Shigeo TOYA｜Artists

Woods

2023, Bronze, 220x31x31cm, ed.5, [17098]

Toya Shigeo Sculpture, 2023, The Museum of Modern Art, Saitama

Photo by Shigeo Muto

Toya Shigeo Sculpture, 2023, The Museum of Modern Art, Saitama

Photo by Shigeo Muto

Toya Shigeo Sculpture, 2023, The Museum of Modern Art, Saitama

Photo by Shigeo Muto

Toya Shigeo Sculpture, 2022, Nagano Prefectural Art Museum

Photo by Shigeo Muto

Toya Shigeo Sculpture, 2022, Nagano Prefectural Art Museum

Photo by Shigeo Muto

Toya Shigeo Sculpture, 2022, Nagano Prefectural Art Museum

Photo by Shigeo Muto

Body of the Gaze−Accumulation

2021, wood, wood ash, acrylic, 142x171x201cm, [15955]

Body of the Gaze−Linkage

2020, wood, wood ash, acrylic, 490x100x52cm, [15954]

Body of the Gaze – Scatter

2019, wood, wood ash, acrylic, size variable, [14444]

Body of the Gaze

2019, wood, wood ash, acrylic, variable size, 9 pcs, [14438]

Cave V

2011, wood, wood ashes, acrylic, 220x220x220cm, [09272]

Cave V

2011, wood, wood ashes, acrylic, 220x220x220cm, [09272]

Cave III

2010, wood, wood ashes, 199x131x70cm, 199x131x59cm, 199x131x68cm, 199x131x68cm (a set of 4), [08977]

Cave III

2010, wood, wood ashes, 199x131x70cm, 199x131x59cm, 199x131x68cm, 199x131x68cm (a set of 4), [08977]

God of Thunder – 09

2009, wood, wood ashes, acrylic, 932x170x155cm, [08725]
photo by Tadasu Yamamoto

Woods IX

2008, wood, wood ash, acrylic, 220x30x30cm each (a set of 30), [08000]
photo by Tadasu Yamamoto

Woods IX

2008, wood, wood ash, acrylic, 220x30x30cm each (a set of 30), [08000]
photo by Tadasu Yamamoto

Woods IX

2008, wood, wood ash, acrylic, 220x30x30cm each (a set of 30), [08000]
photo by Tadasu Yamamoto

Woods IX

2008, wood, wood ash, acrylic, 220x30x30cm each (a set of 30), [08000]
photo by Tadasu Yamamoto

Double Reflected Root I

2005, wood, wood ash, acrylic, 68x340x13cm, [06378]
photo by Shigeo Muto

Water Root II, Suwa

2005, wood, wood ash, acrylic, 398x139x13cm, [06604]
photo by Tadasu Yamamoto

Projection Body

2004, wood, wood ashes, acrylic, 197x310x67cm, [05229]

From Borders VI

1998, wood, ashes of tree, plaster, acrylic, 143x396x72cm, [03337]

From Borders III

1995-96, wood, ash, acrylic, glass, 220x450x225cm, [02093]
photo by Shigeo Muto

Interface III

1993, wood, wood ash, acrylic, 95x95x95cm each (9 pcs), [01301]
photo by Hiromu Narita

Interface I

1992, wood, wood ash, plaster, iron box, acrylic, 75x372x372cm, [01276]
photo by Sakae Oguma

Underground Room

1992, wood, ash, steel, glass, wax, lens, mixed media, 220x560x360cm, [01274]
photo by Sakae Oguma

Underground Room

1992, wood, ash, steel, glass, wax, lens, mixed media, 220x560x360cm, [01274]
photo by Sakae Oguma

Falling

1992, wood, wood ash, acrylic, wire, 17x60cm, [01282]
photo by Tadasu Yamamoto

Sprit Regions

1990, wood, wood ash, acrylic, glass and iron, 32x496x496cm (8×8 units), [01303]
photo by Hiromu Narita

Twenty-eight Deaths

1989, woods, ash, acrylic, 248x434x62cm, [01295]

