Kae Higuchi was born in Sendai, Miyagi in 1975 and graduated from Tohoku Seikatsu Bunka College. In 2005, she was introduced in the “N.E.Blood 21” exhibition at the Rias Ark Museum of Art, Kesennuma, which was one of the series intent to focus on artists from the northern area of Japan. It was followed by the solo exhibition titled “24℃” being held at the Nishimura Gallery, which was very successful. In 2005, she was awarded the Young Artist Prize of Miyagi Prefecture. Early in 2006, her works are exhibited in “A MUSE LAND 2006 Sweet Memories” held by　Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, Sapporo. In 2007, Higuchi won the Ohara Museum of Art Prize in the Vision of Contemporary Art (VOCA) competition held at The Ueno Royal Museum. She is regarded as one of the most promising artists in Japan. This Exhibition includes 13 new paintings applying mixture of oil and tempera. The one titled “Following Day” is expressing a feeling of “straggle to manage the happenings today in one’s mind and try to meet tomorrow” through the image of a girl standing in a bathroom. “Kanjo-sen(Feeelings)” shows a girl, standing, bunting-like flags are sticking out from her head, It is explained by the artist as an embodiment of tranquilized anger-like feeling. The one titled “Enshin-ryoku(By Centrifugal Force)” is a scene of a girl waving her soft braids. She looks about to move forward, or going outside. The stories in her works are likely to be half-told and stimulate imagination. The infants often appear look lovely on the hand but on the other hand they may look strongly distorted inside. The subjects this time are not only infants, but Higuchi is also focusing some new subjects such as old person or strawberry. Having almost no shading, the scenes seem like being filled with diffused light emphasized with milky white backgrounds, are smooth and comfortable, as well it holds psychological intensity that may evoke softly viewer’s distant and unsolved memories. * The text provided by Nishimura Gallery.