CONTEMPORARY PAINTING

JUNICHI TATSUBUCHI



Landscape
205x82cm
Oil

Flying up (Flight)
41 x 32 cm
oil on canvas



My Mountains
73x50cm
Oil



Scroll
100x50cm
Ink Only on Paper


Red Lines
30x60cm
Ink and Colour on Paper



The Star in Melbourne
91x61cm
Oil

NICHI TATSUBUCHI

1966

1961-64
1964-66
1968-70

Born 15 May, 1944 in Saiki city, Japan.
Chief priest at the Ganjo Buddhist Temple in Saiki city.

Graduated from the Ryukoku University
with Degree in Buddhist Literature
Studied Western art at Shibano Art School in Kyoto
Studied Western art, Kofukai School of Art Studies.
Studied Zen at Heirinji and Shokokuji


SOLO EXHIBITIONS (selected)
2003
 ONO Gallery, Ginza, Tokyo, Japan
2002
 Jun's Art Space Saiki, Japan
2001
 Two Man Show with Royston Harpur, East and West Art Australia

2000

Performance Art “Building the Temple” Oita, Japan
1999
 Cairns Regional Gallery Cairns, Australia
1998
 Gallery Isogaya Tokyo, Japan
1997
 East and West Art Gallery Melbourne, Australia
Gallery Isogaya Tokyo, Japan
1995
 Bell Books Gallery Saiki, Japan
1994
 Eda Gallery Oita, Japan
1993
 Gallery Muramatsu Ginza, Tokyo
Gallery R Kyoto, Japan
1991
 Osaka Metropolitan Contemporary Art Centre Osaka Japan
1989
 Kyoto Voice Gallery Kyoto, Japan

GROUP EXHIBITIONS (selected)
2004
 ARTSingapore Art Fair, Suntec City, East and West Art Singapore .
  Sydney Affordable Art Fair, East and West Art, Sydney, Australia
  Melbourne Affordable Art Fair, East and West Art Melbourne, Australia
2003
 'Petits Formats' White Elephant Gallery Paris
2002
Buddhist Sumie Painting Australia & Japan

2001

ARTSingapore 2001 Contemporary Art Fair Singapore
Australian Embassy Singapore
2000
 Asia Arts Festival 2000 National Dr Sun Yat Sen Thailand
Australian Contemporary Art Fair 7 Melbourne, Australia
Afro-Asian Latin American Exchange 12 Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum
1999
 Bangkok National Museum Bangkok, Thailand
Gallery Leonardo Point Leonard, Australia
International Contemporary Art Ex. 27 M.O.A. Tokyo, Japan
Cairns Regional Gallery Cairns, Australia
1998
 J.A.L.A., Bangkok Art Exposition 11 Bangkok, Thailand
Expo Artec Pacific Yokohama, Japan
Australian Contemporary Art Fair 6 Melbourne, Australia
Japan – France Contemporary Art Exhibition Yokohama, Japan
1997
 Two man Show Quadrivium Gallery Sydney, Australia
NICAF 5 International Contemporary Art Festival Tokyo, Japan
1996
 Interchange two man exhibition with Peter Blizzard Japan
Australian Contemporary Art Fair 5 Melbourne, Australia
1995
 Ten Gallery exhibition with Peter Blizzard Fukuoka, Japan
Convent Gallery, three man show Daylesford, Australia
1994
 Encounters with Peter Blizzard and Doug Wright, Kimuraya Gallery Oita, Japan
Waku Waku art exhibition Miyazaki, Japan
Miyazaki Contemporary Art Exhibition Miyazaki, Japan
Kyushu Electric Power Company Ltd, Irisu Gallery exhibition;
Expo Espace Bateau Lavoir, Picasso’s Bateau Lavoir Paris, France
Japan Week Tourouse, France
1993
 Exhibition Kyushu Electric Power Company Ltd, Irisu Gallery Miyazaki, Japan
1992
 Oita Sculpture Exhibition 10 Kyushu, Japan
Good Art Group Kyoto Fine Art Exhibition 17 Kyoto, Japan
Aga Festival Exhibition Kyoto, Japan
1990
 Contemporary sculpture exhibition Oita, Japan
1984
 Good Art Group Exhibition Super Kyoto Exhibition 9 Kyoto, Japan
1983
 Good Art Group Oita Art Museum Oita, Japan . Good Art Exhibition Kyoto City Art Museum 8 Kyoto, Japan . Kobe Contemporary Gallery Kobe, Japan

AWARDS

 

 

Christian Langrois Award (Salon de Beaux Arts, Brussels, Belgium 1998
H.R.H. Princess Somsavali Arts Medal Award, Bangkok, Thailand 1998
New Artist Award, Italian Cultural Organisation, (ASALI) 1999
European Culture Art Award, 1999
Merit Award for International Culture, 1999
H.R.H. Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Arts Medal Award, Bangkok, Thailand 1999
The Mayors award at the Asia Arts Festival Thailand 2000

COLLECTIONS
  Gallery Isogaya Tokyo, Japan
Oita City Museum of Arts Oita, Japan
Adachi Surgeon Oita, Japan
Nagao Manufacture Saiki, Oita, Japan
Kirai Marine Shipping Saiki, Oita, Japan
Dr. Jack Dascain Cairns Regional Art Gallery, Australia
His Majaesty King Bhumibol Adulvadej Lama Bangkok, Thailand
Mr Lain Taylor Singapore
Nakajima Marine Products Saiki, Oita, Japan
Mrs Akamine Kayo Oita, Japan
Dr. Kian Kwok Melbourne, Australia
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