Nerima Art Museum - Past Events
Below is a list of all past events for Nerima Art Museum. Current and upcoming events, as well as other details, are available on the venue's page.
Genichi Takise "Popular Culture from the 60s and 70s through Scratch Boards"
[2][0]- Media: Illustration - Drawing
- 2011-11-29 - 2011-12-25
Nerima-based artist Genichi Takise (1918-) is a ceramic sculptor who also used to be active as an illustrator who drew on scratch board, contributing illustrations to magazines like Shukan Taishu and Shosetsu...More »
"Eikyu Matsuoka: 130 Years Since His Birth" Exhibition
[6][0]- Media: Painting - Drawing
- 2011-10-09 - 2011-11-23
Born in Hyogo prefecture in west Japan, Eikyu Matsuoka lived in an academic household with his Confucian scholar father, the Japanese literati and singer Michiyasu Inoue, ethnologist Kunio Yanagita, and...More »
“Tsuyoshi Isoe: Genius of Madrid Realism” Exhibition
[28][8]- Media: Painting - Art Talk
- 2011-07-12 - 2011-10-02
Tsuyoshi Isoe was based in Spain from 1974 for nearly thirty years, pursuing realism through oil painting. His realism was acclaimed domestically and, not only depicting the details of things very concretely,...More »
"N+N 2011: Finding Life" Exhibition
[1][0]- Media: Painting - Photography - Prints - Sculpture - Film - Art Talk
- 2011-06-23 - 2011-07-03
This exhibition introduces art university students' work from colleges in Nerima Ward. The theme for this year's "N+N" exhibition is "finding life". [Image: Junichi Kurakake, “A Praying Mantis” (1993)...More »
Masaya Kaburagi "Illusion of Slender Wings"
[4][2]- Media: Painting - Drawing
- 2011-06-03 - 2011-07-03
Masaya Kaburagi (b. 1938) began working for a puppet theater troupe while still a student in the oil painting department of Tama Art University, also making animations and illustrations for picture books...More »
"PLATFORM 2011 - Measuring the Distance" Exhibition
[14][5]- Media: Painting - Art Talk
- 2011-04-16 - 2011-05-29
The "Platform" series of exhibitions gives visitors a brief overview of current trends in contemporary art. This second edition showcases works by Ryo Hamada (1966-), Kohei Kobayashi (1974-) and Daisuke...More »
"Grandville's Fantastical Prints from 19th c. France" Exhibition
[23][5]- Media: Prints
- 2011-02-23 - 2011-04-10
This is the first solo show in Japan by J. J. Grandville, a renowned 19th century French printmaker and caricaturist who first rose to fame with his collection of illustrations of half-animal half-human...More »
Yoshihei Miya Exhibition
[3][0]- Media: Painting
- 2011-01-04 - 2011-02-25
This exhibition marks the 40th anniversary of the death of Yoshihei Miya, a Niigata-born artist known for his pointillist works inspired by Christian themes and landscape paintings. On display are oil...More »
Shosuke Osawa + Sannosuke Osawa Ehibition
[1][0]- Media: Painting - Architecture
- 2010-10-31 - 2010-12-23
Shosuke Osawa (1903-97) was a prolific painter and printmaker whose father Sannosuke Osawa (1867-1945) helped to lay the foundations for the architectural profession in Japan, in addition to helping to...More »
Chusei Inagaki + Toshijiro Inagaki Exhibition
[5][2]- Media: Painting - Crafts
- 2010-09-14 - 2010-10-24
Chusei Inagaki (1897-1922) was a brilliant, sensuous painter who tragically passed away at the young age of 25. His younger brother Toshijiro (1902-63) made his name as a dye artist, winning the accolade...More »
Hiroshi Nakamura Exhibition
[7][1]- Media: Painting - Art Talk
- 2010-07-25 - 2010-09-05
Hiroshi Nakamura (b. 1932) first gained attention for his "reportage paintings" that documented the political events and social conditions of his time. Since then he has produced paintings that depict...More »
Takehiko Mouri Exhibition
[3][0]- Media: Painting - Art Talk
- 2010-06-04 - 2010-07-19
This exhibition of posthumous works by Takehiko Mouri features 20 of his representative works from his early career right up until his late period. His paintings are full of symbolic depictions of the...More »
"Platform 2010" Exhibition
[13][3]- Media: Painting - Photography
- 2010-04-21 - 2010-05-30
See exhibition website for details on related events.More »
N+N Exhibition 2010
[0][0]- Media: Painting - Sculpture
