Born in Japan, Hiroshi Senju is a New York\u2013based painter internationally renowned for his monumental depictions of waterfalls and cliffs of sublime scale. His works combine a minimalist expression rooted in Abstract Expressionism with traditional Japanese painting techniques.<\/p>\n
He is a member of the Japan Art Academy. From 2007 to 2013, he served as President of Kyoto University of Art and Design (now Kyoto University of the Arts), where he is currently a Professor. He also serves as Ambassador of the Tokyo National Museum, Councilor of the Ikenobo Foundation for Cultural and Artistic Promotion, Advisor to Ritsumeikan Educational Corporation, Director of the Koyo-do Museum of Art, Committee Member of the Van Cleef & Arpels School of Jewelry Arts (L\u2019\u00c9COLE), and Advisor to the Tokugawa Art Museum, among other roles.<\/p>\n
Biography<\/p>\n
1958\u3000Born in Tokyo<\/p>\n
1982\u3000Graduated from the Department of Nihonga, Faculty of Fine Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts<\/p>\n
1984\u3000Completed Master\u2019s Program, Graduate School of Fine Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts; graduation work acquired by the University<\/p>\n
1987\u3000Completed coursework for Doctoral Program without dissertation; research work acquired by the University of Tokyo; exhibited in The 100th Anniversary of Tokyo University of the Arts (Takashimaya Nihombashi)<\/p>\n
1989\u3000Solo exhibition The End of Dream (Manly Art Gallery & Museum, Sydney, Australia)<\/p>\n
1990\u3000The Development of Modern Nihonga through the Collection (The Museum of Modern Art, Kamakura)<\/p>\n
1993\u3000Featured on the cover of Gallery Guide (New York); Solo exhibition Flatwater (Maxwell Davidson Gallery, New York)<\/p>\n
1994\u3000Solo exhibition Hiroshi Senju 1980\u20131994 (Takemura Museum of Art, Yamanakako); awarded 4th Kenbuchi Picture Book Grand Prize for Hoshi no Furu Yoru ni; Excellence Prize, 7th MOA Museum of Art Mokichi Okada Award (Painting Division)<\/p>\n
1995\u3000Solo exhibition Hiroshi Senju (Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taiwan); Honorary Award, 46th Venice Biennale (Italy) \u2014 the first Asian artist in painting to receive the honor<\/p>\n
1996\u3000Solo exhibition Hiroshi Senju: Waterfalls & Glasses (Hakone Open-Air Museum)<\/p>\n
1998\u3000Awarded Medal with Dark Blue Ribbon for the work August Sky and Clouds (Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art collection)<\/p>\n
2000\u3000100 Years of Nihonga (The University Art Museum, Tokyo University of the Arts); awarded Rinmei Kawabata Prize for Life at Gazing at the World: A Century of Painting East and West exhibition<\/p>\n
2002\u3000New Way of Tea (Japan Society & Asia Society, New York, USA); Grand Prize, 13th MOA Museum of Art Mokichi Okada Award (Painting Division); The Fragrance of Ink (National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea)<\/p>\n
2003\u3000Fusuma Paintings for Juk\u014d-in, Daitoku-ji (Tokyo National Museum); The Present of Painting (The Niigata Bandaijima Art Museum); Highlights of Contemporary Nihonga (Contemporary Art Museum, Kumamoto); The Adventurers of Nihonga (Okazaki Mindscape Museum); mural Waterfall at Grand Hyatt Tokyo<\/p>\n
2004\u3000Donated fusuma paintings to It\u014d Annex of Juk\u014d-in, Daitoku-ji; served as Art Director for Haneda Airport Terminal 2<\/p>\n
2005\u3000Lexus L-Finesse at Milan Salone (Italy); Solo exhibition All 77 Fusuma Paintings of Juk\u014d-in Annex (Fukuoka Asian Art Museum)<\/p>\n
2006\u30006th Gwangju Biennale (Korea); designed dials for Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso 75th Anniversary model; Naoshima Standard 2 (Benesse Art Site Naoshima); Solo exhibition Hiroshi Senju (Yamatane Museum of Art)<\/p>\n
2007\u3000Highlights from the Yamatane Museum Collection (Toyama Prefectural Museum of Modern Art); completed fusuma paintings for Shofuso (Pennsylvania, USA); One Hundred Pillars: Form is Emptiness \u2013 Hiroshi Senju (Matsumoto City Museum of Art); Solo exhibition Haruka Naru Aoi Hikari (Sundaram Tagore Gallery, New York)<\/p>\n
2008\u3000Liquid Crystal Painting (touring Mie Prefectural Art Museum, National Museum of Art Osaka, Tokyo Photographic Art Museum); ceramic wall murals Trees in Four Seasons (Akasaka Biz Tower) and Waterfall (Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line, Shinjuku-sanchome Station)<\/p>\n
2009\u3000Isobashi Project \u2013 Garden of Sky (Benesse Art Site Naoshima, Kagawa); Solo exhibitions New Light from Afar (Los Angeles) and Out of Nature (Hong Kong, Sundaram Tagore Gallery)<\/p>\n
