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New Prints and Paintings Sep 4 - Sep 29
Reception Sep 6, 5:30 - 7:30 PM
Public Talks by Mr Sugita Sep 8, 3:00 PM
Born in Shiga, Japan, in 1964, Toru Sugita has been featured in thirteen publications, articles and interviews, four public lectures, and exhibits in eleven countries. He has won nine prestigious awards and his work is in the permanent collections of the Achenbach Foundation of Graphic Arts, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, California, the Machida Museum of Graphic Arts in Tokyo, Japan, the Montgomery Gallery of Pomona College in Claremont, California and the Royal Museum of Antwerp in Belgium.
“I feel moved when sunlight touches an object in the afternoon and visualize the space around me. I walk out and wander around to observe shapes of shadows. I realize that shadows make spaces visible. I find myself in the spaces enjoying architecture delineated by sunlight. Buildings and their shadows are layered and blended together creating momentary beauty of colors and shapes. These scenes are temporary, and will change or disappear in the next moment. They are very precious because their occurrence is the unique combination of a place, sunlight, and the precise moment I happen upon the scene - like an eclipse.
My attachment to the ephemeral properties applies to the transience of old architectural sites. I find myself interacting with the momentary phase of the building, which also is transforming over the time and disappear eventually.
I can express my feelings best using the tones of black and white. The graphic nature of black and white allows me to follow the directions of lines and shapes and to describe architectural elements. In my prints and paintings, depth of black and openness of white meet and angular lines intersect to depict temporary nature of light, space, and architecture and myself assimilating to it.” - Toru Sugita.
See a complete biography here.
Selected Exhibitions
2007
Summer in the City, Newmark Gallery, San Francisco, California
Los Angeles Printmaking Society 19th National Exhibition, Riverside Art Museum, California
20th Parkside National Small Print Exhibition, University of Wisconsn-Parkside, Kenosha, Wisconsin
2006
San Francisco Cityscapes, Newmark Gallery, San Francisco, California
Pacific Prints 2006, Pacific Art League of Palo Alto, Palo Alto, California
Ink and Idea, Platt Gallery, University of Judaism, Los Angeles, California
Sun and Shadow, Tang Gallery, Bisbee, Arizona
Impressions 2006, Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, California
Solo Show, "Ephemera," Johnson's Art Gallery, Mesa State College, Grand Junction, Colorado
Kate Luxe & Toru Sugita, Crockett Contemporary Art, Crockett, California
2005
18th National Biennial of L.A. Printmaking Society, Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA
22nd Annual National Juried Exhibition, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA
Impressions: Matric and Image, Alameda Art Center, Alameda, CA
2004
Meridian Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Dorothy Herger Gallery, Solano Community College, Solano, CA
Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA
San Francisco Modern Art Museum Artists Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Claudia Chapline Gallery, Stinson Beach, CA
Arts Benicia Center, Benicia, CA
Kings Gallery, First Unitarian Church, San Francisco, CA
The Canvas, San Francisco, CA
2003
University Art Gallery, California State University, Chico, CA
Berkeley Art Center 20th Annual National Juried Exhibition, Berkeley, CA
The Canvas, San Francisco, CA
Museo de los Niños, San Jose, Costa Rica
Brand Library Art Galleries, Glendale, CA
Jubileumtentoonstelling, Frans Masereel Centrum, Kasterlee, Belgium
2002
Art Bowl II, Sacramento, CA
Meridian Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Purdue University Galleries, West Lafayette, Indiana
Pacific Art League, Palo Alto, CA
Museum of Children’s Art (MOCHA), Oakland, CA
Museo de los Niños, San Jose, Costa Rica
Art Beatus Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
Gallery img, Santa Clara, CA
Janet Turner 4th National Print Competition, California State University, Chico, CA
2001
Sonoma Museum of Visual Art, Santa Rosa, CA
18th Annual National Juried Exhibition, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA
2000
Merced College Art Gallery, Merced, CA
Autour de Frans Masereel, Le Locle Fine Arts Museum, Le Locle, Switzerland
Oakland Museum Collectors Gallery, Oakland, CA
Oeuvres graphiques d’artistes contemporains ayant travaillé au célèbre Centre Frans Masereel,Gordès, France
Suolahti Old Station Hall, Suolahti, Finland
Brand Library Art Galleries, Glendale, CA
Pacific Art League of Palo Alto, Palo Alto, CA
Education
Master of Fine Arts in Printmaking
San Francisco State University Fine Arts Department, May 2003
Research Student, Kyoto Seika University
Printmaking Department, April 1989 - March 1990
Bachelor of Education in Art, Kyoto University of Education
Fellowships, Residencies and Grants
2004 Zellerbach Family Foundation Community Arts Grant
1999 Centrum voor Grafiek Frans Masereel, Kasterlee, Belgium
1995 Kala Art Institute Fellowship Artist, Berkeley, CA
1991 Murals of "Torres del Paine" Puerto Natales, Chile
Public Lectures
2004 Symposium “Artists’ Influences in Multicultural World”, Meridian Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2003 California State University Chico, Chico, CA
2002 Malaspina Printmaking Society, Vancouver, Canada
1996 Kala Institute, Berkeley, CA
Professional Affiliations
ArtSpan (member, board of directors, since 2003)
California Society of Printmakers (member, since 1997)
Graphic Arts Workshop (member, since 1997)
Los Angeles Printmakers Society (member, since 1997)
Awards
2005 Award of Excellence, Impressions: Matric and Image, Alameda Art Center, Alameda, CA
2003 Juror’s Award, 20th Annual National Juried Exhibition, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA
2000 University Art Center Bay Area Artist Award, Pacific Art League of Palo Alto, CA
1999 The Blessing Semler Acquisition Award for The Art Collection of Pomona College, CA
1997 Printmaking Award (3rd Place), The 7th KTEH Art Auction Exhibit, Triton Museum of Art, CA
1996 Kyoto Art & Culture Association Director Award, 48th Kyoto Exhibition, Kyoto, Japan
1995 Kala Institute '95 Printmaking Fellowship Award, Berkeley, CA
1989 Superior Work Award, All Japan University’s Printmaking Exhibition, Tokyo, Japan
Kansai New Artist Award, Kansai Shinseisaku (New Production) Exhibition, Osaka, Japan
PERMANENT COLLECTIONS
Achenbach Foundation of Graphic Arts, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, CA
Machida Museum of Graphic Arts, Tokyo, Japan
Montgomery Gallery, Pomona College, Claremont, CA
Royal Museum of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
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