Mendori Takeshi

1949 Born in Kagawa Prefecture
1979 Studied under Master Fukuouji Hourin
1981 Participated in Haru no In-ten exhibition (Selected 22 times, one encouragement award), In-ten exhibition (Selected 18 times, received an encouragement award in 2002)
2003 In-ten Award-winning Artist New Work Exhibition (Matsuzakaya, Ginza)
2005 Kagawa Abstract Art Today Exhibition (Artland Gallery, Kagawa)
Kagawa Prefecture Nihonga Small Works Exhibition (Miyawaki Gallery, Kagawa)
2008 Three-person exhibition with Osamu Otsubo, Yosuke Sakamoto, and Takeshi Mendori (Takashimaya, Okayama) (Followed by another in 2009)
Solo Exhibition (Gion Gallery, Okayama)
2011 Solo Exhibition (Takashimaya, Okayama)
2012 Ueno Royal Museum Grand Prize Exhibition (Nominated) (Followed by another in 2013)
2016 Solo Exhibition (Takashimaya, Okayama)
2017 Japan Art Association Kagawa Exhibition
Present Special member of the Japan Art Academy

Mendori Takeshi Message

In any era, for anything, there are things that must be left behind, things that must be changed, and things that must evolve. This applies to the world of art as well.