is a contemporary artist, printmaker and educator.Japanese Woodblock Printmaking with Professor Tetsuya Noda. Government of Japan, Embassy of Japan in the UK (event). He is widely considered to be Japan’s most important living print-artist,"Tetsuya Noda: Printmaking". and one of the most successful contemporary print artists in the world."Noda Tetsuya, Art Institute Chicago". He is a professor emeritus of the Tokyo University of the Arts. Geidai, Tokyo University of the Arts, Tokyo, Japan (Archive). Noda is most well-known for his visual autobiographical works done as a series of woodblock, print, and silkscreened diary entries that capture moments in daily life. His innovative method of printmaking involves photographs scanned through a mimeograph machine and then printed the images over the area previously printed by traditional woodblock print techniques onto the Japanese paper. Although this mixed-media technique is quite prosaic today, Noda was the first artist to initiate this breakthrough. Noda is the nephew of Hideo Noda an oil painter and muralist.Bel, D. Tetsuya Noda: An Appreciation. Media.wix.
Early life, family and education Noda was born in the Shiranui Township of Uki, Kumamoto Prefecture, on 5 March 1940. In 1959, he entered the Department of Oil Painting, Faculty of Fine Arts, Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music (presently Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music), and graduated in 1963.List of Noda's works held. Mie Prefectural Art Museum. In 1965, Noda completed graduate course at the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music. Noda was a student of Tadashige Ono in the art of woodblock printmaking.
In June 1971, Noda married Dorit Bartur, the daughter of Moshe Bartur, then the Israeli ambassador to Japan.Kenrick, V. "Tetsuya Noda." The Japan Times 14 October 2006. In 1972, their first son Izaya was born in October; and in 1974 their first daughter Rika was born in November. Gallery Goto - Tetsuya Noda Biography
Career 1968 At the age of 28, Noda won the International Grand Prize at the Tokyo International Print Biennale for diptych Diary: August 22, 1968 and Diary: September 11, 1968.Prints art magazine Hanga Geijutsu Abe Publishing Ltd. 2006, 34. 1977 Appointed lecturer in the Faculty of Art, Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music. 1981 Promoted associate professor in the Faculty of Art, Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, Japan. 1991 Became professor in the Faculty of Art, Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, Japan. 1993 Gave lectures and workshops as a visiting artist at Macau Academy of Visual Arts, China. 1996 Appointed international judge at the 10th Seoul International Biennial of Print, South Korea 1998 Gave lectures and workshops as a visiting artist at the Columbia University, New York, United States of America. 2007 Retired as Professor Emeritus at the Tokyo University of the Arts. Tetsuya Noda Tokyo National University of Fine Arts Retirement Commemoration Exhibition "Diary" January 11 to 28, 2007
Awards
1968 International Grand Prize at the Tokyo International Print Biennale 6th Tokyo International Print Biennale 1970 Warsaw National Museum Prize at the Krakow International Print Biennale 1972 2nd Prize at the Norwegian International Print Biennale 1974 Łódź Museum Prize at the Krakow International Print Biennale 1974 2nd Prize at the Norwegian International Print Biennale 1976 Prize of the Museum of Modern Art, Hyogo at the Tokyo International Print Biennale 1977 Grand Prize at the Ljubliana International Print Biennale 1978 Grand Prize at the Norwegian International Print Biennale 1980 Łódź Museum Prize at the Krakow International Print Biennale 1981 Belgrade Contemporary Museum Prize at the Ljubliana International Print Biennale 1981 Exhibition Prize at the Graphica Criativa, Finland 1984 Gold Medal at the Norwegian International Print Biennale 1986 Friends of Bradford Art Galleries and Museums Prize at the British International Print Biennale 1987 Grand Prize of Honor at the Ljubliana International Print Biennale 1993 Gen Yamaguchi Memorial Grand Prize, Numazu City 2003 Awarded with the Medal with Purple Ribbon by the Government of Japan Chronological report of Japan's Art Yearbook by Independent Administrative Institution National Research Institute of Cultural Properties, Tokyo) 2015 Awarded The Order of the Sacred Treasure, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon by the Emperor of Japan
