Kazuhiro Yamada
Japan
Some twenty years ago, I encountered ''The Descent from the Cross'' painted by Peter Paul Rubens at an exhibition held in Japan. I living in the present days in Japan was moved by the painting drawn by a great master having lived in Flanders more than 300 years ago. Before I knew it, I felt like ''I want to leave my messages to the people in hundreds of years from now!'' That was the beginning of my career as an artist.
Since then, I have been painting in my hometown Oita prefecture in Japan. My artwork began with colored pencil drawing and then shifted into oil painting. It’s difficult to explain specifically here, but I’ve been trying various ways of expression by applying the technique of oil painting into colored pencil drawing, and vice versa.
I am an oil painter now, but looking back, the experience having worked with colored pencil drawing is giving no small influence on the execution of my oil painting. However, there are still a lot of techniques and ways of expression that I want to try.
I think this world is full of beauty that we should respect. My artwork is supported by the people around me and the benefits from nature. Before being an artist, I want to be a craftsman who can record the beauty of nature and the things that I was moved by, without forgetting all my appreciation to them. For me, art is something I can give back to nature which is full of respectful beauty, and also a common language which connects me and the world.
EXHIBITIONS
2022
Salon d'automne 2022 (Paris, France)
2021
Salon d'automne 2021 (Paris, France)
15th International ARC Salon Exhibition at The MEAM (Barcelona, Spain)
15th International ARC Salon Exhibition at Sotheby's, NY (Sotheby's, NY, USA)
Salon d'automne Virtual Exhibition (Paris, France)
2020
Salon d'automne 2020 (Paris, France)
LE SALON D'AUTOMNE PRESENTE SECTION JAPONAISE (Paris, France)
France-Japan Multinational Contemporary Art Exhibition 2020 (The National Art Center, Tokyo, Japan)
14th International ARC Salon Virtual Exhibition at Sotheby's, NY (Sotheby's, NY, USA) [Awarded Chairman’s Choice Award]
2019
14th International ARC Salon Exhibition at The MEAM (Barcelona, Spain) [Awarded Chairman’s Choice Award]
Salon d'automne 2019 (Paris, France)
France-Japan Multinational Contemporary Art Exhibition 2019 (The National Art Center, Tokyo, Japan) [Awarded Grand prix]
2018
Salon d'automne 2018 (Paris, France)
13th International ARC Salon Exhibition Finalist
France-Japan Multinational Contemporary Art Exhibition 2018 (The National Art Center, Tokyo, Japan) [Awarded Second prize]
Japanese Today's Visual Art Exhibition in Spain (Gijón, Asturias, Spain)
2017
Salon d'automne 2017 (Paris, France)
France-Japan Multinational Contemporary Art Exhibition 2017 (The National Art Center, Tokyo, Japan)
Japanese Today's Visual Art Exhibition in Italy (Sicilia, Italy)
2016
Salon d'automne 2016 (Paris, France)
France-Japan Multinational Contemporary Art Exhibition 2016 (The National Art Center, Tokyo, Japan)
Japanese Today's Visual Art Exhibition in Corsica (Bastia, Corsica, France)
2015
France-Japan Multinational Contemporary Art Exhibition 2015 (The National Art Center, Tokyo, Japan) [Awarded Second prize]
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