The Gap Painting

Painter / Illustrator Tatsuro Kiuchi was born in Tokyo, Japan in 1966. A biology major and graduate of International Christian University in Tokyo, he made the switch to an art career after graduating with distinction from Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California. Tatsuro began illustrating children’s books with several publishers in the US and Japan, eventually branching out into editorial work for magazines, book jacket illustrations and advertising commissions. Tatsuro’s first picture book The Lotus Seed (text by Sherry Garland / Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) has sold more than 200,000 copies worldwide. He has also been commissioned by such clients as Royal Mail to design their Christmas Stamp Collection in 2006, and Starbucks for their Worldwide Holiday Promotion “Pass the Cheer” in 2007. Awards and Recognition Gold Medal, Society of Illustrators 53, 56, 57 Silver Medal, Society of Illustrators 52, 56, 60 Communication Arts Illustration Annual : 35, 36, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54 American Illustration : 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37 Society of Illustrators : 36, 42, 45, 46, 48, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60 The Association of Illustrators Images Design Week Award Biennial of Illustration Bratislava 2014 Kodansha Publishing Award for Illustraion 2005 Bronze Award, Tokyo Illustrators Society 2001 Art Directors Club 2000 Bologna Children’s Book Fair 1994 Society of Illustrators The Original Art 1993 Bronze Medal, Society of Illustrators of Los Angeles 1991 Selected Bibliography 2018 Chung, Vincent: Tatsuro Kiuchi, Pinzle, No. 9, May (Korea) Nagaoka, Aya: Illustrator’s working style - Tatsuro Kiuchi, Illust Note, No. 46, May, P. 8-19 (Japan) Sands, Ryan: Tatsuro Kiuchi, Frontier, No. 15, April, p.1-32 (USA) 2015 Newman, Robert: Keep adding to the database within yourself, American Illustration Profile, November 26 (USA) Motoyoshi, Yasunari: Working internationally, Illustration magazine, No. 206, June, P. 22-35 (Japan) Roalf, Peggy: The Q&A: Tatsuro Kiuchi, American Illustration, Design Arts Daily, March 2 (USA) 2012 Cartwright, James: Tatsuro Kiuchi’s illustrated world is as delicately beautiful as they come, It’s Nice That, September 25 (UK) 2011 Donnelly, Kate: Tatsuro Kiuchi., From Your Desks, August 12 (USA) 2010 Mitsuse, Naoki: Tatsuro Kiuchi, 3x3 Magazine, No. 15, October, p.