Born in Tokyo in 1982.
Tokyo University of the Arts, M.F.A. printmaking in 2008.
Held numerous solo exhibitions including at "Art fair Tokyo" in 2016, 2018.
Participated in various group exhibitions including "Ukiyo-e POP - Pop Culture from Edo to Today-" at Shizuoka City Tokaido Hiroshige Museum of Art in 2013; "Mokuhan Zomeki-What happend in Japan?-" at The University Art Museum, Tokyo University of the Arts in 2014; "Hanga Next Generation stage.2" at Nihombashi Takashimaya / Tokyo in 2020.
Won many prizes including the Grand prize at The Adachi Contemporary Ukiyo-e Award 2010; the second prize at SHINSEI Kaiga Award Exhibition 2015.
Works
Various possibilities of forms existed before the concept of "art" was established in Japan and genres were subdivided.
Focusing on this concept, I aim for a hybrid expression in my works that incorporates a printmaking way of thinking.
The densely layered images represent longing for "pure beauty" and things that are transformed and created as a result of this pursuit.
Sacred peacock and horse, a dragon god descending from the sky, an innocent girl wrapped in something unknown, and flowers – the symbol of life – scattered across the canvas; They are degraded and distorted by the myriad of poisons of present times, and as they deplete itself, they exist beautifully as sacrifices that lead us to resuscitation.
ーJun YOSHIDA
PROFILE
1982 Born in Tokyo
2008 Tokyo University of the Arts, M.F.A. printmaking
Solo Exhibition
2008 Nursery tale (Pepper's Gallery / Tokyo)
2009 Solo Exhibition (Galleria Grafica Bis / Tokyo)
2010 ichika (Gallery So / Shizuoka)
2012 Kiss and Hug (hpgrp Gallery Tokyo)
2015 MYTH. MYTHIC (Gallery Murakoshi / Tokyo)
2016 Votive Picture (Art fair Tokyo Gallery Murakoshi Booth)
2018 Spring Thunder (Art fair Tokyo Gallery Murakoshi Booth)
Group Exhibition
2007 UTM Ukiyoe, Traditional and Contemporary Print Exhibition (Asakusa Public Hall / Tokyo)
2007 第13回鹿沼市立川上澄生美術館木版画大賞展 (Tochigi)Kanuma
2008 Graduation Works Exhibition (Tokyo University of the Arts)
2008 日本版画招待展 (Peninsula Art Museum / Shanghai）
2008 print portfolio exhibition "umsteigen" (Austria embassy / Tokyo)
2008 Young Artist’s Books Fair 2nd (Kinokuniya / Tokyo)
2008 UTM 「伝統と現代」ドキュメント展 (Asakusa Public Hall / Tokyo)
2008 5人の新人作家展 (gallery goto / Tokyo)
2008 Visual Contents X (SAN-AI-GALLERY / Tokyo)
2009 Tokyo Print Exhibition×Auction (GYRE / Tokyo)
2009 Tokyo Geidai Hanga Collection (GYRE / Tokyo)
2010 Three Person Exhibition (hpgrp Gallery Tokyo）
2010 HOGAS Tokyo University of the Arts Printmaking Section (Miyuki Gallery / Tokyo)
2010 阿波紙と版表現展2011 -凸版・凹版- (Bumpodo / Tokyo)
2010 News (Tokyo University of the Arts / Tokyo)
2011 Jun Kitazume, Jun Yoshida "Period" (hpgrp Gallery Tokyo）
2011 Sumidagawa River new sight story (Sumida Park Riverside Gallery / Tokyo)
2011 HOGAS Tokyo University of the Arts Printmaking Section (Miyuki Gallery / Tokyo)
2011 Summer Show by Teachers of Oil Painting of Tokyo University of the Arts (Nihombashi Takashimaya / Tokyo)
2012 ZURETA (Geidai Art Plaza / Tokyo)
2012 Mokuhan Renaissance (3331 Arts Chiyoda / Tokyo)
2013 Ukiyo-e POP - Pop Culture from Edo to Today- (Shizuoka City Tokaido Hiroshige Museum of Art)
2013 Fantasy Art Grand Prix Exhibition (Itochu Aoyama Art Square / Tokyo)
2014 "SILVER LINING" Yasunobu Tsutsumi, Jun Yoshida (Tokyo International Forum / Tokyo)
2014 MITUKOSHI×Tokyo University of the Arts "summer art festival2014" (Nihombashi Mitsukoshi Main Store / Tokyo)
2014 Mokuhan Zomeki-What happend in Japan?- (The University Art Museum, Tokyo University of the Arts)
2015 PRINT&ZINE 210*297*058 (Kara-S / Kyoto)
2016 Multiply a point of view that is phosphorescent from each point (Kyoto Seika University / Kyoto)
2017 ざらざらとした艶、浸透する滴 (ART ZONE KAGURAOKA / Kyoto)
2017 飾団扇 (Gallery-Maronie / Kyoto)
2017 Stone Letter Project #1 (Takarazuka University / Hyogo)
2017 KINO PRINT (Gallery Hillgate / Kyoto)
2018 Venus Bound (The Artcomplex Center of Tokyo）
2018 葡萄の夜 (Gallery Murakoshi / Tokyo)
2018 KINO PRINT (Gallery Hillgate / Kyoto)
2019 Kyoto Art for Tomorrow 2019 -Selected Artists in Kyoto- (The Museum of Kyoto)
2019 KINO PRINT (Gallery Hillgate / Kyoto)
2019 G6 Exhibition (Matsuzakaya Nagoya / Aichi)
2019 G6 Exhibition (Daimaru Shinsaibashi / Osaka)
2019 G6 Exhibition (GALLERY SAIHODO / Tokyo)
2020 Hanga Next Generation stage.2－ (Nihombashi Takashimaya / Tokyo)
2020 Mitsukoshi×Tokyo University of the Arts "summer art festival (Nihombashi Mitsukoshi Main Store / Tokyo)
2020 G6 Exhibition (Matsuzakaya Nagoya / Aichi)
2020 G6 Exhibition (Daimaru Shinsaibashi / Osaka)
2020 G6 Exhibition (GALLERY SAIHODO / Tokyo)
2021 G6 Exhibition (GALLERY SAIHODO / Tokyo)
Art Fair
2009 Tokyo Contemporary Art Fair
2010 ULTRA003 (Tokyo)
2011 Art Osaka 2011 (Osaka)
2011 Young Art Taipei (Taiwan)
2011 Tokyo Frontline (Tokyo)
Award
2006 Toride City Mayor's Prize at Graduate Exhibition
2010 "The Adachi Contemporary Ukiyo-e Award 2010" Grand prize
2013 Kanuma Municipal "Kawakami Sumio Print award" Judge special prize
2014 "Fantasy Art Grand Prix Exhibition" Encouragement prize
2015 "SHINSEI Kaiga Award Exhibition" Second prize
ONBEAT vol.14 features Jun Yoshida
