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YUKI MINATO
Japan ink painting artist. Born in Wakayama Prefecture of Japan. She began to draw with oil paint and watercolors in her childhood. She was awarded in international competitions. She once left painting, but began to draw again when she started studying with master Koyo Nishiura in 2012. In 2013, she was awarded the “Rookie of Seichokai Association Japan Ink Painting Exhibition". She is an artist to draw distinctive contemporary abstract painting by classical ink painting techniques. Currently, she has also expanded her activities to the live painting.
(Statement)
She in order to free her mind, expresses in Japan ink painting techniques. She has a calm mind like "Zen" and to concentrate the mind on the brush stroke, she effectively uses the properties of the ink, such as blurring, gradients, and shading, to create Black and White Drawing.
■September 2013/Newcomer Award“Seichokai Association Japan Ink Painting
Exhibition”
■December 2013/First solo exhibition “Black and White Drawing” (Osaka,Japan)
■January 8-31, 2015/Solo show in the studio space "Japanese Black and White Drawing" at the Hive Gallery and Studios (Los Angeles, USA)
■December 19, 2015/Live painting in event “Three Nite Museum”
at the Sanseido Gallery (Kobe, Japan)
■March 15-20, 2016/Solo exhibition “Black and White Drawing” at the Lads Gallery (Osaka, Japan)
■February21,2016/TED×YouthKobe title logo for the brochure of the event
■March, 2016/World heritage Himeji Castle PR poster,Art work offer
■2016-2018/Serialized in newspaper “MAINICHI SHINBUN”monthly.
■December 8-14,2016/Exhibition “ART MARKET” in Sanseido Gallery (Kobe, Japan)
■March 25,2017/Draw a label for the 300th Anniversary commemoration bottle of liquor “Sawanotsuru”.
■April,2017/ At a restaurant of the 1st floor of “Festival tower”, Artwork offer(Osaka.Japan)
■April,2018/Japanese TV station NHK “History program” PR poster, Artwork offer
■April 21-24,2017/Art fair“Art expo New York 2017”( NY )
■December,2017/At“KAMON HOTEL NAMBA” Mural Artwork offer(Osaka,Japan)
■June 12-16,2018/Group exhibition “Le vent du japon” Sway Gallery(Paris)
■November26-30,2018/Group exhibition“Rising From the East”Sway Gallery(London)
■November11,2019/Art fair“Daegu Art Fair”(Korea)
■December 12,2019/Art fair “RED DOT MIAMI”(Miami)
■March 3,2020/“Tenugui”towel from Kyoto brand “And”,Artwork offer
■July1,2020/At“OMI STEAK HOUSE”, Artwork offer(Osaka.Japan)
■August 3,2020/At “KINDAI UNIVERSITY AQUACULTURE RESEARCH INSTITUTE RESTAURANT ANNEX” ,Artwork offer(Tokyo.Japan)
◼️March,2021/Solo exhibition"Yuki Minato exhibition"at the KAWATA GALLERY(Kobe,Japan)
◼️September,2021/exhibition of two artists Takuya Yokoyama Yuki Minato"Black and White"at the gallery aruiha(Osaka,Japan)
◼️January,2022/Solo exhibition"Yuki Minato exhibition"at the Hanshin Department store(Osaka,Japan)
◼️February,2022/exhibition of three artists "anew"
at the gallery aruiha(Osaka,Japan)
🔳June,2024/Solo exhibition"TOKONOMA exhibition"at the Yuvan gallery(Tokyo,Japan)
●2013/9 公募第35回青朝会日本水墨画展 新人賞（＝会員推薦賞）
●2013/12 個展「Black and White drawing」ｲﾀﾘｱﾝﾚｽﾄﾗﾝsereno/大阪
●2015/1 ブース内個展「Japanese Black and White Drawing」
（The Hive Gallery and studios）/ロサンゼルス
●2015/12 ライブペインティング出演、イベント「Thee Night Museum」
SANSEIDO GALLERY/神戸
●2016/3 個展「Black and White drawing」LADS GALLERY/大阪
●2016/5 チャリティーイベント「KEEP ON ACTION！KYUSYU」出展/大阪
●2016/12「美術市」SANSEIDO GALLERY出展/神戸
●2017/4 「artexpo New York 2017」出展/ニューヨーク
●2018/6 グループ展「Le vent du japon(日本の風)」Sway Gallery/パリ
●2018/11 グループ展「Rising From the East」Sway Gallery/ロンドン
●2019/11 アートフェア 「Daegu Art Fair」出展/大邱
●2019/12 アートフェア「RED DOT MIAMI」出展/マイアミ
●2020/1 「NEW YEAR ANNIVERSARY展」MDP GALLERY/東京
●2021/3 個展「湊 由妃展」川田画廊/神戸
●2021/9 湊由妃×横山拓也「黒と白の」gallery,あるゐは/大阪
●2021/10 阪神百貨店 OSAKA ART FES vol.3 ONLINE 出展 /大阪
●2022/1 個展「湊 由妃展」阪神百貨店 /大阪
●2022/2 3人展「 anew 」gallery,あるゐは/大阪
●2022/4 KUNST RAI ART （川田画廊様より展示）/アムステルダム
●2022/9 2人展「K225Art-vol.2-」心斎橋PARCO/大阪
●2024/6 とこのま 湊由妃展覧会 Yuvan gallery/東京
●2016/2 TED×YouthKobeイベントのパンフレットタイトルロゴ制作
●2016/3～ 世界文化遺産・国宝 姫路城PRポスター（英語版）に水墨画起用
●2016/4～ 毎日新聞夕刊2年間連載「こころの墨っこ」（毎月1回掲載）
●2017/3 沢の鶴300周年記念限定ボトル100本ラベル制作
●2017/4 FESTIVAL TOWER WEST 1Fレストラン「FIFTH SEASON」内アート作品に参加
●2017/4 NHK「歴史秘話ヒストリア」毎週金曜放送番組ポスターに作品起用
●2017/12〜「KAMON HOTEL NAMBA」3部屋壁画アート担当
●2020/3～ アート手ぬぐい発売開始/安and堵から
●2020/7〜 京阪レストラン「ステーキハウス近江」京阪ホテルモール館作品納品
●2020/7 ArtBook「WA MODERN」作品掲載
●2020/8〜 近大マグロ「近畿大学水産研究所 はなれ」(東京駅：グランスタ東京内） 壁画アート2点制作
●2021/6 「祝い鳥」淀屋橋本店 作品納品
●2023/8 「鉄板神社」難波グランド花月前店 1F壁画・2F、特別室内装一部制作
●2023/10 大阪・玉造テナントビル「ROMEO 3F」壁画
●2023/11 城崎温泉「深山」リニューアルにより、フロント作品・特別室・洋室・EVホールに作品25点納品
●2024/3 新コスメブランド「APOTHECARY"MITSU"」のロゴ制作
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