TAMEKANE YOSHIKATSU
Woodblock/Collograph
Tamekane Yoshikatsu’s dreamscapes reflect a lifelong interest in adventure and exploring unknown places. Commenting on his art he has said, “Whenever I draw a picture, the horizon spreads before my eyes. It is a message I carve into my prints. As I grow older, I come to think that life itself, our day-by-day life, is a journey. Where do we start? What do we head for? Nevertheless, we always feel the joy of travel. We wonder what we will see next.”
Tamekane-san is married to well known concert pianist Yoko Kitahara. The small, curved piano keyboard that occasionally appears in some of his prints is a tribute to her.
Guidebook G
The Moon in Blue
A Star Watcher
PROFILE
1959 Born in Nishinomiya City, Hyogo Prefecture
1982 Graduated from the Department of Commercial Science, Kansei Gakuin University. Taught by Mr.Junkichi Kai
1986 Completed Prints Section, Postgraduate Course, Sokei Academy of Fine Arts
1986 Taught by the late Mr. Hideo Horii
1991-94 Studied in Paris
2002 Adjunct professor in the Sokei Academy of Fine Arts
2003 Returned to Japan
2003-04 Visiting Artist at The Graduate School of Fine Arts, The University of Pennsylvania
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
1988 Shirota Gallery, Tokyo
1989 Miyazaki Gallery, Osaka
1990 Miyazaki Gallery, Osaka
1991 Gallery Natsuhiko, Tokyo
1992 La Cite International des Arts, Paris
1993 Bunkamura Gallery, Tokyo, Heian Gallery, Kyoto
1994 Bunkamura Gallery, Tokyo, Art Gallery Tapies, Kobe
1995 Gallery Vivan, Tokyo, Gallery Hiroo & Y, Tokyo, Gallery Sakata, Odawara
1996 Bunkamura Gallery, Tokyo, Art Gallery Tapies, Kobe
1996 The Ren Brown Collection, California
1997 Azuma Gallery, Seattle, The Ren Brown Collection, California
1998 Art Gallery Tapies, Kobe, Gallery Hiroo & Y, Tokyo
1999 Heian Gallery, Kyoto, Gallery Sakata, Odawara, Gallery Vivan, Tokyo
2000 Bunkamura Gallery, Tokyo, Gallery Ten, Tokyo
2000 Tsurumi Gallery, Yokohama, Art Box Gallery, Tokyo
2001-2008 The Tolman Collection, Tokyo
MAJOR EXHIBITIONS
1987 The 3rd Seibu Art Museum Prints Grand Prize Exhibition
1989 Modern Art Imadate Paper Exhibition — Excellent Work Prize (Imadate City, Fukui Prefecture)
1990 Japan Print Association, The 57th Exhibition — Encouragement Prize
1989 Tama Fine Arts Exhibition — Excellent Work Prize (Oume Municipal Museum of Art)
1991 TAMA Uruoi Arts Exhibition — Encouragement Prize (Tama City, Tokyo)
1991 “World Prints in Kanagawa 91, Eastern Europe & Japan”, Kanagawa Kenmin Gallery
1992 Salon de la Gravure Originale, Musee Baron Gerard, Bayeux, France
1992 Saint-Maur Graphic Arts Biennale, Saint-Maur, France
1993 International Contemporary Prints Exhibition, Elancourt, France
1993 Varna International Print Biennale, Bulgaria
1994 Bitola Internationale Prints Triennale (’97 Macedonia)
1994 Miyako Prints Prize Exhibition (’96 Awarded, Miyako Gallery, Osaka)
1995 Exhibition of Excellent Fine Arts Owned by the Agency for Cultural Affairs, Japan Arts Academy Hall, Tokyo
1996 Sapporo International Contemporary Prints Biennale (Awarded)
1997 Crakow International Print Biennale, Poland, Intergrafia 97 — International winner, Poland
1999 Budoh no Kuni International Prints Biennale, Yamanashi Prefecture Art Museum
2000 Print 17 (Tronto, Canada)
2002 Print 17 (Ljubljana, Slovenia)
2002 Japanese Contemporary Prints (Israel)
2002 Print 17 (Paris, France)
1992– 2012 CWAJ Show, Tokyo
COLLECTIONS
- Collection of the Japanese Government’s Cultural Bureau
- Osaka Contemporary Art Center
- New South Wales State Museum of Art, Australia
- National Library of France
- Los Angeles County Museum of Art
- Museum of the Arts, Boston
Other Artists in The Reingold Gallery Collection
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