Exhibitions

Takashi YATOJI exhibition -Portrait-
May 30th(Sat) – June 14th(Sun), 2020

10:00 – 18:00 (Open every day during the event)
Venue: MIZOE ART GALLERY FKUOKA

The artist will be present on 30,31 May and 6,7,13,14 June in the gallery.
*Live painting show is going on while the days artist is there.

What the artworks by Takashi Yatouji attract us is the novel artistic style with vivid colors and lines spreading freely over images. There are both light depiction like pop-art and thick brushstroke like modern painting, in addition to both essences of abstract and figurative art. He does not compromise to find the best material to implement those effects.

He is a young and energetic artist who is highly expected by his hometown since he gained attention by being the youngest to receive the first prize at Eiten (Tagawa Museum of Art) in 2013 at the age of 22. Recently, he held a solo exhibition in Fukuoka at Okawa City Seiriki Art Museum. In this exhibition titled “Portrait”, he will perform live painting of a large work that reaches five-meter long in a reproduced atelier in the gallery space. We hope he will bring a wind full of energy to the society exhausted by the epidemic.
We are waiting for your visits. (Kazunobu Abe, Mizoe Art Gallery)

Takashi YATOJI
1990/
Born in Aichi, Japan
2012/
The 62nd Saga Art Exhibition Saga Governor Prize, Selected Solo Exhibitions
2013/
The 22nd MCAGP Prize
The 63rd Saga Art Exhibition, Saga Chamber-of-Commerce Joint Association Prize
The 1st YWCA Prize
The 22nd EITEN -Person and the Customs - Grand Prize
MCAGP Scholarship Student in the 2013 Fiscal Year
2015/
Completed Saga University graduate education study graduate course subject educational major fine-arts educational specialization
Present/
Lives and works in Fukuoka

the Spring Print Market -Relax with Art-

April 25th (Sat) – May 10th (Sun), 2020
10:00 – 18:00 (Open every day during the event)
Venue: MIZOE ART GALLERY FKUOKA

About 70 print works from contemporary artists to Western masters will be exhibited at a special price so that you can spend a rich time while watching art at home.
The gallery is open as usual during the exhibition. In order to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 infection, we regularly ventilate inside of the gallery. In addition, visitors are in order to follow the rules below to come in.

1. Wear a face mask, disinfect fingers
2. Write your name, address, etc. to the name book

Thank you very much for your understanding and cooperation.
You can also browse and purchase the works on display online, Please check it out.
We look forward to seeing you on the way for workouts and walks.

Kikuma MOCHIZUKI Exhibition - Past and Present -
March 28th (Sat) – April 12th (Sun), 2020

10:00 – 18:00 (Open every day during the event)
Venue: MIZOE ART GALLERY FKUOKA
Poetry and Haiku Session by: Akira Hashimoto (Sohei Aoki)

The artist will be present on 28,29,30 March and 9.10.11.12 April in the gallery.
(Fri) Evening time – 18:00 (Sat, Sun) 12:00 – 17:00

*On April 9.10.11.12, the artist can not be present in the gallery due to circumstances.
The gallery is open as usual during the exhibition. In order to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 infection, we regularly ventilate inside of the gallery. In addition, visitors are in order to follow the rules below to come in.

1. Wear a face mask, disinfect fingers
2. Write your name, address, etc. to the name book

Thank you very much for your understanding and cooperation.

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 We hold a solo exhibition of Kikuma Mochizuki who is a metal sculptor creating a number of public art all over Japan. This time, we display artworks related to the three main artworks including the first artwork of “Destruction Series”, a work that was named by a Journalist at that time and became the starting point for him to get into the world of art, “META-SHOCK” 1971, the final work of MFA course at Tokyo University of the Arts which was awarded Salon de Printemps prize and received a favorable reputation in the foreign exhibition of Japan Art Festival, and also the latest artwork  “Shine ⋅ Link” 2020 that was developed from recent "Awakening Device Series".
The exhibition is comprised of about 50 artworks such as flat artworks in which pictorial elements are emphasized over time as a continuum of Metal Drawing Series that was started to express the concept of “Destruction Series”, 
sculptural and flat works that reflect his recent freewheeling situation without restraints “as he pleases”, the trophy of "Tamori Cup" which was discontinued later. We would be grateful if you see - Past and Present - the path of the art of Kikuma Mochizuki over half of a century.

