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Tetsuya Noguchi
野口哲哉
Born1980 (age 43–44)
Alma materHiroshima City University
AwardsKagawa Prefecture Arts and Culture Rookie of the Year Award
2016
WebsiteOfficial site

Tetsuya Noguchi (野口哲哉, Noguchi Tetsuya, born 1980 in Takamatsu, Kagawa Prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese artist known for his images of samurai in modern everyday or comical situations.[1]

Biography

Noguchi was born in 1980 in Takamatsu, Kagawa Prefecture, Japan.[2][3] He graduated from Hiroshima City University in 2003 specializing in oil painting, going on to complete graduate school there in 2005.[2]

Since his youth, Noguchi has been inspired by science fiction, samurai films, history, and plastic models, and he uses these as influences in his paintings and sculptures.[4] He was first inspired by a photo of a samurai taken around the end of the Tokugawa period, as well as by the works of Kobori Tomoto.[4] His works have appeared in over 15 solo exhibits since his first in 2008.[2] Two books featuring his works were published in 2014.[3][5]

Exhibits

Solo

Bibliography

Reception

Noguchi's work has been described as "archival, historical and yet happily contemporarily comical",[1] and having "technique...so exquisite that it elevates the work entirely out of the realm of parody".[4] His works are sometimes mistaken as being actual historical works due to their detail and style.[5]

Awards and recognition

Noguchi has received the following awards and recognition:

Year Organization Award title,
Category
Work Result Refs
2016 Kagawa Prefecture Arts and Culture Rookie of the Year Award
(文化芸術新人賞受賞)
- Won [2][3]

References

  1. ^ a b c Larking, Matthew (3 July 2014). "World-weary and resigned, yet the samurai spirit soldiers on". The Japan Times. Archived from the original on 3 June 2021. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t "Artists > 野口 哲哉 Tetsuya Noguchi". Gallery Gyokuei. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
  3. ^ a b c d e f "Tetsuya Noguchi Exhibit ― THIS IS NOT A SAMURAI ― Official Website". exhibit.jp. Archived from the original on 3 June 2021. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
  4. ^ a b c d Gleason, Alan. "Samurai Surrealism: Tetsuya Noguchi at the Nerima Art Museum". Artscape.jp. Archived from the original on 2 June 2021. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
  5. ^ a b c d Michizoe, Kengo (21 January 2017). "Tetsuya Noguchi "Antique Human"". Shift Japan. Archived from the original on 3 June 2021. Retrieved 5 November 2021.