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09 Feb 2024 [Fukuoka]Yoko MITSUYUKI Exhibition - March 2nd (Sat) - March 17th (Sun), 2024 - see more: 《 Drop 》 Oil on canvas 63.81×89.64in 2024

Yoko MITSUYUKI Exhibition
March 2nd (Sat) - March 17th (Sun), 2024
Opening hours:10：00-18：00 (open everyday during the fair period)
Venue: MIZOE ART GALLERY FUKUOKA

Gallery Talk
Date & Time: March 2nd,Starts at 14：00, on the first day of the exhibition
*Reservations required
*A small get-together will be held after the event.

A deep "blue" with a sense of translucent coolness. Through colors and shapes, Yoko Mitsuyuki expresses, abstractly, the impressions and images that accumulate from her own experiences.
The poetic sentiment and climate of her hometown, Yanagawa. The feel of the water, the sparkling light, the green of the trees and the gentle breeze. Or, the colorful skyscrapers of Manhattan and the echoes from the hustle and bustle in the streets of New York, a city she has visited numerous times.
From these experiences, and with prayer for peace after the 9/11 attacks, she began to paint symmetrical compositions.
With the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, and the restrictions on social outings that followed, the artist spent more time experiencing the natural scenery of her neighborhood. This allowed her to gain a renewed appreciation for the preciousness of nature, leading her to create works inspired by the sky, clouds, water, light, rivers, and the earth.
Reaching the age of 77, with a paintbrush in hand since junior high school, Yoko Mitsuyuki asks herself, "What do I really want to paint right now?
Please do come see her works.
Mizoe Art Gallery, Kazunobu Abe

Yoko MITSUYUKI
Graduated from Saga University Fine Arts major in 1969. Appointed to the Department of Fine Arts, Faculty of Art, at Kyushu Sangyo University in the same year. Retired as professor in 2017.
Awarded the Macau Painting Prize at Macau International Art Exhibition.
Awarded the Fukuoka City Cultural Award.
Invited to Qingdao International Contemporary Art Exhibition 2021-2023.
Exhibited at the Asian International Art Exhibition.
Exhibited in domestic and international art fairs, solo and group exhibitions (NY, Tokyo, Fukuoka, etc.).

Currently an honorary professor at Kyushu Sangyo University, and a member of the Japan Artists Association. Vice-chairman of the Asian International Art Exhibition and director of the Fukuoka Cultural Federation. Member of the steering committee and more for the western painting division of the Fukuoka Prefectural Art Association.

Part of collection at:
Fukuoka Prefectural Art Museum, Fukuoka City Art Museum, Fukuoka Women's University Art Museum, Tagawa City Art Museum
National Art Museum of Malaysia, University of Brighton (U.K.), and many others.

12 Jan 2024 10 Years After His Passing Yoshio Yoshimura Exhibition－January 13th(Sat) – 28th (Sun), 2024－ see more: Yoshio Yoshimura 《Vanda》 Colored pencils 44.09×63.77in 2007

10 Years After His Passing
Yoshio Yoshimura Exhibition
January 13th(Sat) – 28th (Sun), 2024
10:00am-6:00pm (Open every day during the event)
Venue MIZOE ART GALLERY TOKYO

Happy New Year to all. We look forward to your continued good will in the coming year.

Yoshio Yoshimura attracted much attention in the world of contemporary art after winning the Grand Prize at the Yamaguchi Prefectural Art Exhibition in 2007. However, just as his future success was being anticipated, he suddenly passed away at the age of 63. I still wonder what kind of future would have awaited him and Mizoe Art Gallery, had Mr. Yoshimura still been alive.

The traveling exhibition "Yoshio Yoshimura: Beyond Super Realism", which began in November 2018 at Tokyo Station Gallery, was originally planned to exhibit at 4 venues, but eventually reached 11, making it an unusually long run as it continuously impressed.

Words such as “realism”, “hyper-realism”, “miniature painting”, and “superlative-technique” all seem inadequate, if not clichéd, when it comes to describing Yoshio Yoshimura's works and skill, which go beyond what we imagine possible.

