Tamotsu Onishi

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•  ★ Entered Nara Prefectural Koriyama High School.
  After school, I would visit Toshodai-ji Temple to sketch my favorite standing statue of Nyorai.
• 1968★ Moved to Tokyo and entered Tama Art University, Department of Oil Painting.
  Selected for the Space Design Division of the Shinseisaku Art Association Exhibition (Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, 1970).
  Held a solo exhibition "Blue Surface Series" (Nire-no-ki Gallery, Tokyo, 1971).
  Art critic Ryoichi Hirai and poet Takahiko Okada visited the gallery, and Mr. Hirai wrote an exhibition review for the art magazine "Sansai".
• 1971★ Graduated from Tama Art University. In theory, I studied under Professors Takeo Okuno, Shuji Takashina, Yusuke Nakahara, Yoshiaki Tono, Ichiro Hariu, and Otsuro Sakazaki. In practical skills, I was guided by Jiro Takamatsu, and for French, Takayuki Kiyooka.
  In graduate school, I was supervised by Yoshishige Saito. Professor Okuno invited novelist Toshio Shimao to the classroom for a lecture on his novel "The Sting of Death" (Shi no Toge), which left a strong impression on me.
  Received an invitation to the opening ceremony of the "Shiko Munakata Print World Exhibition" (Sponsored by Asahi Shimbun, Nara Prefectural Museum of Art, 1976). This occasion led me to read the complete works of literary critic Yojuro Yasuda, who was also present, and reflect on the era of Emperor Yuryaku.
• 1978★ Moved to France on the recommendation of Takesada Matsutani of the Gutai Art Association. Settled in Châtenay-Malabry, rue Saint-Honoré, Paris (1978).
  Met painter Shinichi Saito. I fondly remember him visiting my studio and chatting until late at night.
• 1979★ Performed at a one-day event, struggling with wood materials. (Utsubo Gallery, Osaka, 1979)
•  ★ Received initiation into copperplate engraving at the studio of printmaker Shigeru Kimura.
• 1981★ Held a homecoming exhibition of copperplate prints titled "Northern Travelogue" (Marubiru Yoshimi Gallery, 1981).
• 1983★ Acrylic painting "Slit up" was recommended for the Le Salon Exhibition (Grand Palais Museum, Paris, 1983).
• 1984★ Part of "Northern Travelogue" was recommended for the CWAJ Contemporary Print Exhibition (Tokyo American Club, 1984).
• 1986★ Oil painting "Graffiti" (Rakugaki) was selected for the Tenri Biennale (1986).
•  ★ Selected for the JRA Horse Painting Exhibition (Ginza Matsuya Department Store).
• 1988★ Exhibited oil paintings including "Graffiti" at a gallery exhibition (Seiko Gallery, Tokyo, 1988).
• 1988★ Held a solo exhibition of oil paintings "My Landscape Series" (La Pola, Nara, 1988). Exhibited work "Wine" was published in "Bijutsu Techo" (Bijutsu Shuppan-Sha, August 1988 issue).
• 1989★ Held a solo exhibition of oil paintings "My Landscape Series (Continued)" (ENYA, Shiga, 1989).
• 1990★ Oil painting "Waiting Room" was selected for the Ueno Royal Museum Exhibition, Tokyo (1990).
•  ★ Exhibited oil painting "Riding a Bicycle" at a gallery exhibition (Gallery Suzuki Kyoto & ArtStadium 309 Kyoto).
• 1992★ Held a solo exhibition of oil paintings "My Landscape Series (Continued again)" (Green Peas, Shiga, 1992).
• 2008★ Held a solo exhibition of mixed media "WHEN I WAS YOUNG" (Gallery Artislong, Kyoto, 2008).