ARTWORKS

Print artist. Kawachi was born in Uenohara in Yamanashi Prefecture. He graduated in 1973 from the Oil Painting Department of Tama Art University, but had already begun to experiment with prints as a result of the influence of the lively printmaking department there. He won the newcomer’s prize at the Japanese Print Association Exhibition in 1970. From graduation up to 1985 he taught at his old university, at which time he went on a Monbusho (Ministry of Education) Scholarship to Columbia University, New York, Graduate School, followed by travel in Europe in 1986. In 1976 he had won the Grand Prix at the Japanese Print Association Exhibition and from then on worked mainly in woodblock, having experimented until then with silk screen, lithograph and even collages. His mature style has been semi-abstract, almost always on dark backgrounds, with constant reference to mechanical stress. He has periodically tried other forms of subject-matter but always so far returned to his basic themes. He has developed a potent combination of straightforward woodblock (‘anastatic’ to use his word) with engraved blocks (intaglio). Some of his compositions have been very large and in series of sheets. Until around 1982/3 he used the name Kawachi Shigeyuki.

Print artist. Kawachi was born in Uenohara in Yamanashi Prefecture. He graduated in 1973 from the Oil Painting Department of Tama Art University, but had already begun to experiment with prints as a result of the influence of the lively printmaking department there. He won the newcomer’s prize at the Japanese Print Association Exhibition in 1970. From graduation up to 1985 he taught at his old university, at which time he went on a Monbusho (Ministry of Education) Scholarship to Columbia University, New York, Graduate School, followed by travel in Europe in 1986. In 1976 he had won the Grand Prix at the Japanese Print Association Exhibition and from then on worked mainly in woodblock, having experimented until then with silk screen, lithograph and even collages. His mature style has been semi-abstract, almost always on dark backgrounds, with constant reference to mechanical stress. He has periodically tried other forms of subject-matter but always so far returned to his basic themes. He has developed a potent combination of straightforward woodblock (‘anastatic’ to use his word) with engraved blocks (intaglio). Some of his compositions have been very large and in series of sheets. Until around 1982/3 he used the name Kawachi Shigeyuki.

Sugimori’s first solo exhibition in New York was in 1999. Since then, he has regularly presented his works in New York as well as Europe. In 2002, he went to the United States as a researcher and special assistant at San Francisco State University. He is based in New York since 2003 and has been engaging in art creation and research for more than 10 years. His research book “Japanese Patinas” published in 2005 received high praise as the first English book to introduce Japanese traditional coloring techniques to the West.

Print artist. Kawachi was born in Uenohara in Yamanashi Prefecture. He graduated in 1973 from the Oil Painting Department of Tama Art University, but had already begun to experiment with prints as a result of the influence of the lively printmaking department there. He won the newcomer’s prize at the Japanese Print Association Exhibition in 1970. From graduation up to 1985 he taught at his old university, at which time he went on a Monbusho (Ministry of Education) Scholarship to Columbia University, New York, Graduate School, followed by travel in Europe in 1986. In 1976 he had won the Grand Prix at the Japanese Print Association Exhibition and from then on worked mainly in woodblock, having experimented until then with silk screen, lithograph and even collages. His mature style has been semi-abstract, almost always on dark backgrounds, with constant reference to mechanical stress. He has periodically tried other forms of subject-matter but always so far returned to his basic themes. He has developed a potent combination of straightforward woodblock (‘anastatic’ to use his word) with engraved blocks (intaglio). Some of his compositions have been very large and in series of sheets. Until around 1982/3 he used the name Kawachi Shigeyuki.

Sugimori’s first solo exhibition in New York was in 1999. Since then, he has regularly presented his works in New York as well as Europe. In 2002, he went to the United States as a researcher and special assistant at San Francisco State University. He is based in New York since 2003 and has been engaging in art creation and research for more than 10 years. His research book “Japanese Patinas” published in 2005 received high praise as the first English book to introduce Japanese traditional coloring techniques to the West.

Sugimori’s first solo exhibition in New York was in 1999. Since then, he has regularly presented his works in New York as well as Europe. In 2002, he went to the United States as a researcher and special assistant at San Francisco State University. He is based in New York since 2003 and has been engaging in art creation and research for more than 10 years. His research book “Japanese Patinas” published in 2005 received high praise as the first English book to introduce Japanese traditional coloring techniques to the West.

Sugimori’s first solo exhibition in New York was in 1999. Since then, he has regularly presented his works in New York as well as Europe. In 2002, he went to the United States as a researcher and special assistant at San Francisco State University. He is based in New York since 2003 and has been engaging in art creation and research for more than 10 years. His research book “Japanese Patinas” published in 2005 received high praise as the first English book to introduce Japanese traditional coloring techniques to the West.

