Mirage #133

Masayoshi Nojo (b. 1989, Japan) completed his MA in Japanese Paintings in 2015 from the Kyoto University of Art and Design. With his unique and complex techniques he creates a contemporary visual language in tune with established Japanese aesthetics to explore themes of memory and the passage of time. This investigation into time and memory is achieved through Nojo’s meticulous execution of a variety of techniques with mixed media. Firstly, Nojo prepares the foundation of his canvas with a marbled layer of acrylic paint, reminiscent of the river in the seminal work Red and White Plum Blossoms by Ogata Kōrin, the celebrated Japanese 17th-century Edo period artist. Nojo then photographs, selects, and carefully adjusts each image before transferring the image to the canvas via silk screening, allowing the marbled layer beneath to shine through. This adds an abstracted, contemporary edge to his works. Finally, layers of aluminium and silver foil are applied to the canvas. b. 1989 - Kanagawa, Japan Lives and works in Tokyo, Japan Education MA Japanese Painting from Kyoto University of Art and Design Selected Solo Exhibitions 2026 Hone Intuition, JD Malat Gallery, Dubai, UAE 2025 Optical Scenery, Eslite Gallery, Taipei City, Taiwan 2024 Rest in Silver, JD Malat Gallery, London, UK 2023 Constant mutation, Mitsukoshi Contemporary Gallery, Tokyo, Japan 2023 Immerse yourself in the transitory nature, Open Creation of Art Project, What Museum, Tokyo, Japan 2022 The Wheel of Time, Nihombashi Contemporary Gallery, Tokyo, Japan. 2021 Stillness, Yukiko Mizutani, Tokyo, Japan 2020 Masayoshi Nojo: Under the Moonlight, JD Malat Gallery, London, UK 2017 Mirage, Tokyo Arts Gallery, Tokyo, Japan 2016 Mirage, Gallery Art Composition, Tokyo, Japan Selected Group Exhibitions 2025 Elements of Light, JD Malat Gallery, Dubai, UAE 2025 Summer Exhibition, JD Malat Gallery, London, UK 2025 Serenity, JD Malat Gallery, Dubai, UAE 2025 Matters of Materiality, JD Malat Gallery, London, UK 2025 Carte Blanche, JD Malat Gallery, Dubai, UAE 2024 Observation, Yukikomizutani, Tokyo, Japan 2023 Summer Exhibition, JD Malat Gallery, London, UK 2022 ACTIV ATE KOGEI + ART GINZA2022, Matsuya Ginza, Tokyo, Japan 2022 Group Exhibition, Hotel Metropolitan KAWASAKI, Kawasaki, Japan 2022 Foreshadowing, Eslite Gallery, Taipei 2022 Summer Exhibition, JD Malat Gallery, London, UK 2022 Kuriwada Eichi special award 10th Anniversary Exhibition, Sagawa Art Museum, Shiga, Japan 2021 Summer Exhibition, JD Malat Gallery, London, UK 2021 Stillness, YUKIKO MIZUTANI, Tokyo, Japan 2020 Abstraction & The Natural World, group exhibition, JD Malat Gallery, London, UK 2020 The Contemporary Human Condition, JD Malat Gallery, London, UK 2019 Summer Exhibition 2019, JD Malat Gallery, London, UK 2015 Stars Popped out of Chaos - Next generation of artists - Kyoto University of Art and Design, SPIRAL, Tokyo, Japan 2015 Brilliant Corners, Tokyo Arts Gallery, Tokyo, Japan 2015 Kuriwada Eichi Special Award Ceremony, Sagawa Art Museum, Shiga, Japan 2015 Art Award Tokyo Marunouchi 2015, Tokyo, Japan 2015 Postgraduate Exhibition, Kyoto University of Art and Design, Kyoto, Japan 2014 When the Attitude Becomes a Form, ARTZONE, Kyoto, Japan 2014 Stories Reconsidered by Materials, T-Art Complex, Tokyo, Japan 2014 Gashinten, The Sato Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan 2014 This Is Where I Learnt Nihonga, Galerie Aube, Kyoto, Japan 2013 TOKYO WONDER SEED 2013, Tokyo Wonder Site, Tokyo, Japan 2013 2013 Kyoto University of Art and Design Graduation Exhibition, Kyoto University of Art and Design, Kyoto, Japan 2012 Gen the 3rd, ex Rissei Elementary School, Kyoto, Japan 2012 Art Festival, Iwami the Blue 2012, Shimane, Japan 2012 The 8th World Painting Grand Prize Exhibition, Sekaido Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan 2012 Mebae 2012, Galerie Aube, Kyoto, Japan 2012 INNOV ATE, 3 Japanese Painters, Gallery Kato, Kyoto, Japan 2012 Gashinten, Muromachi Art Court, Kyoto, Japan 2011 Art Auction – STORY vol. 3, Doshisha University, Kyoto, Japan 2011 Gashinten, Muromachi Art Court, Kyoto, Japan Art Fairs 2026 Art Dubai, JD Malat Gallery, Dubai, UAE 2025 Abu Dhabi Art, JD Malat Gallery, Abu Dhabi, UAE 2025 Art Fair Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan 2024 Art Fair Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan 2024 Tokyo International Forum, Tokyo, Japan 2023 Tobi Art Fair, Tokyo Art Club, Tokyo, Japan 2023 Art Fair Asia Fukuoka, Fukuoka, Japan 2023 Art Fair Tokyo, Tokyo International Forum, Tokyo, Japan 2022 Seoul Kiaf PLUS, Seoul, South Korea 2022 art stage OSAKA, Osaka, Japan 2022 Art Fair Tokyo, Tokyo International Forum, Tokyo, Japan 2022 MEET YOUR ART FESTIV AL 2022 New Soil, Yebisu Garden Place, Tokyo, Japan 2021 Art Fair Tokyo, Tokyo International Forum, Tokyo, Japan 2020 Contemporary Istanbul, JD Malat Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey 2019 ZONA MACO, JD Malat Gallery, CDMX, Mexico 2019 Contemporary Istanbul, JD Malat Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey 2018 Art Fair Tokyo, Gallery Art Composition, Tokyo International Forum, Tokyo, Japan 2018 VOLTA NY, Gallery Art Composition Tokyo, PIER 90 NY, USA 2017 Art Fair Tokyo, Gallery Art Composition, Tokyo International Forum, Tokyo, Japan 2017 Art Jakarta, Gallery Art Composition Tokyo, The Ritz – Carlton Pacific Place, Jakarta, Indonesia 2016 Art Fair Tokyo, Gallery Art Composition, Tokyo International Forum, Tokyo, Japan 2016 Art Osaka, Gallery Art Composition, Tokyo, Hotel Granvia, Osaka, Japan Awards 2014 Kyoto University of Art and Design Graduate Diploma Exhibition 2014 Sagawa Art Museum Eiichi Kuriwada Special Award 2013 Academic Prize, Kyoto University of Art and Design Graduation Exhibition 2013 Grand Prize, Art Bar 2013 Creation of Kyoto Albion Award 2013 Grand Prize Turner Award 2013 Tokyo Wonder Seed 2012 The 6th Seison Maeda Prize 2012 The 8th World Painting Grand Prize 2009 Grand Prize, Tadasu no Mori Dessin Contest Public Collections Sagawa Art Museum, Shiga, Japan Ueshima Museum Collection, Tokyo, Japan The Prince Gallery, Marriott Hotels, Tokyo, Japan Hotel Mystays Premier Group, Japan Universal Music LLC, Tokyo, Japan OCA TOKYO, Tokyo, Japan