Artists

AMANO Yoshitaka

画家、キャラクターデザイナー、イラストレーター、本の装幀家。 舞台美術や衣装デザインも手がける。繊細で妖艶・幻想的な絵柄は、世界中で人気を博している。



1952 born in Shizuoka, Japan



Solo Exhibitions

2019


“Fantasy In Daylight”, Modern Art Museum Shanghai/ China


 “Tales of Spring Dreams”, Mizuma Art Gallery/ Tokyo


 


2018


“Interwoven Fantasy”, ZhuZhong Art Museum/ Beijing


“Deva Loka”, Mizuma, Kips & Wada Art/ New York


“The World of Final Fantasy and Yoshitaka Amano”, Ikebukuro Sunshine City/ Tokyo


“TENMA”, JRA Racing Museum/ Tokyo


“TENMA”, Equine Museum of Japan/ Kanagawa, Japan


 


2016


“A Triumphal Return to Shizuoka: AMANO Yoshitaka – ORIGIN”, Sumpu Museum/ Shizuoka, Japan


“Amano Yoshitaka: Evolving Fantasy, Dreams, Adventure and Romance”, Niitsu Art Museum/ Niigata, Japan


“Amano Yoshitaka: Evolving Fantasy,” Grand Front Osaka/ Osaka, Japan


“CANDY GIRL: Amano Yoshitaka,” Ginza Mitsukoshi 7F Gallery/ Tokyo


“Amano Yoshitaka: Evolving Fantasy,” Yurakucho Mullion/ Tokyo


 


2015


“AURUM,” Mizuma Art Gallery/ Tokyo


“Yoshitaka Amano: the world beyond your imagination,” Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art/ Hyogo, Japan


“Yoshitaka Amano: the world beyond your imagination,” Kawara Museum of Takahama City, a Hometown of Ceramics/ Aichi, Japan


 


2014


“Yoshitaka Amano: the world beyond your imagination,” Contemporary Art Museum, Kumamoto/ Kumamoto, Japan


 


2013


“TOKYO SYNC,” Mizuma Art Gallery/ Tokyo


“Mythopoeia,” Mizuma Gallery/ Singapore


 


2012


“Deva Loca Redux,” Art Statements Gallery/ Hong Kong, China


 


2011


“Yoshitaka Amano: FOR JAPAN,” SUPERFROG Gallery/ San Francisco, U.S.A.


 


2010


“Deva Loca,” Art Statements Tokyo/ TokyoGalerie Nosbaum & Reding -Art Contemporain/ Luxembourg


“Rêves et portraits,” Galerie Petits Papiers & Maison Autrique/ Brussels, Belgium


Hong-Gah Museum/ Taipei


“Deva Loka,” LeBasse Projects/ Los Angeles, U.S.A.


“Hero,” MOCA Studio/ Taipei, Taiwan


 


2009


“Flying to Deva Loka,” Metaphysical Art Gallery/ Taipei, Taiwan


“Amano Galaxy,” Omotesando Hills/ Tokyo


“Deva Loka USA,” SUPERFROG Gallery/ San Francisco, U.S.A.


 


2008


“Deva Loka, Rouge & Bleu,” Art Statements Gallery/ Hong Kong, China


“Amano Yoshitaka~N.Y.SALAD Fairy Tale Paintings~,” Utsunomiya Fairy Museum/ Tochigi, Japan


“Deva-Loka,” Galerie Michael Janssen/ Berlin, Germany


 


2007


Galerie Nosbaum & Reding Art Contemporain/ Luxembourg


 


2006


“Eye on Amano,” Festival Walk, Art Statements Gallery/ Hong Kong, China


“Yoshitaka Amano: Le mond l’Animation,” Le Baladoir de l’Espace Bonlieu/ Annecy, France


 


2005


“maniera,” The Ueno Royal Museum/ Tokyo, Japan


“Alimentation Générale,” Galerie Nosbaum & Reding Art Contemporain/ Luxembourg


 


2004


Galerie Edward Mitterand/ Geneva, Switzerland


“M,” Kunstverein Heilbronn/ Heilbronn, Germany


“New works,” Galerie Michael Janssen/ Cologne, Germany


“recent works,” Galerie Patrick De Brock/ Knokke, Belgium


 


2003


“Goldfish Princess and N.Y.SALAD,” Kimie Imura Fairy Art Museum/ Fukushima, Japan


“The works,” Galerie Michael Janssen/ Cologne, Germany


The Happy Lion Gallery/ Los Angeles, U.S.A.


 


2002


Leo Koenig, Inc./ New York, U.S.A.


Médiathèque de Cavalaire-sur-Mer/ PACA France


 


2000


“Amano Yoshitaka: Fairly Tale World ,” Kimie Imura Fairy Art Museum/ Fukushima, Japan


 


1999


“Hero,” The Angel Orensanz Foundation/ New York, U.S.A.


