MINAGAWA Yoshihiro

Teaching Staff (Arts & Roots)

Title	Professor Director, Arts & Roots Program

Research Fields	Sculpture / Sculptural expression / Terracotta sculpture

Education	1998 Doctoral course (Sculpture – completed without degree), Tokyo University of the Arts 1995 Master’s (Sculpture), Tokyo University of the Arts 1993 Bachelor’s (Sculpture), Tokyo University of the Arts

Selected Professional Experience	2013-Present Associate Professor (2013-2021); Professor (2021-Present), Akita University of Art 2002-2013 Lecturer (2002-2005); Assistant Professor (2005-2007); Associate Professor (2007-2013), Akita Municipal Junior College of Arts and Crafts

Recent Activities	<Solo exhibitions> 2018 Genryu: Ohi [Headwaters: The Queen]. 3331 Arts Chiyoda, Tokyo 2016 Genryu: Jomon / Bi no keisho [Headwaters: Jomon, Inheritance of Beauty]. Omono River Local Museum, Yokote City, Akita 2015 Genryu: Shinwa no tami / inori [Headwaters: Legendary People and Prayers]. Ginza Fujiya Gallery, Tokyo 2013 Yoshihiro Minagawa. Gallery SEIHO, Tokyo <Group exhibitions> 2018 Omonogawa o meguru geijutsu: Bi no suimyaku o motomete [Art About the Omono River: Searching for Beautiful Waterways]. Omono River Local Museum, Yokote City, Akita 2016-2017 Chotai Kokkan [Sculp/Ex ture/perience]. Ginza Fujiya Gallery, Tokyo 2014 29^th National Cultural Festival: Akita 2014. Atorion, Akita <Commissioned sculptures> 2021 Gomen ne [I’m sorry]; Yokatta ne [Thank heaven]; Umi e [To the sea]. Kesennuma Memorial Park, Kesennuma City, Miyagi 2019 Rihito [Licht]. Akita Omoriyama Zoo

Courses Taught	Contemporary Art Theory 1, 2 Contemporary Art Seminar (Arts & Roots) Modeling and Sculpting Expression 1, 2 Principles of Sculpture Introduction to Arts & Roots Arts & Roots Seminar Art Project Project Planning and Presentation Graduation Project (Arts & Roots)

Example Works

Genryu [Headwaters] series: Orora no tami [People of the Northern Lights]	Genryu series: Seirei no sawa [Swamp of Spirits]	Genryu series: Yagisawa no kaze [Yagisawa Wind]	Genryu series: Jomon / Bi no keisho [Jomon, Inheritance of Beauty] (2016)

Android (2016)	Android 20XX (2017)	Rutsu wo kizamu [Engraving Roots] (2018)	Umi e [To the Sea] (2021)

Further details (in Japanese) can be found at the following link: MINAGAWA Yoshihiro (Japanese page)