HASEGAWA Shoichi : ÉMERGENCE

The world known Japanese engraver and painter Shoichi Hasegawa, came to Paris in 1961 to deepen his knowledge of colour etching techniques and acquire a mastery which would award him the first prize of engraving at the International Exposition in Come, Italy in 1968. The number of his awards in the past two decades, come to top his exhibition in the USA, Africa, Europe and Japan. Both American and European Museums have enriched their collections with his painted and engraved works, as a hyphen between the oriental and occidental worlds. This dualism is mirrored throughout all his works where the firmness of his symbolic and secretive style plays with the colours and the transparent, harmonious halftones. The mystery and poetry which become apparent in his works, know to challenge time without tiring the eye.

Shoichi Hasegawa was born in Yaizu, Japan in 1929.

He studied painting in Tokyo.

His first personal painting exposition in Tokyo, took place in 1957

He came to Paris with his wife in 1961 to learn the technique of colour etching engraving at l’”Atelier 17” (S.W. Hayter).

In 1965, he won a prize at the international Engraving Exhibition in Ljubljana, and in 1968, the first prize of engraving at the International Exposition in Come. In 1972, he was awarded the International Prize of the exhibition “Third Civilization” in Tokyo.

Member of Contemporary Young Engraving.               

Fairs and exhibitions

1957

Kunigi Gallery, Tokyo, JP

1959

Tokyo Gallery, Tokyo, JP

1961
Institut franco-japonais, Tokyo, JP

1963

Exhibition of Contemporary Young Engraving in the National Library in Paris, F

Réalités nouvelles (Etchings)

International Exhibition of Etchings in Ljubljana, Yugoslavia

1964

Réalités Nouvelles (Etchings)

International Exhibition of Etchings in Grenchen, CH

                  Philadelphie Gallery, Paris, F

« La nouvelle gravure » Gallery, Paris, F

1965

International Exhibition of Etchings in Ljubljana, Yugoslavia

Sallskapets Gallery, Stockholm, S

1966

International Exhibition of Etchings in Cracovie, P

Musée D’art Moderne, Mala Galerija, Ljubljana, Yugoslavia

1967

International Exhibition of Etchings in Ljubljana, Yugoslavia

International Exhibition of Etchings in Grenchen, CH

                  Grossley Gallery, Melbourne, Australie

Kleine Gafikgalerien, Paris, F

1968

Premio internazionale Biela (Etchings) Côme, I

Philadelphie Gallery, Paris, F

Mimesis Gallery, Bordeaux, F

1969 

International Exhibition of Etchings in Menton, F

« La taille Douce » Gallery, Bruxelles, B

1970

Royale, Kobe, Jp

1971  

« L’astrée » Gallery, Saint Etienne, F

« La taille Douce » Gallery, Bruxelles, B

1972

Série La pochade, Paris,

1973

Exhibition « Coignard, Papart, Hasegawa » Vision Nouvelle in Paris, 1979    

Salon de Mai (Etchings), Paris, F

1980

International Exhibition 8° biennale à Menton (paintings), F

1981

Exposition Bienale d’art Contemporain (paintings) Brest, F

1986

Affiche artistique pour l’unesco, Science et Technologie, Edition Vision Nouvelle

Club de l’Unesco, Galerie de L’épée Quimper , F

1988

Première triennale mondiale d’estampes de petits formats à Chamalières, F, (Etchings)

Grande exposition prix de France des arts plastiques, conciergerie de Paris, F

1989

La Hune Gallery, Paris, F

1990

SAGA, Paris, F

Salon des Antiquaires, Lausanne, CH

1991

Salon de Mai (Etchings), Paris, F

2000

22° rencontre d’arts plastiques, Château Arnoux, invité d’honneur, F

2004

Salon d’automne,  Sannois 2004, Invité d’Honneur, Sannois, F

Euro-Estampe

2005 

6°Biennale européenne de gravures, Invité d’Honneur, Lorient, F

Collections and museums

Victoria and Albert Museum, Londres, GB (gravures)

Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris, F(gravures)

Musée d’art Moderne, New York, U.S.A.  (Gravures)                                                                             

Ministère des affaires culturelles, Paris, F (gravure)

Lowe Museum, Coral Gables, Floride, USA (painters)

Académie of the arts, Easton, Maryland, U.S.A. (painters)

Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, Texas, USA (painters)

Norrkôpings Museum, S, (peintures)

Musée National OSAKA, JP

Musée Départemental NARA, JP

Musée Tokyo Fuji, JP