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The will to resist existing sense of beauty and current of the times
In my selfish guess, Tadaaki Okada could see the direction for which own work had to head since time when he had come to name his work "Onokoro". It is like the resolution to create his own world after fixed the preconceived ideas of painting. "Onokoro" is the first island of Japan which was created by Izanagi and Izanami with the salt which was dropped from their swords that sticks seawater. (by "Kojiki-The Records of Ancient Matters" The oldest history book of Japan, which was published in 712 AD.) We might feel the competitiveness against the Western painting, but we should sympathize with his self-knowledge that try to return to the starting point of painting. His consciousness could be seen in all of his works of "onokoro" series which recalls the Creation with the solemn screen made with calcium of powder of marble, carbonic acid, sulfuric acid and colored glue. His initial works with the colored natural tree and the principles of Yin and Yang by white and navy are especially invited to such a deep emotion. Okada's tracks progress to two contrasted affiliates announced while shaking off an extra element from the screen in a year or two of here. The comparison of white and black which delimited with red line makes the tension in silence. On the other hand, the thin line quickens the space and fills the atomosphere of growth. In this time, what is going to happen?
The movement of carvers who have the will to have their own exhibition of independent management has been rapidly highlighted lately. The fad painting of a "kawaii (cute)", a little unearthly and a surreal character. Since they reaches the serious sculpture, which makes a clear distinction between the fad figure, is not duly evaluated. Naturally, the age has the fad, but the all of the world is tainted with the fad is so fearful. To prevent it from the happening, carvers should hold out and let people know the real pleasure of the sculpture which the figure does not have. Also to Hidetoshi Takahama who holds the second exhibition of this year in DOKA.
Of course, Takahama will teach us the characteristic of the sculpture in this exhibition. It is the truth which can be conceived only from repetitive work as split, carve, scoop out, sharpen and polish the clod of the stone. I have already referred that his motif is the fluidity of the water at last exhibition. But also his works recall us a human body, an animal or a plant. The peculiarity of changeable and organic morphology is the key word of his work. In that sense, Takahama might be the one of the successors of Henry Moore who was sticking to not a classical balance beauty but a fluidity shape.
Haruo.Sanda
Tadaaki Okada
Hidetoshi Takahama
1948
Born in Saitama Pref.
1974
"L'espoir" (Surugadai Gallery, Tokyo 1976,1979)
1975
Completed the graduate school of Tokyo National University of Fine Arts
Ohashi Prize Award
1982-1985
"ING-82" (Kinokuniya Gallery, Kamakura Gallery, Gallery 21, Tokyo)
1983
Art Exhibition "North Kanto" (Tochigi Prefectural Museum of Fine Art)
1984
"Tadaaki Okada" (Museum of Contemporary Art, Saitama)
"Tadaaki Okada" (Gallery 21, Tokyo)
1988
"Modern Art 120 Artists" (Museum of Contemporary Art, Saitama)
1989-2007
"Contemporary Art Festival" (Museum of Contemporary Art, Saitama)
1991-1995
"EXIT" (Gallery Center Point, Tokyo)
1991
Makurazaki Biennale "Art of Wind" (Makurazaki,Kyushu)
1994
62nd Dokuritsu Exhibition (Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum)
Encouragement Prize Award
1995-1999
"Tadaaki Okada" (Gallery Yaesu, Tokyo)
1995
63rd Dokuritsu Exhibition (Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum)
Dokuritsu Prize Award
1996
64th Dokuritsu Exhibition (Member's recommendation) (Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum)
1998
Exhibition of the Selected Contemporary Works
1999-2008
Saisho'99 (Museum of Contemporary Art, Saitama)
1999
'99 KOREA JAPAN ART FESTIVAL (Seoul, Korea)
2000-2008
"Tadaaki Okada" (Ginza Gallery Sumhole, Tokyo)
2000
"ALL ARTS" (GALLERY UNICORN, Saitama)
2001
"1st Contemporary Artists of JAPAN-BANGLADESH" (DHAKA Zanul Gallery TOKYO Cyuwa Gallery)
2002-2006
"8 Eyes of Brand-new Artists" (Gallery Kaze, Tokyo)
2002
"Viewpoint of 4 Artists" Yutaka Eda, Tadaaki Okada, Fumitoshi Shirono, Hisa Matsunaga (Ginza Gallery Sumhole, Tokyo)
"Collaboration of Noh Play and Modern Art" (Collaboration with Noh player Rokurou Umewaka) (Autun, France)(Autun, France)(Brussel, Belgium)(Alkmaar, Holland)
Stay in France as Overseas artist dispatched by Agency for Cultural Affairs
2008
"Poetic Sentiment of Black & White" (DOKA Contemporary Arts, Tokyo)
Present
Membr of Dokuristu Art Society
Member of Artist federation, Japan
Member of Artist Society, Saitama Pref.
1957
Born in Kumamoto
1983
Guraduated from Sculpture Course of Tokyo National University of Fine Arts & Music
Takifuji Prize
1985
Completed the graduate school of Tokyo National University of Fine Arts & Music.
