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Nojima Seiji

のうじま せいじ

Nojima Seiji

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1941-12-05 (Asakusa, Taito-ku, Tokyo, Japan)
Nationality
Japan
Languages
Japanese
Residence History
Asakusa, Taito-ku, Tokyo, Japan → Kasama, Ibaraki, Japan

Career

Occupations
Sculptor
Active Years
1962-
Affiliations
Japan Art Academy, Nitten (Japan Art Exhibition), Japan Sculpture Association, Ibaraki Prefectural Art Exhibition
Influenced By
Kunio Komori

Education

Ibaraki University
Faculty of Education, Art Department / Art Department
Year of Graduation: 1964
Country: Japan

Awards

Selected for New Nitten Exhibition
1962
Work: Woman's Head
Organization: New Nitten Exhibition
Result: Selected
Special Prize, Reorganized Nitten
1969
Work: Distress
Organization: Reorganized Nitten Exhibition
Result: Special Prize
Minister of Education Award
2000
Work: Eternal Time
Organization: Reorganized Nitten Exhibition
Result: Awarded
Japan Art Academy Prize
2005
Work: Compassion - Komorebi
Organization: Japan Art Academy
Result: Awarded
Ibaraki Prefecture Special Meritorious Service Award
2007
Organization: Ibaraki Prefecture
Result: Awarded
Mito City Cultural Honor Award
2008
Organization: City of Mito
Result: Awarded

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Woman's Head

1962 Clay Sculpture

An early clay sculpture depicting a woman's head, selected for the Fifth New Nitten Exhibition.

feminine beautyhuman figure

Distress

1969 Bronze Sculpture

A bronze sculpture of the human figure that won the Special Prize at the 1969 Reorganized Nitten Exhibition.

anguishhumanity

Eternal Time

2000 Bronze Sculpture

A representative bronze sculpture expressing the flow of time, awarded the Minister of Education Award at the 2000 Reorganized Nitten Exhibition.

timeeternity

Compassion - Komorebi

2005 Bronze Sculpture

A warm bronze sculpture themed on compassion, recipient of the Japan Art Academy Prize.

compassionnatural light

Legacy

He has produced numerous refined human figure sculptures and is highly regarded in the field of contemporary Japanese sculpture. He is known for works installed in public spaces in Mito, Ibaraki.

Academic Societies

  • Japan Art Academy
  • Nitten Exhibition
  • Japan Sculpture Association
  • Ibaraki Prefectural Art Exhibition

Trivia

  • His cousin is the painter Nariaki Nojima.