Hisae Imai

Hisae Imai

Hisae Imai is a Japanese artist born in 1947 in Tokyo. She is renowned for her remarkable and innovative use of a wide range of materials in her works from clay to paper, from fabric to metal. Imai has had a number of major solo exhibitions throughout her career and has since become a symbol for Japanese contemporary art. Her iconic pieces include ‘Clock’ (1982), which is a large clock made out of brass and paper, and ‘Hole in a Plate’ (1984) a clay plate with a hole in the centre, both of which were exhibited in the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum in 1985. Her works have also been featured in various international art exhibitions and in the collection of many renowned art institutions. Hisae Imai is known to be a pioneer of contemporary art in Japan and her works are among the most influential and revered of her time.

Japanese artist, Hisae Imai, contemporary art, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum.

— Mei Wang

CITATION : "Mei Wang. 'Hisae Imai.' Design+Encyclopedia. https://design-encyclopedia.com/define/hisae-imai?E=202995 (Accessed on October 14, 2026)"