As the final exhibition of the year GR Gallery is pleased to present Enigmatic glance a group show featuring artists: Tania Marmolejo, Tatsuhito Horikoshi, Masumi Yamamoto and TRNZ. This will showcase 16 paintings, executed with the artists signature techniques with a specific focus on the characters facial expressions and gaze. Through ambiguous countenances, the exhibition attempts to convey the magic of a reinterpreted everyday life.

Enigmatic glance delves into the neutral expression, reinterpreting it as a subtle form of emotional communication. The expressionless face, often the most natural and frequent in everyday life, is presented in this exhibition as a canvas capable of conveying a wide range of meanings. From this perspective, neutrality is not emptiness but a state rich with potential interpretation. The artists highlight the inherent beauty of stillness, invite curiosity about the emotions or stories that might lie beneath. Through their works, the exhibition reveals the delicate boundary between emotion and calm, offering a glimpse into the hidden rhythms and mysteries of facial expressions.

Tania Marmolejo captures ambiguous female facial expressions characterized by large eyes, aiming to evoke emotional empathy in viewers. Her work invites audiences to connect deeply with the feelings conveyed. Masumi Yamamoto draws children adorned in ethnic clothing, infusing her illustrations with a mystifying beauty that explores the originality found across diverse cultures. Through her art, she navigates the enigmatic space between the world and her own experiences. TRNZ seeks to blur the boundaries between two realms by presenting familiar objects in unfamiliar contexts. His work transforms everyday situations through unique gestures, highlighting the distinctiveness of ordinary items. Tatsuhito Horikoshi focuses on melancholic expressions drawn from memory and imagination, creating poignant portraits of boys and girls that resonate with feelings of nostalgia and reflection. His work, influenced by manga storytelling techniques, captures the subtle nuances of emotional experiences within the context of societal expectations.

Tania Marmolejo (B.1975, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic) is currently living and working in New Jersey. She has been influenced by her Scandinavian and Caribbean heritage. She graduated in Fine Art and Illustration from Parsons The New School for Design in New York in 2000 with the Bluhdorn Scholarship. Starting as an illustrator, she worked at Obsidiana magazine and designed characters and backgrounds for MTV, PBS, Hyperion/Disney, and Scholastic Books as part of the Data Motion Arts studio’s animation team, receiving ASIFA and CINE awards. She joined the group of artists at MadArts Studios in Brooklyn, NY, and District & Co. Gallery in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Her work has been exhibited in numerous national and international collective exhibitions, including several Iberoamerican Art Salons in Washington, D.C., representing the Dominican Republic, as well as in international art fairs such as Context Art Miami during Art Basel and Pinta NY, represented by Lyle O. Reitzel Gallery, and SCOPE 2016, Miami Beach, represented by Azart Gallery.

Masumi Yamamoto (B.1985, Gifu, Japan) graduated in Japanese traditional art from Kyoto University of the Arts in 2010. She is inspired by unique religious concepts, the beauty of cultural styles, ethnic clothes, and originality found in different parts of the world. With her contemporary understanding of the world, she strives to depict the mystifying and authentic beauty of people in diverse cultures. The roosters in her artworks come from Japanese mythology, and she portrays children as existing between human and god. She has held seven solo exhibitions and multiple group exhibitions in Japan. This exhibition is her first participation in an exhibition in NY.

TRNZ (Terence, B.1990, Manila, Philippines) started his artwork through dubbed Japanese anime airing daily on local television. After receiving a BFA in Advertising, he spent his early years as an art director at TBWA/SMP, a global network advertising agency. From 2017, he began focusing more on visual artwork with a perspective shaped by his advertising experience, expanding his work to a multimedia approach. By focusing on a penchant for the misarrangement of objects, he attempts to approach the Past, Concepts, Emotions, and Intangibles. Under the concept of these four, he creates a world with alluring narration while maintaining characteristics unique to him.

Tatsuhito Horikoshi (B.1985, Gunma, Japan) received an MFA in painting from Tama Art University in 2010, having earned a scholarship in 2005. His character portraits are clearly influenced by his lifelong exposure to manga, animation, and illustration. Working from memory and imagination, his portraits serve as a medium to introspectively examine and reflect social dynamics. When the artist paints a self-portrait, this is never obvious, as he uses disguises, and his characters often display awkward postures or are set with abstract objects or props that lead to an underlying narrative. He has held solo exhibitions annually in Japan since graduating with his MFA, and in 2019, he held a solo exhibition in Taipei. The artist has also exhibited in group exhibitions and international art fairs in Paris, Korea, Hong Kong, Taipei, and Japan.