- 2010-04-03 - 2010-04-14
This exhibition is being held in collaboration with the art department of Nihon University. On display are works by 40 young artists who completed their studies at the university in the past 10 years,...More »
Keisuke Nakayama "Towards Existing Things"
[3][0]- Media: Painting
- 2010-02-21 - 2010-04-14
Keisuke Nakayama was born in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka prefecture in 1948. He has been living in Nerima, Tokyo since 1966. In his early career, he created large-scale abstract works that depicted life cycles....More »
"Contemporary Art Path" Exhibition
[12][0]- Media: Painting - Drawing - Sculpture
- 2010-02-21 - 2010-03-28
The Nerima Art Museum celebrates its 25th anniversary this year. Starting out with only a single work in its collection, the museum now holds a total of 1900 works. This exhibition showcases works by painters...More »
Takehiko Sugawara "Large Paintings"
[1][0]- Media: Painting
- 2010-01-09 - 2010-02-14
Award-winning large scale ink wash paintings as well as early oil paintings that received the greatest attention during last year's exhibition of the 48 year old artist.More »
Takehiko Sugawara Exhibition
[1][0]- Media: Painting
- 2009-11-15 - 2009-12-27
After moving into the mountains in Shiga, Takehiko Sugawara's large scale ink works assumed the vigor of a real natural landscape, filled with a dynamic energy. This exhibition displays the most representative...More »
Gaku Onogi "A Source of Concern"
[3][1]- Media: Painting
- 2009-09-05 - 2009-11-08
Gaku Onogi (1924-76) was a painter based in Nerima. The recipient of numerous prizes including the Shell art prize, this self-taught artist left behind a significant body of work that ranges from pastel...More »
Noboru Ota Exhibition
[2][1]- Media: Painting
- 2009-09-05 - 2009-11-08
Noboru Ota (1924-70) was a self-taught artist who was active as a member of the Avant-garde Art Group. This exhibition will showcase around 50 drawings donated to the museum by the artist's family. More »
"Let's Explore Nerima Art Museum" Exhibition
[0][0]- Media: Art Talk
- 2009-07-25 - 2009-08-23
This exhibition will be a participatory event to allow kids (and of course adults too!) to carefully observe spaces and the objects in them. Workshops for creating equipment that will help to explore the...More »
Kazuhiro Kuno "Landscapes"
[4][0]- Media: Painting
- 2009-06-05 - 2009-07-20
From the collection of the Nerima Art Museum, this exhibition showcases paintings by Kazuhiro Kuno. Kuno taught at Musashino Art University until 2008 while exhibiting shi work at various shows. What influenced...More »
55th Nerima Ward Artist Association Exhibition
[0][0]- Media: Painting - Prints - Sculpture
- 2009-06-05 - 2009-06-14
Members of the Nerima Ward Artist Association present nihonga, oil, watercolor paintings, prints, sculptures and crafts. More »
"Contemporary Sumi-Ink Drawing 2009" Exhibition
[11][0]- Media: Drawing
- 2009-04-21 - 2009-05-31
Despite its long history and deep-rooted tradition, Japanese sumi-ink drawing saw its decline in modern times. However, it doesn't mean that artists lost their interest in the medium. Asian art in general...More »
"N+N" Nihon University Faculty of Fine Arts Exhibition
[0][0]- Media: Painting - Prints - Sculpture
- 2009-04-03 - 2009-04-14
"Nerima Art Museum Collection: Oil Painting" Exhibition
[2][0]- Media: Painting - Art Talk
- 2009-02-21 - 2009-04-14
(1) Gallery Talk by Museum Curator/ Supporter March 7th (Sat), April 11th (Sat), 14:00 Free, no reservation required. (2) Tokotoko Art Museum For age 3 to first graders and parents. A: March 14th...More »
Sho Nakao "Tsuwano, Tokyo, Tateshina"
[1][0]- Media: Painting - Art Talk
- 2009-02-21 - 2009-03-29
The 23rd exhibition of the series "Art from Nerima" features works by Sho Nakao (1904-1994), who resided in the Nerima Ward for a long period of time. Born in Tsuwano in the Shimane Prefecture in 1904,...More »
40th Nerima Ward Art Exhibition
[0][0]- Media: Painting - Sculpture - Crafts
- 2009-02-06 - 2009-02-15
This is the 40th open call exhibition presenting works created by residents of Nerima-ku. A total of 260 yoga, nihonga, sculpture and crafts are on display. This exhibition started in 1968, aiming to provide...More »
