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Yoshimasa Tsuchiya

https://yoshimasatsuchiya.com/

Biography

2007 PhD, Conservation Course, Tokyo University of the Arts, Japan

2003 MA, Conservation Course,  Tokyo University of the Arts, Japan

2001 BA, Sculpture course,  Tokyo University of the Arts, Japan

1977 Born in Kanagawa, Japan

Solo Exhibitions

2024

Animals and Humans , MEGUMI OGITA GALLERY / Tokyo

2023

Myth in the Forest, AKI Gallery LEIPZIG PROSPECT / Leipzig, Germany

2022

PhylogenesisMEGUMI OGITA GALLERY / Tokyo, Japan

Yoshimasa Tsuchiya Exhibition, Matsuzakaya Nagoya / Aichi, Japan

Daydreaming Forest, Jaski Gallery / Amsterdam, Netherlands

2021

Myth in the Forest, AKI Gallery/ Taipei, Taiwan

Yoshimasa Tsuchiya Myth in the Forest, Kumanokodo Nakahechi Museum of Art / Wakayama

Yoshimasa Tsuchiya Solo Exhibition “NUE”, Takashimaya Nihonbashi / Osaka / Kyoto / Nagoya / Yokohama / Shinjuku, Japan

Chimera, MEGUMI OGITA GALLERY / Tokyo, Japan

2019
Sacred Eyes, Y
OKOSUKA MUSEUM OF ART / Kanagawa, Japan
Paradise, Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi Main Store / Tokyo, Japan
Festival / MEGUMI OGITA GALLERY / Tokyo, Japan
2018
PRIVATE MYTH, Jaski Gallery / Amsterdam, Netherlands
2017
Yoshimasa Tsuchiya New Sculpture, Takashimaya Nihonbashi / Osaka / Kyoto / Yokohama / Shinjuku / Nagoya, Japan
2016
Tree of Life, MEGUMI OGITA GALLERY / Tokyo, Japan
2015
New Works, Nihombashi Mitsukoshi Main Store 6F gallery / Tokyo, Japan
Yoshimasa Tsuchiya New Sculpture, MEGUMI OGITA GALLERY / Tokyo, Japan
MEDITATION, Jaski Gallery / Amsterdam, Netherlands
2013
Yoshimasa Tsuchiya New Sculpture, Karuizawa New Art Museum / Nagano, Japan
Yoshimasa Tsuchiya New Sculpture, Takashimaya Nihonbashi / Osaka / Shinjuku, Japan
2012
Sylvan Whispers, MEGUMI OGITA GALLERY / Tokyo, Japan
2011
Private Myth, MEGUMI OGITA GALLERY / Tokyo, Japan
2009
Sculpture // New age Vol.3 Yoshimasa Tsuchiya, Nihombashi Takashimaya Art Gallery X / Tokyo, Japan
Dreams a tapir eating dreams dreams of, MEGUMI OGITA GALLERY / Tokyo, Japan
2007
Yoshimasa Tsuchiya, Gallery Eve / Tokyo, Japan

Group Exhibitions

2024

ART FAIR TOKYO, Tokyo International Forum / Tokyo

2023

artKYOTO 2023, Former Imperial Villa Nijo-jo Castle / Kyoto, Japan

Kiaf SEOUL 2023,  Coex Hall A / Seoul, Korea

ART OSAKA 2023Osaka City Central Public Hall / Osaka, Japan

Takashimaya Nihombashi / Osaka, Japan

Kyuryudo 100th Anniversary Fair, Shibuya Bunkamura Nadiff Modern / Tokyo, Japan

​Meteo: A Poet's Story of Animals, Atelier Shimura Shop & Gallery / Kyoto / Tokyo,Japan

ONE ART TAIPEI, Hotel Metropolitan Premier Taipei / Taipei, Taiwan

The Last Unicorn 40th Anniversary Group Show, Corey Helford Gallery / LA

2022

Kiaf SEOUL, Coex Hall A / Seoul, Korea

ART OSAKA 2022Osaka City Central Public Hall / Osaka, Japan

2021

ART OSAKA 2021, Osaka City Central Public Hall / Osaka, Japan

Kiinseido – A Genealogy of Sculpture, from Hirakushi Denchu to Kohei Nawa, Meiji Jingu Homotsuden / Tokyo, Japan

2020

ART OSAKA WALL by APCA / Osaka, Japan

Tobu Art Market 2020, Tobu Department Store Funabashi / Chiba, Japan
Yosano Akiko gensō, Takashimaya Nihombashi / Osaka / Kyoto, Japan

Fantasy Galaxy - Motoi Yamamoto x Yoshimasa Tsuchiya, THE GINZA SPACE / Tokyo
ONE ART TAIPEI, The Sherwood TAIPEI / Taipei, Taiwan
2019
ART OSAKA 2019, HOTEL GRANVIA OSAKA / Osaka, 
Japan
The Form of Life, AKI Gallery / Taipei, Taiwan
Collection, MEGUMI OGITA GALLERY / Tokyo, 
Japan
2018

