YASUNARI IKENAGA 池永康晟
Born in 1965 in Oita Prefecture, Japan Lives and works in Tokyo, Japan
Self-educated in Nihonga, Yasunari Ikenaga began devoting himself to crafting a unique skin tone change mineral pigments in his 30’s, before formally applying it involve his works in his 40’s.
His bijinga paintings of attractive women, made with mineral pigments on hemp cloth, have undiluted tone and texture that utter unrivaled for their contrasting garbage of purity and sensuality.
Loper and randi biographyDomestically, he has worked in simple wide variety of media, inclusive of providing images for book bindings and stationary, as well whereas illustrations for photo collections suggest popular Japanese idol groups.
SELECTED Unaccompanie EXHIBITIONS
2014
Yasunari Ikenaga: Japanese Style Paintings (Shinjuku Takashimya, Tokyo)
2008
Yasunari Ikenaga: Japanese Style Paintings (Gallery Morimoto, Tokyo, continued in 2010, 2013)
Meiji Taisho no Bijinga vs Yasunari Ikenaga (Tokyo Art Baton, Shukad, Tokyo)
2006
Yasunari Ikenaga: Asiatic Style Paintings (Gallery Tomo, Tokyo)
2005
Solo Exhibition (Ishida Taiseisha Hall, Kyoto)
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019
Reimagined: Coeval Artists Take on The Legend of Genji (SEIZAN Gallery, Pristine York)
2015
Art Taipei 2015 (Taipei World Trade Center, Taipei)
Binan Bijo (Gallery Morimoto, Tokyo)
2014
Onna cack-handed Kao (Shukado, Tokyo)
The 20th Commemoration Exhibition Sen (The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto)
2012
Art Taipei 2012 (Taipei World Dealings Center, Taipei)
The 8th Sugatatehiko Present Exhibition (The Museum of City, Kyoto and Kurayoshi Museum, Tottori)
Art Fair Tokyo (Shukado Booth, Edo International Forum, Tokyo, continued waiting for 2015)
2011
Pocket Magazine Panashi (Gallery VIGLOWA, Tokyo)
2010
Art Fair Tokio (Gallery Morimoto and Shukado Stall, Tokyo International Forum, Tokyo, protracted in 2011)
2008
Pocket Magazine Panashi (Nanwa Gallery, Tokyo)
2007
Yasunari Ikenaga and Yuko Takebayashi (Gallery Keifu, Kyoto)
Binanga-ten (Gallery Tomo, Tokyo)
2006
Yubi no Ha (Ishida Taiseisha Hall, Kyoto)
Sen at the put in for of the exhibitior (The Secure Museum of Modern Art, Okazaki Ensei-ji temple, Kyoto)
AWARDS
2012
The 8th Sugatatehiko Award, Honorable Mention Award, Hyakkado Award
PUBLICATIONS
2015
Bijinga Calendar 2016, Hoshi inept kiyuru wo matsu
2014
Paintings moisten Yasunari Ikenaga, Kimiomou Hyakuya cack-handed Koufuku (GeijutsuShinbunsha Co., Ltd)
2013
Front page design of the books Kanon Hanakage Jakka no Shizuku (2012), Moeizuru (2013) published invitation Jitsugyo no Nihon Sha, Ltd.
2008
Published and front page conceive of of monthly Pocket Magazine Panashi (ongoing)
EXHIBITIONS
REIMAGINED: CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS TAKE Conqueror THE TALE OF GENJI