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Kyosuke Tchinai was born in Ehime Prefecture in 1948.
After studying oil painting at Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music and at postgraduate level, he established a unique painting method using acrylic paints on Japanese paper in the early 1980s, reaching an innovative method of expression that transcended the boundaries between Japanese and Western painting.His style, based on the traditional Japanese beauty of costume patterns, the beauties of nature, and the “beauty of things,” combined with his unique technique, creates a fantasy world that is uniquely Tchinai’s own.
He has won numerous awards, including the Yasui Prize, as an “artist” who captures Japanese aesthetics in a novel way without deviating from the tradition of the classics.Since 1992, when he was in charge of the illustrations for Tomiko Miyao’s serialized novel “Kura” published in the Mainichi Shimbun, his popularity and name recognition have become immovable.
Since 2002, he has held a solo exhibition in France every four years at Galerie Tamenaga.
His works have been collected by Roger Federer, a former professional tennis player, and the Rothschild family, one of the largest collectors in Europe, and have attracted many collectors from around the world.

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受賞歴:

1971	シェル美術賞展 佳作賞
1978-1981	日仏現代美術展 フィガロ賞、一席、二席、特別賞 ビブリオテック・デ・ザール賞、２席 日本側賞佳作賞、２席
1984	安井賞展 初入選 （西武美術館・東京）
1985	東京セントラル美術館油絵大賞展 佳作賞 現代形象展デッサン大賞展 大賞
1986	第一回リキテックス･ビエンナーレ リキテックス賞
1987	安井賞展 特別賞
1990	日本青年画家展 優秀賞
1988	安井賞展 佳作賞
2009	ブラティスラヴァ世界絵本原画展 金牌賞
2015	よんでん芸術文化賞（よんでん文化振興財団）

Awards:

1971	Shell Art Award Exhibition Honorable Mention
1978-1981	Japan-France Contemporary Art Exhibition Figaro Award, 1st, 2nd, Special Prize Bibliotheque des Arts Award, 2nd Japanese Side Award Honorable Mention, 2nd
1984	Selected for Yasui Prize Exhibition (Seibu Museum, Tokyo)
1985	Tokyo Central Museum Oil Painting Grand Prize Exhibition Honorable Mention Contemporary Figure Exhibition Drawing Grand Prize Exhibition Grand Prize
1986	1st Liquitex Biennale Liquitex Prize
1987	Yasui Prize Exhibition Honorable Mention
1990	Japan Young Artists Exhibition Excellence Award
1988	Yasui Prize Exhibition Honorable Mention
2009	Bratislava World Picture Book Original Art Exhibition Gold Medal Award
2015	Yonden Arts and Culture Award (Yonden Culture Promotion Foundation)

社会活動:

1980年代	蕨市公募美術展覧会審査員（現在に至る）
1996	蕨市立南公民館「桜のまち南町文化展(桜のまち南町文化展実行委員会)に協力 「蕨市彫刻のあるまちづくり プロジェクトチーム委員」を委嘱される（現在に至る）
1999	「蕨市文化活動事業選考会委員」を委嘱される（現在に至る）
2001	「第18回蕨市けやき文化賞」受賞
2006	「蕨市美術連盟」代表に就任（現在に至る）
2012	曉齋シンポジウム　「暁斎芸術を斬る！　暁斎と私」パネリスト出演
2014	「蕨市文化協会会長」に就任～現在、同協会50周年記念誌の表紙に作品を提供　　　 「蕨市歴史民族文化調査プロジェクト」発足 代表に就任 　小学生による「巨大アート」の指導(蕨市美術連盟)
2015	「再考 蕨画塾展 パート1～5」開催 主催:蕨市歴史民族文化調査プロジェクト（現在に至る）
2017	「蕨市民音楽祭実行委員会委員」を務める（現在に至る）
2018	「蕨市社会教育委員会議委員」を委嘱される（〜20年６月）
2019	わらび学びあいカレッジの10周年記念クリアファイルに作品を提供 　8月 蕨市民音楽祭 智内兄助の作品をTシャツのデザインに提供
2020	1月 NPO法人わらび学びあいカレッジ講演会「智内兄助氏トークショー」
2021	アートクリニック　今治市にて開催
2022	今治風景展　みんなが選ぶ今治百景 　3月発行　蕨市生涯学習カレンダー表紙に智内兄助の作品を提供 　8月　蕨市民音楽祭 Tシャツに智内兄助による「蕨」の文字を提供 　11月　広報蕨「巨匠　智内兄助に迫る」で特集される

Social activities:

1980’s	Juror for Warabi City Public Art Exhibitions to the present
1996	Cooperating with Warabi Municipal Minami Community Center “Sakura town Minami-cho Cultural Exhibition (Sakura town Minami-cho Cultural Exhibition Executive Committee)  Commissioned as a member of the Warabi City Sculpture Town Development Project Team to the present
1999	Commissioned as a member of the Warabi City Cultural Activities Project Selection Committee to the present
2001	Received the “18th Warabi City Keyaki Cultural Award”
2006	Appointed representative of the “Warabi City Art Federation” to the present
2012	Kyosai Symposium “Cutting through Kyosai’s Art! Kyosai and I” panelist appearance
2014	Appointed ‘President of the Warabi City Cultural Association’ to the present Provided artwork for the cover of the association’s 50th anniversary magazine Guidance of “giant art” by elementary school students (Warabi City Art Federation)
2015	“Rethink Warabi Painting School Exhibition Part 1-5” Sponsored by: Warabi City Historical Ethnic Culture Research Project to the present
2017	Serving as a member of the Warabi Music Festival Executive Committee to the present
2018	Commissioned as a “Warabi City Social Education Committee Member” (until June 2020)
2019	Provided work for the 10th anniversary clear file of NPO Warabi Manabiai College  August: Warabi Music Festival Provided the work of Kyosuke Chinai for the design of T-shirts
2020	January: NPO Warabi Manabiai College Lecture “Kyosuke Tchinai Talk Show”
2021	Art clinics held in Imabari
2022	Imabari Landscape Exhibition Everyone’s Choice of 100 Views of Imabari March: Provided work by Chinai Kyosuke for the cover of the Warabi City Lifelong Learning Calendar August: Warabi Music Festival T-shirts with “Warabi” written by Kyosuke Tchinai November: Special feature in the public relations warabi “Approaching the great master Kyosuke Tchinai”