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國定 三無 Sanmu Kunisada

Sanmu Kunisada 國定 三無

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独歩
Achieve a Deed by Oneself
A Flower is Blooming as Smiling

 

國定 三無

Sanmu Kunisada

國定三無は、小字数(文字数の少ない)の作品を得意としています。一つの漢字や言葉が持つ複数の意味の中から、制作するときに自身の概念に一番合うイメージを重ねて表現しています。また、國定は「無骨でも、どこか崩れたり、歪んだりしてもそれが面白いし美しい。格好つけずに躊躇わないで一心に書く裸の書」を追求して制作しています。聴衆との対話からアーティストが自らの変換に基づいて選んだ漢字、一文字を即興で書くライブパフォーマンスは、欧米各地で多数の反響を収めました。

Sanmu Kunisada specializes in works that use a minimal number of characters. Drawing from the multiple meanings inherent in a single kanji or word, he layers the image that best aligns with his own conceptual vision at the moment of creation.

He also pursues what he describes as a “naked calligraphy”—writing that is unadorned and unpretentious, where even roughness, distortion, or imbalance can become compelling and beautiful, achieved through a wholehearted, unhesitating gesture.

His live performances, in which he engages in dialogue with the audience and then improvisationally writes a single kanji character selected through his own interpretive transformation, have received widespread acclaim across Europe and the United States.

  • Solo Exhibition
  • Group Exhibition
  • Live Performance
2023

Artexpo New York (New York / U.S.A.)

2022

Artexpo Dallas (Dallas / U.S.A)

2021

Erotica Sanmu 2021 (Concept 21 / Tokyo)

2018

Japan related event co-organized with the Embassy – Calligraphy Mission – Sanmu Kunisada Solo Exhibition (JAPAN INFORMATION AND CULTURAL CENTRE OF THE EMBASSY OF JAPAN in Belgium / Bruxelles)

2017

Crazy! SANMU - Look at My Line- (Concept 21 / Tokyo)

2014

Sanmu's Spirit Vision (Concept 21 / Tokyo)

2012

“Naked Calligraphy” (Concept 21 / Tokyo)

2008

“BOKKOU” (Gallery Kan / Fukushima)

2007

“Trajectory of Sumi-ink” (Gallery Kan / Fukushima)

2006

“Breathing of Sumi-ink” (Gallery Miharaya / Tokyo)

2026

The Sun and The Moon: Art Inspired by the Celestial (Saatchi Gallery / London)

2024

PASSION JAPON (La Sucrière, Lyon / France)

2023

Sumi_ism #8(Gallery KITAI / Tokyo)

2022

Expo I Love Japan (Liège / Belgium)

2021

EXPOSITION COMMÉMORATION FUKUSHIMA – MARS 2021 in Liège Belgique (Place de la République Française / Liège)

2020

Drawing Room Store (Online Art Fair)

2015

Sumi_ism #5(Gallery KITAI / Tokyo)

2014

Sumi_ism #4(Gallery KITAI / Tokyo)

2008

“Japanese contemporary calligraphy exhibition in Paris” (Espace Culture Bertin Poiree / Paris / France)
“JIYUTEN” (Art space PRBNNA / Tokyo) < annual submissions since 2004 >

2007

“Natusral” Two persons exhibition (Gallery J / Miyagi)

2023

Artexpo New York (New York / U.S.A.)

2022

Artexpo Dallas (Dallas / U.S.A)

2019

OFF THE CUFF at Affordable Art Fair Amsterdam (the Kromhouthal / Amsterdam)

2018

Japan related event co-organized with the Embassy – Calligraphy Mission – Sanmu Kunisada Solo Exhibition (JAPAN INFORMATION AND CULTURAL CENTRE OF THE EMBASSY OF JAPAN in Belgium / Bruxelles)

2008

Gallery Kan (Fukushima)

2007

Gallery Kan (Fukushima)

2006

Gallery Miharaya (Tokyo)

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