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Biography - Yutaka Yoshinaga

Born

1948 Nagasaki, Japan. Currently lives in Kanagawa, Japan.

Education

1967-68 Funabashi Institute of Fine Art
1966-67 Suidobata Institute of Art

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2004 The Nishimoto Billding Project Part2,Wakayama Pref. Japan
Gallery Inoue, Osaka Japan
“Print works” Buffet Five Art Gallery, Wakayama Pref. Japan
Gallery Sou, Tokyo
2003 Gallery Hirawata, Kanagawa Prefecture
Visual Haiku, (2 person), Perimeter Gallery, Chicago
2000 Gallery Hirawata, Kanagawa Prefecture
1999 Hiromi Paper International, Inc., Santa Monica, CA.
1998 Gallery Maki & Tamura, Japan
Don Soker Contemporary Art, San Francisco
Shoto Gallery, Tokyo
1997 Westbeth Gallery Kozuka, Nagoya
1996 Bunkamura Gallery, Japan
1995 Tokyo Bunkamura Gallery, Tokyo
Gallery Mutsu, Chiba
Genkyoshiya, Tokyo
Don Soker Contemporary Art, San Francisco, CA
1994 Art Forum Yanaka, Tokyo
Gallery Ueda, Tokyo
Tantshima Gallery, Tokyo
Soko Museum, Niigaia
Westbeth Gallery Kozuka, Nagoya
1993 Gallery F, Gifu
Enrico Gariboldi Arte Contemporanea, Milan, ITALY
1993 Don Soker Contemporary Art, San Francisco, CA
Gallery Mutsu, Chiba
1992 Westbeth Gallery, Nagoya
Gallery Deda, Tokyo
1991 Ginza Matsuzakaya, Tokyo
Espacc Takarashi, Tokyo
Fine Art Runoki, Kagoshima
Don Soker Contemporary Art, San Francisco, CA
Gallery Manin, Tokyo
1990 Rafael Matos Galeria De Arte, Mexico City
We Gallery, Saitama
Gallery F, Gifu
Art Forum Yanaka, Tokyo
Gallery Salem, Chiba
Gallery Manin, Tokyo
1989 Westbeth Gallery, Nagoya
Gallery88, Sendai
Soko Museum, Niigata
Gallery aM, Tokyo
Gallery Manin, Tokyo
1988 Gallery Matsuya, Tokyo
Gallery Westbeth, Nagoya
Gallery Manin, Tokyo
Gallery F, Gifu
Art Forum Yanaka, Tokyo
Don Soker Contemporary Art, San Francisco, CA
Rafael Matos Galeia De Arte, Mexico City
1987 Gallery Maki, Tokyo
Gallery Wa, Saitama
Museum of Polyforum Cultural Siqueiros, Mexico
Gallery Hibell Aoyama, Tokyo
Gallery Japan Print, Tokyo
1986 Gallery Maki, Tokyo
Gallery VIVAN, Tokyo
Gallery M, Fukui
1985 Gallery Ginza Kaigakan, Tokyo
1984 Gallery Lumiere, Yamagata
1983 Gallery Ginza Kaigakan, Tokyo
Gallery Tamura, Tokyo
Gallery Soo, Korea
Gallery Kobayashi, Tokyo
1981 Gallery Ginza Kaigakan, Tokyo
1980 Gallery Ginza Kaigakan, Tokyo
Gallery Bistro do Sebascian, Tokyo
1978 Gallery Kunugi, Tokyo
1977 Studio Kohoku, Chida
1976 Gallery Kunugi, Tokyo
Gallery Art Salon, Tokyo
1975 Gallery Kunugi, Tokyo
1973 Gallery Surugadai, Tokyo
1972 Gallery Ginsaido, Tokyo