Ryo Sehata "Cellotape 60th Anniversary"
[11][2]- Media: Sculpture
- 2008-12-18 - 2009-02-15
This museum was built on the former site of the first cellotape manufacturer in Japan, Nichiban Inc, and this exhibition features works by Ryo Sehata, who uses cellotape as a material for his unique sculptures....More »
"Tamotsu Sato's Posthumous Works: Path to Mizubasho Mandala" Exhibition
[3][0]- Media: Painting - Art Talk
- 2008-11-09 - 2008-12-14
This special exhibition features posthumous works by the painter Tamotsu Sato (1919-2004). Throughout his lifetime, Sato pursued themes related to the origins of life and the universe and cosmos in his...More »
Tetsuya Ishida "Self-Portraits of Ourselves"
[9][3]- Media: Painting - Art Talk
- 2008-11-09 - 2008-12-28
Tetsuya Ishida (1973-2005) was an artist who passed away at the young age of 31. He made striking paintings that explored issues of the self and society with a keen sensitivity and ability to shock audiences....More »
Tatsuo Takayama Exhibition
[2][1]- Media: Painting
- 2008-09-13 - 2008-11-03
First half: September 13th (Sat) - October 5th (Sun) Second half: October 11th (Sat) - November 3rd (Mon/holiday) More »
"The Warmth of Wood, Amid Play" Exhibition
[4][0]- Media: Sculpture - Other - Art Talk
- 2008-08-02 - 2008-08-31
This exhibition puts on display selected pieces from the collection of Akio Kasuga, a noted collector of wooden toys from around the world and an educational researcher on the subject, as well as unique...More »
Masato Moriwaki "To Live"
[2][0]- Media: Painting
- 2008-06-06 - 2008-07-27
Masato Moriwaki was born in 1950. After graduating from Tama Art University he became an apprentice to Gensou Okuda. Currently, he lives in Nerima ward and is a nihonga painter affiliated with the Nitten...More »
54th Nerima Ward Artist Association Exhibition
[0][0]- Media: Painting - Prints - Sculpture - Crafts
- 2008-06-06 - 2008-06-15
On display are works by the Nerima Ward Artist Association, including nihonga paintings, oil paintings, watercolors, prints, sculptures and crafts.More »
"New Acquisitions from the Nerima Museum Collection" Exhibition
[4][2]- Media: Painting - Prints - Art Talk
- 2008-04-05 - 2008-06-01
The Nerima Museum has built up a strong collection of works since its opening, many of which were generously donated by the artists' families or collectors. Although these works have previously been exhibited...More »
"Art Has Long Life - Why Many Artists Live Long" Exhibition
[4][0]- Media: Painting - Prints
- 2008-02-23 - 2008-03-30
Japanese society is often called an "aging society," and are a large number of 70-80 year olds. Artists and works: 60 Nihon-ga, western paintings and prints and 30 Shinagawa-ko prints by Yosai Kikuchi...More »
"39th Nerima Ward Residents Art Exhibition"
[0][0]- Media: Painting - Sculpture
- 2008-02-08 - 2008-02-17
This is the 39th Art Exhibition by Nerima Ward citizens. Approximately 300 paintings, sculptures and crafts selected from the submitted works from ward residents and commuters in November will be on display....More »
"Winter Collection: Artist Gaze and Expression Painting Seasons" Exhibition
[2][1]- Media: Painting - Prints - Art Talk
- 2007-12-22 - 2008-02-17
Approximately 20 nihon-ga, western paintings and prints from the collection taking the theme of "seasons" will be on display. Related Events -Gallery guide by the museum curators January 20th, 27th,...More »
"Birth of Masterpieces - Masters' Aterliers" Exhibition
[2][0]- Media: Painting - Sculpture - Crafts - Art Talk
- 2007-10-27 - 2007-12-16
Nerima is an area that is close to the city blessed with a productive creative environment. Many artists have congregated here and produced works of art. To celebrate this memorable year marking the 60th...More »
Nerima Ward Independence 60th Year Anniversary Art of Nerima 2007 Exhibition
[5][0]- Media: Sculpture - Art Party - Art Talk
- 2007-09-22 - 2007-10-21
This is a 60th anniversary exhibition for the independence of Nerima Ward. Works by three sculptors who were enrolled in Nerima Ward's only art university, Nihon University College of Art, will be introduced....More »
Akira Yamaguchi "This Time it's Musha-e!"