Twenty-eight Deaths

1989, woods, ash, acrylic, 248x434x62cm, [01295]

Thirteen Masses Ⅰ

1989, wood, acrylic, [15804]

photo by Patrick Altman

Wood

1987, wood, acrylic, 220x30x30cm, [12690]
photo by Hiromu Narita

Trunk

1984, wood, ironframe, acrylic, 120x32x30cm, [14341]

[From ‘Carving’] From the Walls

1981, plaster, ironframe, variable size “The 2nd Hara Annual” Hara Museum, Tokyo 1981, [15803]
photo by Tadasu Yamamoto

Bamboo Grove Ⅱ

1975, vinyl string, bamboo grove, variable size

POMPEII・・79 〈Part 1〉

1974/1987, concrete, 15x60x60cm, 45x45x170cm (4pcs), [15992]
photo by Tadasu Yamamoto

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Woods

2023, Bronze, 220x31x31cm, ed.5, [17098]

Toya Shigeo Sculpture, 2023, The Museum of Modern Art, Saitama

Photo by Shigeo Muto

Toya Shigeo Sculpture, 2023, The Museum of Modern Art, Saitama

Photo by Shigeo Muto

Toya Shigeo Sculpture, 2023, The Museum of Modern Art, Saitama

Photo by Shigeo Muto

Toya Shigeo Sculpture, 2022, Nagano Prefectural Art Museum

Photo by Shigeo Muto

Toya Shigeo Sculpture, 2022, Nagano Prefectural Art Museum

Photo by Shigeo Muto

Toya Shigeo Sculpture, 2022, Nagano Prefectural Art Museum

Photo by Shigeo Muto

Body of the Gaze−Accumulation

2021, wood, wood ash, acrylic, 142x171x201cm, [15955]

Body of the Gaze−Linkage

2020, wood, wood ash, acrylic, 490x100x52cm, [15954]

Body of the Gaze – Scatter

2019, wood, wood ash, acrylic, size variable, [14444]

Body of the Gaze

2019, wood, wood ash, acrylic, variable size, 9 pcs, [14438]

Cave V

2011, wood, wood ashes, acrylic, 220x220x220cm, [09272]

Cave V

2011, wood, wood ashes, acrylic, 220x220x220cm, [09272]

Cave III

2010, wood, wood ashes, 199x131x70cm, 199x131x59cm, 199x131x68cm, 199x131x68cm (a set of 4), [08977]

Cave III

2010, wood, wood ashes, 199x131x70cm, 199x131x59cm, 199x131x68cm, 199x131x68cm (a set of 4), [08977]

God of Thunder – 09

2009, wood, wood ashes, acrylic, 932x170x155cm, [08725]
photo by Tadasu Yamamoto

Woods IX

2008, wood, wood ash, acrylic, 220x30x30cm each (a set of 30), [08000]
photo by Tadasu Yamamoto

Woods IX

2008, wood, wood ash, acrylic, 220x30x30cm each (a set of 30), [08000]
photo by Tadasu Yamamoto

Woods IX

2008, wood, wood ash, acrylic, 220x30x30cm each (a set of 30), [08000]
photo by Tadasu Yamamoto

Woods IX

2008, wood, wood ash, acrylic, 220x30x30cm each (a set of 30), [08000]
photo by Tadasu Yamamoto

Double Reflected Root I

2005, wood, wood ash, acrylic, 68x340x13cm, [06378]
photo by Shigeo Muto

Water Root II, Suwa

2005, wood, wood ash, acrylic, 398x139x13cm, [06604]
photo by Tadasu Yamamoto

Projection Body

2004, wood, wood ashes, acrylic, 197x310x67cm, [05229]

From Borders VI

1998, wood, ashes of tree, plaster, acrylic, 143x396x72cm, [03337]

From Borders III

1995-96, wood, ash, acrylic, glass, 220x450x225cm, [02093]
photo by Shigeo Muto

Interface III

1993, wood, wood ash, acrylic, 95x95x95cm each (9 pcs), [01301]
photo by Hiromu Narita

