Exhibitions

Satoru MINAMI Exhibition
November 12th (Sat) - November 27th (Sun), 2022
The artist will be at the gallery on November 12, 13, 19, 26 and 27
10:00am-6:00pm (Open every day during the event)
Venue: MIZOE ART GALLERY FUKUOKA


《 Grasses and Insects 》2022 45.94×35.82in　hemp paper, mineral pigments, chalk, silver foil and others

Satoru MINAMI
1965 Born in Oita
Graduated from Tama Art University, Department of Painting, Japanese Painting Major.
2012 Original artwork for the rugs at Holt Hall OITA
2015 Exhibited at the Kaii Higashiyama Memorial Nikkei Nihonga Grand Prize Exhibition
Currently, a member of Nitten and a professor at the Faculty of Art,Kyushu Sangyo University.

《 something that is no one 》35.82x35.82 in Panel, Cotton fabric, Gesso, Acrylic paint, Oil paint　2022
《 something that is no one 》35.82x35.82 in Panel, Cheesecloth, Cashew, Acrylic paint　2022

Takashi YATOUJI “Rumination”
October 8th (Sat)-October 23rd (Sun), 2022
The artist will be at the gallery on October 8, 9, 10, 15, 16, 22, and 23
＊Live drawing events will be held when the artist is at the gallery
10:00am-6:00pm (Open every day during the event)
Venue: MIZOE ART GALLERY FUKUOKA

In this third exhibition, a single motif is duplicated multiple times under the theme of "Rumination”. The artist repeatedly depicts the same motifs but transforms each copy to prevent his work from being flat and mundane, as well as in anticipation of the new possibilities that could be created. The artworks in the exhibition show no persistent attachment to the works that came before, but rather the progress of an artist who is dedicated to his craft.
The artist has often depicted close friends and plants in past works but has newly added “images that look like people" as one of his motifs, in which he uses images that were automatically generated by AI. We will be exhibiting several large-scale paintings that are over size 100, and there will be live painting events at the gallery.
We hope that you will ruminate on the view that the artist savored deeply.
Mizoe Art Gallery

Takashi YATOJI / Born in Aichi Prefecture, in 1990. Graduated Saga University Graduate School of Education, Department of Education with a major in Art Education in 2015. Received the Saga Prefecture Governor’s Prize at the 62nd Saga Prefecture Art Exhibition in 2012. Received Grand Prize at the 22nd Eiten for ‘Figures and Customs’, Grand Prize at the 63rd Saga Prefecture Art Exhibition, Saga Chamber of Commerce and Industry Association Prize, Honorable Mention at the 1st YWCA (Yamanashi Wine & Art Auction), Honorable Mention at the 22nd MCAGP (Mitsubishi Corporation Art Gate Program), and became a MCAGP scholarship student in 2013. Held a solo exhibition at Okawa city Seiriki Museum of Art in 2019.

ART FAIR ASIA FUKUOKA 2022


［ Dates ］
2022.9/30(Fri) - 10/3(Mon).
※ HOTEL OKURA FUKUOKA only ends Oct 2.

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［ Venue ］
▶Fukuoka International Congress Center
2-1 Sekijomachi, Hakata Ward, Fukuoka, 812-0032

▶HOTEL OKURA FUKUOKA
3-2 Shimokawabatamachi, Hakata Ward, Fukuoka, 812-0027

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Booth【S07】


[ Exhibiting artists ]
野見山 暁治
Gyoji NOMIYAMA


小松 孝英
Takahide KOMATSU


柴田七美
Nami SHIBATA


八頭司 昂
Takashi YATOJI

《 People in Line 》 Oil on canvas 45.94 x 35.82 in

Ryo Hirano Exhibition - the 30th Year Memorial
September 23 (Fri, Public holiday) – October 10 (Mon, Public holiday), 2022
10:00am-6:00pm (Open every day during the event)
Venue: MIZOE ART GALLERY TOKYO

We will be holding an exhibition in commemoration of Ryo Hirano, “painter of the soul”, on the 30th anniversary of his death. The exhibition will showcase a wide range of his works, from the wax paintings that were first conceived when the artist used a candle to light his work while painting, to the sketches of people and landscapes from his frequent trips abroad, as well as the figurative and abstract oil paintings from the last few years of his life.
The gaze of this exceptional painter, who lived through such turbulent times and yet never ceased the search for light in darkness, conveys compassion for human existence.
We will be awaiting your visit to our gallery.
Mizoe Art Gallery


《 Man on Bench 》Watercolor on Paper 14.76×12.71 in /《 People on the Street 》Watercolor on Paper 14.76×12.71 in

Ryo HIRANO / Born in Oita, 1927. Lost both parents in his childhood. Self-taught painter. Became a member of Jiyu Bijutsu Organization, 1958. Founded Shutai Bijutsu Organization, 1964. Became independent, 1975. Began to travel the world while continuing to make and present his work in solo exhibitions. “The World of Ryo Hirano Exhibition” held at Kitakyushu Municipal Museum of Art/ Received Nishinippon Culture Prize, 1987. Died in 1992.


