Hiratsuka, Yuji (1954 - Present)
Yuji Hiratsuka was born in Osaka in 1954. He graduated from Tokyo Art Teacher's University in 1978 and received a M.A. and MFA in the United States at the New Mexico State University and the University of Indiana. For for more than 40 years Hiratsuka has lived and worked in the United States. Today he resides in Oregon. His work is in the permanent collections of prestigious institutions worldwide such as the Tokyo Central Museum, the Museum of Modern Art, NY, the Art Institute of Chicago, and the British Museum, to name only a few.
Contemporary Japanese and East Asian Art
Ronin Gallery’s Contemporary art collection challenges the boundaries of tradition and innovation through the work of Japan's greatest contemporary artists and tomorrow’s most promising talents. Featured in museum exhibitions worldwide, contemporary Japanese and East Asian artists are pushing limits and exploring fresh techniques across mediums and styles. For many of the contemporary artists in this collection, inspiration sparks from an interweaving of old with new. Many combine traditional themes, tools, or materials with technology, contemporary themes, or innovative techniques. This hybrid expression is distinctly contemporary and unremittingly vital. From the Pop art legacy of the Shinohara’s to the foremost master of Japanese tattooing, Horiyoshi III, this collection of contemporary Japanese and East Asian art spans a wide range of media, including woodblock prints, screen prints, photography, etchings, paintings, sculpture, calligraphy, ceramics, and mixed media artworks.