This exhibition will feature small colored-pencil drawings of flowers alongside a series of self-portraits on newspapers drawn in Paris, as well as prints and other works from his early years. We sincerely look forward to seeing you at the gallery.

Kazunobu Abe, Mizoe Art Gallery

Yoshio Yoshimura 《Newspaper and Self-Portrait》 Pencil on newspaper 15.94×10.62in 2012

Yoshio Yoshimura
Born in Hofu City, Yamaguchi Prefecture in 1950. Graduated from Yamaguchi College of Arts in 1971. Graduated from Sokei Academy of Fine Art and Design (Tokyo) in 1979. Moved to Tokuchi, Yamaguchi City in 1985. Won the Grand Prize at the Yamaguchi Prefectural Exhibition (Yamaguchi Prefectural Art Museum) in 2007. Participated in "Roppongi Crossing 2007: Future Beats in Japanese Contemporary Art" (Mori Art Museum). “Yoshio Yoshimura Exhibition: Tea Room in Purgatory” (Yamaguchi Prefectural Hagi Uragami Museum) in 2009. "Yoshio Yoshimura Exhibition: I, who continue to depict my days with a sharp pencil" (Yamaguchi Prefectural Art Museum) in 2010. Stayed in Paris for a year in 2011. Passed away on December 6, 2013.

Special Exhibition
Taisei Yoshimura

《 Won’t give up hope 》ne part of a trilogy. Color pencil on paper, P50

Taisei Yoshimura
Born in 1992, currently resides in Yamaguchi City. After graduating from junior high school, he began his creative career as his father's assistant.

01 Jan 2024 New Year Masterpieces Exhibition, January 6th(Sat) – January 28th (Sun), 2024 see more: Pablo Picasso 《Little Girl with Pigtails and A Green Hat》Oil on canvas, 73.4 x 60cm, 1956

New Year Masterpieces Exhibition
January 6th(Sat) – January 28th (Sun), 2024
10:00am-6:00pm (Open every day during the event)
Venue MIZOE ART GALLERY TOKYO

Greetings

We would like to wish you a Happy New Year.　

We express our sincerest gratitude for your patronage and support. Since the opening of Mizoe Art Gallery, our core concept has been to "provide high quality works of art that are not influenced by trends or the changing times, but continue to move our hearts throughout the ages”.

With this in mind, we are proud to present a collection of masterpieces from our collection.

We will continue to do our best in seeking art that will remain of value in the future, and deliver it to you, in the hope of contributing to the revitalization of the art scene in Fukuoka.

We sincerely look forward to seeing you at the gallery.

Main exhibiting artists
Pablo Picasso / Henri Matisse / Marc Chagall / Odilon Redon

Wassily Kandinsky / Jules Pasquin / Bernard Buffet

Tsuguharu Fujita / Hanjiro Sakamoto / Morikazu Kumagai / Toshiyuki Hasegawa / Zenzaburo Kojima / Kenichi Nakamura / Noriyuki Ushijima / Setsuko Migishi / Yasuo Kozuki / Chozaburo Inoue / Kazu Wakita / Ryonosuke Fukui / Chuta Kimura / Rei Kamoi / Genichiro Inokuma / Sadamasa Motonaga / Kumi Sugai / Yoshishige Saito / Toshinobu Onosato / Kokuta Suda / Kyuzaburo Ito / Zenzo Sakamoto / Teppei Ujiyama / Yasukazu Tabuchi / Chimei Hamada /
Tatsuo Ikeda / Hiroki Oda / Ryo Hirano / Gyoji Nomiyama / Tomonori Toyofuku / Mokuma Kikuhata, etc.

Tsuguharu Fujita ,《Nude Woman》Oil on canvas, 55 x 46cm, 1925

Kikuhata Mokuma ,《Roulette: Target》Wood, enamel, rubber, metal, wire
Collage on paper, framed by the artist
21.9×84.5×15.6cm, 1964

Genichiro Inokuma
《Black Attire》
Oil on canvas
73 x 60cm
1963

Yoshishige Saito
《Dissymmetry》
Lead
25.0 x 20.0 x 3.7cm