Yutaka Koyanagi
1977 Born in Wakayama, Japan
2000 BFA in Oil Painting, Seian University of Art and Design
2002 MFA in Oil Painting, Kyoto City University of Arts
Lives and Works in Kyoto
Solo Shows
2004 ETHERIUM, Mori Yu Gallery, Kyoto
2006 Yutaka KOYANAGI, Kenji Taki Gallery, Tokyo
2007 Yutaka KOYANAGI: Night Painting 06-07, Kenji Taki Gallery, Tokyo
2008 Father is an alarmist, Kenji Taki Gallery, Aichi
2011 Hothouse Plants, Kenji Taki Gallery, Aichi
2012 Toward the Light, Kenji Taki Gallery, Tokyo
2013 Paper Night, Kenji Taki Gallery, Aichi
2013 Sphere, Seian Art Center, Shiga
2016 Source of Light, Kenji Taki Gallery, Tokyo
2019 Reflection, Kenji Taki Gallery, Aichi
2021 Commemorative exhibition for the Cultural Award, Wakayama Prefectural Cultural Hall, Wakayama
Group Shows
1998 Turner Acryl Award, Gallery Kuranuki, Osaka / Gallery Piazza, Tokyo
2000 2000 KYOTEN, Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, Kyoto
2000 Kobe Art Annual 2000: ra-to-hi, Kobe Art Village Center, Hyogo
2002 Accretion Disk, Mori Yu Gallery, Kyoto
2002 The Immortal Space, Nagoya Citizens’ Gallery Yada, Aichi
2003 jardin noir 1, Mori Yu gallery, Kyoto
2004 VOCA 2004: The Vision of Contemporary Art, The Ueno Royal Museum, Tokyo
2004 Yellow garden 2, Mori Yu Gallery, Kyoto
2005 2005 Kurashiki Contemporary Art Biennial West, Kurashiki City Art Museum, Ohara Museum of Art, Kake Museum of Art, Okayama
2005 Fluid Drive, Dohjidai Gallery of Art, Kyoto
2006 March II, Kenji Taki Gallery, Aichi
2006 The Present State of Contemporary Art: Selected Works from the VOCA Exhibition, Utsunomiya Museum of Art, Tochigi
2007 Portrait Session @NADiff, NADiff Gallery, Tokyo
2007 Portrait Session, Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Hiroshima
2007 NEWS, Kenji Taki Gallery, Aichi
2008 Zega Hi No Kaiga, Daiwa Press Viewing Room, Hiroshima
2009 NINE, Kenji Taki GAllery, Tokyo
2010 FLATLAND —the power of painting—, Kyoto City University of Arts Art Gallery @KCUA, Kyoto
2010 Seian Frontier volume. 2, Seian Art Center, Shiga
2010 Open Studio uzumasa, Raitstudio, Uzumaki – Uzuichi Studio, Kyoto
2011 ask the wine, MUZZ: Hi-Nest Bldg., Kyoto
2012 Intimate Space, My Memory: Okazaki Art & Jazz 2012, Okazaki City Former Residence of Honda Tadatsugu, Aichi
2012 KO-IN, Light, Shadow, Time: Okazaki Art & Jazz 2012, Okazaki Mindscape Museum, Aichi
2013 KCUA Transmit Program #04: Kyoto Studio 17 Studios & 88 Artists in Kyoto, Kyoto City University of Arts Art Gallery @KCUA, Kyoto
2013 Butterfly Hug, Art Lab Aichi, Aichi
2015 Really Realistic Reality, The Museum of Modern Art, Wakayama
2015 STUDIO EXHIVISIT 2015, Uzuichi Studio, Kyoto
2015 About the Light, The Museum of Modern Art, Wakayama
2016 Spider's Thread - Spinning images of Japanese beauty, Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, Aichi
2017 OPEN STUDIO ×５, Uzuichi Studio, Kyoto
Awards
2004 VOCA 2004, The Vision of Contemporary Art, VOCA Encouragement Prize
2005 2005 Kurashiki Contemporary Art Biennial West, Award for Excellence
2006 19th Holbein Scholarship
2020 Wakayama Cultural Award, Cultural Incentive Award
Publication
2009 Works of Spain (The Anata no Sora series: Cordoba), Published by Daiwa Press Co., Ltd. ISBN: 9784903655031
Collection
The Museum of Modern Art, Wakayama
Kyoto City KYOCERA Museum of Art, Kyoto
