Hiroshi Senju

Hiroshi Senju Biography
1958	Born in Tokyo, Japan
1982	Graduated Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, BFA
1984	MFA, The Graduate School of Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music Graduation work purchased by Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music
1987	Completed the Ph.D. program in Fine Arts at Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music Graduation work purchased by The University of Tokyo
1989	The End of Dream, solo exhibition, Manly Art Gallery & Museum, Sydney, Australia
1990	History of Japanese-Style Painting, group exhibition, The Museum of Modern Art, Kamakura & Hayama, Kanagawa, Japan
1993	Flatwater, solo exhibition, Maxwell Davidson Gallery, New York, USA
1994	Hiroshi Senju: 1980-1994, solo exhibition, Takamura Museum, Yamanashi, Japan Received 4th Kenbuchi Picture Book Award for Picture book When Stardust Falls....., Japan
1995	Hiroshi Senju, solo exhibition, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan Received Honorable Mention at 46th La Biennale di Venezia, Italy
1996	Hiroshi Senju - Waterfalls and Glasses, solo exhibition, The Hakone Open-Air Museum, Kanagawa, Japan
1998	Received Konju-hosho (Dark Blue Ribbon Medal) for Hachigatsu no Sora to Kumo (August Sky and Clouds) collected by Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Japan
2000	Received Michiaki Kawakita Award, for Life, exhibited in Ryoyonome Exhibition: Painting in the 21st Century, Japan
2002	The New Way of Tea, group exhibition, Japan Society and Asia Society, New York, U.S.A. Received Grand Prize, 13th MOA Mokichi Okada Award, Japan The Scent and Shape of Ink, group exhibition, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Republic of Korea
2003	Paintings on Fusuma at the Jukoin of Daitokuji Temple, group exhibition, Tokyo National Museum, Tokyo, Japan Kaiga no Genzai (Present-day Art), group exhibition, Bandaijima City Museum, Niigata, Japan Essence of Contemporary Nihonga, group exhibition, Contemporary Art Museum Kumamoto, Kumamoto, Japan Contemporary Japanese Painting, group exhibition, Okazaki Mindscape Museum, Aichi, Japan Mural for the foyer of Grand Hyatt Hotel, Tokyo, Japan
2004	Art direction for Tokyo International Airport, Haneda, Terminal 2, Tokyo, Japan
2005	Lexus L-Finesse, Milano Salone. Teatro Arte, La Triennale di Milano, Milan, Italy Hiroshi Senju -77 Panels of fusuma-e for Jukoin Annex of Daitokuji Temple, solo exhibition, Fukuoka Asian Museum, Fukuoka, Japan
2006	The 6th Gwangju Biennale, Gwangju, Republic of Korea Naoshima Standard 2, Benesse Art Site, Kagawa, Japan Hiroshi Senju, solo exhibition, Yamatane Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan
2007	Masterpiece Collection of Yamatane Museum of Art, group exhibition, The Museum of Modern Art, Toyama, Toyama, Japan Paintings on fusuma at Shofuso, Philadelphia, USA Hyakubashira wo Tateru, Kusokuzeshiki, Senju Hiroshi (Building One Hundred Pillars, Emptiness is the form, Hiroshi Senju) Matsumoto City Museum of Art, Nagano, Japan Harukanaru Aoi Hikari, solo exhibition, Sundaram Tagore Gallery, New York, USA
2008	Still / Motion : Liquid Crystal Painting, group exhibition, Mie Prefectural Art Museum, Mie, Japan; traveling to The National Museum of Art, Osaka, Osaka, Japan; and Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Tokyo, Japan Wall painting, Akasaka Biz Tower (TBS), Tokyo, Japan
2009	Art House project Ishibashi, Benesse Art Site, Kagawa, Japan Out of Nature: Cliffs and Falling Water, solo exhibition, Sundaram Tagore Gallery, Hong Kong, China
2010	The Invitations to 20th Century Art, group exhibition, The Museum of Fine Arts, Gifu, Gifu, Japan Masterpiece Collection of Saku Municipal Museum of Modern Art, group exhibition, Takasaki Tower Museum of Art, Gunma, Japan Senju Hiroshi: World of Blue- Echoes of Higashiyama Kaii, Higashiyama Kaii Setouchi Museum, Kagawa, Japan Art Direction for APEC Japan 2010, Yokohama, Japan Art Direction for new Tokyo International Airport; international terminal and expanded terminal 2, Tokyo, Japan
2011	Art Direction for new building of Japan Railways Hakata Station Water, Fire and Earth. The Source of Creativity, group exhibition, Contemporary Art Museum Kumamoto, Kumamoto, Japan The 5th Chengdu Biennale, Chengdu, China
Hiroshi Senju divides his time between New York and Japan, where he is president of the Kyoto University of Art and Design, director of Koyodo Museum, president of Tokyo College of Arts, advisor of The Tokugawa Museum, and vice chairman of The New Life Conference.