Christian hidaka biography

Christian Hidaka - “The Conjuror” (2020)

Christian Hidaka reorganises temporality, lines, and the codes of painting. Some of the influences are clear and the artist’s paintings remind the viewer of the work of the great names and schools in the history of art.

However, his work cannot be reduced to this combination of references.

Born in Noda in 1977 to a Japanese mother and a British father, Christian Hidaka settled in the UK, where he studied at the Winchester School of Fine Arts, then at the Royal Academy of Arts in London, after a period spent at Parsons School of Design in New York: quite the prestigious academic background.

 

‘A poetics of anachronism’

Born Christian Ward, he decided to change his name in 2007 after meeting someone on a walk who had the same name as him.

The artist, who now resides in the UK, chose to replace his surname with Hidaka, which means ‘from the sun.’ This influence and