Yasuhara Shigemi
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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
Contact

For inquiries about the work, please contact Seizan Gallery ( https://art-japan.jp/en/ )

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