Takahashi Collection
2000 BFA in Oil Painting, Seian University of Art and Design
2002 MFA in Oil Painting, Kyoto City University of Arts
Lives and Works in Kyoto
Solo Shows
2004 ETHERIUM, Mori Yu Gallery, Kyoto
2006 Yutaka KOYANAGI, Kenji Taki Gallery, Tokyo
2007 Yutaka KOYANAGI: Night Painting 06-07, Kenji Taki Gallery, Tokyo
2008 Father is an alarmist, Kenji Taki Gallery, Aichi
2011 Hothouse Plants, Kenji Taki Gallery, Aichi
2012 Toward the Light, Kenji Taki Gallery, Tokyo
2013 Paper Night, Kenji Taki Gallery, Aichi
2013 Sphere, Seian Art Center, Shiga
2016 Source of Light, Kenji Taki Gallery, Tokyo
2019 Reflection, Kenji Taki Gallery, Aichi
2021 Commemorative exhibition for the Cultural Award, Wakayama Prefectural Cultural Hall, Wakayama
Group Shows
1998 Turner Acryl Award, Gallery Kuranuki, Osaka / Gallery Piazza, Tokyo
2000 2000 KYOTEN, Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, Kyoto
2000 Kobe Art Annual 2000: ra-to-hi, Kobe Art Village Center, Hyogo
2002 Accretion Disk, Mori Yu Gallery, Kyoto
2002 The Immortal Space, Nagoya Citizens’ Gallery Yada, Aichi
2003 jardin noir 1, Mori Yu gallery, Kyoto
2004 VOCA 2004: The Vision of Contemporary Art, The Ueno Royal Museum, Tokyo
2004 Yellow garden 2, Mori Yu Gallery, Kyoto
2005 2005 Kurashiki Contemporary Art Biennial West, Kurashiki City Art Museum, Ohara Museum of Art, Kake Museum of Art, Okayama
2005 Fluid Drive, Dohjidai Gallery of Art, Kyoto
2006 March II, Kenji Taki Gallery, Aichi
2006 The Present State of Contemporary Art: Selected Works from the VOCA Exhibition, Utsunomiya Museum of Art, Tochigi
2007 Portrait Session @NADiff, NADiff Gallery, Tokyo
2007 Portrait Session, Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Hiroshima
2007 NEWS, Kenji Taki Gallery, Aichi
2008 Zega Hi No Kaiga, Daiwa Press Viewing Room, Hiroshima
2009 NINE, Kenji Taki GAllery, Tokyo
2010 FLATLAND —the power of painting—, Kyoto City University of Arts Art Gallery @KCUA, Kyoto
2010 Seian Frontier volume. 2, Seian Art Center, Shiga
2010 Open Studio uzumasa, Raitstudio, Uzumaki – Uzuichi Studio, Kyoto
2011 ask the wine, MUZZ: Hi-Nest Bldg., Kyoto
2012 Intimate Space, My Memory: Okazaki Art & Jazz 2012, Okazaki City Former Residence of Honda Tadatsugu, Aichi
2012 KO-IN, Light, Shadow, Time: Okazaki Art & Jazz 2012, Okazaki Mindscape Museum, Aichi
2013 KCUA Transmit Program #04: Kyoto Studio 17 Studios & 88 Artists in Kyoto, Kyoto City University of Arts Art Gallery @KCUA, Kyoto
2013 Butterfly Hug, Art Lab Aichi, Aichi
2015 Really Realistic Reality, The Museum of Modern Art, Wakayama
2015 STUDIO EXHIVISIT 2015, Uzuichi Studio, Kyoto
2015 About the Light, The Museum of Modern Art, Wakayama
2016 Spider's Thread - Spinning images of Japanese beauty, Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, Aichi
2017 OPEN STUDIO ×５, Uzuichi Studio, Kyoto
Awards
2004 VOCA 2004, The Vision of Contemporary Art, VOCA Encouragement Prize
2005 2005 Kurashiki Contemporary Art Biennial West, Award for Excellence
2006 19th Holbein Scholarship
2020 Wakayama Cultural Award, Cultural Incentive Award
Publication
2009 Works of Spain (The Anata no Sora series: Cordoba), Published by Daiwa Press Co., Ltd. ISBN: 9784903655031
Collection
The Museum of Modern Art, Wakayama
Kyoto City KYOCERA Museum of Art, Kyoto
Takahashi Collection