Portrait by GION
TOSHIYUKI KAJIOKA 梶岡俊幸
1978
Born in Tokyo, Japan
Lives and works in Shiga, Japan
Toshiyuki Kajioka (b. 1978 in Tokyo, Japan) has stoically painted the same subject for twenty years: the surface of a flowing river. Working in sumi ink and graphite pencil, he explores the transcendental wildness and tranquility of watery depths. Kajioka brings new works to the booth in connection with his two-artist show with Kengo Takahashi opening September 8th at SEIZAN Gallery New York.
Artwork photographs by Adam Reich
EDUCATION
2005
MFA, Kyoto University of Arts, Kyoto, Japan
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2021
Art On Paper, SEIZAN Gallery Booth, New York
Toshiyuki Kajioka: The Edge of Night, SEIZAN Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2020
Toshiyuki Kajioka: While Night Reigns, SEIZAN Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2013
Toshiyuki Kajioka Solo Exhibition, G/P + g3/gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2011
Shinya-ko, Deep Night, g3/gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2009
Art – life + vol. 11 The Birth Canal—Miraiheno Uner, Spiral,
Tokyo, Japan
Mokushi, Masayoshi Suzuki Gallery, Aichi, Japan
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022
Toshiyuki Kajioka & Kengo Takahashi, SEIZAN Gallery, New York
Art on Paper, SEIZAN Gallery booth, New York
ART PARIS, Grand Palais, Galerie Taménaga Booth, Paris, France
Art Fair Tokyo, Tokyo International Forum, Galerie Taménaga Booth, Tokyo, Japan
2021
META, Kanagawa Kenmin Hall, Kanagawa, Japan
Terada Kotaro, Collector: Nambata Tatsuoki, Aigasa Masayoshi and Other
Artists, Aizu Museum, Tokyo, Japan
2021
Paris wo Miryou suru Wano Hachinin-ten, Galerie Taménaga, Tokyo, Japan (through 2022)
2020
Nihonga o Hiraku Sakkatachi: The Triennial Competition in Toyohashi Awarded Works, Toyohashi City Museum of Art & History, Aichi, Japan
On This Shore, SEIZAN Gallery, New York
Art On Paper, SEIZAN Gallery Booth, New York
ART PARIS, Grand Palais, Galerie Taménaga Booth, Paris, France
Abstraction Japonaise, Galerie Tamégana, Paris, France
Tomei-ten, 2kw Gallery, Shiga, Japan
Monokuro-ten, Gallery Egaku, Kyoto, Japan
2019
Sumi: Japanese Ink Painting from Post-War to the Present, SEIZAN Gallery, New York
Seattle Art Fair, SEIZAN Gallery Booth, Seattle, WA
Kyoto Nihonga Shin-ten in Nijo-jo Castle: 100 nin no Gaka Sagano-sen o Tabi shite, Nijo-jo Castle, Kyoto, Japan
2017
25 nin no Sakka-tachi: SICSF 25th Anniversary Selective Scholarship
Recipients, The Sato Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan
2016
Gendai Suiboku 2015-ten, Nagai Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
META II, Kanagawa Prefectural Gallery, Kanagawa, Japan
2014
Nichijo / Off the Record, Kanagawa Arts Theatre, Kanagawa, Japan
Sumi no Iro, Toyohashi City Museum of Art & History, Aichi, Japan
ART TAIPEI 2011, Taipei, Taiwan
Konton Kara Odorideru Hoshitachi, Spiral Garden, Tokyo, Japan
2013
24 mei no Sakka niyoru Konnichi no Sumi Hyogen-ten, The Sato Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan
ART TAIPEI 2011, Taipei, Taiwan
Imago Mundi, Fondazione Querini Stampalia, Italy
2012
ART TAIPEI 2011, Taipei, Taiwan
2011
TOKYO FRONTLINE, 3331 Arts Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan, (through 2012)
The 3rd Nihonga Shin-ten, Museum “Eki” Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan, (through 2012)
Trans-Plex, Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts, Taipei, Taiwan
Nichibi-ten, The National Art Center, Tokyo, Japan, (through 2016)
ART TAIPEI 2011, Taipei, Taiwan
META II, Kanagawa Prefectural Gallery, Kanagawa, Japan
2010
META II, Kanagawa Prefectural Gallery, Kanagawa, Japan
2009
ULTRA002, Spiral, Tokyo, Japan
META II, Kanagawa Prefectural Gallery, Kanagawa, Japan
2008
ULTRA001, Spiral, Tokyo, Japan
Cool Black-ten, Daimaru, Tokyo, Japan
2007
Konton Kara Odorideru Hoshitachi, Spiral Garden, Tokyo, Japan
META II, Kanagawa Prefectural Gallery, Kanagawa, Japan
2006
Kyoto Shinei Senbatsu-ten, The Museum of Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan
2005
META II, Kanagawa Prefectural Gallery, Kanagawa, Japan
2004
Art Exhibition by the 13th annual scholarship recipients of Sato International Cultural Scholarship Foundation, The Sato Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan
Konton Kara Odorideru Hoshitachi, Spiral Garden, Tokyo, Japan
2003
Konton Kara Odorideru Hoshitachi, Spiral Garden, Tokyo, Japan
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Toyohashi City Museum of Art & History, Aichi, Japan
Kyoto University of the Arts, Kyoto, Japan
Aizu Museum, Tokyo, Japan
AWARDS
2018
The 2016 Sovereign Asian Art Prize, Finalist, Christie’s Hong Kong, Hong Kong
2016
The 2016 Sovereign Asian Art Prize, Finalist, Christie’s Hong Kong, Hong Kong
2015
The 6th Higashiyama Kaii Memorial Nikkei Nihonga Award, The Ueno Royal Museum, Tokyo, Japan
2005
Hoshino Shingo Prize, The 3rd The Triennial competition in Toyohashi, Toyohashi City Museum of Art and History, Aichi, Japan
2002
Hoshino Shingo Prize, Excellence Award, The 2nd The Triennial competition in Toyohashi, Toyohashi City Museum of Art and History, Aichi, Japan
EXHIBITIONS
TOSHIYUKI KAJIOKA & KENGO TAKAHASHI
ON THIS SHORE
SUMI: JAPANESE INK PAINTING FROM POST-WAR TO THE PRESENT