C. Grimaldis Gallery is pleased to present Greener Deal, a solo exhibition of works by Hidenori Ishii. Raised in Yonezawa, Japan, Ishii creates paintings and prints that investigate personal narratives, environmental science, and global politics. Through the use of floral patterns and post-atomic materials, the artist creates connections between developing technology and the natural world.

Ishii’s MIRЯOR series explores reflection and invisibility, showing the underlying fear of living with the environmental effects of radiation. The artist has developed a language of painting that responds directly to the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant meltdown. Using Kuri-coat C-720 resin, a neon-green substance sprayed at Fukushima Daiichi in an effort to resist the airborne spread of radiation, Ishii inserts content directly into his paintings through the material. He provides the viewer with a peek into his own utopia, however synthetic or destructive. Ishii’s radioactive ecosystems are also present in his On the Fence series, which further investigates the ever-developing urban landscape and all of its embedded trauma. These immersive green and blue paintings remind us of the resilience of natural flora, yet suggest an impending threat of contamination and restrictive borders.