YUJI HAMAMURA
YUJI HAMAMURA
Yuji Hamamura, the resin artist
Yuji Hamamura
アーティスト 長崎在住
2018年当時 47歳までIT企業や医療商社で勤務。 休日は毎週のようにダイビングやドルフィンスイミング、 釣りやキャンプなどを楽しむライフワーク。美大も出て おらずアートとは無縁の人生。
2018年興味本位で 始めたエポキシレジンを使った作品、 テーブルやインテリアパネルなどの創作を始める。
2019年 アーティストとして独立し、独自に開発した技法、 波紋のテクスチャを駆使して 水面や水中のアート作品の創作を始める。
アーティスト活動の傍らライフワークとして 2023年エポキシレジンアートのレベルアップ普及のためHui Kai Art 協会を設立/主幹。
元ビジネスマンとしての経験を活かし、障害者に向けたレジンワークショップや障害者 アートの支援などを行い障害者の就労支援、 所得向上に向けた活動を行う。
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Yuji was born in Saikai-City, Nagasaki. After working in a large information technology firm in Tokyo for many years, he decided to come back to his hometown because he thought that's the place where he wanted to raise his kids.
Yuji started creating things when he was little and kept his enthusiasm through his life no matter at schools or at his work. He loves cooking as well as handcraft creating that he even created his own seasoning.
Im 2017, he found a "transparant rasin table" in a shop occasionally. He was very much attracted by it and immediately wanted to have it. However, it was too expensive to afford! Therefore, he began to learn how to make the rasin art by himself.
In order to cover the materials cost, he started to sell his crafts on the Internet. He received way more feedback and orders from all over and that's way beyond his expectation. Due to the large quantity of orders, he quit his full-time job and focused on his rasin crafts.
The main themes of his works are tropical beaches and oceans. He tries to express the reality of underwater landscapes that he has seen from his hobby, diving, into rasin crafts.
He keeps inventing new styles of techniques by himself and also collaborated with other artists to find new methods to apply with new materials.
His works became popular gradually in this field and even won several awards as well as lots of compliments from all over.
Other than interior decorations and household utensils, he is currently exploring the new possibilities on mixed media art by resin.
Awards・Participations
Awards
2019
The 17th Zen Public Exhibition
(Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Award of Excellence in the three-dimensional category
http://zenten.info/?page_id=3521
Art Fair Asia Fukuoka 2019 (AFAF 2019 Award)
Awarded in a public exhibition of new creators
SHIBUYA AWARDS 2019 Prize
2nd Exhibition All Japan Art Second prize
Participations
2019
Sep: the 3rd ZEN Exhibition at the Saitama Museum of Modern Art
Sep: KIZUNA Exhibition at the GALLERY ART POINT (Ginza Gallary)
Nov: Christmas Exhibition in Hakata
Dec: Mixed Media 2019 at the GALLERY ART POINT (Ginza Gallary)
2020
Feb: 2nd Public Exhibition All Japan Art
Feb: 3331 ART FAIR https://artfair.3331.jp
Mar: 45th Exhibition ZEN Spring Selection 2020 (Daikoku-ya, Ginza)
May: Japanese Today's Visual Arts Exhibition in Croatia 2020
2021
29th International Peace Art
Exhibition Overseas
Exhibition
Exhibited at Carnegie Hall, New York
Exhibited at the Spanish Art Award Exhibition, Comillas, Spain
2022
February:
First solo exhibition a
SOZO, Omotesando, Tokyo
UMI no IZANAI
March:
World art DUABI 2022
Exhibited at Dubai Art
Fair
April:
Nationalmuseum of singapore
Exhibited at
Nationalmuseum of
Singapore
November:
Art Fair in
SALON Art Shopping Paris
Directly connected to the
Louvre Museum
Nov.
ART KAOHSIUNG 2021
Exhibit at Art Fair in
Kaohsiung, Taiwan
2023
January:
New York Art Incubation Exhibition
“ULTIMATE BEAUTY” Exhibition at Tenri Cultural Institute, New York
February:
Gallery Exhibition at "SOJOURNER"
March:
Solo exhibition
Installation “Yuji Hamamura@ Mad Cafe”, New York
May:
Two-person exhibition at
One&only, Fukuoka Island City
Upcoming
From 2023/6 to 2023/9
Solo exhibition at Jewell House Gallery space, New York
The healing power of Ocean ー be like water
The healing power of Ocean ー be like water
https://whitehotmagazine.com/articles/sato-at-tenri-cultural-institution/5667
From Jun. to Sep.:
Solo exhibition 「The Healing Power of The Ocean - Be like water By Yuji Hamamura」Jewell House, New York
From Jul. to Sep.:
Art cooperation on Fuji TV drama 「Cinderella in Midsummer」 December: Second Solo exhibition at SOZO, Omotesando, Tokyo 2024
March:
Exhibition 「UMI-Chanpon」 Nagasaki Prefectural Art Museum Since April:Art panel displayed on 17m long wall, Kamogawa Onsen, “Kamogawakan” Chiba
August:
Art Fair 「Independent Tokyo2024」Audience Award From Aug. to Sep.: Solo Exhibition, private booth in Hankyu Umeda, Osaka November: Group Exhibition "JAPAN ART WEEK in Breeze" Breeze Center, Taipei, Taiwan