Profile

1951Born in Okaya City, Nagano
1973Graduated from Musashino Art University, College of Art and Design, Department of Oil Painting
1976Graduated from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
1977Completed the Fifth-Year Graduate Certificate Program at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Exhibitions

1983Ryo Gallery, Kyoto
Kamakura Gallery, Tokyo
1984Ando Gallery, Tokyo
1986Inoue Gallery, Tokyo
1988Inoue Gallery, Tokyo
1989Gallery αM, Tokyo
AD&A Gallery, Osaka
1990Gallery Saibidou, Nagano
1991Inoue Gallery, Tokyo
Yoshimitsu Hijikata Gallery, Aichi
Art Site, Fukui
1992Morris Gallery, Tokyo
AD&A Gallery, Osaka
Yoshimitsu Hijikata Gallery, Aichi
1994Skydoor Art Place Aoyama, Tokyo
Gallery Yamaguchi, Tokyo
1996Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris
1997Gallery K, Okayama
1998Gallery Yamaguchi, Tokyo
2000Gallery Yamaguchi, Tokyo
Skydoor Art Place Aoyama, Tokyo
Okaya City Museum of Art and Archaeology, Nagano
2001AD&A Gallery, Osaka
2002Gallery Yamaguchi, Tokyo
2003Gallery Saibidou, Nagano
2005Yoshiro Negishi Art Museum (Opening Exhibition), Nagano
2008Gallery Yamaguchi, Tokyo
MARIO, Nagano
2009Gallery Alpha, Aichi

Selected Group Exhibitions

1977“School of the Museum of Fine Arts Traveling Scholarship Exhibition,” Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, USA
1980“Art Today ’80: Issues in Painting,” Seibu Museum of Art, Tokyo
“The 16th Artists Today Exhibition: Emotion and Structure,” Yokohama Civic Art Gallery, Kanagawa
1982“FOCUS ’82,” Kamakura Gallery, Tokyo
“12e Biennale de Paris,” Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris
1983“The 19th Artists Today Exhibition: Internalized Structure,” Yokohama Civic Art Gallery, Kanagawa
1984“Yoshiro Negishi & Yoshio Furoido,” Gallery Westbeth, Aichi
“Contemporary Art Today: Internalized Structure 2,” Tokyo Central Museum, Tokyo
1985“Contemporary Artists Exhibition,” Nagano Prefectural Shinano Art Museum, Nagano
1986“Shiga Annual ’86: Ambiguous Surfaces,” The Museum of Modern Art, Shiga
“Opening Exhibition,” Koji Ogura Gallery, Aichi
“5th Anniversary Special Exhibition: Japanese Contemporary Art 3,” The Miyagi Museum of Art, Miyagi
1987“The 18th Contemporary Art Exhibition of Japan (Special Division): Prospects of Contemporary Painting – Plane and Space,” Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo
“Painting 1977–1987: 10th Anniversary Exhibition,” The National Museum of Art, Osaka
1988“’88 Hokkaido Contemporary Artists Exhibition,” Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, Hokkaido
1989“Nagoya Contemporary Art Fair,” Nagoya Denki Bunka Kaikan, Aichi
“’89 Tsukashin Annual: Floating Bodies – Image Space,” Tsukashin Hall, Hyogo
“ART SCENES ’89: 9 Contemporary Artists,” Kimpodo Gallery, Tokyo
1990“ETHOS,” Shiga Kogen Prince Hotel, Nagano
“GOTOH COLLECTION,” Gotoh Museum, Chiba
“Triangulation of Modernism,” Gallery Furukawa, Tokyo
“Pharmakon ’90: Contemporary Art Exhibition,” Nippon Convention Center (Makuhari Messe), Chiba
“Drawing Exhibition,” Yoshimitsu Hijikata Gallery, Aichi
“Perspective / Surface,” AD&A Gallery, Osaka
“Spiral Take Art Collection,” Spiral Garden, Tokyo
1991“Opening Exhibition,” AD&A Gallery, Osaka
“Poetics of Hue,” Kawasaki City Museum, Kanagawa
1993“Card Size Works Exhibition” (’94, ’95, ’96), Gallery Yamaguchi, Tokyo
“Field of Vision for Desire,” Gallery Yamaguchi, Tokyo
1994“Skydoor Group Show I,” Skydoor Art Place Aoyama, Tokyo
“Emerging Boundaries,” Tatsuno Museum of Art, Nagano
1995“A Perspective on Contemporary Art: Painting – Singular Object,” The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
1995“Three Contemporary Artists,” Gallery 82, Nagano
1996“A Perspective on Contemporary Art: Painting – Singular Object,” The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto
1999“Prospects of Contemporary Japanese Painting,” Tokyo Station Gallery, Tokyo
2000“Flowers,” Gallery Yamaguchi, Tokyo
“20th Century Japanese Art: 100 Years as Told by Art,” Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, Tokyo
2002“Watercolor Expression in Contemporary Japan,” The Shoto Museum of Art, Tokyo
2003“ART JAM,” Gallery Yamaguchi, Tokyo
2004“Positioning Dessin,” Gallery Yamaguchi, Tokyo
2006“Continuation of Seeing / Creating,” Musashino Art University Museum & Library, Tokyo
2008“The Missing Peace: Artists & the Dalai Lama (Tokyo Exhibition),” Hillside Terrace, Tokyo
“VISIO,” Gallery Alpha, Aichi
2009“ART JAM,” Gallery Yamaguchi, Tokyo
“Power of Painting,” Gallery Yamaguchi, Tokyo
2011“Ohara Museum of Art Collection Exhibition,” Nagano Prefectural Shinano Art Museum, Nagano
“Collection Exhibition,” Okaya City Museum of Art and Archaeology, Nagano

Selected Collections

The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, The Museum of Modern Art, Shiga, The Miyagi Museum of Art, Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art, Takamatsu Art Museum, Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Matsumoto City Museum of Art, Okaya City Museum of Art and Archaeology, Ohara Museum of Art, Gotoh Museum, Agency for Cultural Affairs