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Takuma Tanaka Mixed Media

Japanese, b. 1977
Takuma Tanaka is a Japanese contemporary artist born in Tokyo in 1977. He lives and works in Tokyo. Consciousness in the world is a prevailing theme. Series including Capitalism and Human Sushi draw connections across economy, sociology, psychology, and lived experience — finding links between subjects that seem unrelated. Vibrant color, text, expressive skulls, nature, and figuration recur in recent paintings. He studied law at Waseda University before dedicating himself to painting; in 2003 he studied painting techniques and art theory with Eiryo Kanazawa and Yutaka Sasaki in Tokyo, and in 2009 pursued contemporary art studies at Yotsuya Art Stadium. His work is held in the permanent collection of the Ulster Museum, Belfast. He has shown annually in Shanghai, in New York (including Tales of Color at the Salmagundi Club, 2023), and in a 2025 solo at Tokyo's Tsunamachi Mitsui Club. In 2026 The Wall Art Gallery, Miami, presented his solo exhibition Don't Think, Feel. Selected exhibitions: 2026 Solo exhibition, Don't Think, Feel, The Wall Art Gallery, Miami. 2025 Solo exhibition, Tsunamachi Mitsui Club, Tokyo. 2023 Solo exhibition, Tales of Color, Salmagundi Club, New York. 2022 Group exhibition, Hologram, The Wall Art Gallery, Miami. 2021 Focus Art Fair, Saatchi Gallery, London. 2021 Tanaka Takuma Studio, Tokyo. 2020 Focus Art Fair, Paris. 2015 Solo exhibition, Chashama Gallery, New York. 2010–13 Solo exhibitions, J Art Gallery / Park View Green Gallery, Shanghai. 2014 Chen Liu Art Museum, Taiwan. 2007 The Museum of Modern Art, Saitama. 2007 25th Ueno Royal Museum Grand Prize Exhibition, Tokyo. 2007 81st Kokuten Exhibition, National Art Center, Japan. Public collection: Ulster Museum, Belfast, United Kingdom.
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Artist: Takuma Tanaka
Tokyo Love Story, Contemporary Mixed Media Scroll, 15.75 x 3 Paper Art
Tokyo Love Story, Contemporary Mixed Media Scroll, 15.75 x 3 Paper Art

Tokyo Love Story, Contemporary Mixed Media Scroll, 15.75 x 3 Paper Art

By Takuma Tanaka

Located in Miami, FL

The third makimono. TOKYO LOVE STORY down the side; a Tsukiji counter (“Do you Love Sushi? Sushi delicious”); a figure on green lily pads: I Am Japanese / Human Sushi / Do you love m...

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2010s Contemporary Takuma Tanaka Mixed Media

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Paper, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic, Japan Paper

Mt Fuji Story
Mt Fuji Story

Mt Fuji Story

By Takuma Tanaka

Located in Miami, FL

A shorter makimono than Love. Fuji in blue, a plane with two tiny figures, BYE BYE JAPAN See you, pink arrows. Leaving and looking back. Unroll right to left. Closed 15 3/4 x 3 in; o...

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2010s Contemporary Takuma Tanaka Mixed Media

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Paper, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic, Japan Paper

Love, Contemporary Mixed Media Scroll, 14 x 212 in, Signed Artwork
Love, Contemporary Mixed Media Scroll, 14 x 212 in, Signed Artwork

Love, Contemporary Mixed Media Scroll, 14 x 212 in, Signed Artwork

By Takuma Tanaka

Located in Miami, FL

A makimono — unroll right to left, section by section. Closed it is a slim 14 x 3 in; open it runs 212 in. Couple at the water, boats, a city labeled DREAM, a sun, trees, LOVE in red...

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2010s Contemporary Takuma Tanaka Mixed Media

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Paper, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic, Japan Paper

Parade
Parade

Parade

By Takuma Tanaka

Located in Miami, FL

A tiny mixed-media parade: a red-pink skeleton in a sombrero on trumpet, a gold skeleton to the left, hearts, Saturn, a green haloed figure in the cloud. Festival of the dead, pocket...

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2010s Contemporary Takuma Tanaka Mixed Media

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Canvas, Paper, Oil Pastel, Mixed Media, Pen, Japan Paper

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