HISASHI YAMAMOTO

In 1988, shortly after entering the calligraphy department at Tokyo Gakugei University, Yamamoto encountered the work of Yuichi Inoue, and deciding to create his own style of calligraphy, at age 20 declared himself a calligrapher, thereby launching his artistic practice. After working on the Yuichi Inoue catalogue raisonné at UNAC Tokyo, he decided to move on from Inoueʼs influence, but in 2004, at the invitation of art critic Masaomi Unagami, established the ‘Tensakukai’ group exhibition in honour of Yuichi Inoue, where he first showed work as an artist at age 34. After 12 years participating in the Tensakukai’ he held his first solo exhibition, Machine, at UNAC Salon in 2015. The exhibition garnered significant attention, leading to the publication of his art book Fune (YKG Publishing) the following year. In 2016, Yamamoto staged a solo exhibition, ‘flying saucer,’ at Yumiko Chiba Associates, and in 2018, served as the curator of the worldʼs first calligraphy-focused art fair, ART SHODO TOKYO. He has since held numerous solo exhibitions, including ENTRANCE㱻EXIT㱻LID㱻 BOTTOM (2019) and Naming The World (2024) at Yumiko Chiba Associates, where he also participated in The World of Contemporary Calligraphic Art 2: Symbols and the Times in 2020. In 2023, he participated in the Hengshan Calligraphy Biennial “Era of Principle and No Principle Interwoven̶Calligraphy as a Visual Form” at the Hengshan Calligraphy Art Center in Taiwan.