Edutainment > Shigeko Inoue - born 1945

The Spring of Stream
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Ms. Shigeko Inoue, born 1945, is a well-known printmaker in Japan. She is a regular contributor to the prestigious, annual CWAJ Print Shows and she has exhibited at Yoseido Gallery in Tokyo, another top place for printmakers in Japan. We have never seen such perfection in displaying water landscapes with the technique of woodblock prints. Such mesmerizing images can only be achieved by devoting a whole artist's life in the quest for perfection of one subject, one idea, one passion - something hard to find anywhere else than in Japan.

We published this article at the occasion of our first presentation of woodblock prints by Ms. Shigeko Inoue in a solo auction running from June 4 to June 8, 2006.

Dieter and Yorie in May 2006

The Print Works by Shigeko Inoue

Shigeko Inoue works in woodblock technique. Her prints are from middle-sized to large. The paper is from soft and pliable to very thick and stiff. The artist's editions are usually small - 15, 20, 30 and seldomly 100 copies. All woodblock prints that we have seen so far were signed, titled (in Japanese) and numbered. The artist signs with "S.Inoue" or "Shigeko Inoue". The prints are usually not dated.

Artist Statement

The Movement of the Sea
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"I am fascinated with nature and its expressions of water. Trees and flowers laced in vapor, free flowing water and the inner world we can catch through glimpses of transparency, the mirrored face of serene water and the outward world it reflects, and water's movement in time with the heart of the world."

"It is these aspects of abstract dynamism, rhythm, and harmony that I try to recreate as sincerely as possible. Needless to say, each is only one aspect that was captured in my heart."

Artist Resumé

Roses
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• 1945 - Born in a Japanese family in Manchuria.
• 1968 - Graduated from Saitama University with a master degree in art education.
• 1983-84 - Studied drypoint and etching under Prof. Calavalle and woodblock print under Prof. Sanchini at the National Art Institute in Urbino, Italy.
• 1985 - Solo exhibition at Gallery Futaba, Tokyo.
• 1986 - Solo exhibition at Hotel Michelangelo, Florence/Italy.
• 1986 - Exhibited at the International Independent Print Exhibition, Kanagawa (every year since).
• 1986 - Exhibited at the Show of the Print Art Association of Japan, Tokyo (every year since).
• 1986 - Solo exhibition at Galleria Noi, Osaka/Japan.
• 1987 - Awarded the Second Prize at the International Art Exhibition 'Galleria d'Arte Cenacolo' in Florence, Italy.
• 1988 - Solo exhibition at Galleria Noi, Osaka/Japan.
• 1988 - Solo exhibition at Gallery Hinoki, Tokyo/Japan.
• 1989 - Exhibition of the Print Art Association of Japan, Ehime.
• 1989 - A joint exhibition 'The Crossroad of the Two Artists', Kawaguchi Lilia Hall, Saitama/Japan.

Wild Water Lilies
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• 1991/94 - Awarded the Associate Member Award of the Print Art Association of Japan.
• 1995 - Recommended and given the membership of the Print Art Association of Japan.
• 1995 - Prize Winners' Exhibition of the Print Art Association of Japan, Hangchou City, China.
• 1997 - Awarded the Association Award of the Print Art Association of Japan.
• 1998-99 - Exhibited at the CWAJ Exhibition at the American Club, Tokyo.
• 2000 - Solo exhibition at Kawaguchi Lilia Hall, Saitama/Japan.
• 2002-04 - Group Exhibition by Print Art Association Members at Yoseido Gallery, Tokyo.
• 2003-05 - Exhibited at the CWAJ Exhibition at the American Club, Tokyo/Japan.

Shigeko Inoue on the Internet

The Sea of Sado
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Gallery Shigeko Inoue - home page of the artist in Japanese and English.

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