Profile
| Born in Aichi, Japan in 1982 Lives and works in Tokyo, Japan |
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| 【Education】 | |
| 2008 | Received Master’s degree at Aichi University of the Arts, Graduate School in Fine Arts, Major in Nihonga |
| 2006 | Graduated from Aichi University of the Arts, Faculty of Art, Major in Nihonga |
| 【Selected Solo Exhibitions】 | |
| 2024 | Yoji Kumagai: 凹 (SEIZAN Gallery, Tokyo) Yoji Kumagai: Japanese Garden (SEIZAN GALLERY TOKYO 凸, Tokyo) |
| 2021 | Yoji Kumagai (SEIZAN Gallery, Tokyo) |
| 2019 | Yoji Kumagai Nihonga-ten (Sendai Mitsukoshi, Miyagi) |
| 2017 | Yoji Kumagai Nihonga-ten (SEIZAN Gallery, Tokyo, continued in 2019, 2023) |
| 2013 | Yoji Kumagai-ten (Ito Bijutsu-ten, Aichi, continued in 2018) |
| 【Selected Group Exhibitions】 | |
| 2023 | Nihonga Sannin: Tsunagu Yoji Kumagai, Hiroko Masumoto, Yumi Yamazaki (Art Salon, Kogen, Aichi) |
| 2022 | A Contemporary Pursuit of the Modern (SEIZAN Gallery, Tokyo) Yoji Kumagaian & Takahiro Sanda: Milestone (SEIZAN Gallery, Tokyo) |
| 2021 | JOKER (SEIZAN Gallery, Tokyo) |
| 2020 | A Single Ant Bite (SEIZAN Gallery, Tokyo; SEIZAN GALLERY TOKYO凸, Tokyo) Online Group Show, “Jo Sai Sho Fuku (Ward off Calamities, Invite Good Luck) : Gods and Yokai in the Time of Pandemic.” (SEIZAN Gallery, Tokyo; SEIZAN Gallery, New York) |
| 2019 | Reimagined: Contemporary Artists Take on The Tale of Genji (SEIZAN Gallery, New York) |
| 2018 | Two persons exhibition “Eri Iwasaki, Yoji Kumagai” (Matsuzakaya Nagoya, Aichi) |
| 2017 | The Red: Men (SEIZAN Gallery, Tokyo) |
| 2016 | Yokai Tea Ceremony (SEIZAN Gallery, Tokyo) The 20th Anniversary Special Exhibition (SEIZAN Gallery, Tokyo) |
| 2015 | Something precious (SEIZAN Gallery, Tokyo, continued in 2017, 2023 ) |
| 2014 | TABRIS (Ito bijutsu-ten, Aichi and Saihodo Gallery, Tokyo) Shin Nihonga Kenkyu-kai (Matsuzakaya, Aichi) Two-persons exhibition “Kichitarou Kotozuka × Yoji Kumagai” (Nagoya City Archives, Aichi) |
| 2013 | Retsu-ten (Matsuzakaya, Aichi; Matsuzakaya, Tokyo, continued in 2015) |
| 2012 | Masaya Yamada × Yoji Kumagai (Ito bijutsu-ten, Aichi) |
| 2011 | Yamazato Art Meguri: Kitemin! Okumikawa in Yuya-spa (Aichi, continued until 2013) Se no kai (Matsuzakaya, Aichi) |
| 【Awards】 |
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| 2007 | Honorable mention for “Nihonga wa Uchu wo Egaku” organized by JAXA (The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) |
| 【Other】 |
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| 2012 | Replicated Ranmatennyozu (Toukouji temple, Aichi) |
Exhibitions
Yoji Kumagai: 凹
19/11/2024(tue) - 30/11/2024(sat)
SEIZAN GALLERY TOKYO 凸 Yoji Kumagai: Japanese Garden
07/06/2024(fri) - 19/06/2024(wed)
Yoji Kumagaian & Takahiro Sanda: Milestone
20/10/2022(thu) - 28/10/2022(fri)
A Contemporary Pursuit of the Modern
27/05/2022(fri) - 07/06/2022(tue)
Yasushi Ikejiri, Yoji Kumagai, Ken Shiozaki, Takako Yabuki, Yuki Yatsu
Yoji Kumagai japanese paintings exhibition
06/11/2017(mon) - 17/11/2017(fri)
Yoji Kumagai
Yoji Kumagai
26/05/2021(wed) - 03/06/2021(thu)