[26][5]- Media: Painting - Art Talk
- 2007-08-17 - 2007-09-17
This artist is a young artist known as a pioneer in Japanese contemporary art for his free and imaginative works that have surpassed the borders of traditional painting genres and cultural barriers. His...More »
Summer Break Kids' Workshop "Seeing, Making and Having Fun at the Museum!"
[0][0]- Media: Art Party
- 2007-08-01 - 2007-08-26
This is a series of workshops for children to enjoy "seeing" "making" and "expressing" along with artists and art university students. Among the various workshops are "Summer Art Matsuri!" and those related...More »
Summer Museum "Opening Your Eyes, Heart, and Wings of Imagination: Stories that Begin with Pictures"
[0][0]- Media: Painting - Other
- 2007-07-29 - 2007-08-12
The Summer Museum is a collection exhibition in which elementary and junior high school students participate. Unique stories and poems that Nerima Ward students created on hand-size art cards based on...More »
53rd Nerima Ward Artist Association Exhibition
[0][0]- Media: Painting - Drawing - Prints - Sculpture
- 2007-06-08 - 2007-06-17
"Takashi Asada's Youth" Exhibition
[0][0]- Media: Painting - Art Talk
- 2007-06-08 - 2007-07-22
This Nihon-ga (Japanese painting) artist was a leader among modern Nihon-ga painters painting scenes from nature and famous sites with a modern creative sensibility. Sadly, he passed away suddenly in 1987....More »
"And Yet Men Cross Over the 'Boundary' " Exhibition
[6][2]- Media: Painting - Art Talk
- 2007-04-21 - 2007-06-03
Works on display in this exhibition have been chosen from over 300 works in the Kuniaki and Katsuko Ueda Contemporary Art Collection. Approximately 70 Nihonga (Japanese style painting) and contemporary...More »
"Paintings and Prints" Exhibition
[1][0]- Media: Painting - Prints
- 2007-02-24 - 2007-04-08
Centering around works from its collection, this exhibition introduces the work of various painters and printmakers. 11 work in both fields, 3 of them are painters, and 6 of them printmakers; 180 works...More »
Hiroshi Nakamura "Small Works"
[3][0]- Media: Illustration - Painting - Drawing
- 2007-02-24 - 2007-04-15
Born in 1932 and a resident of Nerima Ward since his school years, Nakamura's early work depicted people and society. This exhibition presents works from his early years to the present, including drawings,...More »
38th Nerima Ward People's Art Exhibition
[0][0]- Media: Painting - Sculpture - Crafts
- 2007-02-03 - 2007-02-18
This year sees the 38th Nerima Ward People's Art Exhibition (which has changed its name from last year, until when it was titled "Amateur Art Exhibition"). The exhibition brings together approximately...More »
"Portable Forms - Scrolls" Exhibition
[9][1]- Media: Painting - Art Talk
- 2006-12-20 - 2007-02-18
This exhibition presents both old and new hanging scrolls and hand-held scrolls from the museum's collection. [Image: Chofu Takehara "Peach Blossom" 1923] •Related Events (Free, no reservation required) Gallery...More »
"All About Koichiro Kondo" Exhibition
[2][1]- Media: Painting
- 2006-09-10 - 2006-10-15
Koichiro Kondo (1884-1962) studied western painting at Tokyo Art School, where Tsuguhara Fujita and Taro Okamoto's father Ippei were among his peers. After graduation, Ippei Okamoto started working for...More »
Sadamasa Motonaga "Playing with Colour, Shape, Line and Words"
[5][2]- Media: Illustration - Painting
- 2006-08-02 - 2006-09-03
52nd Nerima Ward Artists Association Exhibition
[0][0]- Media: Painting - Drawing - Prints - Sculpture - Crafts
- 2006-06-09 - 2006-06-18
This is an exhibition of works by groups of artists working in Nerima ward; a display of 80 works of oil painting, watercolours, pastel, charcoal drawing, Western-style prints, Japanese-style (nihonga)...More »
Special Exhibition "Nostalgia and Illusions - The World of Mikio Ikeda"
[4][0]- Media: Painting
- 2006-06-09 - 2006-07-23
Born in Hokkaido in 1928, Mikio Ikeda studied at Tama Art University, specializing in nihonga (Japanese style painting). After graduating in 1952, he studied postwar contemporary nihonga under Kenji Yoshioka...More »
"Unconventional Painters of the 1910s & 1920s"
