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BIOGRAPHY
Kimura Masamitsu木村 真光
  • 1986

     Born in 1986 in Gifu Prefecture, Japan.

  • 2011

     Graduated from Musashino Art University, College of Art and Design, Department of Scenography, Display and Fashion Design, Fashion Design Course.

  • 2017

     Completed the Master's Program in Fine Arts, Department of Japanese Painting, Graduate School of Musashino Art University.

AWARDS
− Awards and Honors −
  • 2024

     Second Prize at the 9th Triennale Toyohashi Shingo Hoshino Award Exhibition

  • 2024

     Grand Prize at the 42nd Ueno Royal Museum Grand Prize Exhibition
     (06, 10, 13, 19/08, 09: selected as first-round candidate;10, 12, 23: nominated for prizes)

  • 2022

     Second Grand Prize at the Art Newcomer Award "Debut 2022"

  • 2022

     Selected for the 1st "Power of Paintings and Words" Exhibition

  • 2021

     Honorable Mention at the 21st Setsuryosha Florence Award Exhibition (19、20)

  • 2019

     Awarded at the 8th Artist Group -Kaze- Large Art Competition

  • 2019

     Selected for the 55th Kanagawa Prefecture Art Exhibition

  • 2018

     Selected for the 5th Nihon Exhibition (Reorganized New Format) (19、21、22)

  • 2018

     Gifu Art Exhibition Award at the 1st Gifu Art Exhibition

  • 2017

     Selected for the 1st SinNissyun Exhibition (and every year thereafter)

  • 2017

     Selected for the Biennale OME 2017

  • 2015

     Selected for the 3rd Junko Koizumi Memorial Kamakura Art Festival Japanese Painting Competition

  • 2015

     Selected for the 2015 Shinsei Painting Award Exhibition

  • 2015

     Excellence Award at the 1st Hishikawa Award Exhibition

  • 2015

     Sponsor's Award at the 11th World Painting Grand Prize Exhibition

  • 2013

     Selected for the 24th Garyu-zakura Japanese Painting Grand Prize Exhibition (14、15、18、21)

  • 2011

     Selected for the MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL JUNIOR DESIGNERAWARD 2011

  • 2009

     Nichi-Yō Award at the 23rd Nichi-Yō Exhibition

  • 2008

     Special Prize at the 17th All Japan Art Salon Painting Grand Prize Exhibition

  • 2003

     JR East Japan Award at the 16th Ueno Royal Museum Exhibition: Painting Japan’s Nature

− Solo Art Exhibition −
2023

 "Masamitsu Kimura: The Song of the Moon" - Awarded the Runner-up Grand Prize at the Art Newcomer Award Debut 22, Commemorative Exhibition at Gallery Wada

2018

 "Life's Lullaby" - Solo Exhibition at Galleria Grafica bis, Tokyo

− Group Exhibition −
  • 2023

     NIHONGA-contemporary vol.3 / Sakuma Art Gallery, Tokyo

  • 2023

     The 9th Byobyo Exhibition: Small Works of Nihonga / Tokyu Department Store Tama-Plaza (Kanagawa)

  • 2022

     TANAGOKORO – Beauty in the Palm / Matsuya Ginza, Tokyo

  • 2022

     Kashin-fu — Artist Group -Kaze- Epilogue Exhibition / Takashimaya Art Gallery (Nihombashi, Kyoto, Yokohama)

  • 2021

     20th Byobyo Exhibition / Tokyo Ginza Gallery & Museum, 7th Floor (Tokyo)

  • 2020

     The 8th Kashin-fu Exhibition — Artist Group -Kaze- Small Works Exhibition / Takashimaya Art Gallery (Nihombashi, Kyoto, Osaka)

  • 2019

     Byobyo Exhibition — Group Exhibition / Tokyo Ginza Gallery & Museum (Tokyo)

  • 2017

     Musashino Art University Graduate School Master’s Program Fine Arts Major, Nihonga Course Graduation Exhibition / Sato Museum of Art (Tokyo)

  • 2017

     The 40th Combined Graduation and Completion Works Exhibition of the Five Art Universities of Tokyo / The National Art Center, Tokyo

  • 2016

     Traveling Musabi Exhibition in Chino / Chino City Art Museum (Nagano)

  • 2015

     BEFORE and AFTER ~Feeling Amami~ / Ichimura Tanaka Memorial Art Museum (Kagoshima)

  • 2011

     Art Site Iwamuro Onsen (Niigata)

  • 2011

     Re・Mode Roppongi Art Night Directed by Kousuke Tsumura / Roppongi Hills (Tokyo)

  • 2010

     When Books Overlap FASHION AS ART PROJECT / Aoyama Book Center (Tokyo)

− Public Collection −
  • The Ueno Royal Museum

  • Toyohashi City Art Museum

  • Narukawa Art Museum