)
Walllworks (May 2018, Paris)
COHETE TOLEDO (Jun 2018, Madrid)
Espirdo (Aug 2018, Segovia)
AkT (Sep 2018, Kyiv)
Zapadores Museum (Sep 2018, Madrid)

Solo Exhibition

CAOTICS (Sep 2017, Madrid)
Paper Pavilion x ECOALF (Nov 2017, Madrid)
Bauhaus Center (Jan 2018, Tel-Aviv)
We Crave (Jan 2018, Madrid)
Tokyo Camii (Feb 2018, Tokyo)
IE Business School (Apr 2018, Madrid)
La Central in Reina Sofia Museum (May 2018, Madrid)
Unit.City (July 208, Kyiv)
IZONE (July 2018, Kyiv)
KAMA(July, 2018, Kyiv)

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