Exhibition of Shinseisaku
1989
Exhibition of Henry Moore Grand Prize
Exhibition of Contemporary Sculpture in Japan
Exhibition of Contemporary Kyushu Sculpture
Exhibition of Kanagawa Prefecture Art
Kajima Sculpture Competition
Exhibition of Openair Expressions
Received an Encouragement Prize at Humor Sculpture Exhibition
OPEN AIR EXHIBITION IN WANPAKU1989
Exhibition of Shinseisaku
1990
Exhibition of Rodin Grand Prize
Exhibition of Suma-rikyu Park Contemporary Sculpture "Esquisse Exhibition"
Exhibition at Gallery Yamaguchi
Openair Sculpture Exhibition at Showa Kinen Park
Exhibition at Ginza Kumamoto-kan
Received an Semi Grand-Prix Prize at The lullaby sculpture contest of Itsuki
Object Tokyo Exhibition
Exhibition of Shinseisaku
1991
Biennale of Wind at Makurazaki
Received an Prize of Tadano at Hometown of Stone Festival
International Sculpture Symposium (Hungary)
Exhibition of Rodin Grand Prize
Art Museum on the Street "Ikebukuro"
Exhibition of Openair Expressions
Exhibition of Shinseisaku
1992
Exhibition of Stone Sculpture at Stone Museum (every year)
Exhibition of Contemporary Representational Sculpture in Japan
Exhibition of Openair Sculpture of Grand Prize of Yoshi Kinouchi
Exhibition of Openair Expressions
Exhibition at Window Gallery
1993
Biennale of Wind at Makurazaki
International Sculpture Symposium at Fujimi Kogen
The International Sculpture Symposium HYUGA
Exhibition of Shinseisaku
1994
Exhibition of Modern Art (every year till 2001)
International Sculpture Exhibition in Miyazaki Airport
Exhibition at Harajuku Stone Gallery
The International Sculpture Symposium HYUGA
Received a Brilliant Artist Prize at Exhibition of Modern Art "View to Tomorrow" (every year till 2003 without '99)
1995
International Sculpture Exhibition in Miyazaki Airport
Exhibition of Openair Sclupture at Hatoyama
Exhibition of Contemporary Marble Sculpture at Yamaguchi
Received a Special Prize at Arakawa River Art Contest
Exhibition at Gallery Wada
1996
Exhibition of Withart '96 at Housquare Yokohama
Fuji Kasai Art Space
Exhibition at Tokiwa Gallery
International Sculpture Symposium
1997
Exhibition at Gallery Seira
Received an Encouragement Prize at Exhibition of Modern Art
International Sculpture Exhibition in Miyazaki Airport
1998
International Sculpture Exhibition in Miyazaki Airport
Exhibition of Modern Art
Exhibition at Tokiwa Gallery
1999
Exhibition at Space S
Rock Heart Symposium
Group exhibition at Sudo Museum
2000
Exhibition of Conversation with Space (Kumamoto Prefectural Museum of Art)
Children Art Museum (Kumamoto Prefectural Museum of Art)
2001
Exhibition of Private Landscape (Land Gallery)
Two-person exhibition (Gallery INOS)
Exhibition at Contemporary Museum of Art in Nagi City, Daimaru Department Store Tokyo and Space S
Exhibition On the Pallette (AIJ Architectural Museum)
2002
Exhibition at Gallery INOS
Sculpture Symposium at Yonago
Exhibition of AACA Synergy
2003
Exhibition of Drawing (Gallery52)
International Sculpture Symposium (Burei)
Exhibition at Gallery INOS
2004
Project of the Coffin of Great King
Exhibition of AACA Synergy
Exhibition of Contemporary Art of Japan and China (Shanghai)
2005
Exhibition of AACA Synergy
Exhibition at Gallery INOS
2006
Art Fair (Shanghai)
Exhibition of AACA Synergy
Exhibition of Ars Kumamoto (Contemporary Art Museum Kumamoto)
2007
Exhibition "Noriko Ueda x Hidetoshi Takahama" at Doka Contemporary Arts(Aoyama), Tokyo.
Exhibition "Hidetoshi Takahama x Jun Ogata" at Doka Contemporary Arts(Aoyama), Tokyo.
"Horse and Modern Art" at Meguro Museum of Art, Tokyo.
2008
Duo Exibition with Hisayuki.Mogami "INOCHINOUTA : ASOBUKATACHI (SONG OF LIFE : SHAPE TO PLAY)" at DOKA Contemporary Arts, Tokyo.
Duo Exibition with Tadaaki Okada "Poetic Sentiment of Black & White" at DOKA Contemporary Arts, Tokyo.
2012
Duo Exibition with Satoshi Koyama "A Shape of Life & Water" at Kenmin Deptartment Store, Kumamoto and Hamaya Deptartment Store, Nagasaki.
CAF. Nebula Exhibition at The Modern Art Museum, Saitama.
2013
Solo exhibition "August Stone" at Kumamoto Airport
Symposium of Yonago Sculpture at Takashimaya Department Store, Yonago.
Exhibition "+7" at Shanghai Gallery 399, China.
2014
Hidetoshi Takaham Sculpture Exhibition at Shiranui Art Museum, Kumamoto
Duo Exibition with Kim Tokuhi at Silk Gallery in Embassy of Japan in Korea.
2015
Solo Exhibition "Shape of Water" at DOKA Contemporary Arts
2016
Hidetoshi Takahama Exhibition at DOKA Contemporary Arts
2017
Solo Exhibition "Shape of Water" at Shibukawa City Museum
"Poetic Sentiment of Black & White"
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