Syoh Yoshida (吉田 翔, Yoshida Shō, born 24 January 1984 in Aichi, Japan) is a Japanese artist of the nihonga and ink painting genre.
Syoh Yoshida | |
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Born | Syoh Yoshida January 24, 1984 Aichi, Japan |
Nationality | Japanese |
Known for | Painter |
Movement | Nihonga, ink wash painting |
He currently lives and works in Kyoto. He graduated from the Faculty of Arts and Design at Osaka Seikei University, where he learned and matured his craft in both Japanese painting. Since his first solo exhibition "Beautiful Thing" in Kyoto in 2006, he has been expressing his love and devotion for nature and townships primarily through his unique and striking black and white paintings. He has also participated in several high profile and successful solo and group exhibitions throughout Japan in recent years.[1]
Artwork
editBy studying on his own, Syoh Yoshida pursued the expression of ink painting. Starting at the age of 20, he focused his efforts on flower paintings, using sumi-ink and gofun-chalk on eginu-silk. In cooperation with those who were qualified in the Kyoto Hyogu traditional craftsmenship, he tailored his works on the hanging scrolls and folding screens that had been arranged in a modern way, based on the concept of "Hyogu suited to modern architecture", while maintaining the classical Japanese mounting style. [2]
Being in prominent collections, his works have attracted the attention of numerous collectors, both at home and abroad. As a result, he has been engaged in a wide range of activities as a creator, participating solo exhibitions and group exhibitions both at home and abroad, with Kyoto as his base, as well as participating in all kinds of design projects that took advantage of his inherent design sensibilities.[3]
In recent years, in collaboration with long-established traditional artisans, such as those specializing in kimono, Kyoto lacquerware and Kyoto fans, whose art had been revered for many centuries, he created yukata (a casual summer kimono), lacquerware and fans that featured his original design. Having also attracted avid attention by the works which he had achieved in cooperation with the Grand Master Potter of tea ceremony utensils and the Grand Master of flower arrangement whose art had continued for centuries in Kyoto, he has been extremely active as a young ink painter and a man of culture who represented Kyoto.[4]
Educations
edit- 2008 Postgraduate Degree in Japanese Painting, Faculty of Art & Design, Osaka Seikei University
- 2006 Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in Japanese Painting of Faculty of Art & Design, Osaka Seikei University
- 2004 Associate of Arts Degree in Japanese Painting of Seian Junior College of Art & Design
- 2001 Completion of Japanese Painting Course, Kawaijuku Educational Institution of Arts
Solo exhibitions
edit- 2015
- Water Ink, Nagoya Matsuzakaya, Aichi, Japan
- 2011
- White Lake, JR Osaka Mitsukoshi Isetan, Osaka, Japan
- 2009
- Insphere, imura art gallery, Kyoto, Japan
- 2008
- Distant Promise, Harbour City, Hong Kong
- Night Trace, Shinjuku Takashimaya, Tokyo, Japan
- 2007
- Day full of rain, CASPER'S Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
- Day full of rain, imura art gallery, Kyoto, Japan
- 2006
- Beautiful Thing spaceB, Kyoto, Japan
Group exhibitions
edit- 2016
- UZUMASA EDO SAKABA, Toei Kyoto Studio Park , Kyoto, Japan
