Tokyo Gallery
B T A P
7F, 8-10-5 Ginza, Chuo-ku Tokyo, 104-0061, JAPAN
Ceramics Third Street, 798 Art zone E02, 4Jiu Xian Qiao Rd., Beijing, China
Tel. +81-3-3571-1808 Fax. +81-3-3571-7689
Tel. +86-10-5978-4838
e-mail: info@tokyo-gallery.com http://www.tokyo-gallery.com
e-mail: btap@tokyo-gallery.com
Yuki KATSURA
1913
Born in Tokyo, Japan. Died in 1991.
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2013
Yuki Katsura – A Fable – The Centennial Exhibition, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo (Tokyo,
Japan)
2007
Yuki Katsura: Female Artist of Collage and Humor, Ichinomiya City Memorial Art Museum of Setsuko
Migishi (Ichinomiya, Japan)
1998
The World of Yuki Katsura – The Vision of a Female Artist in Paintings and Collages, The Museum of
Modern Art, Ibaraki (Ibaraki, Japan)
1991
Yuki Katsura Exhibition, Shimonoseki City Art Museum (Shimonoseki, Japan)
1989
Trajectory of Postwar Art 4 – Yuki Katsura, Tokyo Gallery (Tokyo, Japan)
1986
Between Objects and Images: Yuki Katsura Exhibition, Ikebukuro Seibu Department Store (Ikebukuro,
Japan)
1985
Yuki Katsura – The Form of Red Silk, Ina Gallery (Tokyo, Japan)
1980
Yuki Katsura, Yamaguchi Prefectural Art Museum (Yamaguchi, Japan)
Yuki Katsura, Garando Gallery (Nagoya, Japan)
1979
Yuki Katsura I: 1978-1979, Tokyo Gallery (Tokyo, Japan)
Yuki Katsura II: 1930-1940, Tokyo Gallery (Tokyo, Japan)
Yuki Katsura III: 1950-1970, Tokyo Gallery (Tokyo, Japan)
1974
Cloth Pictures, Sketches and Collages, Gallery Watari (Tokyo, Japan)
1968
Yuki Katsura – Small Works and Hobbies, Odakyu Art Museum (Tokyo, Japan)
1961
Yuki Katsura Solo Exhibition, Tokyo Gallery (Tokyo, Japan)
1956
Yuki Katsura – Oil Paintings, Kabutoya Gallery (Tokyo, Japan)
1943
Yuki Katsura – Solo Exhibition in Kansai, Seijusha (Osaka, Japan)
The 2nd Exhibition of Yuki Katsura, Nichido Gallery (Tokyo, Japan)
1938
The 1st Exhibition of Yuki Katsura, Nichido Gallery (Tokyo, Japan)
1935
Collage Exhibition, Modern Gallery (Tokyo, Japan)
Selected Group Exhibitions
2012
Shunsuke Matsumoto – A Centennial Exhibition,
Museum of Modern Art, Kanagawa (Hayama, Japan)
2009
The Wonders of Art, Ishibashi Museum of Art (Kurume, Fukuoka)
2007
Okamoto Taro: Setagawa Period 1946-1954, Setagaya Art Museum (Tokyo, Japan)
Tokyo Gallery
B T A P
7F, 8-10-5 Ginza, Chuo-ku Tokyo, 104-0061, JAPAN
Ceramics Third Street, 798 Art zone E02, 4Jiu Xian Qiao Rd., Beijing, China
Tel. +81-3-3571-1808 Fax. +81-3-3571-7689
Tel. +86-10-5978-4838
e-mail: info@tokyo-gallery.com http://www.tokyo-gallery.com
e-mail: btap@tokyo-gallery.com
2005
Women of the Avant-Garde 1950-1975, Tochigi Prefectural Museum of Fine Arts (Tochigi, Japan)
2004
Resounding Spirit: Japanese Contemporary Art of the 60s: the Gibson Gallery Collection, Gibson Gallery
of State University of New York (New York, USA)
1998
Realism Paintings of the Postwar Period, Nagoya City Art Museum (Tokyo, Japan)
1995
After Hiroshima – Messages from Contemporary Art, Hiroshima Museum of Contemporary Art (Hiroshima,
Japan)
1990
Japanese Surrealism 1925-1945i, Nagoya City Art Museum (Nagoya, Japan)
1986
Art of Modern Japan,
National Museum of Modern Art, Japan (Tokyo, Japan)
1985
Human Documents ‘84/’85,
Tokyo Gallery (Tokyo, Japan)
1982
Modern Art of Japan – After1945, National Museum of Modern Art, Japan (Tokyo, Japan)
Modern Art of Japan – Before 1945, National Museum of Modern Art, Japan (Tokyo, Japan)
