Mezzotint, La manière noire, copperplate intaglio. Inspired by the distinctive rich velvety black that is produced by mezzotint, artist Ami Yamashiro creates a world of nostalgic visions, a sense of mystery and a feeling that one is suspended in the midst of something extraordinary. Her concept, “an untruth that cannot be said to be untrue” causes us to question that which we are viewing. Although to the casual observer the prints appear to be complete, they are not. Yamashiro says, “I want to leave it unfinished to allow the viewer to converse with the subject and complete the work, filtering it through their own experiences and ideas bringing their own thoughts into the process.
Ami YamashiroProfile
| Born in Fukuoka, Japan in 1987 Lives and works in Chiba |
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| 【Education】 | |
| 2013 | Received master’s degree at Tokyo University of the Arts with a major in print |
| 2011 | Graduated from Tokyo Zokei University, Department of Fine Arts with a major in print |
| 2006 | Graduated from Fukuoka prefectual Yahata Chuo high school, Art Course |
| 【Selected Solo Exhibitions】 | |
| 2023 | Ami Yamashiro-ten (Yoseido Gallery, Tokyo) Ami Yamashiro: Visualisation of The Unconscious (SEIZAN Gallry, Tokyo ) |
| 2021 | Ami Yamashiro: Copperplate prints (Oto gallery, Osaka) |
| 2014 | Ami Yamashiro-ten (SEIZAN Galley, Tokyo) |
| 2013 | Arienaitomoienai Uso (Gallery Pollyanna, Tokyo) |
| 2012 | Ami Yamashiro-ten (Gallery Ginza Forest, Tokyo) |
| 2011 | Present (Gallery Pollyanna, Tokyo) |
| 【Selected Group Exhibitions】 | |
| 2023 | 「Monochrome Story (art Truth, Kanagawa) |
| 2022 | machumaYu & Ami Yamashiro: Calendar (SEIZAN Gallery, Tokyo) |
| 2021 | Three Persons Print Exhibition “Mafuyu no Arpeggio” (art Truth, Kanagawa) Two Persons Exhibition “Miho Nakamura and Ami Yamashiro” (Yoseido Gallery, Tokyo) Fantastic Art-ten (DORADO gallery, Tokyo) |
| 2020 | Online Exhibition “除災招福 Jo Sai Sho Fuku (Ward off Calamities, Invite Good Luck) :Gods and Yokai in Time of Pandemic” (SEIZAN Gallery, Tokyo) Sosaku Hangaka no Hanga-ten: Jiga Jibori Jizuri (Oto gallery, Osaka) Wasurerareta Eizo (Gallery cafe Zaroff, Tokyo) |
| 2019 | Gohst Tower-ten (Gallery cafe Zaroff, Tokyo) Samazama na Han Hyogen-ten (Gallery SATORU, Tokyo) The 3rd Genso Sakuhin Hakuran-kai: Grimoire do (Sanseido Bookstore Jinbocho, Tokyo) |
| 2018 | Artist no Hankotsu Seishin (Tagawa Museum of Art, Fukuoka) Meisaku Hommage-ten (DORADO gallery, Tokyo) QUARTET: Nihonga, Western painting, Sculpture, Print (Funabashi Tobu, Chiba) Little Christmas: Chiisana Hanga-ten 2018 (Travelled throughout Japan 2018) |
| 2017 | Watashi no Ichu no Gaka-ten (Gallery Echo-ann, Tokyo) Fantastic Art Exhibition (DORADO gallery, Tokyo) Xmas & Hajime-ten (Gallery Echo-ann, Tokyo) |
| 2016 | Special Exhibition “Neko no Naka no Neko” (Oto gallery, Osaka) Toki no Nazo-ten (Galerie Loeil, Hyogo) The 10th anniversary of Gallery Echo-ann (Gallery Echo-ann, Tokyo) Two Persons Exhibition “Misako Kobayashi and Ami Yamashiro” (Gallery cafe Zaroff, Tokyo) |
| 2015 | Atelie-ten (Gallery A BIENTOT, Tokyo) Utsukushii Shitai-ten (Gallery cafe Zaroff, Tokyo) machumaYu and Ami Yamashiro: Futari no Komoriuta (Gallery cafe Zaroff, Tokyo) Art ga arukara Tanoshii deko★decoration? DECO! (Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi, Tokyo) |
| 2014 | Three Persons Exhibition “Ōdō ka Itan ka” (Yoseido Gallery, Tokyo) Heya no E-ten (DORADO gallery, Tokyo) LIONCEAUX PLUS: Hanasake Gendai Youga no Shunei-tachi Vol.4 (Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi, Tokyo, continued until 2015) Soteiga-ten II: Bungaku to Art no Deai (PALETTE GALLERY, Tokyo) |
| 2013 | Fantastic Art-ten (DORADO gallery, Tokyo) Monogatari no naka no Shujinkou-ten 2 (Gallery Echo-ann, Tokyo, continued in 2018) Fuyuhiko Yamamoto ga erabu Wakate sakka shohin-ten 2 (Gallery Echo-ann, Tokyo) Black & White-ten (DORADO gallery, Tokyo) Wakakute Kireina Sakka-ten Part 1 (Oto gallery, Osaka) Something Precias (SEIZAN Gallery, Tokyo) Gallery Echo-ann no Christmas (Gallery Echo-ann, Tokyo) |
| 2012 | Summer Festa 2012 (Gallery Echo-ann, Tokyo, continued in 2013, 2018, 2021) The 80th Hanga-ten (Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo) Two Person’s Copperplate Print Exhibition “Chieko Minowa & Ami Yamashiro” (Gallery Echo-ann, Tokyo) |
| 2011 | Four Persons Exhibition “Han no Zokei: Z-News” (Gallery Lara Tokyo, Tokyo) Four Persons Exhibition “Under the fantasy” (DESIGN FESTA GALLERY, Tokyo) POSTCARD comunication-ten (Roppongi Print Club, Tokyo) GTS Sumida river Shin Meisho Monogatari 2011 (Sumida Park Riverside Gallery, Tokyo) The 36th Annual Exhibition of the Japan Society of Printmaking (Machida City Museum of Graphic Arts, Tokyo) |
| 2010 | STARTING PRINT (GALLERY K, Tokyo) |
| 2009 | Hando×hando (Bumpodo gallery, Tokyo) |
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