Zenzaburo Kojima
Zenzaburo Kojima (b. 1893, d. 1962) sought to formalize a “distinctively Japanese oil painting” throughout his career. During a 3-year period of study in France and Italy, Kojima immersed himself in movements like Fauvism and Venetian Renaissance painting, eventually choosing to explore the Western genres of landscape, still-life, and nude. At the same time, he aimed to retain an identifiably Japanese character in his work, drawing influence from ukiyo-e prints and adapting traditional Japanese subjects like seasonal change and natural simplicity.
Kojima’s solo exhibitions include the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, traveling to The Annex Museum of the National Museum of Modern Art (1964); Fukuoka Art Museum (1993, 2012); The Shoto Museum of Art (1998); Fuchu Art Museum (2007). His works are included in the collections of the National Museum of Korea, Seoul; the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo; Fukuoka Prefectural Museum of Art; the Museum of Modern Art, Kamakura & Hayama, Kanagawa; Mie Prefectural Art Museum; Busan Museum of Art; and Pola Museum of Art, Kanagawa among others.
Born 1893, Fukuoka, Japan
Died 1962, Chiba, Japan
EDUCATION
1914
Hongo Institute of Painting
SELECTED SOLO AND TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2007
Fūchu Art Museum, Tokyo, Pastoral Splendor: Zenzaburo Kojima
1998
Shibuya Shoto Museum of Art, Tokyo
1994
Mie Prefecture Art Museum, Tsu, Japan
1993
Fukuoka Art Museum, Fukuoka, Japan; Chiba Sogo Department Store, Chiba, Japan; The Museum of Modern Art Ibaraki, Ibaraki, Japan, Kojima Zenzaburo Centennial Memorial Exhibition
1964
National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2020
Karma, New York, (Nothing but) Flowers
Independent Art Fair, New York, Alvaro Barrington, Dike Blair, Marley Freeman, Zenzaburo Kojima
2015
Galerie Nichido, Taipei/Tokyo, Taiwan and Japanese Masters of Modern Art
2013
Long Museum Pudong, Shanghai, Clues of Asia: Asian Contemporary from Long Collection
2012
Mie Prefectural Art Museum, Tsu, Japan, Breathing Landscape
Busan Museum of Art, Busan, Among the Four Seasons: Spring, Spring
2006
National Museum of Modern Art Tokyo, Tokyo, Modern Japanese Art from the Museum Collection
2003
Contemporary Art Museum Kumamoto, Kumamoto, Japan, Commemorative Exhibition Vol. 3: The Power of Kyushu
1976
Museum City of Tokyo, Tokyo, The Twelfth Dokuritsu Exhibition
1952
The Japan International Art Exhibition
1922
8th Nika Association Art Exhibition
AWARDS
9th Nika Association Award
COLLECTIONS
National Museum of Korea, Seoul
National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
Fukuoka Prefectural Museum of Art
Museum of Modern Art, Kamakura & Hayama, Kanagawa
Mie Prefectural Art Museum
Busan Museum of Art
Pola Museum of Art, Kanagawa
Kurume City Art Museum
PUBLICATIONS
2020
Alvaro Barrington, Dike Blair, Marley Freeman, Zenzaburo Kojima
Texts by Jim Lewis, Tim Griffin, Sarah Lehrer-Graiwer
Karma, New York
54 pages, softcover
11 × 8 1/2 inches
Edition of 500
