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Yasutake Iwana "Michitsukuri"
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Yasutake Iwana
Taguchi Fine Art is pleased to announce the fourth solo show by a Japanese painter, Yasutake Iwana.
Yasutake Iwana was born in 1987 in Mie prefecture. After his graduation from the painting course at Seian University of Art and Design in Kyoto in 2010, he stayed in Germany, studying at Art Academy in Düsseldorf as a guest student until 2012. He won the second prize at Art Award Tokyo in 2010, the first Mie TV Grand Prize in 2016, and the 19th Mie Prefecture Culture Award for New Artist in 2020. Currently lives and works in his hometown, Shimagahara village in Mie. He had a number of solo exhibitions at galleries in Osaka and Tokyo, and had opportunities to exhibit his works at museums, including “New-wave Artists in Mie“ at Mie Prefectural Art Museum in 2015, “Aomori EARTH 2019” at Aomori Museum of Art in 2019, and “#StayMuseum” at Mie Prefectural Art Museum in 2020.
He is a founding representative of the art group “Mitsunoki (tree with sap)“ in Shimagahara village. It is organized in 2013 and is leading various activities deeply rooted in its local history, climate and culture. Recently this group is recognized as an example of art-collective and localism in contemporary art. The motifs of Iwana's paintings created in Mitsunoki are nature and religion in the village. In most cases, he starts from concrete objects around him. The works, however, end up highly abstract and sophisticated.
On this occasion, new paintings based on the motif of "Michi-tsukuri," a road construction and maintenance service by local Shimagahara villagers will be featured. This series of paintings was first presented at Art Cologne last fall. Although it was the first time Iwana's work was shown there, it was very well received. We are also looking forward to seeing how Iwana's work will be received overseas in the near future.
Yasutake Iwana was born in 1987 in Mie prefecture. After his graduation from the painting course at Seian University of Art and Design in Kyoto in 2010, he stayed in Germany, studying at Art Academy in Düsseldorf as a guest student until 2012. He won the second prize at Art Award Tokyo in 2010, the first Mie TV Grand Prize in 2016, and the 19th Mie Prefecture Culture Award for New Artist in 2020. Currently lives and works in his hometown, Shimagahara village in Mie. He had a number of solo exhibitions at galleries in Osaka and Tokyo, and had opportunities to exhibit his works at museums, including “New-wave Artists in Mie“ at Mie Prefectural Art Museum in 2015, “Aomori EARTH 2019” at Aomori Museum of Art in 2019, and “#StayMuseum” at Mie Prefectural Art Museum in 2020.
He is a founding representative of the art group “Mitsunoki (tree with sap)“ in Shimagahara village. It is organized in 2013 and is leading various activities deeply rooted in its local history, climate and culture. Recently this group is recognized as an example of art-collective and localism in contemporary art. The motifs of Iwana's paintings created in Mitsunoki are nature and religion in the village. In most cases, he starts from concrete objects around him. The works, however, end up highly abstract and sophisticated.
On this occasion, new paintings based on the motif of "Michi-tsukuri," a road construction and maintenance service by local Shimagahara villagers will be featured. This series of paintings was first presented at Art Cologne last fall. Although it was the first time Iwana's work was shown there, it was very well received. We are also looking forward to seeing how Iwana's work will be received overseas in the near future.
Schedule | Jan 14 (Sat) 2023-Mar 4 (Sat) 2023 Opening Hours Information
Reception for artist Jan 14 (Sat) 2023 17:00 - 19:00 | ||||
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| Fee | Free | ||||
| Venue | Taguchi Fine Art http://www.taguchifineart.com/Etop.html  | ||||
| Location | B1F Yamasan Bldg., 2-6-13 Nihonbashi-Honcho, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 103-0023 | ||||
| Access | 3 minute walk from exit 5 at Shin-Nihombashi Station on the JR Sobu and Yokosuka lines, 5 minute walk from exit A4 at Mitsukoshimae Station on the Ginza and Hanzomon lines, 8 minute walk from exit A5 at Ningyocho Station on the Hibiya or Toei Asakusa line | ||||
| Phone | 03-5652-3660 | ||||
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