Nightfall Portrait 2017-1
Year: 2017
Material/Technique: Panel, Acrylic
Size: 〈額サイズ〉H87.5 × W72.5 × D7 cm 〈キャンバスサイズ〉H65 × W53 × D2 cm
Edition: Unique
Signed:Included
About the Work
- Year
- 2017
- Material/Technique
- Panel, Acrylic
- Size
- 〈額サイズ〉H87.5 × W72.5 × D7 cm 〈キャンバスサイズ〉H65 × W53 × D2 cm
- Edition
- Unique
- Signed
- Included
- Frame
- Included
- Work Certificate
- Not Set
- Category
- Painting
Work Details
In 2015, the series “Portrait at Sunset” won the Kahoku Award at the Kahoku Art Exhibition. This series is one of the representative works I have been drawing for over 20 years from 2003 to the present, and the fantasy scene I imagined while watching the sky at dusk when I was young is the base of this painting.
The figure that looks like a scale cloud floating in the sky is the personification of nightfall and is like a symbol.
The painting material uses acrylic for the panel, and is created by making full use of airbrush and masking.
The total number of production days is about 3 weeks
This work was taken in a gallery space adjacent to the atelier, and the atelier, gallery, and warehouse are attached to a space of about 50 square meters.
This atelier/gallery space was originally my parents' fish shop, but I also remodeled everything myself.
The name of the gallery is “Gallery S,” and permanent exhibitions and sales are also held here.
Details of Atelier Gallery S
http://agiwasawa.com
The base of this picture is a fantasy scene I imagined while watching the sky at dusk when I was young.
I loved watching the sky, especially the sky at nightfall, when my childhood wasn't always fun, but rather mentally, it was a pretty tough time.
While looking at the sky, I imagined and fantasized about various images. Then, it made me forget my painful feelings and negative feelings, albeit temporarily.
About 10 years ago, there was a customer who bought the 30th series of The Portrait of a Nightfall series, and I heard about it. It seems that the customer was also deeply traumatized during her childhood.
The person cut through like a cloud of scales may be his own heart itself, which has fallen apart. However, it is strange that that broken heart also comforts who I am now.
Exhibition Information
- Past Exhibitions
- SHOWCASE vol.2: Hokkaido/Tohoku by ArtSticker (exhibition information)08.12.2025 - 08.30
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＜Profile＞ Iwasawa Seiichi was born in 1963 in Miyagi Advocating for new realism (contemporary realism). He pursues contemporary realistic expression by making full use of classical oil painting techniques, acrylic, mineral pigments, and other Japanese painting materials. They have presented contemporary themed works such as the “Ancient Age” series with mythology and female figures as motifs, the “Portrait at Nightfall” series, which drew female figures with unique forms and won the Kahoku Award at the Kahoku Art Exhibition, “Futari II,” which was selected for realistic expression at FACE 2021 famous for contemporary art contests, and “Elevator II,” which won the Associate Member Award at the 2023 Niki Exhibition. ＜Techniques＞ Mainly mixed media such as oil, acrylic, mineral pigments, etc. on panels. ＜Status of activities＞ ■ Nikikai Associate Member ■ (Public corporation) Miyagi Art Association Steering Committee ■Kahoku Art Exhibition Invited Artists ■Solo exhibition Yokohama Matsuzakaya 2/and many others ■2024 Art Yearbook Evaluation Grades (115,000 yen) ■Hosted by Atelier Iwasawa/Gallery S ＜Biography＞ ●76th Niki Exhibition (Tokyo) Associate Member Award ● 9th FACE2021 (Tokyo) selection ●Kahoku Art Exhibition (Miyagi) Kahoku Award/Sendai City Board of Education Superintendent of Education Award/Ichiriki Jiro Award/Tohoku Electric Power Award ● 10th Koiso Ryohei Grand Prize Exhibition (Hyogo) runner-up ●Selected for the Beppu Asian Biennale 2010 - Painting (Oita International Competition Exhibition) ●Aoki Shigeru Memorial Grand Prize Open Call Exhibition (Fukuoka) Prize Nominees 1/1 Entry 2 ●Selected for the 18th Fuji Biennale Exhibition (Shizuoka) ●Art Full Matsushima National Painting Open Call Exhibition (Miyagi) Tokyo Electron AT Special Award/Encouragement Award ●Shinwa Art Exhibition (Okayama) Bronze Award/Encouragement Award 3 ●Hometown Scenery Exhibition (Kitakata) Encouragement Award ●6th Shinshu Ina Takato Four Seasons Exhibition (Nagano) Excellent Work Award ●National Art Competition “IZUBI” (Shizuoka) Prize Candidate 2 ●Selected for the Acrylic Art Awards Exhibition (Hyogo) ●Sakaide Art Grand Prix 2006 (Kagawa) 2 ●Miyagi Prefecture Art Festival (Miyagi) Miyagi Governor's Award/ Sendai Mayor's Award/ Miyagi Prefectural Board of Education Superintendent's Award/ Sendai City Board of Education Superintendent's Award/ Monden Katsutaro Award
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