Shinichi Wakasa

Born in Hiroshima Prefecture in 1982.
In 2008, he graduated from Hiroshima City University, Faculty of Arts, Department of Fine Arts, majoring in Japanese painting. In 2010, he completed the master's course at the same university's graduate school, and in 2013, he completed the doctoral course. His graduation project was purchased by the university as the top student. In the same year, he won the runner-up prize in the "Debut" New Artist Award of Monthly Art. Since then, he has exhibited his works both in Japan and abroad, and has collaborated with many companies, including traditional craftsmanship "Chososho", New York fashion brand "sawa takai", and "MEMUSE" by Risa Aizawa of Dempagumi.inc. He has also created large murals at Yokohama Station Aso Building (2019) and Hiroshima Orizuru Tower (2022). His works are held in the collections of Tochigi Prefectural Museum of Art, Engakuji Ryukakuan in Kanagawa Prefecture, Hiroshima City University Art Museum, and others.

Exhibitions etc.

[2024]

Solo exhibition at Uenoshita Studio in Tokyo "Just the End, Just the Beginning"
Xavier art fest in the Philippines
Macau: Progressing Art of Japan Collective Exhibition of 14 Artists
Taiwan・ART TAICHUNG

[2023]

Solo exhibition "Fish-running Muddy Birds Flying" at Kudan House in Tokyo
Taiwan・EXPO DOME solo exhibition “ART SOLO”
Okayama, Tenmaya Okayama store, solo exhibition "Every day is a good day for drawing and carving"
Taiwan・ART TAICHUNG, ART TAIOEI
Germany: POSITIONS Berlin Art Fair

[2022]

Tochigi Prefectural Museum of Art, Tochigi, group exhibition "The Future of Japanese Painting - Inheritance and Discontinuance, Imitation and Creation"
Tokyo, Karimoku commons Tokyo "Yoichi Ochiai x Shinichi Wakasa: Slippery: Traveling the invisible boundary line"

[2021]

Solo exhibition "Shinichi Wakasa Exhibition -WAKASALAND-" at ygion in Kyoto
Hiroshima Fukuya Hatchobori Solo Exhibition "Shinichi Wakasa Exhibition - Suuuuuper!!!!!"

[2020]

Hiroshima, Okayama Tenmaya Fukuyama store, Okayama store, solo exhibition "Shinichi Wakasa Exhibition"