Biography

Nihonga style painter Daisuke Nakano (b. 1974) uses an animated expression method that imbue his images with a vitality and tangible liveliness. He is precise, visionary, and patient, only producing a single artwork a year as he painstakingly perfects every line to capture perpetual movement. He depicts a sense of time standing still.

Nakano explores a unique sense of space particular to Japanese fine art. Drawing on traditional Japanese painting materials, Nakano is inspired to use gold or silver leaf as a base—a method developed by Ito Jakuchu or the Rinpa School. Depicting the overwhelming power of nature and the climax of life, evanescence and sorrow take center stage: flowers in full bloom will eventually fall and return to the earth. It is the intoxicating paradox of life

 

Biography

Graduated from Doda Bijutsu Kogei High School. At the young age of 19, Daisuke exhibited his artwork at the group exhibition.

 2019     Solo exhibition Burst of Nature (Ippodo Gallery New York, USA) 

               Exhibition at Saga Arashiyama Museum of Arts and Culture (Kyoto, Japan)

2020     Exhibition, A Brush With Beauty at the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields (USA)

 

Public Collection

 Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields

Works
  • Daisuke Nakano, Monkey, 2010
    Daisuke Nakano
    Monkey, 2010
    Painting
  • Daisuke Nakano, Deer, 2010
    Daisuke Nakano
    Deer, 2010
    Painting
  • Daisuke Nakano, 十態図「待つ」Camel, ‘Waiting', 2011
    Daisuke Nakano
    十態図「待つ」Camel, ‘Waiting', 2011
    Painting
  • Daisuke Nakano, 天翔ける Horse, 'Soaring in the Sky', 2021
    Daisuke Nakano
    天翔ける Horse, 'Soaring in the Sky', 2021
    Painting
  • Daisuke Nakano, Solemn and Auspicious New Year Pine 松 「淑気立つ」, 2024
    Daisuke Nakano
    Solemn and Auspicious New Year Pine 松 「淑気立つ」, 2024
    Washi paper, gold leaf, mineral pigments
  • Daisuke Nakano, Peacock, 2012
    Daisuke Nakano
    Peacock, 2012
    Painting
  • Daisuke Nakano, Red Pine, 'Embrace', 2017
    Daisuke Nakano
    Red Pine, 'Embrace', 2017
    Painting
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