Interface I

1992, wood, wood ash, plaster, iron box, acrylic, 75x372x372cm, [01276]
photo by Sakae Oguma

Underground Room

1992, wood, ash, steel, glass, wax, lens, mixed media, 220x560x360cm, [01274]
photo by Sakae Oguma

Underground Room

1992, wood, ash, steel, glass, wax, lens, mixed media, 220x560x360cm, [01274]
photo by Sakae Oguma

Falling

1992, wood, wood ash, acrylic, wire, 17x60cm, [01282]
photo by Tadasu Yamamoto

Sprit Regions

1990, wood, wood ash, acrylic, glass and iron, 32x496x496cm (8×8 units), [01303]
photo by Hiromu Narita

Twenty-eight Deaths

1989, woods, ash, acrylic, 248x434x62cm, [01295]

Twenty-eight Deaths

1989, woods, ash, acrylic, 248x434x62cm, [01295]

Thirteen Masses Ⅰ

1989, wood, acrylic, [15804]

photo by Patrick Altman

Wood

1987, wood, acrylic, 220x30x30cm, [12690]
photo by Hiromu Narita

Trunk

1984, wood, ironframe, acrylic, 120x32x30cm, [14341]

[From ‘Carving’] From the Walls

1981, plaster, ironframe, variable size “The 2nd Hara Annual” Hara Museum, Tokyo 1981, [15803]
photo by Tadasu Yamamoto

Bamboo Grove Ⅱ

1975, vinyl string, bamboo grove, variable size

POMPEII・・79 〈Part 1〉

1974/1987, concrete, 15x60x60cm, 45x45x170cm (4pcs), [15992]
photo by Tadasu Yamamoto

Biography

Born in Nagano, Japan, in 1947. Currently lives and works in Saitama. Toya started his artistic career with his attempt to reconstruct sculpture as a medium, which had been deconstructed by the preceding art movements such as postminimalism and mono-ha. Since the 1970s, the artist has diligently pursued the principles and structures of sculpture, which resonate with the epistemological foundations of our very existence, underscoring their essence and possibility through his artmaking practice. By manipulating various art histories of all times and places, encompassing the period of cave paintings and Greco-Roman sculptures to contemporary art, with his bona fide sculptural philosophy, Toya has been recognized as one of the leading sculptors in Japan, Asia and the Pacific at large. The artist received the Art Encouragement Prize of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Japan in 2004 and his Medal of Honor with Purple Ribbon in 2009. He is also a Professor Emeritus at Musashino Art University.

Selected exhibitions: Toya Shigeo Sculpture, Nagano Prefectural Art Museum, Nagano, 2022-2023, The Museum of Modern Art, Saitama, 2023; Body of the Gaze: from Scatter to Linkage, from Linkage to Accumulation, ShugoArts, Tokyo, 2022; Shigeo Toya Forest – Lake: Regeneration and Memory, Ichihara Lakeside Museum, Chiba, 2021; Body of the Gaze, ShugoArts, Tokyo, 2019; Shigeo Toya−Sculpture to Emerge, Musashino Art University Museum & Library, Tokyo, 2017; Memories in the cave, Vangi Sculpture Garden Museum, Shizuoka, 2011-12; Shigeo Toya : Folds, Gazes and Anima of the Woods, Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art, Aichi, 2003; The 3rd Kwangju Biennale, Kwangju, 2000; Forest of Visions, Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Hiroshima, 1995; Yama – Mori ‒ Mura, Kuma Museum of Art, Ehime, 1994; The First Asia-Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, 1993; The 43rd Venice Biennale, Japanese Pavilion, Venice, 1988; Selected publications: Shigeo Toya−Sculpture and Words (Choukoku-To-Kotoba）1974-2013, Vangi Sculpture Garden Museum, 2014; Shigeo Toya−Sculpture to Emerge, Musashino Art University Museum & Library, 2017

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