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Tomoya Uemura
Profile
Self-taught in painting from early childhood, and began working in earnest as an artist in 2014.
A meeting with a Palauan during university years led to a first visit to the Republic of Palau in 2016. The experience of that stay has been the central subject of the painting ever since.
The recent "Iwakabe (Rock Face)" series takes the former Ogushi quarry site in Kagawa Prefecture as its model.
Currently a member of Shunyokai, working from a studio in Kita-ku, Osaka.
Career
- 2013 Graduated, School of Cultural and Creative Studies, Aoyama Gakuin University
- 2022 Shunyokai National Study Group Selected Exhibition — Research Prize
- 2023 第100回春陽展 南大路一賞
- 2023 Study trip to France
- 2024 101st Shunyo Exhibition — Shunyokai Prize
- 2025 102nd Shunyo Exhibition — Shunyokai Prize
- 2026 103rd Shunyo Exhibition — Shunyokai Prize
- 2026 春陽会若手作家支援助成 南大路一記念個展賞
- 2026 Elected Member, Shunyokai
Solo Exhibitions
- 2018 JAPAN FAIR — Tomoya Uemura Solo Exhibition Ngarachamayong Cultural Center, Palau
- 2019 Tomoya Uemura — Solo Exhibition Palau Pacific Resort, Palau
- 2020–26 Tomoya Uemura — Solo Exhibition UEMURA GALLERY
- 2026 Tomoya Uemura GalleryQ
Group Exhibitions
- 2016–26 Shunyokai Kansai Study Group Exhibition
- 2017–26 94th Shunyo Exhibition The National Art Center, Tokyo
- 2018 2nd Shunyokai National Study Group Selected Exhibition INOAC Ginza Namiki-dori Gallery
- 2022 SHUNYO NEW ARTISTS WAVE 2022 Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum
- 2023–25 Shunyokai Prize Winners Exhibition Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum