Yutaka Abe (阿部 穣)
Unique Japanese-style painter graduated from Design Department of Tokyo University of the Arts which has produced many talents.
Establish his own style exudes dignity by Mixed-media, attaching wire mesh on wood board.
Landscapes and animals include goldfish and owls are set as a theme.
1975 Born in Tokyo
2001 Tokyo University of the Arts, MFA in design under Masataka Oyabu
Part-time teacher at the design course of Tokyo University of the Arts (-2004)
2007-2016 Lecturer of Art school at Funkawan Art Village, Date, Hokkaido
Awards
2003 Garyuzakura Japanese Painting Award
Selected Exhibitions
2010 “Hako Kai”, Takashimaya Shinjuku, Tokyo (also in 2007 and 2009)
2009 “Japan Artists Association(JAA) New Members Exhibition”, JAA gallery Ginza, Tokyo
2008 “Kyubi-Kai”, Tobu Department Store Ikebukuro, Tokyo
2007 “Syunko-kai”, Odakyu Department Machida Store, Tokyo
“Atarashii Me no Kai”, Nihombashi Takashimaya S.C., Tokyo
2006 “Artist-on-the-Rise Exhibition”, The Obuse Museum & The Nakajima Chinami Gallery, Nagano
2004 “Masataka Oyabu and His Artist Comrades”, Matsuzakaya Nagoya, Aichi; Matsuzakaya Ueno, Tokyo; Daimaru Shinsaibashi Store, Osaka
Memberships
Japan Artists Association(JAA)