Takehiko Sugawara

Born in Tokyo in 1962, Takehiko Sugawara graduated in 1989 from the Department of Japanese Painting at Tama Art University. Early in his career, he was noticed by several major Japanese institutions, which organized solo exhibitions of his work: Tokyo Central Museum (1991), Yamatane Museum of Art (1993), the Ueno Royal Museum and Kôriyama City Museum of Art (1994). He spent two years in residency in Düsseldorf (1995–1997) and went on to participate in numerous exhibitions in Japan and abroad, including the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Seoul (2001). His work is represented in several public collections in Japan (Ueno, Saku, Shizuoka, Niigata, Okazaki, Toyokawa, among others).

Recipient of many awards, including the Nikkei Nihonga Grand Prize in 2004, Sugawara was regularly featured in Japanese museums such as the Miho Museum, the Niigata Prefectural Museum of Modern Art, and the Ibaraki Tenshin Museum of Art.

In 2012, he joined Galerie Taménaga, first exhibiting at Art Paris before presenting solo shows in Paris, Tokyo, Osaka, and Kyoto, as well as taking part in major international fairs (Art Taipei, Art Stage Singapore, Brafa, among others).

Takehiko Sugawara passed away unexpectedly in July 2024, at the age of 62. Galerie Taménaga will honor his memory with a retrospective exhibition in Paris, running from October 9 to November 8, 2025.