YUJI AKATSUKA

1955　　Born in Kagoshima Pref.
1979　　Graduated from Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and
Music , Painting Department
1981　　Completed the Master Program of Tokyo National University of
Fine Arts and Music

Solo Exhibitions
1981　　Galerie 412 ,Tokyo
1983　　Gallery Kobayashi ,Tokyo（'84?'88,'92,'93,'95,'96）
1986　　Poster House ,Sapporo and Tokyo
1987　　Gallery Shiroyama ,Kagoshima
1989　　Fine Art Kunoki ,Kagoshima（'90,'92）
1990　 “THE NINETIES ,vol. 11 ” Gallery Kobayashi
1991　　Kaneko Art G1 ,Tokyo
MOMA Contemporary ,Fukuoka（'94,'95）
　　　　Galerie Ando ,Tokyo（'92,'94,'96）
1992 Gallery MANIN ,Tokyo
　　　　Galleria Finarte ,Nagoya（'94）
1993 Gallery Yonetsu ,Tokyo
　　　　FORMA ,Tokyo
1994 OTA Fine Arts ,Tokyo
1995 Gallery Ikeda Bijutsu ,Tokyo（'96）
　　　　Gallery Murayama ,Tokyo（'96）
1996 Gallery Kamakura ,Tokyo
1997 Gallery Murayama ,Tokyo
1998 Gallery Kobayashi ,Tokyo
　　　　Gallery Ikeda Bijutsu ,Tokyo
　　　　Galerie Ando ,Tokyo
　　　　Gallery Murayama ,Tokyo
HANASAKAN ,Kagoshima
1999 Komagane Kogen Art Museum ,Komagane
　　　　Galleria Finarte ,Nagoya
Gallery Kamakura ,Kamakura
　　　　Gallery Murayama ,Tokyo
2000 Gallery Murayama ,Tokyo
2001 Gallery Kobayashi ,Tokyo
HANASAKAN ,Kagoshima
　　　　Gallery Ikeda Bijutsu ,Tokyo
　　　　Gallery Murayama ,Tokyo
　　　　Gallery Ikeda Bijutsu ,Tokyo
2002　 Galleria Finarte ,Nagoya

