2019, H86 x 58 x 30cm, Woodcarving, crystal, polychrome
2019, H71.5 x 35 x 21cm, Woodcarving, crystal, polychrome
2019, H57 x 16.3 x 18cm, Woodcarving, crystal, polychrome
2019, H86 x 58 x 30cm, Woodcarving, crystal, polychrome
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
Phylogenesis, MEGUMI 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, YOKOSUKA 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 OSAKA 2024, Osaka City Central Public Hall / Osaka, Japan
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 2023, Osaka 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 2022, Osaka 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 / Tokyo, Japan
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