Hisashi Yamamoto (1969 - )
Calligrapher
Born 1969, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. Lives and works in Hiroshima. As a child, he was forced to write only one horizontal bar hundreds of times at a calligraphy school to correct his left-handedness to right-handedness. In 1988, shortly after entering the calligraphy department of Tokyo Gakugei University, he came into contact with the works of Yuichi Inoue and decided to give up classical calligraphy. He decided to write his own unique, real handwriting, and at the age of 20 he made the 'Declaration of Naoshi Yamamoto Calligrapher' in his room, and has called himself a calligrapher ever since. After working on the Yuichi Inoue catalogue raisonné at Unak Tokyo, he made up his mind to leave Yuichi. He then returned to Hiroshima to work at a tutoring school. However, a year and a half later the company went bankrupt, and in 1995 he opened his own tutoring school. In 2004, he was approached by Masaomi Unagami to establish the 'Tensakukai' in honour of Yuichi Inoue, and was given the opportunity to present his work.
2018 Solo Exhibition ‘Mado (Window)’, PLACE by method, Tokyo
Solo Exhibition ‘Triple Tower’, TMMT, Tokyo
Group Exhibition ‘ART SHODO TOKYO SPRING 2018’, Mitaka City Arts Center, Tokyo
2018 Group Exhibition ‘ART SHODO TOKYO AUTUMN 2018’, Mitaka City Arts Center, Tokyo
2019-20 Solo Exhibition ‘ENTRANCE⇔EXIT⇔LID⇔BOTTOM’, Yumiko Chiba Associates viewing room shinjuku, Tokyo
2019 vol.117"Contemporary calligraphy ARTSHODO three people's track", Gallery NAO MASAKI
2020 Group Exhibition ‘OSAKA SHODO SHOW 2020’, SEASIDE STUDIO CASO, Osaka
Group Exhibition ‘What’s SHODO’, MARUEIDO JAPAN, Gallery, Tokyo
Group Exhibition ‘The World of Contemporary Calligraphic Art 2, – “Symbols and the Times”‘, Yumiko Chiba Associates viewing room, shinjuku, Tokyo
2021 Group Exhibition ‘REAL by ArtSticker DAIKANYAMA ART WEEK’, Daikanyama HILLSIDE TERRACE HILLSIDE FORUM, Tokyo
Group Exhibition, art space tetra, Fukuoka
Group Exhibition ‘ART SHODO FESTA in Fukuoka’, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Fukuoka
Group Exhibition ‘OSAKA SHODO SHOW 2021’, SEASIDE STUDIO CASO, Osaka
Group Exhibition ‘ART SHODO EIGHT’, MDP GALLERY, Tokyo
Group Exhibition ‘SHODO NEW AGE’, Tamashin RISURU Hall, Tokyo
Group Exhibition ‘Contemporary Art SHODO’, Fukuya Hatchobori Main Store 7F Art Gallery, Hiroshima
Group Exhibition ‘Mark and the human’, Iwataya 2F Head Office Main Building Gallery CONTAINER, Fukuoka
Group Exhibition ‘JAPAN SHODO SHOW’, Shibuya Hikarie8/CUBE, Tokyo
Group Exhibition ‘Calligraphy and not calligraphy KIWA (overlaps)’, Kyoto Wang Inter-Art Museum, Osaka
2022 Group Exhibition Exhibition by four artist ~ of the new tide of the ART SHODO ~book, Nagoya Sakae Mitsukoshi Sakae ARTE CASA ,Aichi
Group Exhibition ART SHODO SELECTION in Kyoto, MEDIA SHOP GALLERY, Kyoto
Group Exhibition, Taguchi Bijutsu, Gifu
Solo Exhibition Game, Fukuya Hatchobori Main Store art gallery, Hiroshima
Group Exhibition Hiroshima Contemporary Art Salon 2022, Fukuya Hatchobori Main Store gallery 101, Hiroshima
Solo Exhibition Motor Show, Akamanma, Gunma
Group Exhibition JAPAN SHODO SHOW, Meguro Museum of Art, Tokyo Citizens Gallery, Tokyo
Group Exhibition, MDP GALLERY KAMAKURA,Tokyo
2023 Group Exhibition "GRAM FORCE", YUKIKO MIZUTANI, Tokyo
