The ‘holes’ woven, knitted, and woven together form an entrance to a world of wondrous imagery.

The world woven by Kazune Hayashi draws its primal landscape from the rich mountains and forests that served as her playground since childhood.

For Hayashi, the acts of “weaving, knitting, and assembling” are not merely technical choices. They are a ritualistic process of reinterpreting, through her own body, the plant roots crisscrossing the mountains and the overlapping tree canopies that filter light. While inheriting the lineage of “Fiber Art” that emerged in the 1960s and '70s, Hayashi's expression reveals a more spatial and organic expansion. When we step inside her massive installations, reminiscent of cells dividing and proliferating, we experience that universe anew.

1984 Born in Osaka Prefecture

2006 Graduated from Kinki University, Faculty of Liberal Arts, Department of Art, Visual Arts Major, Textile Design Course

Major Solo Exhibitions

2007 1st “A Hole Suddenly Opened” - Weaving the Voice of Nature - (Dot Art Cosmo, Osaka)

2nd “A Hole Suddenly Opened” (Dot Art Cosmo, Osaka)

2008: The 1st “Hole is Sake Cellar, Sake Cellar is Hole” - Weaving the Voice of Nature - (Itami City Itami Local History Museum, Former Okada Residence, Hyogo)

2009: “From One Thread to the Universe - Unexpected Connections -” [the first movement] (’10, Dot Art Cosmo, Osaka)

2012 Second Exhibition “Hole is Sake Cellar, Sake Cellar is Hole” - Weaving the Voice of Nature - (Itami City Itami Local History Museum, Former Okada Residence, Hyogo)

2013 “Gotenyama Hole & Mystery Exhibition” (Hirakata City Gotenyama Lifelong Learning Center, Osaka)

2015 “Hole” Kazune Hayashi Exhibition (Note Gallery)

2016 Kazune Hayashi Drawing Exhibition (la galerie, Osaka)

2017 “Wrap...” Kazune Hayashi Exhibition (Note Gallery)

Major Group Exhibitions

2011 “Kizugawa Art 2011” (Former Oku Ironworks Site, Kyoto)

“Minoo Forest Art Walk 2011” (Umeyashiki, Osaka)

2012 “Kizugawa Art 2012: Former Tōno Elementary School Edition” (Kusu Shrine Worship Hall, Kyoto)

“Nara Machiya Art Festival HANARART 2012” (Asai Residence Sake Brewery, Nara)

2013 “Kite-Mite Nakanoshima 2013” (Keihan Railway Nakanoshima Station, Osaka 2012-2013)

“Hamayashiki Art Festa 2013 Hamayashiki Monogatari” (Suita City, Osaka Prefecture)

2015 “Rokko Meets Art” (Hyogo)

2016 “Naramachi Art Project” (East Asia Culture City 2016 Nara City)

2017 “Rokko Meets Art” (Hyogo)

2020 “Rokko Meets Art” (Hyogo)

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