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the art of cutting and pasting color paper by Tetsu Yamashita |
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Biography of the Artis
1968／Born in Shizuoka Prefecture
Japan
1990／Studied in Kenya dispatched by Japan Africa Culture Interchange Institute Traveled 5 African countries including Zimbabwe 1992／Graduated from Arts School of Design, Nagoya University of Arts 1998／Studied at Department of Swahili at TAASISI Foreign Language Institute 1999／Returned to Japan and has been working at a design company 2007／Leave at a design Company and up to now. 2008・09／Received Cultural Encouragement Award from Kitamoto city ●Major Exhibition History 1997／Held a personal exhibition (in Nagoya Japan) 1999／Held a personal exhibition (in Hamamatsu Japan) 2002／Exhibited and received Fine Work Prize at the art exhibit at the 17th National Culture Festival in Tottori (Japan) 2004／Exhibited at I Biennal Internacional de Barcelona(in Spain);Exhibited at Pusan International Design Festival(in Korea) 2006／Contributed pieces of work to a tea room 'Fu (meaning wind)' (in Maebashi Japan) 2007／Held a personal exhibition (in Tokyo) Exhibited and received Silver Prize at the art exhibit at the Le Salon du Monde de la Culture et des Arts Cannes-Azur 2007 (in France) 2008／Exhibited and received Grande Medail at the art exhibit at the Le Salon du Monde de la Culture et des Arts Cannes-Azur(in France) Held a personal exhibition (in Tokyo,Hamamatsu,Chiba) 2009／Exhibited and received Grande Medail at the art exhibit at the Le Salon du Monde de la Culture et des Arts Cannes-Azur(in France) 
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"I want to see the eyes of wild animals." This desire was realized by visiting Kenya for studying at Swahili School in September, 1990. At that time, the ground of Africa was full of tremendous power that destroyed all sense of values that I had.The earth of Africa gave me a lot of lessons, and among others I was most impressed with the word "to Live." Not only life and death of the wild animals but also energy of individual people living on the continent has been capturing my heart. Intense colors I saw here and there seemed to express the minds of people and to encompass love, hatred, fun and even grief. My preference to use loud colors in my work has been greatly affected by experience in Africa. Also I use colored paper as material because I cherish the concept rooted in Africa "the color that is existing now." The serial patterns on the canvas represent universal events such as "love," "life and death" and "routine life." Particularly, "love" has been the theme of my work for a long time. Recently, I am paying attention to "music" when working on my Harie. As individual musicians create their own sounds, I would like to create my own Harie-drawing that make viewers sense music and imagine a story.