MURAYAMA Shujiro

Teaching Staff (Arts & Roots)

Title	Associate Professor
Research Fields	Painting / Communication art / Childhood art education
Education	2014 D.F.A. (Mural Painting), Tokyo University of the Arts 2011 Master’s (Mural Painting), Tokyo University of the Arts 1994 Bachelor’s (Oil Painting), Tokyo University of the Arts
Selected Professional Experience	2018-Present Associate Professor, Akita University of Art 2015-2018 Lecturer, Kyoto University of Art and Design 2012-2014 Teaching Assistant (2012-2013); Research Assistant (2014), Tokyo University of the Arts
Recent Activities	<Single-author books> 2022 Bijutsu mirai yosouzu / Akita fudo kara bijutsu to kyoiku o shukaku [A Conceptual Vision of Future Art / Finding Art and Education in the Culture of Akita]. Akita University of Art Kotoba no shirushi [The Signs of Words]. M-plants art lab 2021 Bijutsu mirai yosouzu / Nouengei gaku-bu [A Conceptual Vision of Future Art / Department of Agriculture and Horticulture]. Akita University of Art 2020 Bijutsu mirai yosouzu / Chi’iki to bijutsu to kyouiku [A Conceptual Vision of Future Art / Region, Art and Education]. Akita University of Art 2019 Bijutsu mirai yosouzu / Kodomo to bijutsu kyouiku [A Conceptual Vision of Future Art / Children and Art Education]. Akita University of Art 2017 Jundo: Kodomo, shizen, geijutsu o kai-shita aato komyunikeshon [Purity: Art Communication Through Children, Nature, and Art]. Kyoto University of Art and Design   <Art projects> 2021 Tsuchi no HAPPENS shokubutsu no HAPPENS no hassei ga seisei deari wareware wa magarikado ni sashikakatteiru. Toki o mitsukeni tsumugihajiku rutsu ugoku watashi no midori [We are approaching a turning point in the generation of HAPPENS of soil and HAPPENS of plants. My green roots that spin and play to find the time] (with IKEMIYA Nakao, NISHIWAKI Sayuri). Tokyo Biennale 2020/2021. 3331 Arts Chiyoda, Tokyo Kokoro no me: Yama to chi to umi kara [Eyes of the soul: From the mountains to the earth to the sea]. Jonai Farmers’ Art Festival 2021. Kanegasaki Art College, Kanegasaki, Iwate 2019 Teashi wa yasei o tsubute to yobu: Whereabouts do you? [Arms and legs call the wild ‘stone’: Whereabouts do you?] (with IKEMIYA Nakao, AUA students). Akita University of Art Circle Plaza 2018 Iwa to sumi to shokubutsu no kodou: Aborijini senjumin no aruita chi kara [Rock, charcoal and plant beats: From the Aboriginal lands]. BigCi artist residency, New South Wales, Australia 2017 device: Hitohira no kaze [device: Petals on the wind] (with IKEMIYA Nakao). Kyoto University of Art and Design 2016 Yama no oto: Me o tojiru soshite aruki subete no oto ni mimi o sumasu [The sound of the mountains: Close your eyes, start walking and listen to all the sounds]. Kagawa-Yamanami Art Festival 2016. Kagawa Kurosutoku 5: Fukushima-go: Hyogensha ni totte no 3.11 [Cross Talk 5: After Fukushima: 3.11 for the artist] (with YANOBE Kenji and KAWANOBE Naoto). Gallery Orb, Kyoto University of Art and Design 2015 Kodomo no shizen no kotoba (shi) × shokumeguri [Children’s natural language (poetry) and ‘plant tour’]. Mori no Hakobune Art Project. Nishiaizu, Fukushima   <Exhibitions> 2020 Kudo + ArtOrque ten [Driving force + ArtOrque] (group exhibition). Brick-one, Tokyo 2019 Shizen no wa: asobi o tsukuru [Natural harmony: Game-making]. Morino Terrace Open Garden, Kitaakita City, Akita 2017 Ryokuga to shokumeguri no kiseki kara [From the miracles of ‘plant touring’ and ‘plant painting’]. 3331 Gallery, Tokyo 2015 Mori o egaku [Painting the forest]. Nishiaizu International Art Village, Fukushima 2013 Mizu no rakuen: 3gatsu 11nichi no shinsui-kon no kioku kara [Paradise of water: 3/11 and the scars of the flood]. Eco Art Village Project 2013. N3 ART Lab, Yamaguchi   <Artwork submissions> 2020 Ugoku tsuchi, ugoku shokubutsu [Moving earth, moving plants]. Tokyo Biennale 2020/2021. Various locations in Tokyo 2017 Ten to hito to chi: Majiwaru Asama-renpo to Kyo no chi [Heaven, man and earth – The Asama mountains and Kyoto]. Tenku Art Festival 2017. Umeno Memorial Hall, Nagano 2014 Shokubutsu to ikiru: Ryokuga shuho to kodomo-tachi no chikara o awasete [Living with nature: Combining the ‘plant painting’ technique with the power of children]. Odate-Kitaakita Art Festival 2014. Morino Terrace Open Garden, Kitaakita City, Akita
Courses Taught	Contemporary Art Seminar (Arts & Roots) Introduction to Arts and Roots Arts and Roots Seminar Project Planning and Presentation Art Project Japanese Painting Community Project Painting Techniques Art Materials and Supplies Still-Life Drawing (Education Course) Graduation Project (Arts & Roots)

 

Example Works
Iwa to sumi to shokubutsu no kodou: Aborijini senjumin no aruita chi kara [Rock, charcoal and plant beats: From the Aboriginal lands] (BigCi, Australia; 2018)	‘Plant painting’ technique (Nagaki Elementary School, Odate City, Akita; 2017)	Shizen no wa: asobi o tsukuru [Natural harmony: Game-making] (Morino Terrace Open Garden, Kitaakita City, Akita; 2019)
Teashi wa yasei o tsubute to yobu: Whereabouts do you? [Arms and legs call the wild ‘stone’: Whereabouts do you?] (Akita University of Art Circle Plaza; 2019)	Idou-shiki rojien geijutsu [Walking tour of alley garden art] (Tokyo; 2010)	Ugoku tsuchi, ugoku shokubutsu: Ugoku hachi purojekuto [Moving earth, moving plants: Moving bowl project] (Various locations in Tokyo and online; 2020)

Further details (in Japanese) can be found at the following link: MURAYAMA Shujiro (Japanese Page)