Kikuma MOCHIZUKI
1945 Born in Fukuoka /'71 Masters degree course in art from Tokyo art university graduate school art graduate course completion production salon de Printemps prize /'75 "the 11th modern Japanese art exhibitions" fine work prize Tokyo Museum / Kyoto-shi art museum
/'82 "the 14th Japan international art exhibitions" fine work Prize, Tokyo art museum / Kyoto-shi art museum
/2002 "East Japan sculpture exhibitions" excellence Prize, Tokyo station gallery
/'07 "the 22nd present age Japan sculpture exhibitions" Yamaguchi Prefectural art museum Prize


"META-SHOCK" in 1971

Red spacetime F50

〈Tamie Okuyama exhibition - Space-time of Painting - Saturday, April 4th, 2020 - Sunday, April 19th〉Cancellation Announcement

Thank you very much for your continuous support.
Due to the request by Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike to avoid going out, we decided to cancel "Tamie Okuyama exhibition - Space-time of Painting - " from Saturday, April 4th, 2020 to Sunday, April 19th to prevent the infection and spreading of Novel Coronavirus.
We are sorry for you waiting for the exhibition after having received the invitation already. We greatly appreciate your understanding and cooperation.
We will invite you again when the outbreak stabilizes enough to hold exhibitions.
Although the Tokyo branch of Mizoe Art Gallery will continue the permanent exhibition, opening days are subject to change. Please call us before you visit our gallery.
We sincerely hope for your health and quick end of the epidemic.
Kazunobu Abe, Mizoe Art Gallery

Tamie OKUYAMA Exhibition - Space-time of Painting -
April 4th (Sat) – 19th (Sun), 2020
10:00am – 6:00pm (Open every day during the event)
Venue: MIZOE ART GALLERY TOKYO

Since the birth of the quantum computer, the way quantum acts became a hot topic.
It is said that misty ambiguous being called quantum comprises the whole immense universe from micro to macro.
Accordingly, the world we sense is nothing but 2-dimensional information projected onto our perception as 3-dimensional existence due to quantum entanglement.
If quantum froze and everything in the world became a 2-dimensional state, how would the image appear to us?
Tamie Okuyama

Tamie OKUYAMA
【Credentials】
1969 Graduated with a Fine Arts Degree from Tokyo University of the Arts.
1992 Received 35th Yasui Award.
2005 Became a professor of Onomichi University, Hiroshima.
2010 Received the 31st Hiroshima Culture Prize.
2012 Retired from Onomichi University.
Emeritus professor of Onomichi University, Hiroshima
Lives and works in Tokyo.

【Public Collections】
The Museum of Modern Art, Saitama.
Yokohama Museum of Art.
Setagaya Art Museum, Tokyo.
Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery.
The Ishii Collection, University of Tsukuba.
Onomichi University.

　
Nami SHIBATA "A Clown" Oil painting 45.5×37.9cm / Takashi YATOUJI "Big Panda" Mixed media 53.3x45.5cm

Field of Now 2020
February 26 (Wed) – February 29 (Sat), 2020
10am – 6pm
Ginza Yokyo Hall

Field of Now exhibition marks the 27th time this year. This exhibition is a special exhibition that is hosted only for 4 days a year to introduce young noticeable artists selected by artist dealers who belong to the youth group of our association.

Mizoe Art Gallery introduces two artists.
The first one is Nami Shibata who is holding her solo exhibition in our gallery this autumn. Her representative series “Montage” that manifests “portraits of nobody” expresses identical worldview with the spirit and vibrant brushstrokes of the artist beyond the notion of concept and motif.
The second artist is Takashi Yatouji. The fresh and vivid scene that seems to display geometric questions. His artworks created by reconstructing motif using unique lines and colour fields give so strong impression that sticks in our memories to indicate the birth of brand new artistic expression.

12 artists are selected by 8 galleries including our gallery to exhibit a number of expressive artworks. Please see the works by spirited artists who are highly expected for further activities. We are sincerely waiting for your visit.

▍Opening reception
February 26 (Wed),2020
5pm start

▍Venue
Ginza Yokyo Hall
http://www.yokyo.or.jp/

　

The imaginary landscape that seems to close in on the essence of the objects in a simplified image. I was attracted at the first glance in the emotional, serene, and poetic world that moves my mind. While I followed the track of the artist to know what kind of person he was, I got to know he was a person of integrity whom everyone admired. Quiet, thoughtful, and warm. He trained the younger at Kitakyushu Free Painting Atelier and the College of Art at Nihon University. People who have been under his tutelage praise his character unanimously.
This exhibition will show about 25 artworks we collected thinking of the artist who I wanted to meet for once. We are waiting for your visit.

Kazunobu Abe, Mizoe Art Gallery

Wasaburo Itozono: Born in Nakatsu, Oita in 1911 and died in Suginami-ku, Tokyo. Learned under Kanji Maeta. Used to be a member of Dokuritsu Art Association, Bijyutsu Bunka Art Association, Jiyu Art Association, and eventually became independent. Received Honorable Mention in Japan International Art Exhibition, Mr. K Award in Contemporary Art Exhibition of Japan, and more. Professor at Nihon University College of Art. Works collected in the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo/ the Museum of Modern Art, Kamakura & Hayama/ Oita Prefectural Art Museum, and more.

