JUNYA TSUBOTA
Born in 1974 in Saitama Prefecture, Japan
Lives and works in Saitama Prefecture, Japan
As a seasoned Nihonga artist, Junya Tsubota celebrates the four seasons of Japan within his work. Particularly concentrating on natural phenomena and forms, such as water and sky, he contrasts these elements with unearthly bright color. His central focus with this melding of styles and subject matter is to bring a new form of harmony into the space the painting is displayed in. Tsubota’s works have appeared in exhibitions across Asia, Europe, and North America. He received his Master’s degree in painting in 2001 from Tokyo University of the Arts.
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2018
Solo Exhibition (Abeno Harukas, Osaka)
2016
Solo Exhibition (Niigata Mitsukoshi, Niigata)
Solo Exhibition (Kichijoji Tokyu, Tokyo)
Solo Exhibition (Ikebukuro Tojo, Tokyo)
Solo Exhibition (Asakusa, Tokyo)
2015
Solo Exhibition (Kyobashi, Tokyo)
Solo Exhibition (Sendai Mitsukoshi, Sendai)
2014
Solo Exhibition (Seizan Gallery, Tokyo)
Solo Exhibition (Asakusa, Tokyo)
2013
Solo Exhibition (Daimaru Shinsaibashi, Osaka)
2012
Solo Exhibition (Asakusa, Tokyo)
2010
Solo Exhibition (Asakusa, Tokyo)
2009
Solo Exhibition (Aoyama, Tokyo)
2008
Solo Exhibition (Kyobashi, Tokyo)
2006
Solo Exhibition (Kyobashi, Tokyo)
2005
Solo Exhibition (Kagoshima)
2004
Solo Exhibition (Shirokane, Tokyo)
Solo Exhibition (Kyobashi, Tokyo)
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2018
Nihonga: Contemporary Art of Japan (SEIZAN Gallery, New York)
2016
20th Anniversary Tokubetsu Kikaku-ten (SEIZAN Gallery, Tokyo)
2014
KALEIDOSCOPE (SEIZAN Gallery, Tokyo, other locations)
2013
Sense (SEIZAN Gallery, Tokyo)
2012
Kore Kara (Hiroshima Mitsukoshi, Hiroshima)
Kaleidoscope (Shinsaibashi, Osaka)
2009
Emerging Nihonga Artists - Kore Kara (Sendai Mitsukoshi, Sendai)
Something Precious (SEIZAN Gallery, Tokyo, held every year since)
2008
Group Exhibition “Kaleidoscope” (Sapporo Daimaru, Tokyo Daimaru)
AWARDS
2011
Triennale Toyohashi, Selected for Shingo Hoshino Prize Exhibition
2001
Aogaki 2001 Nihonga Exhibition, Honorable Mention
EXHIBITIONS
Nihonga: Contemporary Art of Japan