Tetsuya Noda

Noda’s images capture the trivial glimpses in daily life. Yet, they never fall prey to self-indulgence. Serene glimpses at the objects represented prevent personal subject matter from becoming self centered and Noda turns his humble self-examination into reverential records of stark beauty of the quotidian.

When Noda was 28 years old, in 1968, he won the International Grand Prize at the Tokyo International Print Biennale. He was the fi rst person to receive such an award for a print that incorporated photography. His innovative method of printmaking involves photographs scanned through a mimeograph machine and then printed using traditional woodblock techniques on a wood-engraving background. Although this mixed-media technique is quite prosaic today, Noda was the fi rst artist to initiate this breakthrough.


BACKGROUND AND EDUCATION

1940   Born in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan
1965   Completed Graduate School, Tokyo National Univ. of Fine Arts and Music (TNUFAM)
1976   Jury for 5th British Int. Print Biennale
1984   Visiting Artist, Univ. of Alberta, Canada
1985   Visiting Artist, Bezalel Academy of Arts & Design, Israel
1988   Visiting Artist, Vanderbilt Univ., USA
1990   Appointed Professor, TNUFAM
1991   Professor, Tokyo National Univ. of Fine Art
1998   Visiting Artist, Columbia Univ., USA
1999   Visiting Artist, Okinawa Prefectural Univ. of Arts

Comtemporary Asian Art Tetsuya Noda

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