Seiji Kunishima’s Drawing

Artist: 
Seiji Kunishima
Date: 
November 29, 2011 - January 13, 2012
Gallery: 
ARDEL Gallery of Modern Art

The exhibition “Seiji Kunishima’s Drawing” presents drawings by the Japanese master of 3 dimensional arts, Seiji Kunishima. Follow his principal concept that has always been applied to his sculptural works, Kunishima also creates drawings that inspired by the beauty of the opposite. The smooth and rough surface, the curvy and straight line, the softness and stiffness or even the form of natural creatures and the man-made geometry. The stated opposites not only help highlight the artist concept but also symbolize the ideas that connect both the external surrounding and his internal ideas together.

**The opening reception on Monday, December 12, 2011 at 5 pm.

นิทรรศการ “Seiji Kunishima’s Drawing” นำเสนอผลงานงานวาดเส้นของ เซจิ คุนิชิมา ศิลปินชั้นนำระดับโลกจากประเทศญี่ปุ่น ผลงานวาดเส้นที่มีองค์ประกอบหลายหลากได้รับแรงบันดาลใจจากความงามของสรรพสิ่งที่เป็นคู่ตรงข้ามกัน ไม่ว่าจะเป็นความเรียบลื่นและความขรุขระ ความโค้งเว้ากับความเที่ยงตรง ความนุ่มนวลกับความแข็งกระด้าง หรือรูปทรงของสิ่งมีชีวิตในธรรมชาติกับรูปทรงเรขาคณิต ความตรงข้ามของสองสิ่งในแง่มุมต่างๆ สื่อเสนอในฐานะสัญลักษณ์ทางความคิดซึ่งสัมพันธ์กันระหว่างโลกภายนอกกับความรู้สึกภายในของศิลปิน

**พิธีเปิดนิทรรศการ วันจันทร์ที่ 12 ธันวาคม 2554 เวลา 17.00 น.

Circle & One Stone (F), 2011, Drawing, 13.3x11.5 cm
One Stone & Red Triangle, 2011, Drawing, 26.5x21 cm
Untitled 09-8, 2009, Drawing, 30x21.5 cm
Untitled 11-L, 2011, Drawing, 10x51.5 cm
Untitled T, 2011, Drawing, 31x31 cm
Artist Biography
Name: 
Seiji Kunishima
Born in 1937, Nagoya, Japan
Solo Exhibition: 

