Chisato Yamada

Born in Tokyo and live in Tokyo

BFA Tama Art University
MFA Tama Art University Graduate School, Japanese painting major

Chisato Yamada is a painter with 40 years of experience.

What she has been pursuing for a long time is to see the invisible. In seeing, in experiencing, in thinking, in feeling, in history, in society, she has pursued an expression that can be seen only through painting.

The style of most of her work is abstract, but she also has a style of painting concrete objects. She considers both abstract and figurative to be different routes to the same summit.

She is at the same time very interested and attracted to the material of painting itself. She majored in Japanese painting at art college and uses a primitive painting medium called "iwa-enogu," which is made from minerals and other materials that have been used in Japan for centuries. She also uses acrylic paints for their robustness. She also uses a variety of painting materials. Canvas, Japanese paper, and non-painting materials such as polyester fabrics are often used in her work.

In her 40 years of painting, she has created a diverse collection. Saatchi Art is pleased to present five of these collections. Please visit the Collections page.

B.A. Japanese Painting, Tama Art University Tokyo Japan
M.A. Japanese Painting, Tama Art University Graduate School Tokyo Japan

[Group Exhibition]

2024
[Yairo no Mori Art Exhibiton] Ikeda Memorial Art Museum:Uonuma
[ART BUSAN] Bexco:Busan
[Adventures on Surface Iconocritic of Abstraction] Gallery Ko: Tokyo

2022
[Yairo no Mori Art Exhibiton] Ikeda Memorial Art Museum:Uonuma

2021
[Yairo no Mori Art Exhibition Spin off] Vision’s: Tokyo
[Adventures on Surface Baroquism of Abstraction] Gallery Ko: Tokyo
[Occurring Sight] U-Forum Art Museum: Tokyo

2020
[Yairo no Mori Art Exhibition Spin off] Vision’s: Tokyo

2019
[Adventures on Surface Mythology of Abstraction] Gallery Ko: Tokyo

2018
[EXHIBITON by ZERO!] Akane Gallery:Tokyo

2017
[Adventures on Surface Apocalypse of Abstraction] Gallery Ko:Tokyo
[Yairo no Mori Art Exhibiton] Ikeda Memorial Art Museum:Uonuma
[World Art Festival] Kobundo Gallery:Toky
[Mu Group Exhibition] K&P Gallery:New York
[Chronos and Kairos] Akane Gallery:Tokyo


2016
[Three Artists] Fuji Gallery: Osaka
[World Art Festival] Kobundo Gallery:Tokyo
[Mu Group Exhibition] Berlin


2015
[3 Artists] Fuji Gallery:Osaka Japan
[Mu Group Exhibition] Kim Bo Sung Art Center:Soul, Korea
[ART SALON vol.4] JINEN GALLERY:Tokyo, Japan

2014
[Shiori] Art Complex Center:Tokyo, Japan
[Mu Group Exhibition] Tres Gallery:Nantes, France
[ART SALON vo...