PROFILE

We are pleased to present a curated selection of artists represented by Natsume Art Gallery.
From some of Japan’s most renowned artists to highly promising emerging creators, you can explore a richly varied roster of distinctive and compelling talent.

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Yuji TEZUKA

手塚 雄二

Kanagawa Prefecture / Member and Executive Director, Nihon Bijutsuin (The Japan Art Institute) / Professor Emeritus, Tokyo University of the Arts / Committee Member, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum / Special Director, Fukui Prefectural Museum of Art / Director, Taito City Foundation for the Arts and Culture

1953
Born in Kanagawa Prefecture
1980
Graduated in Japanese Painting, Tokyo University of the Arts
1982
Completed M.A. in Japanese Painting, Tokyo University of the Arts
1989
Japan Art Academy Prize (Taikan Prize), In-ten Exhibition (also 1990, 1991)
2000
Prime Minister’s Award, In-ten Exhibition
2008
Asia Contemporary Art Fair, New York
2019
Created folding screens for Meiji Jingu Shrine (Sun and Moon, Flowers and Birds of the Four Seasons)
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