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.
Profile
| Born in Saitama, Japan in 1974 Lives and works in Saitama, Japan |
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| 【Education】 | |
| 2001 | Received Master’s degree at Tokyo University of the Arts, Graduate school of Fine Arts, Major in Nihonga |
| 1999 | Graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts, School of Fine Arts, Department of Painting, Major in Nihonga |
| 【Selected Solo Exhibitions】 | |
| 2023 | Junya Tsubota Nihonga-ten: Suimen ni Kirameku (Ikebukuro Tobu, Tokyo) |
| 2022 | JUNYA TSUBOTA: RHYTHM (SEIZAN GALLERY, New York) |
| 2021 | Junya Tsubota Nihonga-ten: Water and Universe (Fukuya Hacchobori, Hiroshima) Junya Tsubota: Water and Universe (Seizan Gallery, Tokyo) |
| 2018 | Junya Tsubota Nihonga-ten (Abeno Harukas, Osaka, continued in 2020) Junya Tsubota Nihonga-ten (Funabashi Tobu, Chiba) |
| 2016 | Junya Tsubota: Nihonga-ten (Niigata Mitsukoshi, Niigata) Junya Tsunota: Nihonga-ten (Tokyu Kichijoji, Tokyo) Junya Tsubota Nihonga-ten: Shiki no Kanade (Ikebukuro Tobu, Tokyo) |
| 2015 | Junya Tsubota Nihonga-ten: Hikari no Niwa (Sendai Mitsukoshi, Miyagi) |
| 2014 | Junya Tsunota: Nihonga-ten (Seizan Gallery, Tokyo) |
| 2013 | Junya Tsubota: Nihonga-ten (Shinsaibashi Daimaru, Osaka) |
| 2010 | Junya Tsubota-ten (Gallery A BIENTOT, Tokyo, continued in 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018 |
| 2009 | Junya Tsubota-ten (Shinseido gallery, Tokyo) |
| 2005 | Junya Tsubota: Reflection (Tenmonkan gallery, Kagoshima) |
| 2004 | Junya Tsubota: Spring (Gallery Restaurant with Bar Zodiac, Tokyo) Junya Tsubota-ten (Art Space Rashinban, Tokyo, continued in 2006, 2008, 2019) |
| 【Selected Group Exhibitions】 | |
| 2023 | SUMMER GROUP SHOW 2023 (SEIZAN Gallery, New York) |
| 2022 | Art in Japan (Ginza Mitsukoshi, Tokyo) Transition of Diversity (Park Hotel, Tokyo) |
| 2021 | Art no Mikata (Ginza Mitsukoshi, Tokyo) Yoh no Kai (Yoh Gallery, Tokyo) The Dragon’s Thrilling Flight Through the Sky (GINZA SIX Artglorieux, Tokyo, through 2022) |
| 2020 | The Red (Iwataya Mitsukoshi, Fukuoka) Ke-iro Fude-iro (SOEI GALLERY, Tokyo, continued every year afterwards) |
| 2019 | SUMMER EXHIBITION 2019 (SEIZAN Gallery, New York) |
| 2018 | Nihonga: Contemporary Art of Japan (SEIZAN Gallery, New York) KALEIDOSCOPE (Niigata Mitsukoshi, NIigata; Funabashi Tobu, Chiba) |
| 2017 | SM toiu Neko (Gallery Seek, Tokyo, continued in 2019, 2021, 2022) Shinshun Manpuku! Onenga-ten (FEI ART MUSEUM YOKOHAMA, Kanagawa) Contemporary Art no Sekai (Nagoya Mitsukoshi, Aichi) |
| 2016 | 20th Anniversary Tokubetsu Kikaku-ten (SEIZAN Gallery, Tokyo) |
| 2014 | KALEIDOSCOPE (SEIZAN Gallery, Tokyo) |
| 2013 | Sense-ten (SEIZAN Gallery, Tokyo) |
| 2009 | Something Precious (SEIZAN Gallery, Tokyo, through 2018) |
| 2008 | ART SALAD Kankoku-ten (KWANHOON gallery, Seoul) kaleidoscope (Daimaru Sapporo, Hokkaido; Daimaru Tokyo, Tokyo) |
| 【Awards】 | |
| 2001 | Honorable Mention for Aogaki 2001 Nihonga-ten |
| 1997 | Atake Award (Tokyo University of the Arts) |
