日本語


XYZM  (Naohiko Watanabe)

                            X (old twitter):     https://twitter.com/XYZM2022

                             NFT art on sale:    https://opensea.io/XYZM
                           
                            Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/xyzm19662022

                       Exhibition at virtual gallery: XYZM space 1 (oncyber.io)

Born in Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture in 1966. I started oil paintings at the age of 15.

After that, I entered Aichi Prefectural University of the Arts and studied Japanese painting.

After graduating, I became a high school art teacher, but I retired in five years and went to London alone to study abroad.

I studied printmaking and photography at the London Institute, Central St. Martins College, Graduate School from 1994 to 1998 and earned a master's degree.

After returning to Japan, I became a teacher of the Japanese painting course at an art university in Aichi prefecture from 2000.

In 2019, I retired from the university because of depression.

After a period of inactivity, I changed my artist's name from my real name to XYZM in 2022 and started NFT art.

I continue to the present.

Solo Exhibition 2015  / D-2 Gallery, Aichi, Japan

Selected Group Shows 

1996       National print exhibition 96, 97, 98 (Mall Gallery, London)

1997       The 8th International Biennial Print & Drawing Exhibit R.O.C. (Taipei Fine Art Museum, Taiwan)

1997       The Ida Branson Memorial Bequest Exhibition (Atkinson Gallery, Millfield, UK)

1997       "fish out of water" Exhibition (Curwen Gallery, London, sponsored by PLUME　Ltd.）                     

1998       The 4th Sapporo International Print Biennial (Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art,  Japan) 

2000       The 5th Sapporo International Print Biennial (Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art,  Japan) 

2000       Starting Point   (Nagoya Zokei University of Art & Design, Aichi, Japan)
                
2001       "Cultural Colony" (Gallery Space "Atmosphere", Seoul, Korea)

2001        "Social Critique" (Seoul Art Center, Seoul, Korea)

2002        “Imagining the Book” (Bibliotheca Alexandria, Egypt )

2004        Aomori International Print Triennial (Aomori city Museum)

2005        “Imagining the Book 2” (Bibliotheca Alexandria, Egypt )

2006        Faculty Exhibition of　Nagoya Zokei　University　of Art & Design, department of Art (Nagoya)

2008        Faculty Exhibition of Nagoya Zokei Junior College of Art & Design, department of Art 

2010      　TRANSIT 2010 at Boise（Visual Art Collective, Boise, U.S.A）

2014　     Two Artists show "Japanese Painting & Illustration"
                    (SUB Gallery, Boise State University, U.S.A)
                               

Selected Solo Shows

2000        "Solo show of Prints" (Matsuzakaya Art Gallery, Nagoya) 

2003        “Beginning and Ending of Love”  (Gallery Garaku, Nagoya)

2005        “Towards Nature” (Gallery Garaku, Nagoya)

2007        “Form of Nature” (Gallery Garaku, Nagoya)

2009        “Memory of Life” (Gallery Garaku, Nagoya)

2009        “Memory of Life” (D-2 Gallery, Nagoya Zokei University of Art & Design, Aichi)

2010 　     Solo Exhibition　（Inagaki Cosmic Gallery, Aichi）

2012　      “Invisible Life”（Gallery Garaku, Nagoya）

2015        “Transition of Life” (D-2 Gallery, Nagoya Zokei University of Art & Design, Aichi)

Awards 

1996        Julian Trevelyan Hon. RE Memorial Award (National Print Exhibition)

2000        Sponsored Award (The 5th Sapporo International Print Biennial)

Publication

1997        "The Best of Printmaking" (Quarry Books, Gloucester, Massachusetts) (USA)

TV Programme

1998        "The Frontier" produced by Satellite Channels Inc. (Japan)