Shuji Wako Works

Shuji Wako was born in Sendai, Japan in 1953. In 1977 he graduated from Zokei University in Tokyo. The artist has made himself a name with lithograph prints of Japanese-related small objects that he shows in photo-realistic, meticulous excellence, often against a black or blue background. This strive for perfection is in my view typical Japanese. Works by Shuji Wako are in the collections of the world's most renowned museums like the British Museum or the Rockefeller Foundation. The artist uses strong and vivid colours - except for the background. Sometimes he plays a trick of optical illusion with the viewer.

Exhibitions

2006     Japan Print Association Exhibition, Tokyo, Japan

2004     Japan Print Association Exhibition, Tokyo, Japan

2004     Recent Gifts from Tolman, University of Maryland, College Park, MD

2003     Textures of Influence, University of Maryland, College Park, MD

1994     Japan Week Print Exhibition, Cairo, Egypt

1980     14th Exhibition of Selected Modern Artists, Cultural Affairs Agency, Tokyo, Japan

Public Collections

British Museum, London, UK

Rockefeller Foundation, New York, NY

Singapore National Museum

University of Cairo, Egypt

Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, OH

Art Gallery of New South Wales, Australia

Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan

Hamburg Museum of Arts and Crafts, Hamburg, Germany

The Official Residence of the Prime Minister of Japan