[FRAGIO] Announcement of artist name change

We are pleased to announce that painter Masumi Iwakawa has changed his artist name to "FRAGIO" as of August 2024.

The flageolet is a technique for playing the saxophone.
It refers to the range of notes that can be produced by using special playing techniques to produce infinitely high overtones.

For FRAGIO, who is based around music, the artist name is a perfect fit as the world of endless overtones is expressed through painting.

Also, the correct spelling of flageolet is "flageolet" with an "L", but the reason for changing it to "R" is because it is a word that means "pray ( The meaning behind this name is "with prayers in mind."

I would like to pray for a world of love and return to the cycle of gratitude.

We appreciate your continued patronage of FRAGIO and its products.

FRAGIO work page

FRAGIO solo exhibition "BLOW"

Masumi Iwakawa

Masumi Iwakawa/Painter. Born in Hiroshima Prefecture in 1985. She started playing the saxophone at the age of 16 and entered music college, but dropped out. While studying jazz under Suetoshi Shimizu and pursuing musical activities, she began painting on her own. In 2013, she traveled to New York, USA, and held her first solo exhibition, "BIG BANG" IN THE EAR, in Manhattan. Moved to Berlin, Germany in 2017. Returned to Japan in 2019. She is actively involved in activities such as holding live sessions with her husband, Hikaru Iwakawa, who is a quena player.

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