Yukihiro Yoshida is a nihonga painter who depicts monkeys in a variety of poses along lines drawn in ink, exploring a world in which people and events are linked in an unbroken chain. He has received awards at the Soga-kai Exhibition, the Ueno Royal Museum Grand Prize Exhibition, and the Kyototen. His works are held in the collections of the Ueno Royal Museum, Sagawa Art Museum, and Sato Museum of Art.
Yukihiro Yoshida
Yukihiro Yoshida
Japan
⬤ Works in 2026
Chain (Cloud-textured hemp paper, mineral pigments, gold leaf / 227.3 x 402.3 cm)
Hope (Cloud-textured hemp paper, mineral pigments, gold leaf / 162.0 x 324.0 cm)
⬤ Message
Monkeys strike various poses on lines drawn with ink. These lines symbolize a world where people and events are connected.
Our actions and choices create new events, and all occurrences in the world are constantly interconnected. These connections can spread joy and hope, or they can bring about conflict and strife.
The monkeys' appearance represents ourselves living in such a world, and it expresses how each individual's actions are connected to the world.
⬤ Biography
Born in Kyoto in 1980.
2005: 31st Spring Soga Exhibition, Spring Exhibition Award (Received the same award from 2006-2012 and again in 2016)
2005: Encouragement Award, 32nd Soga Exhibition (Recipient of the same award in 2017)
2007: 34th Soga Exhibition, Sogakai Award (Recipient of the same award in 2012 and 2018)
2008 Kyoto Exhibition Mayor's Award (2009 Seiho Award recipient)
2012 30th Ueno Royal Museum Grand Prize Exhibition, Excellence Award
Completed doctoral program (late stage) in Japanese painting at the Graduate School of Fine Arts, Kyoto City University of Arts in 2013.
2013 Best Selection of Art
Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum Selection 2014: Emerging Artists 2014
2022 Sagawa Art Museum Eiichi Kuriwada Award
2025 GATE WAY. KYOTO
Public collections: Ueno Royal Museum, Sagawa Art Museum, Sato Museum of Art