Tairen Sakamoto

Artist Information
Career/Solo ExhibitionGroup Exhibition

1959 Born in Hiroshima Prefecture
1984 Graduated from Aichi University of Arts (Seiichi Kasai Classroom)

■Main solo exhibitions
1991 Mie Gallery '93,'95,'98,'00,'03,'05,'07,'14,'16
1992 Marine Art Gallery (Mie)
1993 Gallery Ams Naniwa (Osaka)
1996 Kato Museum of Art (Mie) '97/'98/'99/'00/'01/'02
1998 T'S Gallery (Aichi)
2001 Yama Gallery (Mie) '02, Gallery Art Point (Tokyo) '02
2004 Galleria Graphica bis (Tokyo)
2005 Gallery Miyasaka (Tokyo) '06, '07, '08, '09, '11, '13, '15, '17, '19, '21
2007 Mie Prefectural Museum of Art, Citizens Gallery
2009 Toba International Hotel (Mie)
2012 Matsuzakaya Nagoya store (Aichi) '14


■Group exhibition
1984 '84 Art University Graduate Selection Exhibition (Broadway Gallery / Tokyo)
1986 54th Independent Exhibition (Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum) '87/'88/'89
1988 14th Japanese-French Contemporary Art Exhibition (Grand Palais Museum / Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Art, France - Toured various locations)
    ’88 [Honorable Mention, 1 place for the Figaro Award, 3 places for the France Soir Award] '89 [3 places for the Chukyo Television Award and the Reille Award]
'90 [2 seats for the Prix Figaro] '91 [2 seats for the Prix Figaro] '92 [3 seats for the Prix Figaro]
1990 Awakening to Wind, Light, and Sound Exhibition (Hiroshima International Conference Center)
           1st Sokkikai Exhibition (Ginza Surugadai Gallery / Tokyo)
1991 9th Ueno Royal Museum Grand Prize (Ueno Royal Museum / Tours from Tokyo to various places)
'92 [Special Excellence Award] Art Museum Purchase
1993 28th Showa-kai Exhibition (Nichido Gallery / Tokyo/Osaka)
1994 2nd AMS Meeting (Gallery AMS Naniwa/Osaka) '95/'96/'97
1995 Young Artist Exhibition (Garaido Gallery/Aichi)
Mie Artists Exhibition (Mie Prefectural Cultural Center) '97, '01, '04, '09, '12, '16
Eyes that see the times (Utsukushigahara Kogen Art Museum / Nagano)
1996 Art Frontier '96 Contemporary Japanese Visual Exhibition, (Mie Prefectural Museum of Art, Kenmin Gallery) '04/'13
2000 26th Jinjin Exhibition (Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum) '01, '02, '03, '04, '05, '06
    1st Artist Support Competition (Gallery CHIMENKANOYA / Tokyo)
'00 [Gallery CHIMENKANOYA Award]
       13th National Washi Painting Exhibition (Mino Washi no Sato Kaikan Special Exhibition Room / Gifu) '01, '02, '03, '04, '05
'00 [Art Division Silver Award] '01, '02, '03, '04 [Honorable Mention]
    Contemporary Sumi Challenge 2000 (Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art Gallery)
2003 ART Expression and Technique - Paper - (Atelier Suzuki / Tokyo)
2004 Small People Exhibition - Between People - (Hagurodo Kimura Tosuke / Tokyo) '05/'06
Gifts from Music Exhibition (Gallery Kumi/Tokyo)
2010 Shape of Sumi - Akane Kawaguchi, Yasuhiro Sakamoto - (Gallery Miyasaka / Tokyo) '12, '14, '16, '18, '20
- CONVERGE - Convergence (Nagoya Civic Gallery Yada / Aichi) '13
2014 1st Tankei Meeting (Toyota Gallery / Aichi) '15, '16, '17, '18, '19, '20, '21
2016 Calendar Exhibition for You (Ushio Gallery/Tokyo) '17/'18/'19/'20/'21
2017 MG5 Exhibition (Chuwa Gallery / Tokyo) '18/'19/'20/'21
    INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION OF ART (Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art Annex)
     THREE POSITION Exhibition (Ushio Gallery / Tokyo) '18/'19/'20
2019 Gallery Miyasaka 35th Anniversary Exhibition (Gallery Miyasaka / Tokyo)
2020 Drawing Exhibition 2020 (Gallery MOS / Mie)
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