Sculpted in Time ‒ Narrative Existence ‒ , The University Art Museum, Tokyo University of the Arts / Tokyo, Japan
Gothic White, Takashimaya Nihombashi Store Art Gallery / Tokyo, Takashimaya Osaka store / Osaka, 
Japan
Enku Grand Award Exhibition, The Museum of Fine Arts Gifu / Gifu, Japan
with Cats, MEGUMI OGITA GALLERY / Tokyo, Japan
2017
Tobu Art Market 2017, Tobu Department Store Funabashi / Chiba, Japan

2017 Asian Art Exhibition of Youth Contemporary Wood Sculpture in Taiwan, Sanyi Wood Sculpture Museum / Miaoli, Taiwan
Forest of Images : Wood Works, Hokkaido Asahikawa Museum of Art / Hokkaido, Japan
Shinjuku Takashimaya Art Gallery 10th Anniversary, Takashimaya Shinjuku Store / Tokyo, Japan
microcosmic spirits, Takashimaya Nihombashi Store Art Gallery / Tokyo, Japan
FORM & ESSENCE, AKI Gallery / Taipei, Taiwan
2016
GROUP SHOW CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS, Jaski Gallery / Amsterdam, Netherlands
Artistic Christmas vol.Ⅹ
‐MIRAI‐, Takashimaya Shinjuku Store 10F gallery / Tokyo, Japan
Present exhibition of the sculpture, Mitsukoshi Nihonbashi store 6F gallery / Tokyo, Japan
Art Taipei 2016 / Taipei, Taiwan
Dialogue with Trees ―Five Stories of Rebirth and Renewal, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum / Tokyo, 
Japan
showcase, Showcase MEGUMI OGITA GALLERY / TokyoJapan
sympathy, Matsuzakaya Nagoya / Nagoya, Japan
Living Things, LIXIL Gallery / Tokyo, Japan
Takashi Murakami’s Superflat Collection -From Shōhaku and Rosanjin to Anselm Kiefer-, Yokohama Museum of Art / Kanagawa, Japan
2015
Shozui zu, Takashimaya Nihombashi Store Art Gallery X / Tokyo, Japan
The Takamatsu City Museum of Art Collection Ⅱ, Takamatsu Historical Museum / Kagawa, Japan
2014
Artisic Christmas vol.Ⅷ, Takashimaya Shinjuku Store 10F gallery / Tokyo, Japan
Colors of the Shimuras meets Yoshimasa Tsuchiya, GALLERY FUKUMI SHIMURA / Kyoto, Japan
Japanese Contemporary Art, The James Christie Room / Hong Kong
Crafting a Continuum: Rethinking Contemporary Craft, Bellevue Arts Museum / Washington DC, USA
2013
PAINTED SOUND, Flower Pepper Gallery & Bookstore / California, USA
FUKAI TAKASHI presents Sculpture of the 21st century, Matsuzakaya Nagoya / Aichi, Japan
2012

The Power of Japanese Contemporary Sculpture, AKI Gallery / Taipei, Taiwan
XYZ, MEGUMI OGITA GALLERY / Tokyo, Japan
2011
Yokosuka museum of art / Kanagawa, 
Japan
2010
Currents in Japanese Contemporary Wood Sculpture, Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art / Hokkaido, Japan
2008
Animals in contemporary art, Many Animals!! What? Art?, Towada Arts Center  / Aomori, Japan
September Show ’08, Nishimura Gallery / Tokyo, Japan
Animal Fantasy: Animals in Inuit Art and Modern Imagery, Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art  /  Hokkaido, Japan

Public Collection

The Miniature Museum of Contemporary Art, the Netherlands

Musashino Reiwa Shrine, Japan

Tenzuisan Daishoji temple, Japan

Sawadasan Daichuji temple, Japan

Hokkaido Asahikawa Museum of Art, Japan

Takamatsu Art Museum, Japan

Arizona State University Art Museum, U.S.A

University of Tsukuba, Japan

Others

Collection Books

2022  "Phylogenesis" Kyuryudo

Book Covers

2023   "Anthology  - The Gods Will Not Be Slain" Korean translated version, Ken Liu, Cover Photo: Hiroyuki Takenouchi, golden bough books

           Picture Book "Meteo: A Poet's Story of Animals" Text: Shimura Fukumi, Illustrations: Yoshimasa Tsuchiya, Kyuryudo

2020   "Anthology - Altogether Elsewhere, Vast Herds of Reindeer" Korean translated version, Ken Liu, Cover Photo: Hiroyuki Takenouchi, golden bough books

Awards

2018 The Enku Award, The 9th Enku Grand Award

2003 MA, Conservation Course,  Tokyo University of the Arts, Japan / Salon de Printemps Prize

2001 BA, Sculpture course,  Tokyo University of the Arts, Japan / Salon de Printemps Prize

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