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1969 (G) Ljubljana International Print Biennale, Yugoslavia 1970 (G) British International Print Biennale, United Kingdom 1971 (G) Sao Paulo Biennale, Brazil 1972 (G) Venice Biennale: Graphic International, Italy 1973 (S) Soker-Kaseman Gallery, San Francisco, United States of America 1976 (G) Arakawa Shusaka, Ikeda Masuo, Noda Tetsuya (Cincinnati Art Museum), United States of America World Cat "Ikeda Masuo, Arakawa Shusaka, Noda Tetsuya : [brochure] an invitation to Japanese prints of the twentieth century from the Howard and Caroline Porter Collection, Cincinnati Art Museum, December 7, 1975-February 29, 1976." 1976 (G) Frechen International Print Biennale, Germany 1978 (S) Fuji Television Gallery, Tokyo, Japan 1978 (G) Norwegian International Print Biennale, Norway 1979 (S) Foire Internationale d'Art Contemporain, Grand Palais, Paris, France 1979 (S) The 13th International Biennial of Graphic Arts - TETSUYA NODA, International Centre of Graphic Arts (Ljubljana)(MGLC), Yugoslavia 1979 (G) Contemporary Japanese Art (Beijing & Shanghai), China 1979 (S) Soker-Kaseman Gallery, San Francisco, United States of America 1980 (S) Ikeda Museum of 20th Century Art, Shizuoka, Japan 1980 (S) Marina Dinkler Gallery, Berlin, Germany 1980 (G) Printed Art: A View of Two Decades (Museum of Modern Art, New York), United States of America 1981 (S) Gallery S. 65, Belgium 1981 (G) International Art Biennale, Valparaiso, Chile 1983 (S) Gallery 39, London, United Kingdom 1983 (G) Japanese Print Since 1900 (British Museum), United Kingdom 1984 (S) Tikotin Museum of Japanese Art, Haifa, Israel 1985 (G) Japanese Contemporary Art (National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi), India 1987 (S) Fuji Television Gallery, Japan 1988 (S) Old Jim Gallery, Vanderbilt University, United States of America 1989 (S) The 18th International Biennial of Graphic Arts - TETSUYA NODA, International Centre of Graphic Arts (Ljubljana)(MGLC), Yugoslavia 1990 (S) Australian National University Drill Hall Gallery, Canberra, Australia 1990 (G) "Japanese Prints of 20th Century, Reformist and Tradition" (Cincinnati Art Museum) 1995 (G) La Serigraphie Au Rendez-Vous (Galerie Dimmers, Bruxelles), Belgium 1996 (S) Patrick Cramer, Geneve, Switzerland 1996 (S) Don Soker Contemporary Art, San Francisco, United States of America 1997 (S) Shiyoda Gallery, Shizuoka, Japan 1998 (S) Gallery Goto, Tokyo, Japan 1998 (G) Photo Image: Printmaking 60s to 90s (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston), United States of America 1999 (S) Gallery Seijo, Sendai, Japan 2000 (S) Sakanomachi Museum, Toyama, Japan 2001 (S) Museum of Small Dreams, Yonago, Tottori, Japan 2001 (S) Aizawa Museum, Niigata, Japan 2002 (S) Museum Chiran, Kagoshima, Japan 2003 (G) "MOT Annual 2003 - DAYS", Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan 2003 (S) "Tetsuya Noda", Central Academy of Fine Arts Museum, Beijing, China 2004 (S) "Days in a Life", The Art of Tetsuya Noda, Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, United States of Americaernational#fn-834-5 Art in Print Web site "Mokuhanga International" 2005 (S) "Print World of Tetsuya Noda", Uki Municipal Shiranuhi Museum of Art, Kumamoto, Japan 2006 (S) "Tetsuya Noda - Diary", Contemporary Center of Graphic Art, Japan Tetsuya Noda: Diary / 30 September - 24 December 2006 / Center for Contemporary Graphic Art 2006 (G) "Contemporary Prints, Transformation of Photographic