Kaya Tokuhisa

Kaya started painting under the mentorship of Noriaki Sangawa, a Japanese artist who is a member of the internationally recognised art group Ryu, founded by Tosihiro Hamano.

She mostly paints in the style of classical realism and prefers to work from life whenever possible as it is the only way that enables judging subtle shifts in light and colour. Each composition is carefully planned. After the rough sketch is transferred to the canvas, her painting method is mostly direct, with some glazing in the finishing stages. Studying the techniques of old and new masters, Kaya is implementing the knowledge into an evolving personal method.

Kaya's work met with immediate success when her first ever submission to an international painting competition (Utazu Art Award 2016, Japan) was not only accepted for the group exhibition that featured artists from all over the world, but was also featured on the cover of the catalogue. The painting was subsequently also used as the representative image of a group exhibition of Slovenian artists in Japan. In 2017, she had first solo show, in the National and university library in Ljubljana, Slovenia. She regularly participates in group shows with Leyden gallery, London, UK, her work being display...

Creature (Dis)comforts
group exhibition
Leyden Gallery, London, UK
16. July 2019 - 27. July 2019

Noriaki Sangawa, Kaya Tokuhisa
two-person exhibition
Steklena galerija Logatec, Slovenia
19. September - 2. October 2018

Utazu Art Award 2018
group exhibition
U-Plaza Utazu
Kagawa, Japan

April - May 2018
Kaya Tokuhisa, Noriaki Sangawa
two-person exhibition
Hotel San Martin, Goriška Brda, SIovenia

23. March - June 2018
Winter Salon
group exhibition
Leyden Gallery, London, UK

6. December 2017 - 13. January 2018
Mixed Summer Exhibition
group exhibition
The Russell Gallery, London, UK

29. June - 9. September 2017
Izginotja (Disappearances)
solo show
Kavarna NUK - The National and University Library Café, SI

June 2017
Winter Salon 2016
group exhibition
Leyden Gallery, London

December 2016 - January 2017
Summer Preview
group exhibition
Leyden Gallery, London

August-September 2016
Platform for Emerging Arts #11
group exhibition
Leyden Gallery, London, UK
July 2016

スロベニア作品展
(Exhibition of Slovenian works of art in Japan)
group exhibition
Tsukumo Gallery
White Cube Takamatsu
Takamatsu, Japan
June 2016

Utazu Art Award 2016
group exhibition
U-Plaza Utazu
Kagawa, Japan
April-...