SHINYA YAMAMOTO

I’m a painter, a haiku poet and a Hanshin Tigers fan.
I’m from Osaka but now I’m based in Kyoto.

ーStatement


Painting, haiku, and life – they are all made up of countless accidents moulded around a certain framework.

ーEducation History


2006 BA, Department of French Literature, Kyoto University, Kyoto

Artist CV (Selected)

ーSolo Exhibition History

2025My Squares / Palettes at Gallery Tomo, Kyoto
2024My Squares at Tsubu-an, Kyoto
2019Picture Languages at Gallery Tomo, Kyoto
2016Under the Blackstar at Gallery Tomo, Kyoto
2014Kotoba Nashi de Kataru Hito (A Man Who Talks Without Words) at Ayanokoji Gallery Take, Kyoto
2013Love at Gallery Hillgate, Kyoto
2009Seishun no Danmenzu (Cross Section of Youth) at Gallery Hillgate, Kyoto

ーGroup Exhibition History

2026Lumières croisées at Galerie Mona Lisa, Paris
2025Art de Noël at W Osaka Living Room, Osaka
2022Poetry from the Source at Arimasanso Goshobessho, Hyogo
2019-2024Peach Book 1-6 with Masashi OKAMOTO at Hakuhodo, Kyoto
2012Drawing Exposition at Gallery Tomo, Kyoto
2008-2022Annual Kansai Bijutsuin Exhibition at Kyoto Prefectural Center for Arts and Culture, Kyoto

ーArt Fairs

2025Unknown Asia 2025 at Umeda South Hall, Osaka
2025Art 365 at Daimaru Shinsaibashi, Osaka
2025Art Osaka 2025 at Osaka City Central Public Hall, Osaka
2024Art Osaka 2024 at Osaka City Central Public Hall, Osaka
2011Design Festa vol.33 at Tokyo Big Sight, Tokyo
2010Art Dive #3 at Miyako Messe, Kyoto

ーTalks

2022International PechaKucha Day online
2019-2024Peach Book Talk 1-6 with Masashi OKAMOTO at Hakuhodo, Kyoto

ーMedia

2021Appearance on the promotional movie of Arimasanso Goshobessho
2021Online seminar panelist, Arima ni Koisan produced by Arima Syotenkai Incorporated Association

ーPublications

2024Haikus, essays, Anthology: Kamineko (Paper Cats), Chiisagosha Publishing
2023Critiques: Ogawa Sososhi 100 Ku (100 Haiku by SosoShi Ogawa), Reimei Shobo Publishing
2021Haikus, essays, Anthology: Haiku de Sanpo (Walks with Haiku) - Kyoto 575 Part 2, Hokuto Shobo Publishing
2021Haikus, essay, Anthology: Ano Ku Kono Ku - Gendai Haiku no Sekai (That Haiku This Haiku - The World of Contemporary Haiku), Sohusha Shuppan Publishing
2022Book Review: Haisho Shokai, Shin Reimei Haidan Vol.5, Reimei Shobo Publishing
2019Haikus, essays, oil painting, gesture drawings, Anthology: 301 volume 2 Dadadadauppi, Zo no Mori Shobo Publishing
2017Haikus, short short stories, gesture drawings, Anthology: 301 volume1, Manual House Publishing

ーSerial Publications

2024Critique: Declaration of Independence of Painting (for the exhibition “Le dernier Monet: Paysages d’eau”), Layers-Sekisou Vol.1, U’s ink has gone
2024Critique: Issa Kobayashi, Shin Reimei Haidan Vol.10, Reimei Shobo Publishing
2023Critique: Shizuko Suzuki, Shin Reimei Haidan Vol.7, Reimei Shobo Publishing
2022Critique: Hosai Ozaki / Santoka Taneda, Shin Reimei Haidan Vol.6, Reimei Shobo Publishing
2022Book Review: Haisho Shokai, Shin Reimei Haidan Vol.5, Reimei Shobo Publishing
2021Critique: Soseki Natsume / Ryunosuke Akutagawa, Shin Reimei Haidan Vol.4, Reimei Shobo Publishing
2021Critique: Hisajo Sugita / Sanki Saito, Shin Reimei Haidan Vol.3, Reimei Shobo Publishing
2020Critique: Kenji Miyazawa / Nankichi Niimi, Shin Reimei Haidan Vol.2, Reimei Shobo Publishing
2018-2023Book Reviews: Kushu Rekitei, Himuro, Himuro Hakkojo Publishing

ーCommisions

2021Book cover and gesture drawing commision, Haiku de Sanpo (Walks with Haiku) - Kyoto 575 Part 2, Hokuto Shobo Publishing
2021Lyrics to song, Karakara Haikara Street, performned by Arima Geiko Association, Arima Onsen, Hyogo
2019-2020Book cover commission, Sendan, Nanposha Publishing
2008Book cover commission, Jamale Torso in Japan / Hattke Art Model in
Nude by Hiro+Yuki

ーRepresentation
Gallery Tomo, Kyoto
LEXPO, London

ーProfessional Organizations
301(Artist Collective)