Toshiyuki Kajioka has stoically painted a single subject, the surface of a flowing river, for the past twenty years. After receiving training in traditional Japanese painting at school, Kajioka had an epiphanic moment and discovered what became his ultimate subject matter: the surface of a flowing river. Using only sumi ink and graphite pencil, Kajioka captures the wildness, tranquility, and depth of the river. While the artist intends to capture a riverscape, his work also shares the intense characteristics of abstract painting.
Profile
| Born in Tokyo, Japan in 1978 Lives and works in Shiga, Japan |
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| 【Education】 | |
| 2005 | Received M.F.A at Kyoto University of Art and Design |
| 【Selected Solo Exhibitions】 | |
| 2021 | Toshiyuki Kajioka: The Edge of Night (SEIZAN Gallery, Tokyo) Art on Paper (Pier 36, SEIZAN Gallery Booth, New York) |
| 2020 | Toshiyuki Kajioka: While Night Reigns (SEIZAN GALLERY TOKYO 凸, Tokyo) |
| 2013 | Toshiyuki Kajioka Solo Exhibition (G/P + g3/gallery, Tokyo) |
| 2011 | Shinya-ko, Deep Night (g3/gallery, Tokyo) |
| 2009 | Art – life + vol. 11 The Birth Canal—Mirai eno Uneri (Spiral, Tokyo) Mokushi (Masayoshi Suzuki Gallery, Aichi) |
| 【Selected Group Exhibitions】 | |
| 2024 | EXPO CHICAGO (Navy Pier, SEIZAN Gallery Booth, Chicago) Art Central、Anonymous Exhibition (Central Harbourfront, Hong Kong) |
| 2022 | TOSHIYUKI KAJIOKA & KENGO TAKAHASHI (SEIZAN gallery, New York) Art Fair Tokyo (Tokyo International Forum, galerie tamenaga Booth, Tokyo) |
| 2021 | META (Kanagawa Kenmin Hall, Kanagawa) Terada Kotaro, Collector: Nambata Tatsuoki, Aigasa Masayoshi and Other Artists (Aizu Museum, Tokyo) Paris wo miryou suru wano hachinin-ten (galerie tamenaga, Tokyo, continued in 2022) |
| 2020 | Nihonga o Hiraku Sakkatachi: The Triennial Competition in Toyohashi Awarded Works (Toyohashi City Museum of Art and History, Aichi) On This Shore (SEIZAN gallery, New York) Art on Paper (Pier 36, SEIZAN Gallery Booth, New York, continued in 2022） ART PARIS (Grand Palais, galerie tamenaga Booth,Paris, continued in 2022） Abstraction Japonaise (galerie tamenaga, Paris) Tomei-ten (2kw gallery, Shiga) Monokuro-ten (Gallery Egaku, Kyoto) |
| 2019 | Sumi: Japanese Ink Painting From Post-War to the Present (SEIZAN Gallery, New York) Kyoto Nihonga Shin-ten in Nijo-jo Castle: 100 nin no Gaka Sagano-sen o Tabi shite (Nijo-jo Castle, Kyoto) Seattle Art Fair (CenturyLink Field Event Center, SEIZAN Gallery Booth, Seattle) |
| 2017 | 25 nin no Sakka-tachi: SICSF 25th Anniversary Selective Scholarship Recipients (The Sato Museum of Art, Tokyo) |
| 2016 | Gendai Suiboku 2015-ten (Nagai Gallery, Tokyo) |
| 2014 | Nichijo / Off the Record (Kanagawa Arts Theatre, Kanagawa) Sumi no Iro (Toyohashi City Museum of Art and History, Aichi) |
| 2013 | 24 mei no Sakka niyoru Konnichi no Sumi Hyogen-ten (The Sato Museum of Art, Tokyo) Imago Mundi (Fondazione Querini Stampalia, Italy) |
| 2011 | TOKYO FRONTLINE (3331 Arts Chiyoda, Tokyo, through 2012) The 3rd Nihonga Shin-ten (Museum “Eki” Kyoto, Kyoto, through 2012) Trans-Plex (Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts, Taipei, Taiwan) Two Persons Exhibition Toshiyuki Kajioka + Momoe Kajioka (Gallery Sala, Shiga) Nichibi-ten (The National Art Center, Tokyo, Tokyo, through 2016) ART STYLE TOKYO (Q|b Studio, Taipei) ART TAIPEI (Taipei World Trade Center, Taiwan, through 2014） |
| 2009 | URTLA002 (Spiral Garden, Tokyo) |
| 2008 | URTLA001 (Spiral Garden, Tokyo) Cool Black-ten (Daimaru Tokyo, Tokyo) |
| 2006 | Kyoto Shinei Senbatsu-ten (The Museum of Kyoto, Kyoto) Bidairyoku 14 nin no sakka-ten (Gallery d.g., Tokyo / Art Space Hane, Tokyo) |
| 2005 | META II (Kanagawa Prefectural Gallery, Kanagawa, continued in 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2016) |
| 2004 | Art Exhibition by the 13th annual scholarship recipients of Sato International Cultural Scholarship Foundation (The Sato Museum of Art, Tokyo) |
| 2003 | Konton Kara Odorideru Hoshitachi 2003 (Spiral Garden, Tokyo, continued in 2004, 2007, 2014) |
| 【Public Collections】 | |
| Toyohashi City Museum of Art and History (Aichi) Kyoto University of the Arts Aizu Museum, Waseda University (Tokyo) |
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| 【Awards】 | |
| 2016 | Finalist for the 2016 Sovereign Asian Art Prize, HART Hall at H Queen’s and Christie’s (Hong Kong, continued in 2018) |
| 2005 | President Award for Thesis Work at Graduate School of Kyoto University of Art and Design |
| 2002 | Prized for Shingo Hoshino Prize Exhibition, the 2nd Triennial Competition at Toyohashi City Museum of Art and History (Aichi) |
