Biography of Japanese painter, NISHIDA, Shunei.
1953 Born in Ise city, Mie prefecture, Japan. 1971 Won Chubu Shunyo kai Award, selected at Shunyo kai 3 times. 1977 Graduated Musashino Art University, Department of Japanese Painting. 1983 Received the Award of Excellence in the 7th Yamatane Museum of Art Award Exhibition. 1984 Gained the Grand Prize of 84 Tokyo Central Museum Japanese Painting Grand Prize Exhibition. 1988 The painting exhibited at the 43rd spring In-ten (Japan Art Institute Exhibition) was purchased by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 1990 Obtained the Contemporary Art Exhibition Recommendation Award in the first Ryoyo no Me Exhibition. 1993 Resided in India for a year as the overseas research personnel of the Agency for Cultural Affairs. 1995 Won the 50th and 51st spring In-ten (Japan Art Institute Exhibition) Encouragement Award. 1996 Received the Encouragement Award of the 81st In-ten, the Tenshin Memorial Ibaraki Award and the Scholarship Award of the Japan Art Institute. 1997 Won the Japan Fine Arts Institute Exhibition Award Taikan Award in the 82nd In-ten. 1998 Recommended as Donin (member) at the Japan Art Institute. 1999 Exhibited at Domani Tomorrow Exhibition - the artists who bear the future. (In 2002 as well) 2000 He was commissioned to paint for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Year 2000 Exhibition of the epoch of the Japanese painting. 2001 He was commissioned to paint the portrait of the president of the House of Councilors for the Diet building. 2002 Received the Minister of Culture, Education and Science Award in the 87th In-ten. 2003 Retrospective exhibition of Nishida, Shunei ~ In Praise of Life ~ (Imai Museum). 2004 Private exhibition of Nishida, Shunei ~ Tranquil time ~ (Seibu Art Forum and other places). 2005 Won the Prime Minister’s Award in the 90th In-ten (Japan Art Institute). 2006 Won the 12th Adachi Museum of Art Award in the 91st In-ten. At present Donin (member) and Hyogi-in (Councilor) of Japan Art Institute. Professor of Hiroshima City University.
Exhibited at the Contemporary Screen Painting Exhibition (Western Germany and the others).
Received the Japan Fine Arts Institute Exhibition Award Taikan Award in the 80th In-ten.
Gained the 1st Adachi Museum of Art Award.
Exhibited at the 30th Contemporary Art Selective Exhibition of the Agency for the Cultural Affairs ( In 1998 and 2003 as well).
The Exhibition of excellent art works purchased by the Agency for Cultural Affairs in 1997 ( Ueno Nihon Geijutsu Kaikan).
Painted the Japanese painting for the Manyo Bunka-kan in Nara prefecture.
Private exhibition of Nishida, Shunei ~Prayer~ (Mitsukoshi Department main store and other places).
Private exhibition of Nishida, Shunei ~ In the Light ~ (at Matsuzakaya Department main store and other places).
Private exhibition of Nishida, Shunei ~ Nostalgia ~ (Tenmanya main store and other places).
Artistics career of Japanese painter, NISHIDA, Shunei.
Born in Mie prefecture in 1953. Nishida began learning oil painting in junior high school and his painting ability was recognized as outstanding. He was the youngest artist to receive an award at a public exhibition.
During his graduation trip to Europe he was impressed with the beauty of the Oriental paintings in the Louvre Museum and felt that he has a mission to accomplish. On his return to Japan he entered the Department of Japanese painting at Musashino Art University. He was accepted for the first time at the Saiko Inten (autumn exhibition of the Japan Art Institute) as a student which is considered to be a difficult achievement.
In 1983 he received the Award of Excellence in the 7th Yamatane Museum of Art Award Exhibition painting “Keman” (flower decorations that accompany Buddist image) the theme being transmigration of souls. In 1984 his exhibit “Seigyu” (Holy Bull) his Indian bull painting won him the Tokyo Central Museum Grand Prize Japanese Painting Award.
He was greatly inspired by the Indian culture and in 1955 went to study painting as the overseas research personnel of the Agency for Cultural Affairs. Whilst in India he was awakened to portraits and in 1995 received the Nihon Bijutsuin (Japan Art Institute) Award as well as the newly established Adachi Museum of Art Award for “Pushkar no Rojin” (Old man of Pushkar) painting the full face of an Indian village chief.
In 1996 he gained the Tenshin Memorial Ibaraki Award for “Jakko” (Serene Light) painting the young monk of Ladakh. In 1997 he received the Nihon Bijutsuin (Japan Art Institute) Award for the second time for “Carlos” appraised for his use of the light in depicting his life and feelings of the subject and was recommended to be “Donin” (member).
In 2002 he won the Minister of Education and Science Award with “King” a screen painting of peacocks.
He gradually returned to the Japanese classics and released a new type of flower and bird paintings using varicolored sumi (ink). In 2005 he received the Prime Minister’s Award for “Kisaragi no Tsuki” (February Moon) which was inspirited by the poem of the Buddist priest Saigyo.
In 2006 he obtained the Adachi Museum of Art Award for the second time for “Kibi no Tsuru” (Cranes of Kibi), painted on a 7 meters long screen, the life cycle of the Japanese cranes beautifully depicting the Japanese affections for the cranes.
In 2003 he held a retrospective exhibition at Imai Museum as well as private exhibitions at many department stores.
Currently he is Donin (Member) and Hyogiin (Trustee) of the Nihon Bijutsuin (Japan Art Institute). He is Professor of the Hiroshima City University.
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