JY

JY is an artist of exceptional talent who, after coming to Japan and earning a doctorate in statistical physics called "osmosis" and applying the results to his artistic activities, conducted repeated research in the Koji Kinutani Laboratory at Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, and created a new style of painting.
JY’s achievements were highly acclaimed, and in 1992 he was selected for the "Journey of Asian Contemporary Art" exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art, Saitama, and is active internationally in the United States, Europe, China, and Japan as a representative artist of Asian contemporary art. JY has also analyzed the mechanism of oriental art with modern mathematics through his research on "fractals" and authored "Chinese Painting Dimensions," the first ever book to lay a mathematical foundation for oriental art.

As JY said, "If you pursue physics to the extreme, you will reach a high level of spirituality," the works in this exhibition, in which he entrusted his own thoughts to a "leopard," represent a kind of counterattack against contemporary society and contemporary art. Traveling freely in a space where reality and virtuality intersect, he attempts to look at the essence of human nature through the eyes of a " leopard," asking what civilization is and what wildness is. In this solo exhibition, approximately 20 new works with the leopard as the main motif are exhibited, interweaving the idea of "Xiao Yao You" by Zhuangzi.

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JY × Meiji Hijikata｜Exploring the Enriching World of Art Through Physics

2023.08.03
INTERVIEW

JY × Meiji Hijikata｜The Fusion of Calligraphy and Art: The Leopard as a Symbol of the Wild

2023.07.26
INTERVIEW

The Universal Philosophy Enticed by Etsu Egami | Etsu Egami × JY Exhibition "The Philosophers"

2023.03.15
INTERVIEW

JY's "Journey to Freedom" Beyond Transcultural Narratives｜Essay by PAI Shih-Ming

2023.03.01
ART NEWS

JY: Carefree Excursion

Online Exhibition
May 10, 2022

Carefree Excursion: JY Solo Exhibition

Taipei
2023.03.04 - 04.15

PhD in Physics
President, Chiba International Art Association Trustee
Chiba City Cultural Promotion Foundation

1958: Born in Hubei, China
1982: Graduated from Wuhan University
1984: Arrives in Japan as a Japanese Government (Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology) Scholarship student
1990: Ph.D., Chiba University
1992: "Journey of Asian Contemporary Art" exhibition, organized by The Museum of Modern Art, Saitama
1993: One year research at Koji Kinutani Laboratory, Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music
"Abstract, Contemporary, and Aesthetics", Contemporary Art in China, organized by the Taipei Cultural Foundation
1994: Solo Exhibition, The Museum of Modern Art, Saitama
1995: Created a wall relief for the entrance of Chiba City Museum of Art
1997: Exhibited at Tokyo International Contemporary Art Festival
26th Contemporary Art Exhibition of Japan, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art
Exhibited at the Los Angeles International Contemporary Art Festival
1999: Produced 48 fusuma paintings for Shinka-ji temple, Kyoto JAPAN THIS WEEK on NHK Satellite Broadcasting Featuring JY and his sliding door paintings
2000: Painting for the wall of the entrance hall of Iki Iki Plaza, Wakaba-ku, Chiba City
2002: Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi solo exhibition, Ginza Matsuya solo exhibition
2004: The 1st Chiba Art Culture Newcomer Award, solo exhibition, Chiba City Museum of Art, Chiba, Japan
2005: Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi, solo exhibition
2007: China's First Rock Art Exhibition, Beijing China Art Museum, Beijing, China
2008: Commemorative 30th Anniversary of China's Reform and Opening-Up: Artistic Achievement Exhibition, Beijing State Grand Theatre
2009: Contemporary Suiboku Artists Exhibition, The National Art Center, Tokyo
2011: "Wind at Sea" Shanghai
Established Jiang Yi Art Space in Dalian, China
Jiang Yi Painting Exhibition, Dalian Art Museum, Dalian, China
2012: Dalian Shinkansen Station Mural Production
2014: Art Beijing Art Fair Beijing National Agricultural Exhibition Hall
2015: "Great Separated Mountain Production Exhibition" Beijing China Art Museum / Beijing, China
Asia Contemporary Art Show, Hong Kong
2017: "Ink Traces, Dimensions," Jiang Yi, exhibition, Dalian
2018: Beijing Damei Center Museum of Art Solo Exhibition, Beijing
2022: Solo exhibition at N.ART, Ginza, Tokyo

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