Sugimori’s first solo exhibition in New York was in 1999. Since then, he has regularly presented his works in New York as well as Europe. In 2002, he went to the United States as a researcher and special assistant at San Francisco State University. He is based in New York since 2003 and has been engaging in art creation and research for more than 10 years. His research book “Japanese Patinas” published in 2005 received high praise as the first English book to introduce Japanese traditional coloring techniques to the West.

Sugimori’s first solo exhibition in New York was in 1999. Since then, he has regularly presented his works in New York as well as Europe. In 2002, he went to the United States as a researcher and special assistant at San Francisco State University. He is based in New York since 2003 and has been engaging in art creation and research for more than 10 years. His research book “Japanese Patinas” published in 2005 received high praise as the first English book to introduce Japanese traditional coloring techniques to the West.

Print artist. Kawachi was born in Uenohara in Yamanashi Prefecture. He graduated in 1973 from the Oil Painting Department of Tama Art University, but had already begun to experiment with prints as a result of the influence of the lively printmaking department there. He won the newcomer’s prize at the Japanese Print Association Exhibition in 1970. From graduation up to 1985 he taught at his old university, at which time he went on a Monbusho (Ministry of Education) Scholarship to Columbia University, New York, Graduate School, followed by travel in Europe in 1986. In 1976 he had won the Grand Prix at the Japanese Print Association Exhibition and from then on worked mainly in woodblock, having experimented until then with silk screen, lithograph and even collages. His mature style has been semi-abstract, almost always on dark backgrounds, with constant reference to mechanical stress. He has periodically tried other forms of subject-matter but always so far returned to his basic themes. He has developed a potent combination of straightforward woodblock (‘anastatic’ to use his word) with engraved blocks (intaglio). Some of his compositions have been very large and in series of sheets. Until around 1982/3 he used the name Kawachi Shigeyuki.

Print artist. Kawachi was born in Uenohara in Yamanashi Prefecture. He graduated in 1973 from the Oil Painting Department of Tama Art University, but had already begun to experiment with prints as a result of the influence of the lively printmaking department there. He won the newcomer’s prize at the Japanese Print Association Exhibition in 1970. From graduation up to 1985 he taught at his old university, at which time he went on a Monbusho (Ministry of Education) Scholarship to Columbia University, New York, Graduate School, followed by travel in Europe in 1986. In 1976 he had won the Grand Prix at the Japanese Print Association Exhibition and from then on worked mainly in woodblock, having experimented until then with silk screen, lithograph and even collages. His mature style has been semi-abstract, almost always on dark backgrounds, with constant reference to mechanical stress. He has periodically tried other forms of subject-matter but always so far returned to his basic themes. He has developed a potent combination of straightforward woodblock (‘anastatic’ to use his word) with engraved blocks (intaglio). Some of his compositions have been very large and in series of sheets. Until around 1982/3 he used the name Kawachi Shigeyuki.

Print artist. Kawachi was born in Uenohara in Yamanashi Prefecture. He graduated in 1973 from the Oil Painting Department of Tama Art University, but had already begun to experiment with prints as a result of the influence of the lively printmaking department there. He won the newcomer’s prize at the Japanese Print Association Exhibition in 1970. From graduation up to 1985 he taught at his old university, at which time he went on a Monbusho (Ministry of Education) Scholarship to Columbia University, New York, Graduate School, followed by travel in Europe in 1986. In 1976 he had won the Grand Prix at the Japanese Print Association Exhibition and from then on worked mainly in woodblock, having experimented until then with silk screen, lithograph and even collages. His mature style has been semi-abstract, almost always on dark backgrounds, with constant reference to mechanical stress. He has periodically tried other forms of subject-matter but always so far returned to his basic themes. He has developed a potent combination of straightforward woodblock (‘anastatic’ to use his word) with engraved blocks (intaglio). Some of his compositions have been very large and in series of sheets. Until around 1982/3 he used the name Kawachi Shigeyuki.

Gyoji Nomiyama was born in 1920 in Honami Village of Fukuoka Prefecture, now the city of Iizuka. He spent his childhood in the Chikuho region, which boasted a prosperous coal industry, and later entered the Tokyo School of Fine Arts (now Tokyo University of the Arts) with the intention of becoming a painter. Upon graduation, he was drafted into the Japanese army and sent to Manchuria. After the war, he spent 12 years in Paris from 1952, after which he returned to Japan and served as a professor at Tokyo University of the Arts. In 2014, he was awarded the Order of Cultural Merit for his many years of distinguished service and remained active in his artistic endeavors while traveling between Tokyo and Fukuoka, until his death at age of 102.