Imai Atsushi

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Imai Atsushi creates oil and water colored pencil drawings on the theme of female homosexuality and identity, as well as detailed architectural landscapes made entirely of graphite. He portrays women at various stages of life, the fascinating beauty of adolescence, the complexity of young adulthood, and the elegance of women over the age of 30. He stays in gestures and sensations, capturing intimate moments in their daily lives. Japanese fashion and anime illustrations are the main source of inspiration, but the emotions and expressiveness conveyed through his subject carry a universal resonance. Born in Ina City, Nagano Prefecture in 1973, and lives in Himeji City in 1975. Originally I wanted to be a manga artist, but I changed jobs in 1989 and worked as an illustrator and color pencil artist under the pseudonym TWO.AI until 1995 until I stopped working in 1995 due to the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake. With the illustrations uploaded to SNS in 2014, I resumed my illustration activities for the first time in about 20 years as an artist specializing in idols. As a pencil drawing, it returned in earnest from 2015.He has participated in art fairs around the world, including the Art Fair Malaga 2017 in Spain since 2017. The countries he has been introduced to so far are: Japan, USA, UK, Italy, France, Austria, Spain, Germany, Russia, Argentina, Taiwan, Australia, South Korea.

Concept

Imai Atsushi creates oil and water colored pencil drawings on the theme of female homosexuality and identity, as well as detailed architectural landscapes made entirely of graphite. He portrays women at various stages of life, the fascinating beauty of adolescence, the complexity of young adulthood, and the elegance of women over the age of 30. He stays in gestures and sensations, capturing intimate moments in their daily lives. Japanese fashion and anime illustrations are the main source of inspiration, but the emotions and expressiveness conveyed through his subject carry a universal resonance.

Born in Ina City, Nagano Prefecture in 1973, and lives in Himeji City in 1975. Originally I wanted to be a manga artist, but I changed jobs in 1989 and worked as an illustrator and color pencil artist under the pseudonym TWO.AI until 1995 until I stopped working in 1995 due to the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake.
With the illustrations uploaded to SNS in 2014, I resumed my illustration activities for the first time in about 20 years as an artist specializing in idols. As a pencil drawing, it returned in earnest from 2015.He has participated in art fairs around the world, including the Art Fair Malaga 2017 in Spain since 2017.
The countries he has been introduced to so far are: Japan, USA, UK, Italy, France, Austria, Spain, Germany, Russia, Argentina, Taiwan, Australia, South Korea.

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Series

“風景画”

It will be a series of landscape paintings.

Scenery of Arlington Row

USD 580.09 Year.2018 w45.50 x h65.20 x d2.50 cm

Townscape of Colmar #2

USD 145.02 Year.2018 w27.30 x h41.00 x d2.00 cm

Townscape of Colmar

USD 145.02 Year.2017 w24.20 x h41.00 x d2.00 cm

夏旅

Sold Out Year.2019 w60.00 x h60.00 x d2.00 cm

Series

“kimono woman”

A series of paintings of women wearing a "kimono" (or yukata) in their work.

The Moonlit Night

USD 145.02 Year.2020 w15.80 x h22.70 x d2.00 cm

Kimono Woman #2

Sold Out Year.2017 w26.00 x h36.00 x d0.00 cm

艶 -EN-

USD 1,305.21 Year.2018 w117.00 x h73.00 x d4.00 cm

Series

“sailor”

The series of works that deal with sailor uniforms.

Look up at the sky

USD 145.02 Year.2021 w14.00 x h18.00 x d2.00 cm

Look up at the sky No.2

USD 145.02 Year.2021 w14.00 x h18.00 x d2.00 cm

Line of love and love No.2

USD 1,450.23 Year.2019 w73.00 x h50.00 x d3.00 cm

Line of love and love

USD 1,450.23 Year.2018 w73.00 x h50.00 x d3.00 cm

雨に濡れて

Sold Out Year.2021 w14.00 x h18.00 x d2.00 cm

Series

“ファション”

A series of works that exaggerate the fashion

Woman #2

USD 471.32 Year.2017 w73.00 x h91.00 x d3.00 cm

Woman at the window

USD 181.28 Year.2016 w39.50 x h30.50 x d2.00 cm

Series

“静物画”

A series of still life paintings featuring food, plants, and other motifs.

戯れ

USD 65.92 Year.2020 w16.00 x h23.00 x d2.00 cm

croissant

USD 181.28 Year.2015 w30.40 x h22.80 x d0.10 cm

朝顔

USD 108.77 Year.2022 w18.00 x h18.00 x d2.00 cm

“Imai Atsushi's Artworks”

Breakfast

USD 217.53 Year.2015 w36.50 x h44.50 x d2.00 cm

Mother

USD 263.68 Year.2020 w45.50 x h53.00 x d2.00 cm

Medium

#Drawing

Price Range

USD $750 ~ $1,450

Biography

award
medial 4. art biennial 2018: Excellence Award/UK: 2017
Asian Illustration Annual Awards 2018: Selected/Taiwan: 2017
International Prize CARAVAGGIO/Italy: 2018
CFA Artist of the Year Award 2019: Honorable Mention Award/France: 2020
ARTIST OF THE FUTURE AWARD by Contemporary Art Curator Magazine/UK: 2020
COLLECTOR'S VISION INTERNATIONAL ART AWARD/UK: 2021
works
HERO ART PROJECT/USA: 2020,2021
Tourism EXPO Japan 2019/INTEX Osaka: 2019
Social media idol notall remix CD "Re: notall" character design charge/Japan: 2014
Group exhibition
Summer No. 0 Exhibition/Kyoto: 2021
Exhibition dyed in my color/Osaka: 2021
Spring No. 0 Exhibition/Kyoto: 2021
ZEROTEN2021 -TOKYO-/Tokyo: 2021
10th Anniversary New Year Contemporary Artist Piece Exhibition 2021 AN MUSEUM X/Tokyo: 2021
Winter No. 0 Exhibition/Kyoto: 2020
International Virtual FISART 2020/Romania: 2020
Are Electronica.ART Global Gallery/Austria: 2020
Creators Publication Commemorative Exhibition/21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa: 2019
Japanese Art -National Selected Artists Exhibition- /Ueno Royal Museum: 2019, 2020
3rd Christmas Art Competition in YOKOHAMA/Yokohama: 2018
3rd UK Colored Pencil Society's Regional Exhibition 2016/UK: 2016
13th'World of Colored Pencil' Exhibition 2015/UK: 2015
Solo exhibition
Imai Atsushi Solo Exhibition (12/15/2021~1/2/2022)
Art fair
Art Expo N.Y./USA: 2018, 2021
Monaco Yacht Show/Monaco: 2021
Art Basel MIAMI fair satellite SPECTRUM MIAMI art snow/USA: 2018,2019
Art San Diego/USA: 2018, 2019
Artrooms fair Seoul/Korea: 2018
BUSAN ANNUAL MARKET OF ART 2018/Korea: 2018
ART BUSAN 2018/Gallery recommendation, Korea: 2018
Art Basel MIAMI fair satellite RED DOT MAIAMI /USA : 2017
Salon Art shopping 2017/Rouble: 2017
Art fair Málaga 2017/Digital View, Spain: 2017
Biennale
Bienal Internacional de Arte Contemporaneo de Argentina(Argentine)
Belongs
Japan/Japan Illustrators Association
USA/ Agora gallery /New York

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