Selected Group Exhibitions

2004 Don Soker Contemporary Art , San Francisco
Gallery Orie, Tokyo
Life Gallery Ten , Fukuoka pref. Japan
Why not live for art?<Terada Collection> Art Gallery Tokyo Opera City, Tokyo
2003 Gallery Hirawata , Kanagawa pref. Japan
Westbeth Gallery, Nagoya city Aichi pref. Japan
Atelier Suzuki, Tokyo
2002 Gallery Hirawata , Kanagawa pref. Japan
Westbeth Gallery, Nagoya city Aichi pref. Japan
Arts of Paper Nakatomi Museum of contemporary Fine Craft, Shizuoka pref. Japan
The Wonderland of Paper, Guma Museum Art, Tatebayashi, Gunma pref. Japan
Made in Japan, Usher Gallery, Lincoln
2001-02 Made in Japan, Bristol City Museum. Travelled to the Bankside Gallery, London; the Usher Gallery, Lincoln, England.
1999 The Technique of Fine Art, Nerima Museum of Art, Tokyo
1998 Art Chicago, Chicago International Art Fair, Chicago, IL
1997 35 Years at Crown Point Press, Achenbach Foundation, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco and the National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.
1997 NICAF-Yokohama International Art Fair ‘97, Yokohama
1997 A Sense of Color, Crown Point Press, San Francisco
1994 Artfair ‘94 Nagoya, Nagoya
Natural History of a Color, Red
Mystery Guess a Riddle, Meguro Museum of Art, Tokyo
Chiba Art Now ‘94 - Paper Splendor, Sakura City Museum of Art, Chiba
1993 NICAF-Yokohama International Art Fair ‘93, Yokohama
Discovery New Asia 1993, Korea
Do Won Soong Nature Arts Festival, Korea
Selections from the Wise Collection, New York
1992 Contemporary Artist Series ‘92, Kanagawa Prefecturay Gallery
Artfair ‘92 Nagoya, Nagoya
New Artist Show, Korea
Son Son Gallery, Korea
1991 Japanese Artists - Contemporary Prints and Paper Works, The Art Association Sonneby, Sweden
Artists Contemporary Arte, Galleria d/4, Milan
1990 Modern Art Market’90, Ginza Mathya, Tokyo
Drawing on the Paper, Gallery Tsubaki, Tokyo
Contemporary Art Exhibition, Gallery Shimon, Tokyo
The Third Ino Paper Exhibition, Museum of Ino Cho’s Paper, Kohchi
1989 Abstraction and Minimalism - Selected International Artists, Don Soker
Contemporary Art Gallery, San Francisco
Paper Works and Contemporary Art, Fukui
Art Exciting 89, The Museum of Modern Art, Saitama, Queensland Museum, Australia
The Ninth Artists Center, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Art, Tokyo
1988 New Artists/New Works, Don Soker Contemporary Art Gallery, San Francisco
1988 In the Room, Bvery, Tokyo
Short Stop, Gallery + 1, Tokyo
Carta e Arte Contemporanea, Galleria D Arte Niccoli, Italia
Contemporary Artists of Hokkaido, Hokkido Museum of Modern Art
1987 Seoul-Yokohama 87, Art Cosmos , Seoul
Drawing, Gallery Ai, Tokyo
Art in Westbeth 1987, Nagoya
Setagaya Museum of Art, Tokyo
International Art Festival, Shinshu, Shinmachi Museum
53 Artists Show, Museo Chiquito Saitama
On the Spot 87, Fukushima
Art Space, Tokyo
1986 Yokohama-Seoul 86, Kanagawa Prefecturay Gallery
Art 86, Miyagi Prefecturay Museum of Art
Gallery Jun, Chiba
19 + 1, Gallery 1sii, Tokyo
Yoyogi Art Gallery, Tokyo
Fukushima Culture Center
1985 Gallery K, Tokyo
The 5th Hara Annual, Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo
Simple Material, Korea
Contemporary Art of Paper Works, Fukui
Art Festival, The Museum of Modern Art, Saitama
WA, Civic Museum Fukuoka
1984 Live Art in Zao, Yamagata
Art Festival in Sendai, Miyagai Prefecturay Museum of Art
Gallery Lumiere, Yamagata
Aesthetics of Korean Paper, Gallery Komai, Tokyo
Gallery Hinoki, Tokyo
Bell Air, Tokyo
Freeport Message 84, Civic Gallery Yokohama
1983 Zero G, Miyagi Prefecturay Museum of Art
Contemporary Art of Paper Works, Fukui
International Impact Art Festival 83, Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, Seoul National
Museum of Modern Art
Gallery Mitsukoshi Sunshain, Tokyo
Gallery Iteza, Kyoto
Freeport Message 83, Civic Gallery Yokohama
Kanagawa Prefecturay Gallery
1982 Print Works, Kagawa
1981 Contemporary Art of Chiba, Seibu Museum of Funabashi
Gallery Maki, Tokyo
Gallery Taisei, Tokyo
1979 Chiba79, Chiba Prefecturay Museum of Art
Contemporary of Art, Chiba Prefecturay Museum of Art
1978 Chiba78, Chiba Prefecturay Museum of Art
1977 Chiba77, Chiba Prefecturay Museum of Art
1976 1st Exhibition of Fine Art in Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Art

Selected Public Collections

Chiba City Museum of Art, Japan
Dusseldorf Municipal Art Museum, Germany
The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
Kanagawa Prefectural Gallery
Museum of Poliforum Cultural Siqueiros, Mexico City
National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.
Rio de Janeiro Museum of Modern Art, Brazil
Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery