SHIGEO ISHII
石井 茂雄
| 1933 | Born in Bunkyo ward, Tokyo |
| 1950 | Graduated from Bunka Gakuin |
| 1955 | First solo exhibition at Yoseido Gallery, Ginza |
| 1958 | Studied printmaking under Yo Sugano |
| 1960 | "Talents A and B" won the Association Prize at the 28th Exhibition of the Japan Print Association (Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum) and became a member of the Association. |
| 1962 | Passed away at the age of 28 due to the worsening of his chronic asthma |
Exhibitions at FUMA Contemporary Tokyo |
BUNKYO ART
| 2013 | "Over-heated: A Cross Section of Japanese Art in the 1950s and 1960s" |
| 2006 | Gallery Collection Exhibition |
| 2006 | Revival in the Spring -the ’50 and ’60- |
| 2005 | Shigeo Ishii / Tatsuo Ikeda -the ’50 and ’60- |
| 2004 | A Look at the War II: the ‘50s |
| 2002 | Mr. M Collection |
| 2002 | Museum Piece Class Collection -the ’50 and ’60- |
Exhibitions
| 2025 | Scenes From the Past (Itabashi Art Museum, Tokyo) |
| 2012 | Tokyo 1955–1970: A New Avant-Garde (MOMA, NY) |
| 2004 | 42 Years After His Death: Shigeo Ishii Exhibition – When Will the Perfect Crime Be Revealed? （Art Gallery Tamaki, Tokyo) |
| 2002 | Remembrance：The Art of Afterward （Mishkin Gallery, NY) |
| 2002 | The Engraved Gaze - Balance of Power - Shigeo Ishii Exhibition （Art Gallery Tamaki, Tokyo) |
| 1999 | Testimony Part 2: Shigeo Ishii Exhibition （Art Gallery Tamaki, Tokyo) |
| 1998 | Avant-garde After Defeat - Messages from Avanturiers （Art Gallery Tamaki, Tokyo) |
| 1998 | Realism of Post War Japan 1945-1960 （Nagoya City Art Museum) |
| 1996 | Gallery 20th Anniversary Part 3: Shigeo Ishii Oil Painting and Post-Printed Copperplate Exhibition （Art Gallery Tamaki, Tokyo) |
| 1994 | 33rd Anniversary Commemorative Exhibition - Painter of the sealed revolution （Art Gallery Tamaki, Tokyo) |
| 1992 | Collection Exhibition - Japanese Print, Minoru Nakahara and Shigeo Ishii （Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum) |
| 1991 | Paintings from the Showa Era（1926～1989）Part 3――1945 and after （The Miyagi Museum of Art) |
| 1990 | Tokyo Avant-garde Forest 1946-1956 （Itabashi Art Museum, Tokyo) |
| 1986 | Japon des Avant-gardes 1910 – 1970 （Centre Pompidou, Paris) |
| 1985 | Reconstructions: Avant-garde Art in Japan 1945 – 1965 （The Museum of Modern Art, Oxford, England) |
| 1982 | Art of Modern Japan - After 1945 （The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo) |
| 1981 | Movement of Modern Art I 1950s - It7s light and darkness （Kyoto Enthronement Memorial Museum of Art) |
| 1979 | Passed Away Painters - Modern Japan's Coming-of-Age Art （Chiba Prefectural Museum of Art) |
| 1962 | The 15th Avant-Garde Art Exhibition （Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum) |
| 1961 | The 14th Avant-Garde Art Exhibition （Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum) |
| 1961 | The 29th Exhibition of the Japan Print Association （Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum) |
| 1960 | The 13th Avant-Garde Art Exhibition （Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum) |
| 1960 | The 28th Exhibition of the Japan Print Association （Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum) |
| 1960 | Modern Japanese Print Exhibition （Russia) |
| 1959 | The 7th Nippon Exhibition （Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum) |
| 1959 | Group 30 Exhibition （Shibuya Toyoko Department Store, Tokyo) |
| 1959 | The 30th Anniversary Print Exhibition （Shinbashi Hiroshi Gallery, Tokyo) |
| 1959 | The 11th Yomiuri Independent Exhibition （Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum) |
| 1958 | The 6th Nippon Exhibition （Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum) |
| 1958 | The 10th Yomiuri Independent Exhibition （Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum) |
| 1957 | Solo Exhibition （Muramatsu Gallery, Tokyo) |
| 1957 | 46 Artists Exhibition （Shibuya Toyoko Department Store, Tokyo) |
| 1957 | Group Exhibition with Seisakusha Kondankai member and the creative group of Toyama （Toyama City Folk Museum, Toyama) |
| 1957 | The 9th Yomiuri Independent Exhibition （Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum) |
| 1956 | Group 30 Samll Works Exhibition （Muramatsu Gallery, Tokyo) |
| 1956 | Seisakusha Kondankai 5th Regional Exhibition （Hankyu Department Store, Osaka) |
| 1956 | Solo Exhibition （Muramatsu Gallery, Tokyo) |
| 1956 | The 8th Yomiuri Independent Exhibition （Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum) |
| 1955 | World Festival of Youth and Students （Moscow, Russia) |
| 1955 | Solo Exhibition （Yoseido Gallery, Tokyo) |
| 1955 | The 7th Yomiuri Independent Exhibition （Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum) |
| 1954 | Shigeo Ishii and Kiyoshi Shimamura Two Artists Exhibition （Yoseido Gallery, Tokyo) |
| 1954 | The 6th Yomiuri Independent Exhibition （Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum) |
Public Collections
Museo de Arte Moderno; The Albertina Museum Vienna; Soviet Ministry of Culture; The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo; The National Museum of Art, Osaka; Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo; Mie Prefectural Art Museum; The Miyagi Museum od Art; Nagoya City Art Museum; Koriyama City Museum of Art; Itabashi Art Museum; Yokosuka Museum of Art;