"Vue du village de Giverny" Claude Monet, 23.62 x 39.37in, Oil on canvas,1890

Spring Masterpieces Exhibition
February 15 (Sat) – March 15 (Sun), 2020

10am – 6pm
Open every day during the exhibition.

Setsubun has passed and we feel the coming of spring these days. We hold Spring Masterpieces Exhibition to feature specially selected artworks befitting the time to welcome the first Spring of Reiwa with you.
As the special display, Prairie, Cloudy Sky, an oil painting by Claude Monet, will be exhibited to be shown for the first time in Western Japan. This is a symbolic work depicting the idyllic rural landscape surrounding the house at Giverny where Monet moved to painted with the expression of unique atmosphere and texture of light. Moreover, we exhibit 30 and a few more artworks including those by artists who represent Japanese modern and contemporary artists.
We are waiting for your visit.

　　
Yasuo KAZUKI / Toshiyuki HASEGAWA / Noriyuki USHIJIMA

VOLTA NEW YORK 2020

▍GOH/PRESS
2020/3/4 14:00-16:00

▍VIP
2020/3/4/ 16:00-18:00

▍Public opening
2020/3/5-7 12:00-20:00
2020/3/8 12:00-17:00

▍Venue
Metropolitan West
(639 W 46th St, New York, NY 10036)
Booth #2.13 (2nd floor)
https://ny.voltashow.com/about/

Mizoe Art Gallery is going to exhibit in VOLTA NY 2020 which has been held in New York since 2008.
We will be exhibiting works by two Japanese artists: Tamie OKUYAMA and Kenpei YUNDE.

Tamie OKUYAMA’s specialty is the work of “sun”.
With her distinctive sight toward the life and nature mystery, she combines her sense and technique into the extraordinary and deep screen.
You surely cannot take your eyes off from her mysterious works, which is also full of love.
Kenpei YUNDE focuses on the “soil”, which is usually under our feet, to catch and express the base of the human activity.
His specific painting style, repeating the process of glazing and scraping more than 50 layers through one year, shows us the dynamic and heartwarming world in his painting.

The works of two people whose aesthetic sense unique to the Japanese pulsates.
We look forward to your visit at booth # 2.13 of "VOLTA NEW YORK 2020".

The 35th Anniversary of the Death
Rey CAMOY Exhibition
January 18th (Sat) – February 2nd (Sun), 2020
10am – 6pm　＊Open every day during the exhibition.

Rey Camoy who ended his life at the age of 57 thirty five years ago. He faced themes that are universal among people including life and death, getting old, loneliness, and love. The pieces of his artworks the style of which seems to gouge out inside of objects still do not stop attracting many people across generations.
What did the painter look at and wanted to tell us who flamboyantly run through his life while struggling between despair and hope?
We hope this exhibition consisting of 15 works becomes an opportunity to face Rey Camoy, the lone painter again.
We are waiting for your visits to our gallery.

Rey CAMOY: Born in Kanazawa, Ishikawa in 1928. (Legally domiciled in Nagasaki.) Graduated from Kanazawa College of Art. Merit Award in the Showakai Exhibition. Minister of Education Award in the Niki Exhibition. The 12th Yasui Award. A member of Nikikai. Solo Exhibition in the United States. Died in Kobe in 1985.

Kikuma MOCHIZUKI Exhibition - Past and Present -
January 11th (Sat) – 26th (Sun), 2020
10:00am – 6:00pm (Open every day during the event)
Venue: MIZOE ART GALLERY TOKYO

The first special exhibition of 2020 is a solo exhibition of Kikuma Mochizuki who is known for sculptures using metal. Kikuma Mochizuki has created a number of symbolic series such as "Destruction Series", "Awakening Device Series", and “Metal Drawing" besides over 130 works of public art. The new work “Shine, Link” brings the futuristic scene into the garden of MIZOE ART GALLERY TOKYO with a theme of a shining future that is born and rise from wild earth. You can see the path of the sculptor, Kikuma Mochizuki from his past artworks to unseen works and new ones including an unpublished artwork "Shine ⋅ Peak" created by an orthodox method, the small remake of “Destruction series" with austere and simple expression that was a starting point as a sculptor, and "Tamori Cup" trophy which has got public attention. We are sincerely waiting for your visits to our gallery. (Kazunobu Abe, MIZOE ART GALLERY)

Kikuma MOCHIZUKI
1945 Born in Fukuoka /'71 Masters degree course in art from Tokyo art university graduate school art graduate course completion production salon de Printemps prize /'75 "the 11th modern Japanese art exhibitions" fine work prize Tokyo Museum / Kyoto-shi art museum
/'82 "the 14th Japan international art exhibitions" fine work Prize, Tokyo art museum / Kyoto-shi art museum
/2002 "East Japan sculpture exhibitions" excellence Prize, Tokyo station gallery
/'07 "the 22nd present age Japan sculpture exhibitions" Yamaguchi Prefectural art museum Prize