"Ii Cottonballs" - Intaglio Print by Tomoya Uchida

Description

Abstracted drypoint etching by Tomoya Uchida (Japanese, 20th Century). Two cottonballs on the stalk sit in a minimalist space.

Titled … more Abstracted drypoint etching by Tomoya Uchida (Japanese, 20th Century). Two cottonballs on the stalk sit in a minimalist space.

Titled "II Cottonballs" along the bottom edge.
Signed and dated "T. Uchida - 89" in the lower right corner.
Presented in a new light grey mat with foamcore backing.

Tomoya Uchida (Japanese, b. 1947) was born in Tsuyama City in the Okayama prefecture in Japan. He graduated from Doshisha University, Kyoto, in 1970, and went on to become the artist-in-residence at the KALA Institute of Prints in Berkeley, CA, in 1989. He then moved to Australia, where he studied under Prof. Jorg Schmeisser (Polish, 1942-2012) at the Canberra School of Arts, and became the artist-in-residence at Studio ONE. In 1997, Uchida continued his work at the Academy of Fine Arts & Design in Bratislava, Slovakia, and then the University of Applies Arts in Austria, before becoming the artist-in-residence at L’atelier de Gravure Contrepoint in Paris, France. He is currently a Professor at Shujitsu Junior College and a member of the Shunyokai Art Group.

Awards:
1991: The Okayama Art Encouragement Prize by Prefectural Government
1997: The Artist of the Year Prize by Prefectural Government
1998: The Okayama City Art Encouragement Prize by City Government

Selected Solo Exhibitions:
2000: Takashima Art Gallery - Okayama, Japan
1999: Gallery Circus Circus, Kobe Yoseido Gallery - Tokyo, Japan
1997: Centro Studi d’Arte Estremo-Orientale - Bologna, Italy
1997: Palffy Palais Galeria - Bratislava, Slovakia
1996: L’Atelier Q - Vienna, Austria
1990: Gallery La Tilleul - Kurashiki, Japan

Selected Group Exhibitions:
2008: Cross-Currents: International Prints from the University of Alberta - Schneider Museum of Art, Alberta, Canada
2008: 8th Bharat Bhavan International Biennial of Print-Art - Bharat Bhavan, Bhopal, India
2002: Etsuko Obata and Contemporary Japanese Graphic Art - East-Slovakian Gallery, Kosice, Slovakia
2001: Etsuko Obata and Contemporary Japanese Graphic Art - Central Slovakian Gallery, Banská Bystrica, Slovakia
2001: 2ème Biennale internationale d´estampe contemporaine Trois-Rivières - Trois-Rivières, QC, Canada
2000: International Print Triennial Krakow - Miedzynarodowe Triennale Grafiki - Krakow, Poland
1997-1999: 26th-28th Exhibition of Contemporary Art of Japan
1997: 8th Osaka Triennial (Print) - Osaka, Japan
1990-1996: 9th-13th Ube Biennale of Contemporary Art of Japan - Ube, Japan
1990-1992: 10th/11th Soho Art Competition - New York, NY
1990: 16th Exposition “France-Japan” - Tokyo, Kyoto, Fukuoka, Hiroshima, & Paris less