HAYASHI Takahiko

Born
1961 Born in Kitagata, Gifu Prefecture, Japan

Education

1985 Graduated from the Department of Oil Painting, Musashino Art University
1987 Completed the graduate program in Printmaking at Tokyo University of the Arts

Currently
Lives and works in Hidaka, Saitama Prefecture, Japan

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2026 “Abstract / Intricate Abstract” Hiro Gallery (Hashimoto, Japan)
2024 “Breath of Life, Breath of Line” Froelick Gallery (Portland, OR, USA)
2024 Etching Series: “Reflections on Laozi” Yanagisawa Gallery (Urawa, Japan)
2024 Etching Series: “Reflections on Laozi” Galerie Petit Bois (Osaka, Japan)
2023 “SHI HAN SEIKI” Froelick Gallery (Portland, OR, USA)
2023 “Multi-Axis, Swirling Lines” Galerie Tokyo Humanité (Tokyo, Japan)
2020 “What Lies in the Details” Hiro Art Gallery (Hashimoto, Japan)
2019 “Vibes in the Lines” Froelick Gallery (Portland, Oregon, USA)
2019 “The Lines” Galerie Tokyo Humanité (Tokyo, Japan)
2019 “The Sound of Lines” Hiro Art Gallery (Hashimoto, Japan)
2019 Art Zone Kaguraoka (Kyoto, Japan)
2018 GALERIE EN'VOL (Asahikawa, Japan)
2017 Artland Gallery (Marugame, Japan)

Museum Exhibitions and Group Exhibitions

2026 Collection 3: Special Exhibition “Reflecting City” The National Museum of Art, Osaka (Osaka, Japan)
2025 Printmaking Today, Printmaking Tomorrow: Collection Plus Sato Museum of Art (Tokyo, Japan)
2025 Collection Exhibition 082: “Art on Paper” Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery (Tokyo, Japan)
2025 “Collectors’ Eye 4: The Nakajima Collection” Toyohashi City Museum of Art and History (Toyohashi, Japan)
2021 “Imagining Color” – A Collection Exhibition Selected by Ryan Gander, Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery (Tokyo, Japan)
2019 “Reflection: Four Artists – Prints and Glass Paintings” Art Gallery Muse (Maebashi, Japan)
2019 “Woodblock Prints” – Terada Collection 065, Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery (Tokyo, Japan)
2019 “New Year Group Show” Ajisai Gallery (Kobe, Japan)
2018 “New Museum Collection” Sato Museum of Art (Tokyo, Japan)
2018 “Glass Paintings” Misaki Gallery (Ota, Japan); Gallery Palette (Shunan, Japan)
2017 “Printmaking in Gifu” Gifu Prefectural Museum of Art (Gifu, Japan)
2017 “Glass Paintings” Gallery Niigata City Hitsuji
2015 Collection Exhibition 050: “Carving Wood” Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery (Tokyo, Japan)
2014 “Two Japanese Masters of Printmaking: Takahiko Hayashi and Shinji Ando” Matrix Fine Art Gallery (Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA)
2014 “Prism World Printmaking One” SPAZIO OSTRAKON (Milan, Italy)
2014 “Hangzhou Art Festival” White Horse Lake Creative Eco City (Hangzhou, China)
2010 Collection Exhibition 033: “Geometric Images” Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery (Tokyo, Japan)
2009 “Artist Proof” Chester Beatty Library (Dublin, Ireland)
2007 “On the Cutting Edge – Japanese Contemporary Prints” Library of Congress (Washington, D.C., USA)
2007 “Japanese Prints: Word / Poem / Picture” Los Angeles County Museum of Art (Los Angeles, USA)
2005 “SIPA 2005 – Contemporary Japanese Prints” Hangaram Art Museum (Seoul, South Korea)
1997 “Trends in Contemporary Japanese Art: Print / The Act of Reproducing” Toyama Prefectural Museum of Modern Art (Toyama, Japan)
1994 “Shiga Annual 94: The Universe of Prints” Shiga Prefectural Museum of Modern Art (Shiga, Japan)

Other Exhibitions and Projects

2010–2020 Little Christmas Print (2010–2019)
1987–2020 CWAJ Print Show (excluding 1988 and 2009)
2020 Seed Story

Awards

1992 Bridgestone Museum of Art Award, 21st Contemporary Japanese Art Exhibition
1989 Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum Award, 19th Contemporary Japanese Art Exhibition
1987 Excellence Award, 3rd Seibu Museum of Art Print Grand Prix Exhibition
1986 Print Association Award, 54th Japan Print Association Exhibition

Teaching Experience

2006–2013 Part-time Lecturer, Joshibi University of Art and Design
1993–1994 Part-time Lecturer in Etching (Intensive Courses), Okinawa Prefectural University of Arts
1989–1992 Part-time Lecturer in Etching, Musashino Art University

Public Collections

HOKUBU Memorial Museum of Art (Sapporo, Japan)
Japan Museum of Art (Gifu, Japan)
Minokamo City Museum (Minokamo, Japan)
Nagoya City Art Museum (Nagoya, Japan)
Sato Museum of Art (Tokyo, Japan)
University of Alberta (Canada)

Book Cover Image

2016 The Paraclete Poetry Anthology / Selected and New Poems
Edited by Mark S. Burrows
Paraclete Press, Inc. (USA)
Paraclete Press

Articles

2019 Visual Art Source (USA)
Article 2019
2015 Visual Art Source (USA)
Article 2015