[Tokyo] Takashi YATOJI exhibition "CHROMATIC, ACHROMATIC", May 22nd(Sat) June 6th(Sun), 2021

"shed" Mixed media, 45.5 x 53 cm, in 2021

Takashi YATOJI exhibition "CHROMATIC, ACHROMATIC"
May 22nd(Sat) June 6th(Sun), 2021
10:00 18:00 (Open every day during the event)
Venue: MIZOE ART GALLERY TOKYO

The artist will be present on 22,23,29,30 May and 5,6 June in the gallery.
*Live drawing show is going on 22 - 30 May by the artist.

Takashi YATOJI works on creative activity based in Saga. He has been known as an up-and-coming artist since his earlier age in the art scene of Kyushu. At his age of 22, he surprised people around him by winning the grand prize at Eiten (Tagawa Museum of Art) as the youngest. In the same year, he got attention when he was accepted into MCAGP Mitsubishi Corporation Art Gate Program and selected as a scholarship student. Since then, he has been active in various fields.
His style changed from the earlier artworks characterized by the composition of colorful and complicated lines and surfaces. The number of colors, elements such as lines, and areas were minimized to get to the motifs more accurately. He keeps on discovering the possibility of two-dimensional expression by painting the same motifs with different approaches many times.
"A painting cannot be finished without intention. It gradually gets out of control. I think the important thing is to communicate with painting." The artist facing his painting seriously holds the first solo exhibition in Tokyo at the age of 30. We hope his art breathes new life into society tired of the epidemic. Please have a look at Now of the artist who will show further evolution and transition.

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
2019/Solo exhibition at Okawa City Kiyoriki Museum, Fukuoka