Onishi yasuaki biography

  • After earning a B.A. in Sculpture at the School of Art & Design, University of Tsukuba in 2001, he completed the M.A. program in Sculpture at the Graduate School of Art, Kyoto City University of Arts in 2004.
  • Onishi Yasuaki is a Japanese artist working in the mediums of installation, sculpture, and painting.
  • Biography.
  • 01 Introduction Talking picture

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    bio

    Japanese

    1979 Born in Osaka, Japan
    2001 B.A. Sculpture, School of Art & Design, University of Tsukuba | Japan
    2004 M.A. Sculpture, Graduate School of Art, Kyoto City University of Arts | Japan

    Awards
    2015 Art at the Heart winner, Shire of East Pilbara, Australia
    2014 The Sakuyakonohana prize, Osaka City, Japan
             Granship prize, Granship Art Competition
    2012 Project to Support the Nurturing of Media Arts Creators, Agency for Cultural Affairs
    2011 Received a research grant from Pola Art Foundation to study in London, England
    2010 U.S. Japan Award Fellowship, Vermont Studio Center, USA
             The Pollock – Krasner Foundation, USA
    2009 Kala Art Institute Fellowship, USA
             IASK Asia Pacific Artists Fellowship, National Museum of Contemporary Art Korea
    2007 1st SHUO foundation, Japan
             Taro prize, The 10th Taro Okamoto Award for Contemporary Art, Japan
    2006 Second prize, JEANS FACTORY ART AWARD 2006, Japan
             9th Japan Media Arts Festival, Examination committee recommendation work, Art Division, Japan
    2005 Grand prix, AMUSE ART JAM 2005 in KYOTO, Japan
             Star prize, 5th 21st Century As

    Biography

    1979
    Born in Osaka, Japan
    2001
    BFA in Sculpture, University of Tsukuba
    2004
    MFA in Sculpture, Kyoto City University of Arts

    Selected Solo Exhibitions

    2023
    HIRAKU Project Vol.15 – Yasuaki Onishi: Stone on boundary, Pola Museum of Art, Kanagawa
    2019
    Permeating Landscape, Bellagio Gallery of Fine Art, Las Vegas, USA
    Yasuaki Onishi: Reverse of Volume, Kimball Visual Arts Center, Mary Elizabeth Dee Shaw Gallery, Ogden, USA
    2018
    Hidden Landscapes: Yasuaki Onishi, Coconino Center for the Arts, Arizona, USA
    reverse of volume, Galerie Virginie Louvet, Paris, France
    Casting The Invisible, Art Dubai Residents、Dubai, UAE
    2017
    vertical emptiness, ForteBank Kulanshi Art Space (Astana|Kazakhstan)
    Edges, ARTCOURT Gallery, Osaka
    2016
    reverse of volume, Arte Sella, Borgo Valsugana, Italy ['-18]
    vertical volume, The Mine, Dubai, UAE
    2015
    vertical space, Newman Club, Newman, Australia
    contour of gravity, Gallery OUT of PLACE TOKIO, Tokyo
    Jomon and Gendai vol.3 “Penetrating Bowl", Kyoto University of Art and Design Art Museum, Kyoto
    2014
    Sakuya Konohana Collection ‘Yasuaki Onishi Exhibition – empty sculpture’, Artcourt Gallery, Osaka
    vertical emptiness, Gallery Out of Place, Tokyo
    2013
    reverse of volume, The Mine, Dubai, UAE
    reverse of volume, Joyce
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