DOKA Contemporary Arts | "-Wa- Modern Painting by Line and Color" December 4

-Wa- Modern Painting by Line and Color

Takehiko Kikuchi and Jun Ogata have announced the high-quality painting of Japanese style modern art, one after another.
Both artist has been supported deeply by a part of overseas art fans and collectors.
But also it is true that there is few chances to touch personally with their works except a part of art fans and collectors. It is different from other artists who catch the wave of the boom.

This time, DOKA Contemporary Arts planned the competing of these two artists who can express the Japanese sense of beauty refined extremely delicate and highly.
The extremely Japanese style with sense of color and humidity feeling must be international, which can not be expressible by foreign artist.
In this sense, we selected these two artists as the most important person who expressed modern Japan.
Moreover, they are so similar in style of "Wa", but there are much difference in "expression" and "background".

Please enjoy having the painting near yourself as a chance to deepen personal communications with these artists.

Takehiko Kikuchi

Jun Ogata

1960	Born in Ashikaga, Tochigi-Pref
1979 -	Exhibition of Kodo Bijutsu Japan(Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum)
1984	Completed the graduate school of Tama University of Arts.
1984	Exhibition at the Gallery Yamaguchi(Ginza), Tokyo.
1985	Modern art selection exhibition of Agency for Cultural Affairs.
1987	Exhibition at the Nisshin Gallery(Ginza), Tokyo.
1989	Received new excellent work prize of encouragement of "Yasuda Kasai Fine Art Foundation". Modern art selection exhibition of Agency for Cultural Affairs. Exhibition at the Nisshin Gallery(Ginza), Tokyo.
1991	Contemporary Japan Art Exhibition (Tokyo Metropolitan Museum)
1992	Contemporary Japan Art Exhibition (Tokyo Metropolitan Museum)
1993	Contemporary Japan Art Exhibition (Tokyo Metropolitan Museum) Karuizawa Drawing Biennale (Wakita Museum of Art) Exhibition at the Nisshin Gallery(Ginza), Tokyo. Exhibition at the Gallery In The Blue, Utsunomiya.
1994	Contemporary Japan Art Exhibition (Tokyo Metropolitan Museum) Exhibition of VOCA -The Vision Of Contemporary Art-?iUeno Royal Museum?j Exhibition at the Gallery Iseyoshi(Ginza), Tokyo.
1995	Contemporary Japan Art Exhibition (Tokyo Metropolitan Museum) The 13th Prize Exhibition of Yamatane Museum of Art -Contemporary Japanese-style Painting- (Yamatane Museum of Art) Exhibition at the Gallery Renaissance(Shinjuku), Tokyo.
1996	Exhibition at the Shiseido Gallery(Ginza), Tokyo. Exhibition at the Gallery You, Kyoto.
1997	Exhibition at the Futaba Gallery(Ginza), Tokyo. Exhibition at the Gallery In The Blue, Utsunomiya. Exhibition at the Art Gallery Kankankyo(Shimbashi), Tokyo.
1998	Exhibition at the Gallery You, Kyoto.
1999	Exhibition at the Futaba Gallery(Ginza), Tokyo. Exhibition at the Gallery Ginza Kyubi(Ginza), Tokyo.
2001	Exhibition at the Art Gallery Kankankyo(Shimbashi), Tokyo. Exhibition at the Toho Art(Ginza), Tokyo.
2004	Exhibition at the Toho Art(Ginza), Tokyo. Exhibition at the Art Gallery Kankankyo(Shimbashi), Tokyo.
2006	Exhibition of "The Place" where the painter belongs to -Memory, scenery, and body in modern paintings-.(Kosugi Hoan Museum of Art, Nikko)
Present	Assistant professor of Tama University of Arts Member of Japan Artists' Association Member of Kodo Bijutsu Japan

1962	Born in Tokyo.
1991	Graduated from Musashino Art University. Exhibition of Excellence for graduation production.
1995	Completed the graduate school of Tokyo National University of Fine Arts.
1997 - 98	He worked for Rustin Levenson Art Conservation Associates (NewYork,USA) by the internship system of the Agency for Cultural Affairs. He studied about technique of modern paintings and preservation technology.
2000	"Reflective Burn" Exhibition at Gallery Seira of Bijutsu Kaikan, Tokyo. Exhibition of selected works of "the 5th Public Advertisement of Arts" at Gallery SOKO, Tokyo.
2001	"Reflective Burn 2nd" Exhibition at Gallery Coju, Kyoto. "Jun Ogata" Exhibition at Kaneko Art, Tokyo.
2002	"Jun Ogata" Exhibition at Ono Gallery(Kyobashi), Tokyo. "Jun Ogata - Carved Wave Motion" Exhibition at Ono Gallery(Ginza), Tokyo.
2003	Drawing Exhibition "Works on paper" at NC Art Gallery, Tokyo. "Jun Ogata" Exhibition of 3th Aniversary of NC Art Gallery, Tokyo. Japan Contemporary Art Exhibition at Art Gallery of Tokushima Sogo.
2004	"Reflective Burn" Exhibition at NC Art Gallery, Tokyo. "Study for small works" Exhibition at NC Art Gallery, Tokyo. Received "Award of the Mayor of Kumamoto" in Kumamoto Biennale. "Xmas Original Box" Exhibition at GINZA Gallery Artist Space, Tokyo.
2005	"Jun Ogata" Exhibition at Gallery21+Yo, Tokyo. "NAU 21 Century Art Coalition" Exhibition at Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum. The 14th Pyeongtaek International Arts Festival at Pyeongtaek Museum in Korea. 1st NC Art Contemporary Exhibition (Planed by Tadashi Akatsu) at NC Art Gallery, Tokyo.
2006	Exhibition of Contemporary Arts of Japan and Korea at Gallery Artist Space. "Jun Ogata" Exhibition at Gallery21+Yo, Tokyo.

-Wa- Modern Painting by Line and Color	Subway : Ginza-Line,Hanzomon-Line,Chiyoda-Line 10 minutes on foot from B1 exit of Omotesando Sta.
Takehiko Kikuchi X Jun Ogata

December 4 (Mon) - 16 (Sat), 2006
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