ARTIST

ATSUKO YAMASHITA

Born in Aichi, Japan in 1993. Graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts in 2018 with a major in oil painting. She consistently depicts "happiness without disturbance" by creating parallel worlds based on her childhood experiences into paintings with soft, drawing-like brushstrokes while using oil and Japanese painting materials. He is the 35th Holbein Scholarship recipient. Major solo exhibitions include "Veil of the Kingdom" (GINZA SIX Ginza Tsutaya Art Wall, Tokyo, 2022), "once upon a time" (NADiff A/P/A/R/T, Tokyo, 2021), "Utopia" (TAKU SOMETANI GALLERY, Tokyo, 2020), "HER" ( TAKU SOMETANI GALLERY, Tokyo, 2019), "once upon a time" (NADiff A/P/A/R/T, Tokyo, 2021), etc. Major group exhibitions include "Shiki Gallery Opening Exhibition" (SAN GALLERY, Taiwan, 2022), " Ampersand": A Song of the Old Image World (Tokyo Gallery + BTAP, Beijing, China, 2022), "TAION: when we talk about our world" (Spiral Garden, Tokyo, 2021), and many others. His works are in the public collection of Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art.

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BIOGRAPHY

1993: Born in Aichi, Japan
2018: Graduated from Painting Course, Department of Painting, Faculty of Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts.

CV

2022: The 35th Holbein scholarship
2019: The Gunma Biennale for Young Artists 2019
2018: Tomoko Yabumae Prize, The Shell Art Award 2018
2018: Wonder Seeds 2018
2017: The 4th CAF Award
2017: Encouragement Award, Gunma Biennale for Young Artists 2017
2016: Turner Award 2016 for Excellence
2015: Turner Award 2015
2014: Nobuyuki Yaginuma Prize, The 7th Visual Art Award

EXHIBITIONS

2022: Solo exhibition Dendrophilia TAKU SOMETANI GALLERY
Art Charity Can Save Us
Atsuko Yamashita and Taro Maruyama show ATSUKO AND TARO Lift-off, gallery A8T
Artist in residence Fanfare of Departure, Fuwari no mori art forest
Art event MEET YOUR ART FESTIVAL2022 NEW SOIL, Yebis garden place
Solo exhibition The Veil of the Kingdom GINZA SIX, Ginza Tsutaya
Group exhibition ON PAPER TAKU SOMETANI GALLERY
Group exhibition The opening of the gallery SAN GALLERY, Taiwan
Group exhibition Ampersand Tokyo gallery+BTAP Beijing, China