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Artist Name

Tetsuya Toshima

Born: 1975

Hometown: Japan

Based in: Tokyo

The past is what confronts me, the present is what I move with, and the future is what I
struggle with. Time—past, present and future—is alive within me at all times like an
indivisible Holy Trinity. It is that which also controls the wavering of my emotions. It is
that which I think of as my existence itself.
 
By detecting the interval of time between the shining of yocto and the silence of yotta, I
am able to come to terms with the present, a point of reference set as zero hours. One
cannot help but think that this space-time, which is a reiterating series consisting of a
beat, a pulse, a tearing, an expansion, multiplication, stillness and an swelling, seems
to be a projection of we human beings.
 
The space in which we exist is divided into irregular parts, and the very existence of each
part is what I perceive as being what should be our fundamental sense of time.
 
By giving expression to such a space and those feelings through my work, I reconstruct
and reconfirm time and myself. It is my hope that those who view my work will discover
a new connection with time and themselves, and an even greater brightness and stillness.

 


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Tetsuya Toshima In The Studio

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More About Tetsuya Toshima

Question IconWhat inspires you?

Everything in the world

Question IconDescribe your creative process.

Embody my daily thoughts

Question IconWhat are 3 words that best describe your work?

Timeless, original, concept

Question IconWho are some artists that have influenced your work?

There is no one

Question IconWhat is the most important tool when creating your work?

Brain, language, fantasy,

Question IconWhat is the best piece of advice you have been given?

Drawing the present from the future several days ahead

Question IconWhere do you go for inspiration?

Everything in the world


Credentials

Awards

Winner of the International SHIFT 2009 Calendar Competition

2009

Levi's (R) Laser Art competition - Grand Prize winner

2004

6th Annual All-Japan Art Salon - Grand Prize Winner

1997

Exhibitions

Young Art Taipei

Taiwan, 2017

Special Exhibition - Gei

Japan, 2017

Gei

Japan, 2016

Futakotamagawa Biennale

Japan, 2014

iam8bit Entertainment System

United States of America, 2013

Direct from the Source

United States of America, 2013

Corporate Collaboration ArtTokyo

Japan, 2013

Bruce Lee Foundation, Group Show

United States of America, 2012

Patchbox

Italy, 2012

The Affordable Art Fair

Singapore, 2010

Signal 8

Hong Kong, 2008

Individual Exhibition - Dokkun

Japan, 1997

Dokkun Exhibition

Japan, 1996

Press

Amelia's Magazine

2014

Icon Magazine

2014

CG+

2014

IdN Magazine

2013

CreativeBloq

2013

Style Marmalade

2013

Digital Artist

2013

Hand Made Illustration

2013

Magazine Me

2012

llusive 3

2012

Dazed and Confused

2012

Creative Boom

2012

D.A.T.E.

2012

MdN Magazine

2011