2010\u3000Invitation to 20th-Century Art (Gifu Prefectural Museum of Art); Masterpieces of Saku City Museum of Modern Art (Takasaki Tower Museum); Hiroshi Senju: The World of Blue \u2013 Resonance with Kaii Higashiyama (Kagawa Prefectural Higashiyama Kaii Setouchi Art Museum); Setouchi International Art Festival; Art Director for APEC JAPAN 2010 venue; Art Director for Haneda Airport\u2019s new International Terminal and expanded Terminal 2<\/p>\n
2011\u3000Art Director for JR Hakata Station; opened Hiroshi Senju Museum Karuizawa; Water, Fire, Earth: In Search of the Source of Creation (Contemporary Art Museum, Kumamoto); 5th Chengdu Biennale (China); Vision of Nature, Lost and Found, in Asian Contemporary Art (Hong Kong Art Center); supervised Gucci\u2019s 90th anniversary archive exhibition Gift of Time at Kinkaku-ji<\/p>\n
2012\u3000Solo exhibition CLIFFS (New York); completed ceramic mural at OUB Center (Singapore); stage design for Nihon Buyo \u00d7 Orchestra \u2013 A Dialogue of Tradition (Tokyo Bunka Kaikan)<\/p>\n
2013\u3000Donated fusuma paintings to Juk\u014d-in, Daitoku-ji; stage design for opera KAMIKAZE (Tokyo Bunka Kaikan); completed wall paintings at Ek\u014d-in; Art Director for Daitoku University Sazae-d\u014d; supervised KITTE opening art project Omoi Zakura; Solo exhibitions Day Falls \/ Night Falls (Hong Kong) and The Tale of Genji through the Eyes of Hiroshi Senju (Sagawa Art Museum); Setouchi Triennale; stage design for Prelude (starring Jusuke Hanayagi & Tamasaburo Bando, Tokyo Bunka Kaikan)<\/p>\n
2014\u3000Stage design for opera Yuzuru (The Twilight Crane)<\/p>\n
2015\u3000Solo exhibition Day Falls \/ Night Falls (Singapore); mural for JR Onagawa Station (designed by Shigeru Ban); participated in the 56th Venice Biennale Frontiers Reimagined (Italy); completed Southern Branch project of the National Palace Museum (Taiwan)<\/p>\n
2016\u3000Public exhibition of fusuma paintings donated to Juk\u014d-in alongside Eitoku Kano\u2019s National Treasure fusuma paintings; Illusion of Water and Light (Yakushiji Temple, Nara); Colors Beyond Time and Space (Yakushiji Temple, Nara); awarded Foreign Minister\u2019s Commendation<\/p>\n
2017\u3000Solo exhibition At World\u2019s End (New York); awarded 4th Isamu Noguchi Award<\/p>\n
2018\u3000Awarded Distinguished Arts Award (Japan America Society of Greater Philadelphia); released Octo Finissimo Hiroshi Senju with Bulgari; Commemorative Exhibition of Fusuma Paintings for Kong\u014dbu-ji, Mt. K\u014dya (touring Japan); collaboration exhibition with teamLab Water (Dojima River Forum, Osaka); awarded Japan\u2013U.S. Special Achievement Award (New York Chamber of Commerce and Industry)<\/p>\n
2019\u3000Hiroshi Senju: 40 Years of Painting \u2013 Sublimity and Grace of 21st-Century Nihonga (Mitsukoshi Nihombashi Main Store); touring exhibition Commemorative Exhibition of Fusuma Paintings for Kong\u014dbu-ji, Mt. K\u014dya (various venues)<\/p>\n
2020\u3000Solo exhibition Beginnings (New York); dedicated fusuma paintings to Kong\u014dbu-ji, Mt. K\u014dya<\/p>\n
2021\u3000Awarded the Imperial Prize and Japan Art Academy Prize for Waterfall (Kong\u014dbu-ji fusuma paintings); selected as Heisei no H\u014dgyoku (Gem of the Heisei Era) and dedicated to Yakushiji; received Medal with Dark Blue Ribbon with Wooden Cup; donated three Waterfall paintings to Izumo Taisha; Solo exhibitions Senju\u2019s Waterfall for Chicago (Art Institute of Chicago) and Hiroshi Senju SPECTRUM (New York)<\/p>\n
2022\u3000Appointed Member of the Japan Art Academy; awarded 4th Japan\u2013U.S. Kaneko Kentaro Award (Special Prize)<\/p>\n
2023\u3000Solo exhibition There is Still a Light (London); Solo exhibition 350th Anniversary of Mitsukoshi: Hiroshi Senju \u2013 Tradition and Innovation (Mitsukoshi Nihombashi, Tokyo)<\/p>\n
2024\u3000Solo exhibition Between Movement and Stillness (Singapore); 60th Anniversary Special Exhibition of TOBI (Tokyo Art Club)<\/p>\n","solo_history":"","group_history":"","award_history":"","alpha_link_artist_id":"13309","artist_sort_order":"4"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artfair.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artists\/12894","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/artfair.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artists"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/artfair.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/artists"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artfair.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}