《 Conflict 》 Oil Paint, Wax on Paper 24.29×18.3 in

《 Riot 》Oil on canvas 2022 63.77×102.36 in

Nami SHIBATA Exhibition “Story Within a Story”
September 17th (Sat) - October 2nd (Sun), 2022
The artist will be at the gallery on September 17, 18, 24 and 25
10:00 AM-6:00 PM (Open every day during the event)
Venue: MIZOE ART GALLERY FUKUOKA

This exhibition will feature paintings that depict images evoked by stories and their backgrounds.
So far, Nami Shibata's paintings have been based on the textural qualities of oil paint and brushstrokes, the material strangeness of color tones, and the interesting formations that they create. The subjects of her portraits are generic figures from theater plays such as actors, in an attempt to “paint nothing” by drawing up a fiction.
On the other hand, Shibata writes stories in order to “depict something”. It is in these stories that she comments on history, society, culture, politics, beliefs, conflicts and the tragedies that they produce, and herself.
In the face of the chaos of the real world, she says that she is gradually merging her two identities as a "painter" and a "writer".
The artworks in "Story Within a Story" depicts various scenes, timelines, and fragments of memory cut out of a story, as illusions. Please come and see the new endeavors of an artist, Nami Shibata.
Kazunobu Abe, Mizoe Art Gallery


《 Chair and woman 》Oil on canvas   2022  27.83×23.70 in

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


《 Conversation 》Oil on canvas   2022  23.85×28.62 in

Kenpei Yunde Exhibition
August.20(Sat) - September.4(Sun), 2022
10:00am-6:00pm (Open every day during the event)
Venue: MIZOE ART GALLERY TOKYO
*The artist will be at the gallery on August20th (Sat), 21st(Sun),27th(Sst), 28th(Sun), 29th(Mon).



"There is soil at everyone's feet. What is true happiness in modern times in which we cannot recognize this obvious fact? I would like to express the importance of feeling the origin of our life through the thick surface by repeated brushstrokes of oil paint," said Kenpei YUNDE. This is the second solo exhibition of YUNDE since the corona outbreak started. YUNDE completely gave himself over painting during the time which consolidated his passion and belief for painting. As usual, or more thoroughly, more than 50 layers of paint were applied to create paintings each of which takes him one year. Many people are fascinated by the small happiness painted on them.
We would like you to have a look at the painter's way of living. We are waiting for your visit to our gallery.　Kazunobu Abe, Mizoe Art Gallery





YUNDE style new impressionist live drawing!
Date: Aug 27th (Sat) 1:00pm - 3:00pm
＊Please make a reservation by phone. 03-3722-6570 ＊Capacity is 20.





Commentary gallery talk by the artist
Date: Aug 28th (Sun) 2:00pm - 3:00pm
＊Please make a reservation by phone. 03-3722-6570 ＊Capacity is 20.




Kenpei YUNDE/ Born in Osaka, Japan, in 1970. Completed Fine Arts Course, Osaka University of Arts in 1996. Received the Minister of Education Award in 2013.
Awarded Sompo Japan Fine Art Prize in the 28th Sompo Japan Outstanding Rising Artist Exhibition in 2009.

Eriko FUJISAWA and Atsushi HOSOI Duo Exhibition
Sat. July 16th, 2022 －Sun. July 31th
Open every day during the period. 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Venue: Mizoe Art Gallery in Tokyo
The artists will be in the gallery on the days notified below.
Eriko FUJISAWA: Sat., Sun., and national holidays (4:00 PM-6:00 PM)
Atsushi HOSOI: Sat., Sun., and national holidays

In 1995, an ambitious special exhibition, "Allegory of Seeing 1995: the Current Situation of Painting and Sculpture" was held at Sezon Museum of Art (closed now) which introduced 30 national artists in total. Eriko FUJISAWA as a painter and Atsushi HOSOI as a sculptor also participated. They continued artistic activities stimulating each other for 27 years up to the present.
Mizoe Art Gallery aimed to introduce mid-career artists (who have continued artistic activity and exhibition for long years) and their artworks which should be appreciated again. To achieve it, we will display the artworks of Eriko FUJISAWA who creates paintings under the theme of lines and shapes transforming them into the harmony of hue, and Atsushi HOSOI who travels between illusion and reality by shaping the atmosphere and existence of invisible things as the duo exhibition focusing on their new artworks.


Eriko FUJISAWA
Born in Tokyo in 1960.
Graduated Department of Science of Design, College of Art and Design at Musashino Art University. Completed B-semi schooling system. Creating mainly by drawing on paper and canvas.

《Untitled》 (2022) Crayon and oil paint on arches paper. 14.96x11.02in
Photo:YOSHIHIRO ASADA/ ViBRAphoto

Atsushi HOSOI
Born in Iida-shi, Nagano Prefecture in 1963.
Completed Department of Sculpture, Graduate School of Art and Design at Musashino Art University. Not only holding exhibitions at home and abroad, but also receiving commissions.