2011: Masayoshi Suzuki Gallery, Okazaki, Aichi, Japan
AURA, KitaNagoya, Aichi Japan
Gallery Naufu, Gifu Japan
L Gallery, F-1, Nagoya Japan
2010: Masayoshi Suzuki Gallery, Okazaki, Aichi, Japan
ARDEL’s Third Place Galler, Bangkok Thailand
AURA, KitaNagoya, Aichi Japan
2009: L Gallery, F-1, Nagoya, Japan
Amir, Hekinan, Aichi, Japan
AURA. Kitanagoya, Aichi, Japan
2008: Masayoshi Suzuki Gallery, Okazaki, Aichi, Japan
Gallery Naufu, Gifu, Japan
Gallery Hirawata, Fujisawa, Kanagawa, Japan
AURA. Kitanagoya, Aichi, Japan
2007: L Gallery, F-1, Nagoya, Japan
MSSOHKAN, Kobe, Japan
AURA, Kitanagoya, Aichi, Japan
Nob Gallery, Okazaki, Aichi, Japan
2006: Gallery Sincerite, Toyohachi, Aichi, Japan
AURA, Kitanagoya, Aichi, Japan
L Gallery, F-1, Nagoya, Japan
Nob Gallery, Okazaki, Aichi, Japan
2005: Sabina Lee Gallery, Los Angeles, CA., U.S.A.
AURA, Nishiharu, Aichi, Japan
Gallery Hirawata, Fujisawa, Kanagawa, Japan
2004: Gallery Naufu, Gifu, Japan
AURA, Nishiharu, Aichi, Japan
Takada Gallery, San Francisco, CA., U.S.A.
FRESNO ART MUSEUM, Fresno, CA., U.S.A.
2003: AURA, Nishiharu, Aichi, Japan
2002: Takada Gallery, San Francisco, CA., U.S.A.
Dan O’Melveny Gallery, Los Angeles, CA., U.S.A.
FOREST, Hekinan, Aichi, Japan
Nob Gallery, Okazaki, Aichi, Japan
Gallery Hirawata, Fujisawa, Kanagawa, Japan
Gallery Naufu, Gifu, Japan
AURA, Nishiharu, Aichi, Japan
2001: Takada Gallery, San Francisco, CA., U.S.A.
Gallery Naufu, Gifu, Japan
Randall Erickson Contemporary Art, Palm Springs, CA., U.S.A.
Muse Karakara, Odawara, Kanagawa, Japan
Gallery Hirawata, Fujisawa, Kanagawa, Japan
Nob Gallery, Okazaki, Aichi, Japan
2000: Olga Dollar Gallery, San Francisco, CA., U.S.A.
Gallery Emon, Nagoya, Japan
1999: Ellen Kim Murphy Gallery, Santa Monica, CA., U.S.A.
Gallery Naito, Nagoya, Japan
Nob Gallery, Okazaki, Aichi, Japan
1998: Gallery Hirawata, Fujisawa, Kanagawa, Japan
Musokan, Kobe, Japan
Y’s BASH, Nagoya, Japan
Hiro Chikashige Gallery, Okayama, Japan
1997: Gallery Naito, Nagoya, Japan
Nob Gallery, Okazaki, Aichi, Japan
Merging One Gallery, Santa Monica, CA., U.S.A.
Olga Dollar Gallery, San Francisco, CA., U.S.A.
1996: The contemporary Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.A.
Merging One Gallery, Santa Monica, CA., U.S.A.
Hiro Chikashige Gallery, Okayama, Japan
Gallery OH, Ichinoiya, Aichi, Japan
Nob Gallery, Okazaki, Aichi, Japan
Space, Los Angeles, CA., U.S.A.
1994: Golden West College Fine Art Gallery, Huntington Beach, CA., U.S.A.
Gallery Sincerite, Toyohachi, Aichi, Japan
Olga Dollar Gallery, San Francisco, CA., U.S.A.
Space, Los Angeles, CA., U.S.A.
Nob Gallery, Okazaki, Aichi, Japan
1993: Takada Fine Arts, San Francisco, CA., U.S.A.
Luba Bilu Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
Olga Dollar Gallery, San Francisco, CA., U.S.A.
Hiro Chikashige Gallery, Okayama, Japan
1992: Nob Gallery, Okazaki, Aichi, Japan
L.A. Artcore Annex, Los Angeles, Ca., U.S.A.
1991: Sakura Gallery, Nagoya, Japan
Nob Gallery, Okazaki, Aichi, Japan
Gallery OH, Ichinomiya, Aichi, Japan
Gallery Sincerite, Toyohachi, Aichi, Japan
1990: Santa Monica Univ. Art Gallery, Santa Monica, CA., U.S.A.
Luba Bilu Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
National Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand
1989: Nob Gallery, Okazaki, Aichi, Japan
Allport Caldwell Gallery, San Francisco, CA., U.S.A.
1988: Akira Ikeda Gallery, Nagoya, Japan
Gallery OH, Ichinomiya, Aichi, Japan
Space, Los Angeles, CA., U.S.A.
Sakura Gallery, Nagoya, Japan
1987: United Artists Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
Gallery Okazaki, Kyoto, Japan
Gallery T&T, Kyoto, Japan
Victorian College of the Art, Melbourne, Australia
Space, Los Angeles, CA., U.S.A.
Allport Caldwell Gallery, San Francisco, CA., U.S.A.
Sakura Gallery, Nagoya, Japan
1986: Gallery Atelier, Hekinan, Aichi, Japan
Grand Rapids Art Museum, Grand Rapids, Mich., U.S.A.
1985: Sakura Gallery, Nagoya, Japan
JACCC, Los Angeles, CA., U.S.A.
Space, Los Angeles, CA., U.S.A.
Akira Ikeda Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
1984: Space, Los Angeles, CA., U.S.A.
1983: Amano Gallery, Osaka, Japan
Sakura Gallery, Nagoya, Japan
1982: Space, Los Angeles, CA., U.S.A.
1981: Amano Gallery, Osaka, Japan
Sakura Gallery, Nagoya, Japan
1980: Jehu Gallery, San Francisco, CA., U.S.A.
Amano Gallery, Osaka, Japan
Space, Los Angeles, CA., U.S.A.
1979: UCSB Art Museum, Santa Barbara, CA., U.S.A.
Muramatsu Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
1978: Sakura Gallery, Nagoya, Japan
Gallery U, Nagoya, Japan
Gilman Gallery, Chicago, IL., U.S.A.
1977: Space, Los Angeles, CA., U.S.A.
Sakura Gallery, Nagoya, Japan
1976: Space, Los Angeles, CA., U.S.A.
1975: Squeri Gallery, Buffalo, N.Y., U.S.A.
Sakura Gallery, Nagoya, Japan
1974: Sakura Gallery, Nagoya, Japan
Gallery 16, Kyoto, Japan
1973: Gallery 16, Kyoto, Japan
1972: Sakura Gallery, Nagoya, Japan
1969: Sakura Gallery, Nagoya, Japan
1967: Auchi Prefectural Museum of Art, Nagoya, Japan
Sakura Gallery, Nagoya, Japan
1965: Sato Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
1964: Sato Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
1963: Sakura Gallery, Nagoya, Japan
Sato Gallery, Tokyo, Japan