MIZOE ART GALLERY

1979 Born in Miyazaki, Japan
2000 Graduated from the Artist Course at Kyusyu Designer Gakuin.
2010 Special Exhibition at the 10th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP10),Nagoya.
2013 Selected as one of the “13 masters of craft inheriting traditional Japanese culture” by DELL XPS13.
2016 Completed the 10m public art “Butterflies at Nobeoka Castle ruins” at Nobeoka City Hall.
Selected as the member of LEXUS NEW TAKUMI PROJECT 2016.
2019 Exhibited at SMBC TRUST BANK ART BRANCH
2020 Exhibited at SMBC TRUST BANK ART BRANCH
Completed a mural for HIRADO CASTLE STAY －KAIJU YAGURA－
2021 Directed the documentary movie “TOHO SHIOTSUKI”.
Currently lives and works in Miyazaki.

【 SOLO Exhibition 】

He has had solo exhibitions and exhibited at art fairs in 10 countries, such as the UK, Hong Kong, Switzerland, and Taiwan.

Born in Fukuoka, Japan, in 1985. Graduated Fukuoka Prefectural Dazaifu High School. Dropped out of Onomichi City University Graduate School of Fine Arts. Selected for an award at TOKYO WONDER WALL 2009 (as well as 2010). Exhibited at 2010 Tokyo Wonder Site Emerging “ROOFS”. Selected for Shell Art Award 2013. Held solo and group exhibitions in Tokyo, Fukuoka, Hiroshima, Kagawa, and more. Exhibited at Art Fair Tokyo in 2014 and 2015.

【 SOLO Exhibition 】

2010 Tokyo Wonder Site Emerging「ROOFS」 Tokyo Wonder Site Hongo, Tokyo
2012 SURFACE Neuro Café, Tokyo
2013 「Yellow Stage」　Takashi Somemiya Gallery, Tokyo
2014 「Actor」　Takashi Somemiya Gallery, Tokyo
2016 「Montage」　Mizoe Art Gallery, Fukuoka
2020 「Form」　Mizoe Art Gallery, Tokyo, Fukuoka
2022 「Drama within a Drama」Mizoe Art Gallery, Tokyo, Fukuoka
2023 「Resolution」　Mizoe Art Gallery, Tokyo, Fukuoka
2024 「Shadow and Unevenness」　Mizoe Art Gallery, Fukuoka
2025 「The Form of Somebody」　Ginza Tsutaya Books, Tokyo

【 Group Exhibition 】

2008 HOPES Exhibition Fukuyama City Museum of Art, Hiroshima
2008 WONDER SEED 2008 Wonder Site Shibuya, Tokyo　
2009 TOKYO WONDER WALL 2009 Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, Tokyo
2009 TAG BOAT SUMMER AWORD 2009 Art Complex Gallery, Tokyo
2010 TOKYO WONDER WALL 2010 Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, Tokyo
2013 Today’s One Piece Exhibition　　 Onomichi City University Art Museum, Hiroshima
2013 Shell Prize Exhibition 2013　　 The National Art Center, Tokyo
2014 Today’s Method of Life Exhibition　　Takamatsu City Shionoe Art Museum, Kagawa
2017 Shell Prize Artist Selection Exhibition 2017　　The National Art Center, Tokyo
2022 ARTIST TRANSFER in HIROSHIMA　 Art Gallery Miyauchi, Hiroshima
2023 ART LOUNGE PROJECT #3 Le Metté Adeline, Okayama
2024 Chisato Matsumoto + Nami Shibata “Dual Vision” Exhibition Kyoto Tsutaya Books, Kyoto

【 Award 】

2009　
Selected for an award at TOKYO WONDER WALL 2009.

2010
Selected for an award at TOKYO WONDER WALL 2010.

2013
Selected for Shell Art Award 2013.

Born in Aichi prefecture in 1990, currently lives in Saga prefecture, Japan
Graduated from Saga University Graduate School of Education, Department of Education with a major in Art Education
Received the Grand Prize at the 22nd Eiten
Mitsubishi Corporation Art Gate Program scholarship student
Has held a solo exhibition at Okawa city Seiriki Museum of Art, among other places.

【 SOLO Exhibition 】

2019 “Takashi Yatoji exhibition ~Converting Paintings~” at Okawa Municipal Seiriki Art Museum (Fukuoka).
And many other.

【 Group Exhibition 】

TAGSTÅ ART SHOW IN TAIPEI (Taipei, Taiwan).
Art Gaia @Jonanjima: contemporary art exhibition (Tokyo)

【 Award 】

2012 the 62nd Saga Art Exhibition, Saga Governor Prize
2013 The 22nd EITEN -Persons and the Customs -, Grand Prize
The 63rd Saga Art Exhibition, Saga Chamber-of-Commerce Joint Association Prize
Selected for the 1st Yamanashi Wine and Contemporary Art Prize
Selected for the 22nd Mitsubishi Corporation Art Gate Program Prize
Selected as a scholarship student for the Mitsubishi Corporation Art Gate Program
2017 Selected for the 5th Aoki Shigeru Memorial West Japan Art Exhibition

Born in Aichi prefecture in 1990, currently lives in Saga prefecture, Japan
Graduated from Saga University Graduate School of Education, Department of Education with a major in Art Education
Received the Grand Prize at the 22nd Eiten
Mitsubishi Corporation Art Gate Program scholarship student
Has held a solo exhibition at Okawa city Seiriki Museum of Art, among other places.

