Shota Nakatsugawa

Shota Nakatsugawa

Fascinated by traditional crafts, he taught himself Japanese painting and succeeded in incorporating graffiti images. He incorporates silkscreen techniques, which are rare in the Japanese painting world, and produces works that can be used worldwide. By incorporating contemporary art into Japanese culture, where traditional crafts are being lost, he has gained tremendous support from all quarters for creating works that are appropriate for the current era. Recently, he has successfully exhibited at the Ueno Royal Museum, Kanazawa 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, and Nidai Museum of Art, and in October 2019, he also successfully exhibited at the Louvre in Paris.

Born in Kanagawa Prefecture in 1987.
2009: Enrolled in the Department of Crafts at Tokyo University of the Arts
2013 Graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts, Faculty of Fine Arts, Department of Crafts, Majoring in Lacquerware

Activities
"Light Mikoshi Parade: Making a Mikoshi" (Tokyo Skytree, 2012)
"Album jacket design for rock band Straightener" (2014)
"Shibuya Matsumotokiyoshi, Art Curation" (2023)
"#FR2, Apparel Design" (2023)

Awards
2018 DISCOVER THE ONE JAPANESE ART 2018 in London Special Jury Award
2021 ARTRUM SELECTION Grand Prize

Major solo exhibition: "Collection: accuMULaTIon" (2020, Hayashi Gallery)
"Shota Nakatsugawa Exhibition" (2021, Shinjuku Odakyu Department Store)
"Collection: accuMULaTIon vol.2" (2022, Hayashi Gallery)
"Shota Nakatsugawa Exhibition" (2022, Shinjuku Odakyu Department Store)
“Yangmushi Gakyu Shota Nakatsugawa Exhibition” (2022 Sapporo Mitsukoshi)
"Yamushi Painting Maniac: Shota Nakatsugawa Exhibition" (2023 Ueno Matsuzakaya)
“Yangmushi Gakyu Shota Nakatsugawa Exhibition” (2023 Whimsy Works Gallery Taiwan)
"Yamushi Painting Maniac: Shota Nakatsugawa Exhibition" (2023, Niigata Isetan)
“Yangmushigakyu Shota Nakatsugawa Exhibition” (2024 Fukuoka JTL ART GALLERY)

Main participating exhibits
"Pastor, Mafia or Cosplay?" (Turner Gallery, 2011)
"Men's Exhibition" (2012, Tokyo University of the Arts, University Hall Exhibition Room)
"TRANS ART TOKYO" (2012, Former site of Tokyo Electric University)
"Five Arts University Lacquer Crafts Exhibition" (2012, ART SPACE SHIGEMATU, Gion Gallery Yasaka) "Japanese Contemporary Meets Tradition Shota Nakatsugawa & Sadamasa Imai" (2013, Mizenka Gallery)
"Tokyo Painting Manifesto" (2015, TAV Garage)
"Kanda La Yodoyabashi" (2018 3331Arts Chiyoda)
“DISCOVER THE ONE JAPANESE ART 2018 in London” (2018 Menier Gallery)
"Kanda La Yodoyabashi" (2019, Atelier Hiro)
"Japanese Art" (2019, Ueno Royal Museum)
"The Creators" (2019, 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa)
"Kick The Consumption" at Kanda La Yodoyabashi (2019, 3331Arts Chiyoda)
"Japanese Spirit and Western Talent Painters" Exhibition (2021, Shinjuku Isetan)
"Exhibition of Young Artists Leading the Next Generation" (2021, Ginza Mitsukoshi)
"Japanese Modern Art Exhibition" (2021, Shizuoka Matsuzakaya)
"Art and T-Shirt Exhibition" (Shibuya Scramble Square, 2021)
"Odakyu Art Fair" (2021, Shinjuku Odakyu Department Store)
"Modern Japanese Tales of Past and Present" (2021, Ginza Mitsukoshi)
"Mitsukoshi Art Special Selection" (2021 Nagoya Mitsukoshi)
"Radical Hysterier Hour" (Shibuya Scramble Square, 2021)
"Tobu Autumn Art Fair" (2021 Utsunomiya Tobu)
"Painters with a Japanese Spirit and Western Talent" (Matsuyama Mitsukoshi, 2022)
"Looking to the Future: Young Artists Exhibition" (2022, Ginza Mitsukoshi)
“Now You Know! Japan New Art Artists Exhibition vol.1” (2022 Whimsy Works Gallery, Taiwan)
"ARTRUM DROP" (2022 Aoyama Lapin)
"Onimaru Joint Artworks Exhibition" (2022, Hz Shibuya)
"Born New Art" (Shibuya Scramble Square, 2022)
“Now You Know! Japan New Art Artists Exhibition vol.2” (2023 Whimsy Works Gallery, Taiwan)
"+STA Exhibition" (Shibuya Scramble Square, 2023)
"The World of Yumiko Igarashi: Inspiration Exhibition with Caroline-chan" (Shibuya Scramble Square, 2023)
"Erotic and Cute Beautiful Girls Exhibition" (Shibuya Scramble Square, 2023)
"Tokyo Street Moment" (Shibuya Scramble Square, 2023)