The world we live in is full of surprises and discoveries. I have always wanted to capture scenes that make me happy to live in this world. Rather than drawing by myself, I try not to miss the moment when the picture naturally stands up and starts to move.

湯川雅紀（Masaki Yukawa）
Masaki Yukawa
1966 Born in Wakayama
1989 Graduated from the Faculty of Education in Wakayama University
1991 Completed the Master Program in Education of Graduate School of Osaka Kyoiku University 1996 Completed the Meisterschüler Program of Kunstakademie Düsseldorf
lives and works in Osaka


Solo Exhibitions

1997 Gallery Lessmann & Lenser , Rodgau/Germany
2000  Dai-ichi Life Gallery, Tokyo (2004, 2010)
　　　Gallery Weisses Haus, Wuppertal/Germany
2001  Museum Haus Kasuya, Yokosuka (2006)
2002  Kunstverein Schwelm, Schwelm/Germany
　　　　Kunstverein Brühl, Brühl/Germany
2009  Buffet Five Art Gallery, Wakayama (2011, 2014, 2016)
2010  Gallery Kobayashi, Tokyo (2011 - 2020)
2013 Gallery Nekogameya, Osaka (2015, 2017, 2019, 2021)
2020 The other side of Painting, Nagi Museum of Contemporary Art, Okayama
2022 Tanabe City Museum of Art, Tanabe, Wakayama
 


Group Exhibitions
1998  VOCA 98 , The Ueno Royal Museum, Tokyo
1999  Japandorf , Kunst Museum Thun, Thun/Switzerland
2004  New and Rising Artists , Pola Museum Annex, Tokyo
　　　　VOCA 1994-2003 Prize-Winning Works, Ohara Museum of Art, Okayama
2005  Volker Saul / Masaki Yukawa, Japanisches Kulturinstitut, Köln
2006  imairutokoro, imaaruwatashi, Utsunomiya Museum of Art, Utsunomiya
2007  Ueda Collection, Nerima Museum of Art, Tokyo
2013  Form and Color, The Museum of Modern Art, Wakayama
　　　　Painting of Japan 1963-2013, The Museum of Modern Art, Wakayama
2014  12 Japanische Künstler, Landtag NRW, Germany
2019   Adventure of Surface, Gallery Kohnotori, Tokyo
2023 VOCA 30th Anniversary in Kobe, Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art Oji Branch, Kobe
 

Awards
1998  　VOCA 98, VOCA Prize, The Ueno Royal Museum, Tokyo
2008   Kainan-shi Cultural incentive award
2011  　Wakayama-Prf. Cultural incentive award
2013  　Okuwa foundation Cultural incentive award

Public Collections
The National Museum of Modern Art Tokyo (Japan),
The National Museum of Art Osaka (Japan),
Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo (Japan),
Yokohama Museum of Art (Yokohama, Japan),
The Museum of Modern Art Wakayama (Wakayama, Japan), etc.