【 SOLO Exhibition 】

2019 “Takashi Yatoji exhibition ~Converting Paintings~” at Okawa Municipal Seiriki Art Museum (Fukuoka).
And many other.

【 Group Exhibition 】

TAGSTÅ ART SHOW IN TAIPEI (Taipei, Taiwan).
Art Gaia @Jonanjima: contemporary art exhibition (Tokyo)

【 Award 】

2012 the 62nd Saga Art Exhibition, Saga Governor Prize
2013 The 22nd EITEN -Persons and the Customs -, Grand Prize
The 63rd Saga Art Exhibition, Saga Chamber-of-Commerce Joint Association Prize
Selected for the 1st Yamanashi Wine and Contemporary Art Prize
Selected for the 22nd Mitsubishi Corporation Art Gate Program Prize
Selected as a scholarship student for the Mitsubishi Corporation Art Gate Program
2017 Selected for the 5th Aoki Shigeru Memorial West Japan Art Exhibition

1970 Born in Kadoma city, Osaka.
1989 Graduated from Nara Prefectural Takada Senior High School.
1993 Received the Honorable Mention Prize at Issuikai Exhibition (won again in 1996 and 1998).
1994 B.F.A from Osaka University of Arts.
1995 Named Best New Talent in Issuikai Exhibition.
1996 M.F.A from Osaka University of Arts.
1997 Awarded the Nichido Art Foundation Prize at the 32nd Showakai Exhibition, Galerie Nichido, Tokyo, Osaka.
2000 Nominated as a member of Issuikai.
2007 Nominated as a committee member of Issuikai.
2009 Awarded the Sompo Japan Fine Art Prize at the 28th Sompo Japan Outstanding Rising Artist Exhibition, Seiji Togo Memorial Sompo Japan Nipponkoa Museum of Art, Tokyo.
2011 Completed 110 paintings for his series: Portraying the Heart of the Japanese Constitution.
2012 Published his art book: Portraying the Heart of the Japanese Constitution.
2013 Awarded the Minister of Education Award for Fine Arts in the 75th Issuikai Memorial Exhibition.
2014 Talk Show on the Constitution: Introducing Portraying the Heart of Japanese Constitution, Ethos Station, Osaka (held 10 times since 2013).
2019 Produced the movie “KAZOKUWARI” and directed the art in the movie.

Lives and works in Nara. Currently a committee member of Issuikai and Kensuikai, a member of Japan Artists Association and Nara Prefectural Artists Association.

1920 Born in Honami-mura, Kaho-gun, Fukuoka prefecture (current Iizuka city).
1942 Selected for the 20th Shunyo-kai
1943 Graduated early from Tokyo School of Fine Arts (current Tokyo University of the Arts) due to the war. Drafted into the military and sent off to Manchuria.
1948 Received the Association award at the 12th Jiyu-bijyutsu-association Exhibition, as well as an invitation to become a member.
Received the Association award at the 12th Jiyu-bijyutsu-association Exhibition.
1952 Moved to France.
1956 Became a member of Le Salon d’Automne.
1958 Received the 2nd Yasui Prize.
1964 Returned to Japan.
1968 Became an associate professor at Tokyo University of the Arts.
1978 Received the Japan Essayist Club Award for his essay “A Drawing in 400 characters”.
1981 Resigned from Tokyo University of the Arts.
1983 First retrospective exhibition “Gyoji Nomiyama Exhibition” held at Kita-Kyushu Municipal Museum of Art and Tokyo Central Art Museum.
1992 Received the 42nd Minister of Education Award for Fine Arts.
1994 Received the 1st Fukuoka Culture Award.
1996 Received the Mainichi Art Award.
1996 “Gyoji Nomiyama Exhibition” held at Nerima Art Museum in Tokyo.
2000 Received recognition as a Person of Cultural Merit.
2003 “Gyoji Nomiyama Exhibition” held at the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo (toured Ooita, Toyama and Aichi prefecture until 2004).
2005 Received the Kikuchi Kan Prize along with Seiichiro Kuboshima for their contributions to the establishment of the Mugon-kan, a silent art museum built in memoriam of art students whose lives were taken by the war.
2008 Completed the stained glass mural at the Tokyo metro Jingumae station titled “We will meet someday”
2011 Completed the stained glass mural at JR Hakata station titled “From Beyond the Sea”.
“Gyoji Nomiyama Exhibition” held at Ishibashi Museum of Art and Bridgestone Museum of Art.
2012 Completed of the stained glass mural at Fukuoka Airport international terminal titled “Port of the Sky”.
2013 “Gyoji Nomiyama Exhibition, Indelible Things” held at Onomichi City Museum of Art.
2014 Received the Order of Culture.
“Gyoji Nomiyama Exhibition, We will meet someday” held at New Otani Art Museum.
2017 Completed the stained glass mural in the new building of the Fukuoka Iizuka City Hall titled “Homing Day”.
2020 Completed the stained glass mural at the Tokyo Metro Ginza line Aoyama-itchome station titled “Everyone is Freinds”
Collection Exhibition “Special Feature: Watercolors and Sketches by Gyoji Nomiyama” held at Fukuoka Art Museum.
2021 “100 Year Anniversary, Incredible! The Now of Gyoji Nomiya ” held at Nihonbashi Takashimaya and Kyoto Takashima.
Collection Exhibition “Gyoji Nomiyama, Tomonori Toyofuku, Mokuma Kikuhata -Inbetween the countryside and oversees” held at Fukuoka Art Museum.
2022 “-In Commemoration of the Donation of Sakaiya Taichi Memorial Tokyo University of the Arts Aizumi Art Hall- Gyoji Nomiyama Exhibition, Over 100 Years” held at the Aizumi Art Hall.
“2022 Nagasaki Prefectural Art Museum New Collection Commemoration Gyoji Nomiyama Exhibition” held at Nagasaki Prefectural Art Museum.
“Gyoji Nomiyama Donation Commemoration Exhibition Now, Let’s Draw” held at Fukuoka Prefectural Museum of Art.
Establishment of Nomiyama Gyoji Gallery by Mizoe Art Gallery in Iizuka City.
2023 Installation of the Ceramic relief “The Sky Tomorrow” at the entrance hall of the Iizuka General Gymnasium.
Passed away on June 22.