- Minotti Living Attendant 2016, Minotti Japnan, Tokyo, Japan
- New Wave of Japanese Painter, Shizuoka Matsuzakaya, Shizuoka, Japan
- Contemporary Japanese Ink 2016, The National Art Center, Tokyo, Japan
- Contemporary Japanese Ink, Rai Sanyo Commemorative Cultural Foundation, Hiroshima
- Contemporary Japanese Ink, Nagai Garou, Tokyo, Japan
- 2015
- New Wave of Japanese Painter, Shizuoka Matsuzakaya, Shizuoka, Japan
- Modern Kyoto Ceramic 2015 - Rimpa, The Oldest Zen Temple Kenninji, Kyoto, Japan
- Charity Dinner for BirdLife International in Kyoto - Presented by Amon Miyamoto -, Azekura, Kyoto, Japan
- Contemporary Japanese Ink 2015, The National Art Center, Tokyo, Japan
- Chikusen - Yukata Exhibition (Takashimaya Nippon Monogatari Project), Takashimaya,(traveled throughout each Takashimaya department store), Japan
- 81 GALLERY Anniversary Exhibition, 81 GALLERY, New York, US
- Towards a Celebration of 400 Years of Rimpa School of Japanese Painting, The Museum of Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan
- 2014
- Contemporary Japanese Ink 2014, The National Art Center, Tokyo, Japan
- GRAPHIC PASSPORT 2014 IN NEW YORK, NYU, IRIS & B.GERALD CANTOR, FILM CENTER NYU, 81 GALLERY and more, New York, US
- 2013
- AICHI TRIENNALE Partner Ship Exhibition | MATSUZAKAYA ART SELECTION | YAMATO DYNAMICS, Nagoya Matsuzakaya, Aichi, Japan
- ART FAIR TOKYO 2013, Tokyo International Forum, Tokyo, Japan
- 2012
- MEME | Genes of Culture in Art - Exploration of Tradition, Technique and Modernity in Calligraphy, Copperplate Prints, and Japanese Paintings, Shibuya Hikarie, Tokyo, Japan
- The 5th Kaii Higashiyama Memorial Award for Nikkei Nihonga Grand Prize, The Ueno Royal Museum, Tokyo, Japan
- 2011
- 2010
- 2009
- "ART FAIR TOKYO 2009", Tokyo International Forum & TOKYO BLDG.TOKIA.GALLERIA, Tokyo, Japan
- 2008
- "The 11th Exhibition of the Taro Okamoto Award for Contemporary Art", Taro Okamoto Museum of Art, Kanagawa, Japan
- 2008
- "The 2nd Art Exchange Exhibition of the Osaka Seikei University and Chung-Ang University", Chung-Ang University, Seoul, Japan
- 2007
- "The Kyoto Arts and Crafts Award for Spirited Young Artist 2007", The Museum of Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan
- 2006
- 2005
- 2004
Awards
edit- 2016 The 8th Koji Kinutani Memorial Award, Nominee
- 2015 Towards a Celebration of 400 Years of Rimpa School of Japanese Painting, Nominee
- 2012 The 5th Kaii Higashiyama Memorial Award for Nikkei Nihonga Grand Prize, Nominee
- 2007 The 11th Exhibition of the Taro Okamoto Award for Contemporary Art, Nominee
- 2006 The Kyoto Arts and Crafts Award for Spirited Young Artist 2007, Nominee
- 2005 InterMedia Research Center, Osaka Seikei University – Student Exhibition Plan Competition 2006, winner
Private collections
edit1223 GENDAIKAIGA – Contemporary Painting Collection, Tokyo, Japan
References
edit- ^ Hanamoto 花本, Satoshi 哲志, ed. (2016), Contemporary Japanese Ink 現代水墨画の旗手たち - Syoh Yoshida Profile, Rai Sanyo Commemorative Cultural Foundation, Hiroshima 広島県立歴史博物館分館 頼山陽史跡資料館
- ^ Nakatani 中谷, Yoshihiro 至宏, ed. (2012), Recommendation for The 5th Kaii Higashiyama Memorial Award for Nikkei Nihonga Grand Prize 第5回東山魁夷記念日経日本画大賞展 - White Lake 白い湖 by Syoh Yoshida, The Ueno Royal Museum, Tokyo 上野の森美術館 - NIKKEI INC. 日本経済新聞社
- ^ SYOH YOSHIDA - I can draw, art & think
- ^ MODERN KYOTO CERAMIC 2015 - RIMPA - 01. HIROTSUGU OGAWA RYUHO SASAOKA SYOH YOSHIDA, retrieved 1 November 2015