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Yukio Miyashita is obsessed with managing data - from sumo wrestling win/loss records to shuttle bus schedules - which he marks in his notebooks. With the same application, he transcribes articles from foreign newspapers, English or French, in calligraphy, taking the time to assimilate the shape of each character of the alphabet to draw them, one by one, in overlapping layers.

yukio miyashita - © atelier yamanami, christian berst — art brut
Date 1973 —
Country Japan

Born in 1973, Yukio Miyashita lives in Shiga Prefecture, Japan. He joined Atelier Yamanami in 1997.

Data management is Yukio’s purpose of life. Carrying an organizer and calculator all the time, he never misses a beat in managing various data ranging from scorebooks of Japan’s professional baseball, win/loss records of Sumo wrestling, work schedule of staff members, to running schedule of the shuttle bus.

Yukio’s meticulous personality is reflected upon his artworks. In his drawings, after drawing an outline of the major theme, he divides the background into numerous squares of several millimeter on each side and carefully and slowly colors each square, one after another. It also takes a long time to create his calligraphic pieces to draw newspapers printed in English or French, because he comprehends the shape of each alphabet character and draws one by one in overlaying multitude.

Observing how Yukio works on his artworks, it appears more appropriate to call it a daily routine than a creative activity.

Artworks
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english - © christian berst — art brut
english, 2017
29.92 x 21.26 in
english - © christian berst — art brut
english, 2018
17.72 x 14.96 in
English - © christian berst — art brut
English, 2017
29.92 x 21.26 in
english - © christian berst — art brut
english, 2015
21.26 x 14.96 in
Catalog
Japan Brut the moon, the sun, yamanami
Catalogue published to mark the exhibition *Japan brut: the moon, the sun, yamanami*, christian berst art brut, Paris, 2019. - © christian berst — art brut

Preface : Yukiko Koide & Raphaël Koenig
Foreword : Christian Berst.
Catalog published to mark the exhibition Japan Brut : the moon, the sun, yamanami, from August 31st to October 5th, 2019.

Exhibitions
BAD+
second edition, Hangar 14, Bordeaux. From May 5 to 7, 2023.
japon brut
the moon, the sun, yamanami, at the gallery. From August 31 to October 5, 2019.
Japanese Art Brut
#2, Halle Saint Pierre, Paris . From September 8, 2018 to March 10, 2019.
do the write thing 2
read between the lines, at the gallery. From April 26 to June 2, 2018.
Exhibition view of *Japan brut : the moon, the sun, yamanami*, christian berst art brut, Paris, 2019. - © christian berst art brut, photo: Elena Groud, christian berst — art brut
Press review
graphomanies brutes
Claire Margat, Art Press. December 7, 2018.
Collections
Antoine Frérot collection
France
Yukio Miyashita

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