Top > Faculty List > Faculty of Fine Arts, Graduate School of Fine Arts > Japanese SAKATA, Tetsuya 　Professor - Oil Painting, Department of Painting 18 June, 2010 1952 Born in Fukuoka Prefecture 1979 B.F.A., '81 M.F.A.in Painting, '88 Completed Doctoral Program coursework, Tokyo University of the Arts 1991 Instructor of Oil Painting, Tokyo University of the Arts, '95 Associate Professor 1995-96 Studied in France on Grant from the Nikko Foundation ('95- '96) 2005- Professor, Tokyo University of the Arts Research Activities 1980 Figurative Art toward Tomorrow (Takashimaya, Tokyo) -'84) 1982 International Exhibition of Figurative Art (Mitsukoshi, Nihonbashi, Tokyo) / New Generation of Figurative Painting (Galerie Humanit, Nagoya) / Between Classicism and Modernism (Nagai Gallery, Tokyo) 1983 Exhibition of Grand Prize Paintings (Tokyo Central Museum - Awarded Grand Prize.) Yasui Prize Exhibition (Sezon Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo) ('85, '89) 1984 Solo Exhibition (Galerie Nichido, Tokyo) Japanese Young Painters (Mitsukoshi, Tokyo) ('87) 1985 Basel Art Fair, Switzerland. Four Contemporary Artists (Galerie Nichido, Paris). Ren Ito Memorial Exhibition (Galerie Nichido, Nagoya - Awarded Grand Prize.) 1986 Japanese Contemporary Artists born after the War (Miyagi Prefectural Museum of Art) 1987 Figurative Art Biennale (Nihonbashi Takashimaya, Tokyo) Centennial Anniversary Exhibition of Tokyo University of the Arts(Mitsukoshi, Tokyo) 1988 Doctoral Course Exhibition. (Solo and Group Exhibition, The University Art Museum Gallery) Portrait Exhibition (Tokyo Isetan Museum) 1990 Contemporary Tempera Exhibition (Ginza-Surugadai Gallery, Tokyo). ('93, '96) 1991 Perspective of East and West (Mitsukoshi, Tokyo) ('94) Documents of The 21st c. (Tokyo Central Museum of Art) Contemporary Japanese Art (Beijing) Contemporary Eyesight (Yurakucho Art Forum, Tokyo) (-'93) 1992 Paintings of Modern Realism, Spain-Japan, '94 Korea-Japan. '97 In Japan (Mitsukoshi, Tokyo) 1993 IMA-Painting Today (Mitsukoshi Museum of Art, Tokyo) ('97) 1994 Hiroshima Art Festival (Fukuya, Hiroshima) 1997 From The Collection of The University Art Museum (Mitsukoshi, Tokyo) 1999 Vision of Oil Painters towards the 21st Century (Seiji Togo Memorial Yasuda Museum of Art, Tokyo) 2000 Too Beautiful Lie, Expression Exhibition of Present Age Realism (Mitsukoshi, Tokyo) 2001 Science and Art International Academy Arts Exhibition to commemorate the 90th anniversary of Tsinghua University,China 2002 Leading Artists of the 21st century, Now and the future exhibition (Mitsukoshi , Tokyo) ('03 '04 '05) 2005 Tokyo University of the Arts & Korea Art University Exchange Exhibition (Korea,Seoul) Tokyo University of the Arts Oil Painting Faculty Exhibition (Takashimaya, Tokyo) Educational Activities Undergraduate and Graduate Courses (including Doctoral courses) in Oil Painting, Watercolor Painting and Drawing with an emphasis on representational painting, fundamentals and applications of various medium. Social Aactivities Instruction and the lecture ('96 and '99 - 2002) of the Tokyo Geijutsu Daigaku Oilpainting open class・Practical skill instruction and the lecture ('98) of a science-of-arts school of Myokokogen summer, Aokisigeru grand-prix exhibitionMember of the selection committee (2001- Bridgestone Museum of Art Kurume), instruction and the Tokyo Geijutsu Daigaku Sogakudo Concert Hall concert "obtained series ?" poster of the Ito art spring school, and pamphlet work Public Collections The University Art Museum, Tokyo / Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery / Kitakyushu Municipal Museum of Art / Kasama Nichido Museum of Art / Ministry of Foreign Affairs Key Words Oil painting ; I am pursuing what kind of possibilities there might be by using various solvents in representational painting and trying to show my works in both in and outside of Japan.