Image"(National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo), Japan 2006 (G) "Connoisseurship of Japanese Prints: Part I" (The Art Institute of Chicago), United States of America 2007 (S) "Tetsuya Noda - Diary", University Museum, Tokyo University of the Arts, Japan 2008 (S) Ardel Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand 2009 (S) Gallery Itsutsuji, Tokyo, Japan 2010 (G) Emerging Japanese Print Artists of the 1960s, 70s, and Beyond, The Art Institute of Chicago, United States of America The Jack D. Beem Collection: Emerging Japanese Print Artists of the 1960s, 70s, and Beyond, 26 September 2010 – 9 January 2011 2010 (G) "Contemporary Japanese Printmaking Exhibition" (Zhejiang Art Museum), China 2011 (S) Andrew Bae Gallery, Chicago, United States of America 2012 (S) "Tetsuya Noda", Museum of Modern Art, Wakayama, Japan 2012 (G) "Contemporary Water-Based Woodblock Prints", (Suzhou Museum), China 2013 (S) "Print Works by Tetsuya Noda: from the Museum Collection, Kumamoto, Japan Kumamoto prefectural museum of art (room number 3 Western art and modern painting) 2013 (S) "Tetsuya Noda", Hokusai Museum, Kazo, Japan 2014 (S) "Noda Tetsuya's 'Diary'", British Museum, United Kingdom Contemporary Japanese prints Noda Tetsuya’s ‘Diary’ series / 5 April – 5 October 2014 / British Museum 2015 (S) "Tetsuya Noda - Diary II", Ardel Gallery of Modern Art, Bangkok, Thailand 2016 (S) "Diary of Tetsuya Noda: Steven Co Collection", Ayala Museum, Philippines Diary of Tetsuya Noda: Steven Co Collection / 26 July - 28 August 2016 / Ayala Museum 2017 (G) "Paint By Numbers", Jewish Institute of Religion, New York, United States of America Paint By NUmbers, Dr. Bernard Heller Museum in New York, 8 September 2016 – 30 June 2017 2017 (S) "Tetsuya Noda - Best of 'Diary'", Kashiwa Civic Art Gallery, Japan 2017 (G) "Light/Matter: The Intersection of Photography and Printmaking", Grunwald Gallery of Art, Indiana University Bloomington, United States of America 2018 (G) "43 Works Reunited", Museo de la Solidaridad Salvador Allende, Santiago, Chile 2019 (S) "World According to Tetsuya Noda", Andrew Bae Gallery, Chicago, United States of America 2019 (G) "Bientôt déjà hier - Métamorphoses et écoulement du temps", Centre de la Gravure et de l’Image imprimée, La Louvière, Belgium 2019 (S) "Tetsuya Noda Exhibition - Retrospective", Gallery Itsutsuji, Tokyo, Japan 2019 (S) "Your Hand In Mine - Tetsuya Noda (Diary) Selected Works: Steven Co Collection", organized by Arts Empowering Lab (At Light Gallery), Macau, China 2020 (S) "Noda Tetsuya: My Life in Print", The Art Institute of Chicago, United States of America 2020 (S) "Tetsuya Noda Print 'Diary' Series", The Ueno Royal Museum, Tokyo, Japan 2021 (S) "Tetsuya Noda's Print Works I: From His Daily Life - From The Ueno Royal Museum Collection", Ueno Royal Museum, Tokyo, Japan 2021 (G) "Spirit Labor: Duration, Difficulty, and Affect", Garage Museum of Contemporary Art, Moscow, Russia 2021-2023 (G) "Human Image: Masterpieces of Figurative Art" (La Imagen Humana: Arte, Identidades Y Simbolismo), in collaboration with the British Museum, La CaixaForum, Madrid, Sevilla, Zaragoza, Palma, Barcelona, Spain 2022 (S) "Noda Tetsuya’s Diary of Contemporary Japanese Prints" (Steven Co Collection), University Museum and Art Gallery, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China 2022 (S) "Tetsuya Noda's Print Works II: Wrapping or Unwrapping - From The Ueno Royal Museum Collection", Ueno Royal Museum, Tokyo, Japan 2022 (S) "Tetsuya Noda : A Variation of Mimeograph" (Steven Co Collection), Hong Kong Open Printshop, Hong Kong SAR, China 2022 (G) "Time Tunnel - Japan and the Jews", Tikotin Museum of Japanese Art, Haifa, Israel 2023 (S) "Tetsuya Noda's Print Works III: Like the Wind, Like the Clouds - From The Ueno Royal Museum Collection", Ueno Royal Museum, Tokyo, Japan 2024 (S) "'Noda Tetsuya's Diary' Print Exhibition - Steven Co Collection", Qi Fengge Museum of Printmaking History, China Printmaking Museum, China·Guanlan Original Printmaking Base, Shenzhen, China