Until his death at the age of 102, he continued to create artwork in Tokyo and Fukuoka (Iijima city) where he based his studio. Numerous books published.

1925-2019
Born in Kurume city, Fukuoka in 1925, passed away in Fukuoka city in 2019.
Exhibited at the 1960 Venice Biennale, after which he moved to Milan Italy, where he based his atelier.
Received the Takamura Kotaro Prize, the Grand Prize at the Japan Art Awards, the Medal with Purple Ribbon awarded by the Japanese Government, and the Nishi-Nippon Cultural Award.

1925 Born in Fukuoka, Japan.
1944 Volunteered for the army while studying at Kokugakuin University.
1945 Returns home after the war.
1946 Becomes a disciple of the sculptor Chodo Tominaga and studies wood sculpting.
1952 Sets up a studio in Tokyo.
1959 Received the 2nd Takamura Kotaro Award.
1960 Participated at the 30th Venice Biennale (Venice, Italy).
Moves to Milan, Italy.
1964 Participated at the Carnagie International, held at the Carnegie Museum of Art (Pittsburgh, USA), in which he received the William Frew Memorial Prize.
1965 Participated at the 32nd Venice Biennale, the 8th Sao Paulo Bienal (Sao Paulo, Brazil) and the New Japanese Painting and Sculpture Exhibition (Hosted by the Museum of Modern Art, toured the United States and Canada).
1966 Participated at the 1st Japan Art Festival (New York, USA).
1967 Participated at the Carnagie International.
1970 Participated at the Japan World Exposition Art Museum Exhibition: Modern Dynamism (Osaka, Japan).
1977 Installation of “Drift ‘77” at the Kitakyushu Municipal Museum of Art.
1978 Received the Grand Prize at the 10th Japan Art Awards.
Toyofuku Tomonori Exhibition held at the Kitakyushu Municipal Museum of Art (Fukuoka, Japan).
1979 Becomes a Specially Appointed Professor at the Graduate School of Fine Arts of Kyushu Sangyo University.
1983 Participated at the 3rd Henry Moore Grand Prize Exhibition held at the Utsukushi-ga-hara Open-Air Museum (Nagano, Japan), in which he received the Shikanai Nobutaka Honorable Mention Award.
“Seki-sei-tei” commissioned for Kurume-city Central Park.
1986 Installation of “Tower of Wind” in the front yard of the TOPPAN Holdings Inc building in Fukuoka.
1987 Installation of “Nanotsu-Genso” in front of the Hakataza in Fukuoka (currently placed in front of the Fukuoka Asian Art Museum).
1990 Received the 31st Mainichi Art Award
1993 Awarded the Medal with Purple Ribbon by the Government.
1994 Tomonori Toyofuku Exhibition ~Between Abstract and Figurative~ held at Mitaka City Gallery of Art (Tokyo, Japan).
1995 Received the 20th Fukuoka City Culture Award.
1996 Installation of the repatriation commemoration monument “Nanotsu-Okan” at the Chuo wharf of Hakata (Fukuoka, Japan).
1997 Received the 10th Fukuoka Urban Beautification Award and the 8th Shin Hongo Sculpture Prize for “Nanotsu-Okan”.
2001 Received the The Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Rosette Award.
2002 Installation of the amida-cedar wood monument “Vertical and Horizontal Structure” in Oguni-machi, Kumamoto.
2003 Received the 62nd the Nishi-Nippon Cultural Award (Society and Culture Category).
Returned to Fukuoka, Japan after 43 years in Milan.
2005 Received the 13th Fukuoka Prefectural Culture Award (Special Category).
2019 Passed away in Fukuoka city on May 18th.