Works
About
Yasuhara Shigemi
Born
- 1984, Saitama, Japan
Education
- 2010
- BA. in Japanese Painting, Department of Painting, Faculty of Fine Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts
- 2016
- Ph.D. in Conservation and Restoration of Japanese Paintings, Graduate School of Fine Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts
Selected Exhibitions
- 2014
- Kaku no Kai, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum Selection Exhibition (Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum)
Hosen Cultural Foundation Research Achievement Exhibition (The University Art Museum, Tokyo University of the Arts)
- 2016
- Solo Exhibition, Art Space Rashinban (Tokyo)
Doctoral Degree Exhibition, The University Art Museum, Tokyo University of the Arts
- 2017
- Dialogue with the Masters, Galerie48 (Lyon, France)
- 2019
- Yamatane Museum of Art NIHONGA Award: Seed 2019 (Tokyo)
- 2020
- Shigemi Yasuhara solo Exhibition, Nihombashi Mitsukoshi (Tokyo)
- 2021
- Shigemi Yasuhara solo Exhibition, Seizan Gallery (Tokyo)
Ninna-ji Temple and Japanese Art Exhibition, Shiro-shoin, Ninna-ji Temple (Kyoto)
- 2022
- Solo Exhibition, Matsuzakaya Nagoya Department Store Art Salon
Hosen Cultural Foundation 10th Anniversary Special Exhibition: Copying in Modern and Contemporary Art, The University Art Museum, Tokyo University of the Arts
- 2023
- Shigemi Yasuhara solo Exhibition, Nihombashi Mitsukoshi Art Salon (Tokyo)
- 2024
- Shigemi Yasuhara solo Exhibition, SEIZAN GALLERY NY (New York, USA)
Award
- 2008
- Ataka Prize, Tokyo University of the Arts
- 2010
- Graduation Project Encouragement Award, Tokyo Medical and Dental University
- 2015
- Ikuo Hirayama Scholarship, Tokyo University of the Arts
- 2016
- Nomura Art Award (Graduation work acquired by Tokyo University of the Arts)
Ikuo Hirayama Arts and Culture Award
- 2019
- Grand Prize, Yamatane Museum of Art NIHONGA AWARD: Seed 2019
- 2024
- AD Works Group "Nihonga" Grand Prize, Tokyo University of the Arts
Selected Professional Activities
- 2015
- Technical and scientific analysis project on the painting methods of Hishida Shunsō (The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo)
- 2016
- Restoration project for the Wolf Ceiling Paintings at Yamatsumi Shrine (Fukushima, Japan)
- 2018
- Lecturer and workshop instructor for Nihonga × New Generation: Tradition × Inheritance, commemorating the 160th anniversary of France–Japan diplomatic relations (Lyon, France)
- 2018
- Nihonga workshops in Lyon, Annecy, and Chamonix, France
- 2021
- Polychrome decoration of the seated statue of the 80th Chief Priest Chikai Kitagawa at Tōshōdai-ji Temple (Kyoto, Japan)
- 2023
- Academic supervisor for NHK General TV documentary History Detective: Hasegawa Tōhaku's Lost Screen Paintings
Cover illustrator for the four-volume novelization of NHK's historical drama What Will You Do, Ieyasu?
Publications
- 2016
- The Complete Drawing Textbook: From Fundamentals to Advanced Techniques (Ikeda Publishing)
https://amzn.asia/d/07dxpgTA
- 2019
- Your First Nihonga Class: Learn Japanese Painting with Just 12 Colors (Graphic-sha Publishing)
https://amzn.asia/d/070YHhXm
- 2022
- Michi-shirube (Guideposts) of Nihonga: Sketch Collection by Shigemi Yasuhara (Nichibo Publishing)
https://amzn.asia/d/0ez37848
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