Group Exhibitions
1980　“Lithograph '80” Gallery Tamaya ,Tokyo
1987　“Atelier C-126” Gallery Miyuki ,Tokyo
1988　“Graphism Today” Ibaraki Prefectural Cultural Center ,Mito
“Open the Gate” Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and
Music,Tokyo
　　　“Art in Bookshop” Art Vivan 4 ,Yurakucho Seibu ,Tokyo
　　　“Atelier C-126” Gallery Miyuki ,Tokyo（'89,'90,'91）
1989 “New Age New Art” Shinjuku Isetan ,Tokyo
“Japanese Contemporary Art in the 80's” Heineken Village
Gallery ,Tokyo
1990　“THE EIGHTIES” Gallery Kobayashi ,Tokyo
　　　“Prints Vision '90” Ikebukuro Seibu Fine Arts Store ,Tokyo
　　　“PRESENT TO THE FUTURE” Heineken Village Gallery,Tokyo
“Contemporary Prints in Sapporo 1990” INAX Space ,Sapporo
1991　“Tokyo Art Expo・JAPAN ART SCENE '90” Tokyo International Trade
Fair,Tokyo
　　　“COLOR'S FACE BLACK” LA PINACOTEKA TAKI ,Osaka
“The Exchange Exhibition of Prints ・Tokyo National University
of Fine Arts and Music,Hyosung Women University” Taegu Donga Museum ,Seoul
“THE NINETIES ・Document Exhibition” Gallery Kobayashi ,Tokyo
　　　“Take Art Collection” Spiral Garden ,Tokyo
1992　“A View of Painting vol.2” Gallery Furukawa ,Tokyo
“Drawing Today” Kitakushu Municipal Museum of Art ,Kitakyushu
“Art Today '92” Sezon Museum of Modern Art ,Karuizawa
　　　“TAMA VIVANT '92” Shibuya Seibu Seed Hall ,Tokyo
“Drawings” MOMA Contemporary ,Fukuoka
1992-93“A Perspective on Contemporary Art・Among the Figures” The
National Museum of Modern Art,Tokyo ;The International Museum of Art ,Osaka
1993 “NICAF Yokohama '93・International Contemporary Art Fair”
Pacifico Yokohama Exhibition Hall ,Yokohama
1994　“VOCA '94・The Vision of Contemporary Art”The Ueno Royal Museum,
Tokyo
　　　“Artists in Yokohama '94” Yokohama Citizen's Gallery ,Yokohama
　　　“TWO PERSON SHOW vol.2” Gallery Kobayashi ,Tokyo
　　　“The Collection of Japanese Paintings after the Second World War”
Seson Museum of Modern Art , Karuizawa
　　　“A Breeze from Yokohama・Yokohama Contemporary Arts Exhibition
in Celebrarion of the 20th Anniversary of the Friend-City Affiliation
Between Yokohama and Shanghai” ShanghaiArt Museum , Shanghai
1994-95“Light & shadow・the sense of ephemerality” Hiroshima City
Museum of Contemporary Art , Hiroshima
1995　“ Modern Art in Japan・from the Cllection of The National
Museum of Modern Art” The National Museum of Modern Art,Tokyo
　　　“Allegory of Seeing・1995 : Painting and Sculpture in
Contemporary Japan” Sezon Museum , Tokyo
　　　“Kyobashi-Kaiwai '95”Gallery Ikedabijutsu ,Tokyo
1996 “Nagoya Contemporary Art Fair” Nagoya Citizen's Gallery ,Nagoya
　　　“The Exhibition from the Museum Collection” Yokohama Museum
of Art ,Yokohama
　　　“Figure Paintings” OTA Fine Arts ,Tokyo
　　　“MESSAGE '96” Gallery Kobayashi ,Tokyo
1997 “NICAF TOKYO '97” Tokyo Big Sight ,Tokyo
　　　“Art 28 '97” Messe Basel ,Basel
　　　“ART TODAY 1997 OPERA APERTA”Sezon Museum of Modern Art ,Karuizawa
　　　“B semi 30th Annivarsary Benefit Exhibition” Hillside Plaza ,Tokyo
　　　“MESSAGE '97” Gallery Kobayashi ,Tokyo
　　　“Atelier C-126 : 30th Annivarsary Exhibition” Gallery Miyuki ,Tokyo
1998 “Art 29 '98” Messe Basel ,Basel
　　　“Print of Prints” Bunpodo Gallery ,Tokyo
　　　“MESSAGE '98” Gallery Kobayashi ,Tokyo
1999 “The Seventh International Contemporary Art Exhibition
[POLAND-JAPAN] ” The Museum of Modern Art ,Toyama
“Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery:Selected Works from the
Permanent Collection Part 1”Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery ,Tokyo
“The Vision of Contemporary Art in Japan” Tokyo Station
Gallery, Tokyo
“NICAF TOKYO '99” Tokyo International Forum ,Tokyo
“MESSAGE '99 ” Gallery Kobayashi ,Tokyo
2000 “Marks of the domain”Gallery O eyes ,Osaka
“MESSAGE 2000” Gallery Kobayashi ,Tokyo
2001 “NICAF 2001 TOKYO” Tokyo International Forum ,Tokyo
“BOUNDLESS BLUE”Gallery O eyes ,Osaka
“Chiba Art Now '01”Sakura City Museum of Art , Sakura
“In Search of FORM-11 Japanese Artists”Pusan Metropolitan Art
museum,Pusan
MESSAGE 2001/Gallery Kobayashi,Tokyo
2002 1st Korea International Art Fair/BEXCO/Pusan

Public Collection
　　　The National Museum of Modern Art
　　　Sezon Museum of Modern Art
　　　Yokohama Museum of Art
Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery





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