Sotaro Takanami
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→ 12 Monkey Haiku (published by RMN, France)
→ EHON (Published by Magazine House)
→ Sotaro Takanami's works (published by Magazine House)
→ THE BEGINNING OF SPACE (published by the Sasakawa Peace Foundation)
→ Art in America '2019 and '2023(NY ARTIFACT)
→ Takashimaya solo exhibition catalogue (21 volumes)
→ Takashimaya Archives Museum Catalog
→ I had been interviewed on TV, radio, and newspapers.
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→ ‘2004 Exhibition of the original Twelve Monkey Haiku wood-cut prints at Gallery Yoshii (Paris).
→ ‘1990～‘2024 I had held more than 100 solo exhibitions at Takashimaya department store art galleries nationwide.
→ I had many time solo exhibitions at galleries throughout Japan.
→ ‘2024 Two-month Special solo exhibition at Takashimaya Archives : “ Takanami Sotaro : A Devotion to Painting.”
→ I had exhibited many exhibitions in various parts of the world. (USA<LA, Miami, NY, Hampton>, Paris, Monaco, Austria, Cannes, Switzerland, Germany)
→ Traveling exhibitions at Takashimaya department stores nationwide from 2 to 6 locations every year
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I wasn't interested in the awards.
→ In 2002, during a solo exhibition at the Yoshii Gallery in Paris, RMN published "12 Monkey Haiku" and sold it at the Louvre, the Guimet Museum, and famous bookstores in the city.
→ At that time, he was invited by President Chirac to the Elysée Palace.
→ In 2024, the Takashimaya Osaka Archives Museum will hold a two-month solo exhibition for the first living artist in its more than 100-year history. SOTARO TAKANAM：A Devotion to Painting
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→http://www.contemporaryartcurator.com
→NOBLE ART CONVERSATION Sotaro Takanami
→https://ww9b.us/masterful-minds-3
→YouTube Artist Sotaro Takanami 【GH５S】
→Takashimaya Sotaro Takanami
1949 Born in Tokyo, Japan.
1973 Graduated from Tama Art University, Department of Oil Painting. 1986 The Française Collection released a wood cut print book “Nature” in Tokyo and Paris at the same time.
1990~ I had held more than 100 solo exhibitions at Takashimaya department 2024 store art galleries nationwide.
I had many time solo exhibitions at galleries throughout Japan.
2004 Exhibition of the original Twelve Monkey Haiku wood-cut prints at Gallery Yoshii (Paris). Twelve Monkey Haiku published by RMN (Reunion des Musees Nationaux, France). Twelve Monkey Haiku appeared in the Louvre and major bookstores in France.
Invited by President Chirac to a supper at the Elysee Palace.
2010 The Sasakawa Peace Foundation publishes “THE BIGINNING OF SPACE” for the Middle East. Created design of sumo wrestler’s ornamental apron for Yokozuna Hakuho.2024 Two-month Special solo exhibition at Takashimaya Archives : “Takanami Sotaro : A Devotion to Painting.” I had exhibited many exhibitions in various parts of the world. (USA Paris, Monaco, Austria, Cannes, Switzerland, Germany
From January 11 to February 26, 2024, I held a retrospective exhibition at the Takashimaya Historical Museum in Osaka. The media coverage was extensive, and I was grateful for the large number of visitors who came to see my work. In Japan, just as I felt I had reached a turning point within myself, and I am very grateful to be introduced to such a book when I was thinking like this.
I believe I will continue painting until the moment I die. In my twenties, I experienced friendship, respect, passionate love, music, aestheticism, intense darkness, anxiety, illness, death, conflict, and anger. During that time, I felt a connection to God and had new discoveries every day. It was a stimulating, free, and happy period.
As time flowed like wind pushing clouds, I realized that those moments were unique to that time—my youth. Since then, while being haunted by memories of those enjoyable times, I have continued to paint. Even if I paint a hundred or a thousand pieces, each one surpasses past memories and gives me a sense of a new, first-time experience and a zest for life.
For me, painting is like water in a desert, quenching my thirst under the scorching sun. Whether I live to paint or paint to live, I constantly ask myself. The mysteries within my paintings are ones I probably won't solve even if I live for another hundred years. Every day, I hold my brush at a set time, hoping to get closer to those answers, even if just a little, in my remaining time.