1981
1960s – Turning Point of Contemporary Art, National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto (Kyoto, Japan)
1976
Avant-Guards of the Pre-War: Artists of the Nika Prize, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum (Tokyo, Japan)
1971
Today’s 100 Artists, Hyogo Prefectural Art Museum (Hyogo, Japan)
1969
The 9th Contemporary Japanese Art Exhibition, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum (Tokyo, Japan)
1967
The 9th Japanese International Art Exhibition, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum (Tokyo, Japan)
1964
TOKYO 1964, Tokyo Gallery (Tokyo, Japan)
1961
1961 Pittsburg International Painting and Sculpture Exhibition, Carnegie Institute (Pittsburg, USA)
The 27th Corcoran Biennale, Corcoran Gallery of Art (Washington, D.C., USA)
1955
The 18th International Biennale of Water Color Works, Brooklyn Museum (New York, USA)
1954
The 1st Contemporary Japanese Art Exhibition, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum (Tokyo, Japan)
1952
Retrospection and Vision of Modern Japanese Art, National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo (Tokyo, Japan)
1951
Nika the 9th Room Exhibition, Mitsukoshi Nihonbashi (Tokyo, Japan)
1948
Modern Art Exhibition, Organized by the Japanese Avant-Garde Artist Club, Tokyo Metropolitan Art
Museum (Tokyo, Japan)
1941
The 9th Room Aviation Exhibition, Ginza Mitsukoshi (Tokyo, Japan)
1939
The 1st Ninth Room Exhibition, Shirakiya Nihonbashi (Tokyo, Japan). Participates in the 2nd and 3rd
Ninth
Room Exhibition in the succeeding years.
1934
The 21st Nika Exhibition, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum (Tokyo, Japan). Participates in the 22nd, 23rd,
25th, 26th, 27th, 28th, 29th, 30th, 32nd, 33rd, 34th, 35th, 36th, 37th, 38th, 39th, 40th and 41st Nika
Exhibition in the succeeding years.
1933
The 20th Kofu-kai Exhibition, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum (Tokyo, Japan)
Tokyo Gallery
B T A P
7F, 8-10-5 Ginza, Chuo-ku Tokyo, 104-0061, JAPAN
Ceramics Third Street, 798 Art zone E02, 4Jiu Xian Qiao Rd., Beijing, China
Tel. +81-3-3571-1808 Fax. +81-3-3571-7689
Tel. +86-10-5978-4838
e-mail: info@tokyo-gallery.com http://www.tokyo-gallery.com
e-mail: btap@tokyo-gallery.com
Selected Awards
1966
Highest Award at the 7th Contemporary Japanese Art Exhibition, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum
1963
Mainichi Cultural Award
1961
Award at the 6th Japan International Art Exhibition, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum
1949
Female Painter Association Award at the 3rd Independent Female Painter Association Exhibition, Tokyo
Metropolitan Art Museum
Selected Publications
2013
National Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo.“Yuki Katsura – A Fable – The Centennial Exhibition”.
Exh.cat.
2004
Gibson Gallery. “Resounding Spirit: Japanese Contemporary Art of the 60s: the
Gibson Gallery Collection”. Exh.cat.
1966
Mainichi Daily News. “Day of Portugal celebrated”. June.11.1966 p.2.
1961
The Japan Times. “Miss Katsura gives work individuality”. July.4.1961 p.5.
Selected Public Collections
Museum of Modern Art, Kanagawa; Ohara Art Museum; Itabashi City Museum of Art; Takamatsu City Art Museum;
National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo; Hiroshima City Museum of Art; Fukuoka City Art Museum; Yokohama
Museum of Art; The University of Arizona, Museum of Art