20th Anniversary Program of Kawaguchi City Art Gallery Atria “Sculptor Shin Yamamoto Retrospective Exhibition — From Age 10 to 84”
To celebrate the 20th anniversary of Kawaguchi City Art Gallery Atria, we are holding a retrospective exhibition of sculptor Shin Yamamoto, who has a close connection with the gallery.
While working as an artist, Shin Yamamoto has also supported the operation of Kawaguchi City Art Gallery Atria as an art specialist since the gallery first opened.
This exhibition presents nearly 70 years of changes in his artistic expression—from paintings he created as a fourth-grade elementary school student to sculptures and works made at the age of 84—through artworks and photographic materials.
Shin Yamamoto(Sculptor)
Main Exhibition History
- 1941
- Born in Urawa City (present-day Saitama City), Japan
- c.1970
- Shifted from painting to three-dimensional works
- c.1980
- Began focusing mainly on outdoor sculpture
- 1985
- Utsukushigahara Open-Air Museum Prize, “The 4th Henry Moore Grand Prize Exhibition”
- 1987
- Utsukushigahara Open-Air Museum Prize, “The 5th Henry Moore Grand Prize Exhibition”
- 1989
- Selected for the “Rokko Island CITY Sculpture Exhibition”
- 1990
- The Hakone Open-Air Museum Prize, “The 3rd Rodin Grand Prize Exhibition”
- 1991
- Selected for “The 14th Contemporary Japanese Sculpture Exhibition (Ube)”
- 1991
- Saitama Museum of Modern Art Prize, “The 12th Kobe Suma Rikyu Park Contemporary Art Exhibition”
- 1994
- Utsukushigahara Open-Air Museum Prize, “The 4th Rodin Grand Prize Exhibition”
- 1994
- Selected for the “Kurashiki Machikado Sculpture Exhibition”
- 2005-2012
- Served as an Art Specialist at Kawaguchi City Art Gallery Atria
- 2022
- “Forest of Anima” Exhibition, Higashikawa Town, Hokkaido
- Later donated the Anima series to Higashikawa Town
Main Solo Exhibitions
Sogo Yokohama, Urawa Art Museum, Zephyr Omiya, Numata Picture Book Museum, Kawaguchi City Art Gallery Atria, Orie Art Gallery (Aoyama), Centpure II, Higashikawa (Hokkaido), Asahikawa Civic Gallery (Hokkaido)
Main Locations of Installed Works
The Hakone Open-Air Museum, Utsukushigahara Open-Air Museum, The Museum of Modern Art, Saitama, Chiba New Town, Arakawa Amusement Park, Rokko Island, SKIP City Visual Museum