Etsuko Kawamura

CV

Etsuko Kawamura

JPEN

Biography

1953
Born in Nagahama, Shiga Prefecture.
1980
Completed Postgraduate Course in Oil Painting, Kyoto City University of Arts.
2004
Artist-in-residence in Milano at the Agency for Cultural Affairs (-’05)
2022
Honorary Professor of Kyoto University of Art and Design.

Solo Show

1979
Solo Show, Etsuko Kawamura, Gallery Iteza, Kyoto. (’81)
1989
Solo Show, Etsuko Kawamura New Paintings, Tokyo Central Gallery
1990
Solo Show, Etsuko Kawamura, Gallery Nakamura,Kyoto.(’97,’022)
1992
Solo Show Weathered Time, Art Gallery of Mitsukoshi Nihonbashi,Tokyo.
1995
Solo Show, In the Department Store, Art Gallery of Takashimaya,Kyoto.
1998
Solo Show, Trees Chronicle, Imura Art Gallery, Kyoto.(’02,’08,’012)
2004
Solo Show, Etsuko Kawamura, Matsuzakaya,Nagoya (’07.’010 )
2006
Solo Show, Seeking the ideal form of nature, Gallery Ban,Osaka,
Art Garden,Okayama
2008
Solo Show, Looking for the Form of Nature, Imura Art Gallery, Kyoto
2010
Solo Show, Lotus, Camellia, and Ornamental Cabbage
Art Gallery of Takashimaya, Kyoto.
2013
Solo Show, About Plants and Trees Taiyo Gallery,Osaka
2014
Solo Show, Lotuses by Thin Scrolls, Shibunkaku, Kyoto/Tokyo/Fukuoka
2016
Solo Show Etsuko Kawamura Just Another Season,
Otani Museum Nishinomiya City.
2017
Solo Show ‘Just Another Season-People‘ Takashimaya,
Kyoto/ Tokyo/ Osaka / Nagoya
2019
Solo Show, Look at the Night Listen to the Night. Shibunkaku, Kyoto.
2021
Solo Show ,To the Forest of Paintings,Chushin Museum,Kyoto.
2023
Solo Show "The Flower will take care of itself"
Daimaru Art Gallery,Kyoto/ Gallery TOART,Kobe
2024
Solo Show" Under the Cherry Blossom" Daimaru Art Gallery,Sapporo

Selected Exhibitions

1986
16th Japan International Art Exhibition, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum. Received Honorable Mention and The Museum of Modern Art, Toyama Award.
1987
18th Contemporary Japan Art Exhibition, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum. (’89)
Tokyo Central Museum ’87 Oil Painting Grand Prize Exhibition, Tokyo Central Museum. Received Excellence Award.
Tokyo Central Museum ’87 Oil Painting Grand Prize Exhibition, Tokyo Central Museum. Received Excellence Award.
1988
31st Yasui Award Exhibition, The Seibu Museum of Art, Tokyo. (’90, ’96)
1st Paintings, Now… Exhibition, Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art. (-’90)
1992
2nd Kanji Maeta Grand Prize Exhibition, Kurayoshi Museum, Tottori. Participated by invitation. Received Honorable Mention. (’95)
1994
RyoyonoMe: Contemporary Painting Exhibition, Mitsukoshi, Tokyo. (-’03)
1999
Heizo Kanayama Award Memorial Art Exhibition, Hyogo Prefecturel Museum of Modern Art, Kobe. Participated by invitation. (’99 Received Excellence Award)
2000
Their Own Wind, Wave, and Sound – Etsuko Kawamura, Kozo Mio, and Rieko Morita, Takashimaya, Osaka. Kyoto. Tokyo.Nagoya
2003
Artists Today 2003: Scooping up Water, Playing with Flowers - A Gaze at Nature, Yokohama Civic Art Gallery
2005
The Beauty of Toyama: 120 Views " The Museum of Modern Art, Toyama
2007
Japanese Suppleness – Contemporary Art from Japan. Denmark
The 40th Anniversary of the Japanese Government Overseas Study Program for Artists: Travels, Encounters and Dialogues with Different Cultures
The National Art Center, Tokyo
2008
Six Women Scroll Artists of the Imperial Court", Dyeing ・Seiryukan, Kyoto/ Furukawa Art Museum, Nagoya
2010
Fantasy Corridor from the Tokyo Opera City Collection,Tokyo.
2011
At the Hotel Where Junichiro Tanizaki Loved, Gion-morisyo, Kyoto.
2014
The Form of Life that Celebrates- Rokube Kiyomizu×Etsuko Kawamura, Matsuzakaya,Nagoya
2015
Relocation and Dismantling-Focusing on 1970s,from Collection of Kyoto City University of Arts, Gallery @KCUA.
2017
Plant Collection of Art, Otani Museum Nishinomiya City,Hyogo.
2021
Ryan Gander's Selected Works from the Collection "The Story is Always Imperfect..."Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery
Kotaro Terada -Record of Life, Tama Art University Museum.
2022
Etsuko Kawamura×Etsuko Tajima Exhibition, Flower and Dream,
Gallery Keifu,Kyoto.  
10 Contemporary Painters,Art Gallery of Isetan Shinjyuku,Tokyo.
2023
With New Collections,Otani Museum Nishinomiya City,Hyogo.
     
2024
"Sui" Exhibition by 10 Contemporary Painters, Ueno Matsuzakaya,Tokyo
"Colorful Breath" Exhibition of Collected Works of Chushin Museum
SMoA Collection-Special Feature on Women Artists, Shiga Museum of Art

Public Collections
Agency for Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan / Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery / Yokohama Business Park / The Museum of Modern Art Toyama / Hikari Museum / Kyoto Prefectural Museum of Culture / Kyoto City University of Arts / Kyoto University of Art and Design / Chushin Museum,Kyoto / Otani Museum Nishinomiya City / Tama Art University Museum. / Fuchu Art Museum