Carl Kostyál is delighted to present ‘Waiting’, the debut solo exhibition of Hiroya Kurata with the gallery, opening July 2 and on view through August 2, 2025.

Drawing on memories of domestic life and suburban observation, Hiroya Kurata’s paintings isolate the quiet intensities of the everyday. His figures—often depicted alone, unguarded, in moments of drift or stillness—occupy gently distorted environments rendered with atmospheric depth and a careful play of light.

The works in ‘Waiting’ sit between landscape and vignette, animation and atmosphere. Kurata’s visual language fuses the stylised contours of manga with the compositional calm of landscape painting. Faces are rounded, features reduced to minimal marks—eyes, a mouth, a slight gesture—but the surrounding space is handled with painterly sensitivity. Light takes on an active role: filtered through trees, cast sharply across pavement, or caught in the softness of a carpet at dusk.

Preview: Wednesday, 2 JULY, 5:30 – 7:30 PM

Gallery address: 20/F, Landmark South, Wong Chuk Hang