Ryota Katayose (GENERATIONS) visits the atelier of Antoni Yamada, an artist who creates portraits of non-existent people. “Once you see it, you’ll never forget it,” Katayose said with admiration! Let’s take a closer look at the background of its production.

On the art program “MEET YOUR ART”, the series[THE BASE]in which Ryota Katayose (GENERETIONS) visits artists’ ateliers and studios was released.

This time, we visited the atelier of artist Yu Yamada Antoni, who creates portraits of people who don’t exist.

“Once you see it, you’ll never forget it,” Katayose said with admiration.

We will delve into the works of Yamada, who established his own unique style while being influenced by his grandfather, who continued to paint portraits.

★Yu Yamada Antoni solo exhibition information

Solo exhibition “Body and Soul”

Date: October 30, 2024 (Wednesday) – November 4, 2024 (Monday, substitute holiday)

Venue: MITSUKOSHI CONTEMPORARY GALLERY

Address: Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi Main Store Main Building 6F, 1-4-1 Nihonbashi Muromachi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo

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■Yu Yamada Anthony

Born in Shizuoka Prefecture in 1987. In 2012, she completed her studies in oil painting and printmaking at the Graduate School of Fine Arts, Aichi University of Arts. Has roots in Japan, France, and Spain. Raised in a family that had been portrait painters for generations, he himself explores the possibilities of painting using the portrait format. Currently based at the shared atelier “Studio Kodai” in Toride City, Ibaraki Prefecture. Major exhibitions include “Intentions Entrusted to Figures: Antoni Yamada x Yu Kawashima” (Hamamatsu Akino Fuku Museum, Shizuoka, 2017), “Full Frontal Naked Circulator”, an exhibition curated by Yoichi Umetsu (MITSUKOSHI CONTEMPORARY GALLERY, 2017); Tokyo, 2020), “fragments” (REIJINSHA GALLERY, Tokyo, 2021), and the 26th Taro Okamoto Contemporary Art Award Exhibition (Kawasaki City Taro Okamoto Museum, Kanagawa, 2023).

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