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Hajime Sorayama

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Hajime Sorayama (空山基, Sorayama Hajime, born February 22nd, 1947) is a Japanese illustrator.

Biography

Hajime Sorayama was born in 1947 in Imabari. He received his basic education at Imabari Kita High School. In 1965 he was admitted to the Shikoku Gakuin University, where he began to study Greek- and English literature. In 1967, he transferred to Tokio's Chuo School where he began to study art.

Sorayama graduated in 1969 at the age of 22, and gained an appointment in an advertising agency. He became a freelance illustrator in 1971.

Notable works

Sorayama's first book Sexy Robot, published by Genko-sha in 1983, which made his organic robotic forms famous around the world. For the work, he used ideas from pin-up art, which in the book then appear as chrome-plated "female" robots in suggestive poses. A number of his other works similarly revolve around figures in suggestive poses, including highly realistic depictions in latex and leather.

Other published books include Hajime Sorajama, Sorayama Hyper Illustrations (1 & 2), The Gynoids, Naga and Torquere. A compendium was published as The Complete Works 1964-99.

He has appeared on numerous occasions on the cover of Airbrush Action magazine. The cover of Aerosmith's Just Push Play is based on a Sorayama design.

In the Venture Bros. episode "Past Tense," a character named Mike Sorayama builds robots nearly identical to those depicted by Hajime. Sorayama is thanked in the episode's credits. In the South Park Series a short scene contains the world famous sexy robotic image. Star Trek series used Sorayama to design the female borg Romulan. He did art for the T3 Terminator movie. Perhaps, most famous is not a female form but the Sony AIBO robotic pets (first of their kind) which received the highest Japanese government award. Sorayama's art is in the permanent collections of MOMA and the Smithsonian Institute of Technology Museum. Media:http://www.moma.org/collection/browse_results.php?criteria=O:AD:E:7983&page_number=2&template_id=1&sort_order=1

Sorayama Art Case in News

  1. On September 22, 2007, Robert Bane was found to have committed fraud by illegally dumping hundreds of limited edition reproductions of artist Hajime Sorayama artwork online. Subsequently, Bane filed for bankruptcy on Oct 22.[2]
  2. In 2007-2009, Hajime Sorayama, prevails in Fraud and Conversion Case Against Publisher / Gallerist Robert Bane / Tamara Feuer - Bane before the United States Federal Trial Court and obtains favorable rulings in BK court on 23 Dec 2008.Media:http://articles.latimes.com/2007/sep/22/entertainment/et-pinupart22
  3. IMMEDIATE RELEASE 2009: On December 23, 2008 Robert S. Bane is convicted additionally of embezzlement of Sorayama's assets by bankruptcy court, which reaffirms the actions in year 2007 of federal trial court ruling that debtor Robert S. Bane et al is not entitled to a discharge of debt under Chapter 7 because of intended fraud(s) / conversion / etc by Bane in accord with prior ruling of Honorable Judge Cooper AND debtor Bane et al has also engaged in embezzlement of artist Sorayama's rightful owned earnings/assets. Robert Bane and Tamara Feuer - Bane own publishing / art gallery firms that conducted frauds on Sorayama as described by Findings of Fact by Honorable Judge Florence Marie Cooper AND Robert S. Bane's embezzlement was ruled upon recently by Honorable Judge Sheri Bluebond.[[Media:[1]http://www.laurinlawfirm.com/updates.html

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References

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