Naoya INOSE
Prize
Toshiharu Shioiri Prize
Silver Prize
Gekkan Bijutsu Prize
1988 Born in Kanagawa
2012 Graduated Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, BA Oil Painting
2008 “THE SIX 2008”, Hillside Terrace, Tokyo
2009 “4 Winds 2009”, Gallery Toki no wasuremono, Tokyo
2009 “SLOGAN”, Ota Fine Arts, Tokyo
2010 “G-tokyo2010” (art fair), Mori Arts Center Gallery, Tokyo
2010 “Season of Incubation 2”, Ota Fine Arts,Tokyo
2010 “KIAF 2010”COEX、korea
2010 “Takamatsu Contemporary Art Annual vol.1”, Takamatsu City Museum of Art, Kagawa
2011 “Melancholia”, Ota Fine Arts, Tokyo
2012 “G-tokyo2012 - αExhibition” (art fair), Mori Arts Center Gallery, Tokyo
2012 “ARTHK12”, Hong Kong Convention &Exhibition Centre (HKCEC) Hall1, Hong Kong
2012 “Waik in Asia”, Ota Fine Arts, Tokyo
2012 “Abu Dhabi Art2012”,Saadiyat Cultural District, Abu Dhabi, U.A.E
2013 “Imago Mundi”, Fondazione Querini Stampalia,Italy
2013 “Drawings”,Gallery SIDE2, Tokyo
2014 “Daegu Art fair
2014 “,EXCO, Korea
2015 “3331 Art Fair -Various Collectors”,3331 Arts Chiyoda, Tokyo
2015 “ARBITRARY DREAM”,Lacey Contemporary Gallery, London
2015 “That's all they did tomorrow But you finished yesterday”,Pjazza Teatru Rjal Valletta, Malta
2015 “ROMANCING ABSTRACTION” ,The Fitzrovia Gallery,London
2016 “Contemporary Art Exhibition ‘On the Threshold II: Formal Presence’”,Oriental Museum, Durham University Durham The UK
2016 “Crystal and landscape”,HARMAS GALLERY,Tokyo
Grant
2012 Nomura foundation
2013 Yosino Gypsum Art Foundation
2015 Japanese Government Overseas Research Programme for Artists
Colection
Takahasi Collection
FONDAZIONE BENETTON Collection
My inspiration derives from world renowned artists like John Martin as well as from current affairs. Japan is famous for its history and its natural disasters which I am particularly interested in. Martin's work portrays disastrous landscapes as much as I do, and like him I get my inspiration from natural disasters.
As I already mentioned it, if Japan is well-known for its disasters, the country is in fact still recovering from the latest tsunami.
Japanese people are always afraid of when the next disaster will strike. This may be the reason why the fantastical is such a popular theme in famous film productions like Godzilla, which is widely thought to be a metaphor for the war. This is the reason why I think art goes beyond the immortalisation of reality. Art exists to portray a much deeper meaning. This also explains why my own art is a mixture of reality and the fantastic as I use the latter to expose the problems I see around me.
2012 Graduated Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, BA Oil Painting
2008 “THE SIX 2008”, Hillside Terrace, Tokyo
2009 “4 Winds 2009”, Gallery Toki no wasuremono, Tokyo
2009 “SLOGAN”, Ota Fine Arts, Tokyo
2010 “G-tokyo2010” (art fair), Mori Arts Center Gallery, Tokyo
2010 “Season of Incubation 2”, Ota Fine Arts,Tokyo
2010 “KIAF 2010”COEX、korea
2010 “Takamatsu Contemporary Art Annual vol.1”, Takamatsu City Museum of Art, Kagawa
2011 “Melancholia”, Ota Fine Arts, Tokyo
2012 “G-tokyo2012 - αExhibition” (art fair), Mori Arts Center Gallery, Tokyo
2012 “ARTHK12”, Hong Kong Convention &Exhibition Centre (HKCEC) Hall1, Hong Kong
2012 “Waik in Asia”, Ota Fine Arts, Tokyo
2012 “Abu Dhabi Art2012”,Saadiyat Cultural District, Abu Dhabi, U.A.E
2013 “Imago Mundi”, Fondazione Querini Stampalia,Italy
2013 “Drawings”,Gallery SIDE2, Tokyo
2014 “Daegu Art fair
2014 “,EXCO, Korea
2015 “3331 Art Fair -Various Collectors”,3331 Arts Chiyoda, Tokyo
2015 “ARBITRARY DREAM”,Lacey Contemporary Gallery, London
2015 “That's all they did tomorrow But you finished yesterday”,Pjazza Teatru Rjal Valletta, Malta
2015 “ROMANCING ABSTRACTION” ,The Fitzrovia Gallery,London
2016 “Contemporary Art Exhibition ‘On the Threshold II: Formal Presence’”,Oriental Museum, Durham University Durham The UK
2016 “Crystal and landscape”,HARMAS GALLERY,Tokyo
Grant
2012 Nomura foundation
2013 Yosino Gypsum Art Foundation
2015 Japanese Government Overseas Research Programme for Artists
Colection
Takahasi Collection
FONDAZIONE BENETTON Collection
My inspiration derives from world renowned artists like John Martin as well as from current affairs. Japan is famous for its history and its natural disasters which I am particularly interested in. Martin's work portrays disastrous landscapes as much as I do, and like him I get my inspiration from natural disasters.
As I already mentioned it, if Japan is well-known for its disasters, the country is in fact still recovering from the latest tsunami.
Japanese people are always afraid of when the next disaster will strike. This may be the reason why the fantastical is such a popular theme in famous film productions like Godzilla, which is widely thought to be a metaphor for the war. This is the reason why I think art goes beyond the immortalisation of reality. Art exists to portray a much deeper meaning. This also explains why my own art is a mixture of reality and the fantastic as I use the latter to expose the problems I see around me.