top of page

Yasuhisa Yamamoto

Yasuhisa Yamamoto

​

【略歴】

1963年

神奈川県生まれ

1987年

武蔵野美術大学卒業 卒業制作優秀賞受賞

1989年

同大学大学院修了 修了制作優秀賞受賞

同大学油画学科研究室助手(〜1993年)

主体美術協会会員

1993年

文化庁芸術インターンシップ研修員(〜1994年)

現在 武蔵野美術大学教授、日本美術家連盟会員

受賞歴

1989年

銀座大賞展 大賞受賞

1990年

神奈川県美術展 大賞受賞

1990年

主体展 安田火災美術財団奨励賞受賞

1993年

東京セントラル美術館油絵大賞展 佳作賞受賞

Yasuhisa Yamamoto (born in 1963 in Kanagawa, Japan) studied oil painting at Musashino Art University and its graduate school, where he established his artistic practice while exhibiting in major open-call exhibitions such as the Dokuritsu Exhibition and the Yasui Award Exhibition. Centering his practice on the theme of “abundance,” Yamamoto has continuously explored the relationship between humans and nature in contemporary society.

Working with water-based media such as casein tempera, acrylic, and ink on canvas, panel, and Japanese paper, his paintings incorporate traces of bleeding, layering, and erasure, evoking a soft accumulation of time. His process, which embraces chance and improvisation, creates a visual language that can be seen as a reconsideration of a distinctly Japanese pictorial space.

Motifs including human figures, animals, flowers, mountains, and water appear as rounded, full-bodied forms that embody a sense of vitality and harmony. In an age dominated by material and informational excess, these images recall primordial landscapes while quietly questioning the essence of “abundance” that we are in danger of losing.

Since his first solo exhibition at SHIKISAISHA in 2009, Yamamoto has maintained an ongoing relationship with the gallery, presenting solo exhibitions there in 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, and 2025. In 2017, he held the exhibition “Images of Reverie and Fragment” at Bunkamura Gallery, organized by SHIKISAISHA, and in 2026 he presented “Scenes of Abundance” at ShinQs Gallery 5 (SHIKISAISHA). In recent years, he has expanded his practice beyond painting to include sculpture and drawing.

Yamamoto is a member of the Dokuritsu Art Association and currently serves as a professor at Musashino Art University, where he continues to play a significant role in both artistic practice and education.

Yasuhisa Yamamoto (born in 1963 in Kanagawa, Japan) studied oil painting at Musashino Art University and its graduate school, where he established his artistic practice while exhibiting in major open-call exhibitions such as the Dokuritsu Exhibition and the Yasui Award Exhibition. Centering his practice on the theme of “abundance,” Yamamoto has continuously explored the relationship between humans and nature in contemporary society. Working with water-based media such as casein tempera, acrylic, and ink on canvas, panel, and Japanese paper, his paintings incorporate traces of bleeding, layering, and erasure, evoking a soft accumulation of time. His process, which embraces chance and improvisation, creates a visual language that can be seen as a reconsideration of a distinctly Japanese pictorial space. Motifs including human figures, animals, flowers, mountains, and water appear as rounded, full-bodied forms that embody a sense of vitality and harmony. In an age dominated by material and informational excess, these images recall primordial landscapes while quietly questioning the essence of “abundance” that we are in danger of losing. Since his first solo exhibition at SHIKISAISHA in 2009, Yamamoto has maintained an ongoing relationship with the gallery, presenting solo exhibitions there in 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, and 2025. In 2017, he held the exhibition “Images of Reverie and Fragment” at Bunkamura Gallery, organized by SHIKISAISHA, and in 2026 he presented “Scenes of Abundance” at ShinQs Gallery 5 (SHIKISAISHA). In recent years, he has expanded his practice beyond painting to include sculpture and drawing. Yamamoto is a member of the Dokuritsu Art Association and currently serves as a professor at Musashino Art University, where he continues to play a significant role in both artistic practice and education.

Exhibitions

Scenes of Abundance

January 15 – 28, 2026

ShinQs Gallery 5 | Shibuya

Scenes of Abundance

Translation forthcoming

October 25 – November 8, 2025

SHIKISAISHA | Kyobashi

​

Translation forthcoming

October 23 – November 1, 2017

SHIKISAISHA | Kyobashi

​

Translation forthcoming

November 16 – 25, 2015

SHIKISAISHA | Kyobashi

​

Translation forthcoming

November 18 – 27, 2013

SHIKISAISHA | Kyobashi

​

Translation forthcoming

September 12 – 21, 2011

SHIKISAISHA | Kyobashi

​

News

  • Instagram
  • X
  • Facebook

© SHIKISAISHA INC. Since 1996

bottom of page