NOBUYA HITSUDA

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Nobuya Hitsuda was born in 1941 in Oota ward, Tokyo, Japan and currently lives and works inAichi prefecture. After completing the graduate course at Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music in 1966, he worked as a lecturer at the said university, and later as a designer in the art department at NHK Japan Broadcasting Corporation. In 1975 he began teaching at the Aichi Prefectural University of Fine Arts, and from 2001 to 2009 taught as a professor at the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music.

He has received the Award for Artist in Nagoya City (1984), the 28th Yasui Grand Prize (1985),and the Seiji Togo Memorial Sompo Japan Museum of Art Grand Prix (2011). His work has been included in several public collections such as The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo; Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo; the Agency for Cultural Affairs; The Toyota MunicipalMuseum of Art (Aichi); the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music; the Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art; The Nagoya City Art Museum (Aichi); The Toyohashi City Museum Art and History(Aichi); the Aichi Prefectural Art University; The Tochigi prefectural Art Museum; The Museum of Fine Arts, Gifu; The Hamamatsu Municipal Museum of Art (Shizuoka); The Miyakonojo City Museum of Art (Miyazaki); The Kariya City Art Museum (Aichi) and The Suwa City Museum (Nagano).

In 2009, In the little playground: Hitsuda Nobuya and his surrounding students, a set of dual exhibitions at the Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art and the Nagoya City Art Museum, introduced the works of painter and teacher Nobuya Hitsuda, along with his 19 students including Yoshitomo Nara, Hiroshi Sugito and Shin Morikita.

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通り過ぎた風景(山々)　1999, oil on canvas, 182.0 x 259.0 cm
Exhibition view, 枠と波 / Frame and wave, 2023, 豊田市美術館 / Toyota Municipal Art Museum, Aichi / Japan, Photo by Mayu Nakamura

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通り過ぎた風景 / Scenes Passed By　1996, oil on canvas, 182.0 x 318.0 cm
Exhibition view, 枠と波 / Frame and wave, 2023, 豊田市美術館 / Toyota Municipal Art Museum, Aichi / Japan, Photo by Mayu Nakamura

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(From left) 触風景　1975＋＋＋ 85, oil on canvas, 162.0 x 180.0 cm
Exhibition view, 枠と波 / Frame and wave, 2023, 豊田市美術館 / Toyota Municipal Art Museum, Aichi / Japan, Photo by Mayu Nakamura

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Exhibition view, 枠と波 / Frame and wave, 2023, 豊田市美術館 / Toyota Municipal Art Museum, Aichi / Japan, Photo by Mayu Nakamura

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Exhibition view, 枠と波 / Frame and wave, 2023, 豊田市美術館 / Toyota Municipal Art Museum, Aichi / Japan, Photo by Mayu Nakamura

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Exhibition view, 枠と波 / Frame and wave, 2023, 豊田市美術館 / Toyota Municipal Art Museum, Aichi / Japan, Photo by Mayu Nakamura

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(From left) 箱 / Box　2003-2019, oil on canvas, 27 x 45.5 cm; 洪水 / Flood　water color on paper, 21 x 26 cm; 通り過ぎた風景(垣) / Scenes Passed By　1990-2017, oil on canvas, 131 x 194 cm; 方舟 / The Ark　2003, oil on canvas, 65.5 x 91 cm
Exhibition view, 櫃田伸也罪なき理性 / Nobuya Hitsuda: blame not on reason, 2019, KAYOKOYUKI, Tokyo, Japan

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(From left) 方舟 / The Ark　2003, oil on canvas, 65.5 x 91 cm; 箱 / Box 2003-2019, oil on canvas, 116.5 x 116.5 cm
Exhibition view, 櫃田伸也罪なき理性 / Nobuya Hitsuda: blame not on reason, 2019, KAYOKOYUKI, Tokyo, Japan

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(From left）箱 / Box　2003-2019, oil on canvas, 116.5 x 116.5 cm
Exhibition view, 櫃田伸也罪なき理性 / Nobuya Hitsuda: blame not on reason, 2019, KAYOKOYUKI, Tokyo, Japan

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