Venancio Shinki (April 1, 1932 – November 17, 2016) was a Peruvian painter. Born in LimaAsociacion Peruano Japonesa: Communidad Nikkei http://www.apj.org.pe/perfiles/venancio-shinki to a Japanese immigrant father from Hiroshima Prefecture and a Peruvian mother, Shinki was raised on the Hacienda San Nicolás in Supe, north of Lima.Venancio Shinki: Los primeros pasos de un porfiado PARTE 1 April 10, 2012 by ideantes http://ideantes.wordpress.com/2012/04/10/venancio-shinki-los-primeros-pasos-de-un-porfiado-parte-1/Discover Nikkei http://www.discovernikkei.org/en/interviews/profiles/93
Education and career When he was 15, Shinki traveled to Lima to work as a photographer apprentice, and at 21 he opened his own photographic studio. Over the years, he also worked as a professor in the Architecture Faculty of the UNI (Universidad Nacional de Ingenieria), as a graphic artist in the Expreso newspaper and as a public servant in the Ministry of Industry and Tourism.Un lienzo de ocho décadas. Venancio Shinki pinta su vida en lo pequeño y en lo grande, By Angélica Camacho, Asociación Peruano Japonesa, 12 Jun 2012 http://www.discovernikkei.org/en/journal/2012/6/12/venancio-shinki/
He later enrolled at the National School of Fine Arts of Peru, where he was taught by, among others, Sabino Springuett, Ricardo Grau and Juan Manuel Ugarte Elespuru.Art Encyclopedia, Grove Art, Oxford University Press http://www.answers.com/topic/venancio-shinki-huam-n He graduated as the valedictorian in 1962 and received the Sérvulo Gutiérrez award for painting.Venancio Shinki, recuerdos de infancia. Boletín Kaikan Nº 1 y Nº2, Julio - Agosto 2005, Asociación Peruano Japonesa. Entrevista de Harumi Nako http://www.apj.org.pe/venancio-shinki/entrev-1 His work was inspired by travels through Ecuador, Mexico and Peru, as well as by artists like Hieronymus Bosch, El Greco, Paul Klee and Joan Miro. In addition, the paintings display influences from his Japanese Peruvian heritage, with a mixture of Eastern, Western and Andean themes, along with compositions and figures inspired by Surrealism.
He started participating in collective expositions in 1963. In 1966 he won the Teknoquimica award. In 1967 he received the National Award in Painting "Ignacio Merino" Venancio Shinki: “Siempre me pregunté quién era yo”. La Republica, Nov 27, 2005 http://www.larepublica.pe/27-11-2005/venancio-shinki-siempre-me-pregunte-quien-era-yo He has received many accolades and has participated in a variety of individual and group exhibits in Peru, Japan, Italy, the United States, Colombia, Ecuador, Brazil, Venezuela, Panama and Mexico, among others. He also participated in the VII and XII Bi-annual in São Paulo, Brazil; the II Bi-annual of American Art in Argentina; the I and II Bi-Annual in Havana, Cuba; and the Bi-annual in Quito, Ecuador.
In 1999, the year of the centenary marking Japanese migration to Peru, he was invited to exhibit his work in the Museum of Man in Nagoya, Japan. His works were displayed in November 2006 during the 34th Annual Japanese Cultural Week in Lima, Peru.Exposicion de Venancio Shinki, en el Centro Cultural Peruano Japones. Direccion General: Lic. Alba Choque Porras. Noviembre 2006. Lima, Peru https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ahrs45kUDU
Shinki's painting "Lanzon" (1993) is owned by the Inter-American Development Bank.Lanzon 1993 In 2013, some of his artworks were put up for sale in order to fund a project to form a children's symphony orchestra in Iquitos, Peru.Ministry of Foreign Affairs uses art and theater to raise money for the Amazon http://archive.peruthisweek.com/news/15219
Death Shinki died on November 17, 2016, aged 84.
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