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画業ひとすじ

1995年から画家として発表活動を開始し、1998年からは、画業ひとすじで生活を始めました。

相模原アトリエから長野へ

2007年に美術館に作品が買い上げられました。これを機に、2008年に相模原市内でアトリエを構えました。

また、経済的事情と、より良い制作環境を求めて、2012年に長野市にアトリエを移しました。

ご支援

美術館企画グループ展出品に先立ち、2012年から自身のブログで制作資金の支援を集めるようになりました。

制作・販売

4年後の2016年には、横須賀美術館での企画個展を開催することができました。

しかし、これまで12年間お世話になった画廊が休廊。自営で制作・販売を総括する活動になりました。

インターネット

翌2017年からは、長野市内から軽井沢町にアトリエを移し。インターネットの活用に取り組みました。

メルマガ「画家川田祐子ニュースレター」の独自配信。また、作品販売オンラインサイト「Atelier Gallery」の運営によって、毎月新作を発表しています。

動画配信

一方、YouTube動画は、2012年から開始。当初は自身の制作を中心に紹介。社会的事情を背景に、2021年からは、より力を入れるようになりました。

2023年12月に、YouTubeパートナーシップに認定されています。

長野市のアトリエ（2012年）

Profile（english）

Yuko Kawada was born in Tokyo,Japan in 1962.
She studied major in Science of Art at Joshibi University of Art and Design in Tokyo.

Germany

During university enrollment, she lived and learned german at Goethe-Institute in Bremen and Iserlohn for total 6 months.

Then she attended a lecture on Western art history at the Hamburg University for half a year in Germany.

Abstract paintings

She stayed twice in the West Germany and traveled not only in West Germany, but also East Germany, Austria, France, Italy, Greece, Belgium and Denmark.

When she visited the Royal Art Museum in Brussels, Belgium.

Then she saw “The abstract paintings of the 20th century” exhibition, and noticed abstract paintings that she could only draw.

Study

After returning from Germany, she graduated with a bachelor’s degree.
Her graduation thesis was ”Lucas Cranach’s Painting and Studio Management”.

At the graduate school of Yokohama National University, she completed her master’s degree. Her paper was on “Methods of transferring Zen art and painting skills”.

Job

After that he worked as a art teacher at a junior high school and a high school, an assistant at a junior college, a curator of a private museum, and at the same time worked her paintings.

Zen

She decided to live as a painter when she trained at Zen temple in Iwate, northern japan.

Prize

She started presenting works by solo exhibition in Mitaka-city,TOKYO since 1995.

In 1999, she received the grand prize at “The 35th Kanagawa Prefectural Art Exhibition “Kanagawa Prefectural Gallery.

Museum

Works were recommended for the VOCA “The Vision Contemporary Art 2002”, The Ueno Royal Museum, TOKYO exhibition in 2002.

That was the opportunity to display works at group exhibitions at Shizuoka Prefectural Museum of Art, and held workshops and gallery talks.

Gallery

As a result, She held a solo exhibition at the KANEKO ART TOKYO gallery in Kyobashi.

The owner did not as Vanity Gallery, but continued to hold her solo exhibition for 12 years as a business partner.

Public Collection

Her works has been collected by Kushiro Art Museum, HOKKAIDO in 2005 and by The National Museum of Modern Art, TOKYO in 2007.

With this achievement, she set up an independent atelier in Sagamihara city from 2008, and transferred the studio to Nagano city in 2012.

Solo Exhibition in Museum

While she lived in Nagano for 4 years she was supported and donated by dozens of collectors.

She presented her results at a solo exhibition held in Yokosuka Museum of Art, KANAGAWA in 2016.

The gallery of the partner was closed and she is now independent in 2016.

Karuizawa

In 2017 she moved her studio to Karuizawa Town in Nagano Prefecture.

And now she is approaching new works through Internet mail magazine and Atelier Gallery-web site.