[3][0]- Media: Painting - Prints
- 2006-04-22 - 2006-06-04
Originally set up as Wakayama Prefectural Art Museum in 1963, in 1970s, it became the Museum of Modern Art Wakayama, and in 1994, it moved to its current premises near Wakayama castle, where it has continued...More »
Chofu Takehara Retrospective
[3][3]- Media: Painting
- 2006-03-30 - 2006-04-16
Chofu Takehara (1897-1947) was born in Asakusa, Tokyo. He studied Japanese-style painting (Nihonga) together with Ryuko Tsutaya, and was chosen for the Monten exhibition in 1918. He burst onto the art...More »
Art in Nerima 2006
[1][0]- Media: Drawing - Prints
- 2006-02-18 - 2006-03-26
Nerima Art Museum celebrates its 20th anniversary. This exhibition will display a selection from their 1400 pieces of classic Japanese paintings, oil paintings, watercolors, and wood-block prints. The...More »
Byobu, Foldable Arworks
[1][0]- Media: Furniture - Crafts
- 2005-12-15 - 2006-02-12
Historically, Byobu or folding screens, were used for dividing rooms or as decorations for special occasions. As a particularly valuable piece of furniture to the Chinese and Japanese, it can be seen in...More »
Homage to Kyujin Yamamoto Exhibition
[1][0]- Media: Painting - Drawing - Art Talk
- 2005-11-01 - 2005-12-11
This exhibition celebrates the life of Kyujin Yamamoto by exhibiting fifty of his works, along with another fifty paintings by his students: Kazuho Hieda, Takehiko Mori, Yasuo Ueno, Junsaku Koizumi,...More »
20th Anniversary - Yuzo Saeki Exhibition
[4][2]- Media: Drawing
- 2005-09-10 - 2005-10-23
In celebration of its 20th anniversary, the Nerima Art Museum presents the work of Yuzo Saeki (1898-1928). His unique paintings play an integral part in the history of Japanese modern art, and still have...More »
Stories Starting from Pictures
[0][0]- Media: Painting - Drawing - Installation
- 2005-08-23 - 2005-09-04
"Collection Exhibition by Junior Curators" started in 2003 as a special event during summer vacation in Narima Ward, with the purpose of providing an opportunity for junior high school students to get...More »
Children Workshop Exhibition
[2][0]- Media: Painting - Installation - Crafts
- 2005-08-03 - 2005-08-21
An exhibition of the outcome from the Children's Workshop held every month for elementary and junior high school students. The junior high school's art club will present "Storage Plans by Junior Curators"...More »
The 51th Nerima-ku Artists Association Exhibition
[0][0]- Media: Painting - Sculpture - Crafts
- 2005-06-17 - 2005-06-26
Exhibition by members of the Nerima Artist Association, which includes over 70 pieces of painting, crafts and sculptures.More »
Prints from Nerima Art Museum's Collection
[0][0]- Media: Prints
- 2005-06-16 - 2005-07-24
Over 70 wood and copperplate prints dating from the Showa period to nowadays will be introduced; not only ordinary works such as the simple and heart warming sceneries, but also a selection of large scale...More »
Exhibition of Three Artists: Seizo Tajima, Koichi Tanigawa, Chizuru Miyasako
[2][0]- Media: Illustration - Painting - Other
- 2005-04-09 - 2005-06-12
This exhibition presents the creative world of three artists who work closely with nature. On show are 270 works by Seizo Tajima, Koichi Tanigawa and Chizuru Miyasako. They work in different media such...More »
Deep in Creation: "Work In Progress!"
[6][3]- Media: Painting - Sculpture - Installation
- 2005-02-19 - 2005-03-31
Part seven of our "how to" series which introduces the various aspects of contemporary art. "Creative process" is the theme of this exhibition. 6 artists of various media share their work process.More »
Chofu Takehara: The Artist Who Captured "Life"
[0][0]- Media: Painting
- 2004-11-02 - 2004-12-12
Chofu Takehara was born in Asakusa, Tokyo in 1897. Although the artist did not produce work in large quantity, each work is filled with burst of liveliness and love for life and nature. 60 works by...More »
Ikebukuro Montparnasse: Hideo Kuguma and His Colleagues
[0][0]- Media: Painting
- 2004-09-11 - 2004-10-24
This show features about 170 paintings by Hideo Kuguma (1901-1940) who is also known for his poetry.More »