《 Posterior Fontanelle No,2022-001 》2022 Stainless-steel frame and resin. H30.31×W54.33×D39.37in

《Unknown Seasons》 2022 Oil on canvas 51.29×63.77 in

Gyoji NOMIYAMA exhibition Paint, Paint, and Still Paint
August 6(Sat) - August 28(Sun), 2022
10:00am-6:00pm (Open every day during the event)
＊We will be closed from August 13th to 15th due to summer break.
Venue: MIZOE ART GALLERY FUKUOKA

Did you see Gyoji Nomiyama Exhibition After 100 Years that was held at Taichi Sakaiya Memorial Aizumi Art Museum of Tokyo University of the Arts at the beginning of this year? A number of artworks which were mostly painted in this one year have overflowing energy and freshness like spring. The vivid colors and energetic free brushstrokes always make me feel the existence of life in his paintings.
"I want to express something that firmly settles in me." Gyoji NOMIYAMA keeps on painting pursuing something he still cannot attain.
This exhibition will show his artworks of each period including the postwar years, the time he stayed in Europe, and the years after he returned to Japan. You will grasp the current activity of Gyoji NOMIYAMA who still continues to evolve after turning 101 years old. We are waiting for your visit.
Kazunobu Abe, Mizoe Art Gallery

Gyoji NOMIYAMA
1920 Born in Fukuoka. Graduated from the Oil Painting department at Tokyo University of the Arts.52-64 Stayed in France. The Yasui Prize. 68-81 Provided teaching at Tokyo University of the Arts.The Minister of Education Award for Fine Arts. Fukuoka Prefecture Culture Awards. Mainichi Art Award. Person for Cultural Merits. 2014 The Order of Culture.

《 la finestra 》Bronze 9.84×h 7.87in

Koji WATANABE Exhibition -Temple of the Wind -
July 2nd(Sat) – July 18th(Mon, National holiday）, 2022
10:00am-6:00pm (Open every day during the event)
Venue: MIZOE ART GALLERY FUKUOKA
*The artist will be at the gallery on Sat., Sun., and national holidays.

《 discesa 》Bronze　5.9×h 15.74in

Koji WATANABE stayed in Italy for 24 years. For most of the years, he created artworks living by the Lake Como near the border of Switzerland. I dreamily imagine how great the environment was. Currently, he works in a quiet old Japanese-style house in Karatsu as his studio which is a quiet place as well. The bronze artworks created by WATANABE are suggestive and mysterious like palaces and temples in the stories of Western countries.
"The theme is stability in an unstable society," the artist says. Life abroad for many years would not have been as graceful experience as we think.
We will exhibit approximately 20 artworks focusing on the artworks created in Italy. Please feel the wind of Italy brought by the artworks of Koji WATANABE.
Kazunobu Abe, Mizoe Art Gallery

Koji WATANABE/ Born at Tachiarai-machi, Mitsui-gun, Fukuoka Prefecture in 1961. Completed Graduate School of Art at Kyushu Sangyo University. Creative activities in Italy from 1986 to 2010. The  Silver Prize at the 8th Ravenna International Sculpture Biennale (Italy). Special Jury Prize at the 9th Ravenna International Sculpture Biennale (Italy). Grand Prize at Como International Competition (Italy). Toyamura International Sculpture Biennale (Japan). Kaze no Art Exhibition Biennale Makurazaki (Japan). Many solo and group exhibitions mostly in Italy and Germany.

《Unknown Seasons》 2022 Oil on canvas 130.3×162cm

Gyoji NOMIYAMA exhibition Paint, Paint, and Still Paint
June 18(Sat) - July 3(Sun), 2022
10:00am-6:00pm (Open every day during the event)
Venue: MIZOE ART GALLERY TOKYO

Did you see Gyoji Nomiyama Exhibition After 100 Years that was held at Taichi Sakaiya Memorial Aizumi Art Museum of Tokyo University of the Arts at the beginning of this year? A number of artworks which were mostly painted in this one year have overflowing energy and freshness like spring. The vivid colors and energetic free brushstrokes always make me feel the existence of life in his paintings.
"I want to express something that firmly settles in me." Gyoji NOMIYAMA keeps on painting pursuing something he still cannot attain.
This exhibition will show his artworks of each period including the postwar years, the time he stayed in Europe, and the years after he returned to Japan. You will grasp the current activity of Gyoji NOMIYAMA who still continues to evolve after turning 101 years old. We are waiting for your visit.
Kazunobu Abe, Mizoe Art Gallery

Gyoji NOMIYAMA
1920 Born in Fukuoka. Graduated from the Oil Painting department at Tokyo University of the Arts.52-64 Stayed in France. The Yasui Prize. 68-81 Provided teaching at Tokyo University of the Arts.The Minister of Education Award for Fine Arts. Fukuoka Prefecture Culture Awards. Mainichi Art Award. Person for Cultural Merits. 2014 The Order of Culture.