Nawa was the first student from Yamagata to enroll in the Oil Painting Course at the Tokyo University of the Arts on his first attempt. While in graduate school, he studied in Milan as an Italian government-sponsored student. After returning from Italy, he obtained a doctorate in materials research of nihonga.
Not affiliated with any specific art groups, he lives in his nature-rich hometown, Higashine, Yamagata, where he pursues "realistic painting not as a moving image." His dedicated efforts to master the reality that exists between visual perception and memory evoke the work of the earliest oil painters in Japan.
1976 | Born in Higashine, Yamagata |
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1998 | Graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts, Faculty of Fine Arts, Oil Painting Course |
2000 | Graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts, Graduate School of Fine Arts Master’s Course |
2002 | L'espoire Solo Exhibition at Ginza Surugadai Gallery, Tokyo |
2003 | Studied at Accademia di Belle Arti di Milano (Italian Government sponsored scholarship) |
2006 | Obtain a Doctorate from Tokyo University of the Arts, Graduate School of Fine Arts Doctor’s Course |
2007 | Solo Exhibition in Yamagata |
2011 | Solo Exhibition at Kashiwa, Chiba |
2012 | Solo Exhibition "Weathering" at Matsuyama, Ehime/Takatsuki, Osaka |
2013 | Solo Exhibition "Four Seasons Landscape" at Ikebukuro, Tokyo "Weathering" at Fukui/Kobe/Chiba/Matsuyama/Yao, Osaka |
2014 | Solo Exhibition "Weathering" at Kashiwa/Kobe/Osaka |
2015 | Solo Exhibition "Weathering" at Tokorozawa, Saitama |
2016 | Solo Exhibition "Weathering" at Omiya, Saitama/Asahikawa, Hokkaido "Top Runners of Contemporary Art" Exhibition at Takamatsu, Kagawa |
2017 | Solo Exhibition "Weathering" at Chiba/Yonago, Tottori/Funabashi, Chiba/Hiroshima |
2018 | Solo Exhibition "Weathering" at Hiroshima/Kobe/Takatsuki | 2019年 | Solo Exhibition "Weathering" at Yonago Group Exhibition “6th scene” at Ikebukuro/Hiroshima/Yokohama |
2020年 | Solo Exhibition "Weathering" at Tennoji |
Present | Based in Higashine, Yamagata, Nonaffiliated artist |
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