“Moon Light Fantasy,” Kimie Imura Fairy Art Museum/ Fukushima, Japan


 


1998


“THINK LIKE AMANO,” The Ueno Royal Museum/ Tokyo


“A Fantasy Celts Fairies by Amano,” Kimie Imura Fairy Art Museum/ Fukushima, Japan


“1001 NIGHTS,” Dorothy Chandler Pavillion/ Los Angeles, U.S.A.


“Festiv’art 98,” Brussels International Festival of Fantastic Film/ Brussels, Belgium


 


1997


“THINK LIKE AMANO,” Puck Building/ New York, U.S.A.


Yurakucho Mullion/ Tokyo


 


1996


“Animation World,” Yurakucho Mullion/ Tokyo


 


1995


“Characters,” Yurakucho Mullion/ Tokyo


Museum des Sciences Naturelles/ Orléans, France


 


1994


“Rampo, Arabian Nights and the World of Final Fantasy,” Yurakucho Mullion/ Tokyo


 


1991


“DAWN,” Omori Belport Atrium/ Tokyo


“sublimation,” Kanazawa Bunka Hall/ Kanazawa, Japan


 


1989


“Hiten,” Yurakucho Mullion/ Tokyo


Group Exhibitions

2019


“Timeless MUCHA” The Bunkamura Museum of Art / Tokyo


 “Rough∞Sketches” 3331 Arts Chiyoda / Tokyo


 


2018


“Final Fantasy 30th Anniversary Exhibition –Memories of You-” Mori Arts Center Gallery / Tokyo


 


2017


“Impacts!Ⅱ: FURUU” Gallery Ohrin / Ibaraki, Japan


 


2016


“Exposing Ikai – The Different World: Visitors in Past and Contemporary Art” Akita Museum of Art /Akita, Japan


“Edogawa Rampo Tribut” parabolica-bis /Tokyo


 “Impacts! HAZUMI” Gallery Ohrin / Ibaraki, Japan


 


2014


“Impacts! HAZUMI Japan Art Festival,” Zane Bennett Contemporary Art/ Santa Fe, USA


 


2013


“Yoshitaka Amano x HYDE Providence and Immorality -NIPPON EVOLUTION-,” Laforet Museum Harajuku/ Tokyo (traveled to Osaka, Takamatsu)


“Personal Structures,” Palazzo Bembo/ Venice, Italy


 


2012


“4 Artists Participating in the 55th Venice Biennale,” Art Statements Gallery/ HongKong, China


“paper does not blush,” Galerie Michael Janssen/ Berlin, Germany


 


2011


“Anime! High Art-Pop culture,” Bundeskunsthalle/ Bonn, Germany


 


2010


“Kyoto-Tokyo, from Samourais to Mangas,” Grimaldi Forum/ Monaco


“Eve: Yoshiki Hishinuma+Yoshitak Amano,” Kiyomizu-dera/ Kyoto, Japan


 


2009


“Eve: Yoshiki Hishinuma+Yoshitak Amano,” l’Opera/ Paris, France


 


2008


“Manga! Japanese Images,” Luisiana Museum for Moderne Kunst/ Humlebaek, Denmark


“Anime! High Art-Pop culture,” AMPAS/Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences/ Los Angeles, U.S.A.


“Anime! High Art-Pop culture,” Deutsches Film Museum/ Frankfurt, Germany


 


2007


“3L4D,” Metaphysical Art Gallery/ Taipei, Taiwan


“Animamix: From Modernity to Eternity,” MoCA Shanghai / Shanghai, China


“Comix,” Kunsthallen Brandts/ Odense, Denmark


 


2006


“Fiction@Love,” MoCA Shanghai/ China


 


2005


“10 Years!,” Galerie Michael Janssen/ Cologne, Germany


 


2004


“Funny Cuts,” Staatsgalerie/ Stuttgart, Germany


“Yoshitaka Amano – Andre van de Wijdeven,” Galerie Tanya Rumpff/ Haarlem, Nederland


“Dessins et des Autres – Part2,” Galerie Catherine Bastide/ Brussels, Belgium


“Dessins et des Autres,” Galerie Anne de Villepoix/ Paris, France


“Rodolphe Janssen feat. Michael Janssen,” Galerie Rodolphe Janssen/ Brussels, Belgium


 


2002


“Game On,” Barbican Galleries, Barbican Art Centre/ London, U.K.


 


1998


“Fairly World,” Daimaru Museum/ Tokyo (traveled to Kobe, Kyoto)


 


1995


“Shiga Annual for youth ’95/ Fantasy RPG Illustration,” The Museum of Modern Art, Shiga/ Japan


 


1992


“Fantasy Land,” Communications Museum/ Tokyo


“Beautiful Boy for Young Ladies,” Yayoi Museum/ Tokyo


Awards

2018 Inkpot Award/ U.S.A.


2000 The Will Eisner Comic Industry Award “THE SANDMAN: The Dream Hunters” collaboration with Neil Gaiman/ U.S.A.


2000 Dragon Con Award, Julie Award/ U.S.A.


1983-1986, 2007 14-17th & 38th Seiun Award/ Japan


Public Collection

Contemporary Art Museum, Kumamoto (Kumamoro, Japan)