Hiroshi SENJU
千住 博
Tokyo Prefecture / Member of the Japan Art Academy / Ambassador, Tokyo National Museum / Professor, Kyoto University of the Arts / Member, Masters Committee, École des Arts Joailliers (Van Cleef & Arpels) / Advisor, Ritsumeikan Educational Corporation
- 1958
- Born in Tokyo
- 1982
- Graduated in Japanese Painting, Tokyo University of the Arts
- 1984
- Completed M.A., Tokyo University of the Arts (graduation work purchased by the university)
- 1987
- Completed doctoral coursework without degree, Tokyo University of the Arts (research work purchased by University of Tokyo)
- 1995
- Honorary Award, 46th Venice Biennale (Italy)
- 2002
- Grand Prize, 13th MOA Mokichi Okada Award
- 2003
- Exhibition “Fusuma Paintings of Jukoin, Daitokuji” (Tokyo National Museum)
- 2006
- Participated in the 6th Gwangju Biennale (Korea)
- 2007–2013
- President, Kyoto University of Art and Design
- 2009
- Completed “Garden of the Sky”, Benesse Art Site Naoshima (Kagawa)
- 2011
- Opening of the Hiroshi Senju Museum Karuizawa; exhibited at the 5th Chengdu Biennale (China)
- 2015
- Exhibited at the 56th Venice Biennale “Frontiers Reimagined” (Italy)
- 2016
- Solo exhibition, Yakushiji Temple (Nara, National Treasure)
- 2017
- Awarded the 4th Isamu Noguchi Award
- 2018
- US-Japan Special Achievement Award (New York Chamber of Commerce)
- 2021
- Awarded the Imperial Prize and Japan Art Academy Prize for “Waterfall Screens” (Koyasan Kongobuji Temple); donated to Izumo Taisha Shrine; permanent collection of the Art Institute of Chicago
- 2022
- Special Kaneko Kentaro Award, Japan Society (New York)
- 2023
- Retrospective “Tradition and Innovation”, Nihombashi Mitsukoshi (Tokyo); permanent display begins at the V&A Museum (UK)
- 2024
- Art director for Mozart’s opera “The Magic Flute” (Tokyo, Meguro Persimmon Hall); 60th Anniversary TOBI Special Exhibition (Tokyo Art Club)
- Current
- Member, Japan Art Academy Professor, Kyoto University of the Arts
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