Natsuyuki NAKANISHI

Biography

1935
Born in Tokyo

1958
Graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts (Oil-Painting Department)

1962
Carried out happenings on the Yamanote train line with Jiro Takamatsu

1963
Found Hi Red Center with Jiro Takamatsu and Genpei Akasegawa

1965
Started Collaborating with Budo dancers, Tatsumi Hijikata and Kazuo Ono

1969
Involved in the establishment of Bigakko Art School

1986
His works were exhibited in “Japon des avant gardes 1910-1970”, Pompidou Centre (Paris)

1996
Became professor of Tokyo University of the Arts, Department of Paintings (-2003)

2004
Became professor of Kurashiki University of science and the Arts (-2007)

2012
His works were exhibited in “Tokyo 1955-1970 A New Avant-Garde”, MOMA

Career Summery

[Solo Exhibition]

1967
NATSUYUKI NAKANISHI, Minami Gallery (Tokyo, Japan)（’73）（’76）

1979
NATSUYUKI NAKANISHI “arc – Tangent Arch”, Gallery Watari (Tokyo, Japan)

1983
NATSUYUKI NAKANISHI "Violet - Purple", Gatodo Gallery Takeshiba (Tokyo, Japan)

1984
“Painting to May”, Nishimura Gallery (Tokyo, Japan)

1985
NATSUYUKI NAKANISHI, Kitakyushu Municipal Museum of Art (Kitakyushu, Japan)

1992
NAKANISHI NATSUYUKI “Allover Advance,May”, Nishimura Gallery (Tokyo, Japan)

1995
"Touching Down on Land and Touching Down on Water", The Museum of Modern Art (Kamakura, Japan)
NATSUYUKI NAKANISHI "G/Z LM･HOHO", Nishimura Gallery (Tokyo, Japan)
"Hopscotch at the Summit", Aichi Prefectural Museum Art (Nagoya, Japan)

1997
NATSUYUKI NAKANISHI "Middle・No Wink", Shigeru Yokota Inc. (Tokyo, Japan)
"Toward Whiteness, Intensity, Presence", The Museum of Contemporary Art (Tokyo, Japan)

2000
NATSUYUKI NAKANISHI "Four Beginnings", Shigeru Yokota Inc. (Tokyo, Japan)

2002
NATSUYUKI NAKANISHI "Largeness and Closeness – Figure of Paintings", Aichi Prefectural Museum Art (Nagoya, Japan) ,The Museum of Art (Ehime, Japan)(’03)

2004
"Halation: the Moon Close Behind, Sounds Ahead", SCAI The Bathhouse (Tokyo, Japan)

2007
"Distant Canvas, Close Painting : An Experiment of Membrane Receiving Images through the 'Expansion and Diffusion' of a Drawing", Kake Museum (Kurashiki, Japan)

2010
NATSUYUKI NAKANISHI, Gallery 21yo-j (Tokyo, Japan)

2014
NATSUYUKI NAKANISHI, Fergus McCaffrey (New York, USA)



Natsuyuki NAKANISHI
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「Painting to May a-5」
Oil on Canvas
90.5 x 73 cm
1984

Natsuyuki NAKANISHI
「In the sunshine III」
Silkscreen
31.5 x 24.5 cm
1992
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Natsuyuki NAKANISHI
「Untitled」
Silkscreen
46.5 x 58 cm
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Natsuyuki NAKANISHI
「Posters of Maizon FRANCO-JAPONAISE」
Silkscreen
45.5 x 36 cm
Ed.98/100

Natsuyuki NAKANISHI
「Posters of Maizon FRANCO-JAPONAISE」
Silkscreen
45.5 x 36 cm
Ed.77/100

Natsuyuki NAKANISHI
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「Breathing-The sound of the front A」
Lithograph
IS 83 x 69 cm
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