The Atelier 17 Project
Artists of Atelier 17

Artists

Kenji Yoshida

1924–2009

Born
1924, Japan
Died
2009, France
Gender
Male
Studio eras
Years of affiliation (if known)
Listed in
  • Moser Appendix (1977)
  • Tate Roster book (1952–88)

Atelier 17 group shows 12

  1. 1966
    Atelier 17 sous la Présidence de S. W. Hayter

    Galerie Six Sicot, Lille, France · February 26 to March 26, 1966

    Notes and sources

    Sources

    Exhibition pamphlet, Tate Archive, Papers of Stanley William Hayter, 200510/3/43/1.

  2. 1966
    Hayter and Atelier 17 Intaglio Prints [ヘイターとアトリエ17銅版画展]

    Azuma Gallery [アヅマギャラリー], Kyoto, Japan · October 24 to November 6, 1966

    Notes and sources

    The Kyōto shinbun billed this as Japan's first Atelier 17 group exhibition, but an earlier show, Hayter and Atelier 17, was held in Tokyo in 1959. Arranged after the Kyoto printmaker Yoshio Furuno (Kyoto Hangaka Shūdan) visited the Paris studio in July 1966, following an art-education congress in Prague. Works were selected from a group show held earlier in New York. The gallery was directed by Yukihiko Tajima. First of three Atelier 17 shows at the Azuma Gallery (1966, 1968, 1969).

    About the exhibiting artists

    There are seven artists listed in Kyōto shinbun (Oct. 21, 1966). Names as printed are: ヘイター (Hayter); クリシナ・レデディ, "Kurishina Rededi" (India) = Krishna Reddy; ローセンス・ヘイマン, "Rōsensu Heiman" (USA) = Lawrence Heyman; イシュ・デ・バウンガル, "Ishu de Baungaru" (Germany) = Isolde Baumgart; 吉田堅治 = Kenji Yoshida; 長谷川彰, "Hasegawa Akira" = Shoichi Hasegawa (長谷川彰一); 矢切剛, "Yagiri Tsuyoshi" = misprint for Tsuyoshi Yayanagi (矢柳剛).

    Sources

    Shinobu Sakagami, "Azuma gyararī" [Azuma Gallery], Garō shi [Gallery history]. https://shinobusakagami.com/gallery-history/アヅマギャラリー/1323/.

    "Nihon hatsu no gurūpu ten: Heitā to Atorie 17 ten" [Japan's first group exhibition: Hayter and Atelier 17], Kyōto shinbun, October 21, 1966; "Heitā to Atorie 17 dōhanga ten," Kyōto shinbun, October 29, 1966.

  3. 1967
    S. W. Hayter et l’Atelier 17

    Palais des Beaux-Arts, Charleroi, Belgium · February 18 to March 12, 1967

    Notes and sources

    About the exhibiting artists

    The catalogue lists Marcel Duchamp's Les deux Frères (no. 20) in the Paris 1927–1939 section, but there is as yet no evidence that Duchamp participated in Atelier 17 during the prewar period.

    Sources

    S. W. Hayter et l'Atelier 17 (Charleroi: Palais des Beaux-Arts, 1967); exhibition invitation, Tate Archive, Papers of Stanley William Hayter, 200510/3/202/1.

  4. 1968
    S. W. Hayter and Atelier 17 Intaglio Prints [S. W. ヘイターとアトリエ17銅版画展]

    Azuma Gallery [アヅマギャラリー], Kyoto, Japan · January 23 to February 4, 1968

    Notes and sources

    Second Atelier 17 show at the Azuma Gallery, described in the press as the second showing "since the autumn before last." Hung in two halves (first half January 22–28).

    About the exhibiting artists

    Six artists named in the Yūkan Kyōto review; full list unknown. The review wrongly describes Krishna Reddy as a woman.

    Sources

    Shinobu Sakagami, "Azuma gyararī" [Azuma Gallery], Garō shi [Gallery history]. https://shinobusakagami.com/gallery-history/アヅマギャラリー/1323/.

    Kyōto shinbun, January 20, 1968; "Sensai na sen no utsukushisa: Nihon no sakka mo kosei dasu" [Beauty of delicate lines: Japanese artists show individuality too], Yūkan Kyōto, February 2, 1968.

  5. 1968
    Atelier 17, Paris

    Galerie 14, Aarhus, Denmark · August 23 to September 4, 1968

    Notes and sources

    No year is given on the exhibition pamphlet. 1968 is an estimate based on matching possible calendar years to the weekdays given on the pamphlet, the roster of exhibitors, and the dates of their prints.

    About the exhibiting artists

    "C. van Huiten" in the pamphlet is identified as Katrine Van Houten.

    Sources

    Exhibition pamphlet, Tate Archive, Papers of Stanley William Hayter, 200510/3/192/1.

  6. 1968
    Atelier 17 & S. W. Hayter

    Antalya Güzel Sanatlar Galerisinde, Antalya, Turkey · September 25 to October 10, 1968

    Traveled to

    Notes and sources

    Sources

    Exhibition pamphlet, Tate Archive, Papers of Stanley William Hayter, 200510/3/54/1.

  7. 1969
    Hayter and Atelier 17 Prints [ヘイターとアトリエ17版画展]

    Azuma Gallery [アヅマギャラリー], Kyoto, Japan · January 27 to February 9, 1969

    Notes and sources

    Third Atelier 17 show at the Azuma Gallery, per the gallery newsletter (Azuma Gyararī, no. 2, February 1, 1969), which says Azuma was the only gallery in Japan with such an exchange. Ten artists, three prints each, rehung after the first week (January 27–February 2; February 3–9). The gallery closed April 6, 1969. This information updates entry in Black/Moorhead chronology which listed "Azuma Gallery, Osaka, 1969"; the gallery was in Kyoto.

    About the exhibiting artists

    Ten artists per Yūkan Kyōto review; eight named, of whom one is not yet identified. Names as printed: ヘイター (Hayter); クリシナ・レディ = Krishna Reddy; オヘニア・テレッツ, "Ohenia Terettsu" (Chile) = Eugenio Téllez; ヘクター・サウニエル (Argentina) = Hector Saunier; 松谷武判 = Takesada Matsutani; 吉田堅治 = Kenji Yoshida (printed 吉田賢治 in Kyōto shinbun, Jan. 31, 1969); 一瀬昌子 = Masako Ichinose. A further artist, printed ジェーロジ ("Jēroji"), is not yet identified.

    Sources

    Shinobu Sakagami, "Azuma gyararī" [Azuma Gallery], Garō shi [Gallery history]. https://shinobusakagami.com/gallery-history/アヅマギャラリー/1323/.

    Kyōto shinbun, January 24 and 31, 1969; "Tsutawaru atarashii ugoki: Heitā no sakuhin" [New currents conveyed: Hayter's work], Yūkan Kyōto, January 31, 1969 (dated 1968 on Sakagami's site, but the dates and contents match the 1969 show).

  8. 1969
    Exposition Atelier “17” S .W. Hayter

    Cyrk Galleries, Providence, Rhode Island · February 15 to March 15, 1969

    Notes and sources

    Sources

    Exhibition poster, Tate Archive, Papers of Stanley William Hayter, 200510/3/204/1. Year of exhibition is based on Black/Moorhead chronology.

  9. 1969
    Atelier 17 [אטליה 17]

    The Museum of Modern Art, Haifa, Israel · December 1969

    Traveled to

    Notes and sources

    Sources

    Atelier 17 [אטליה 17]: An Exhibition of Works by Twenty Five Artists Members of Atelier 17, Paris. Haifa: Museum of Modern Art, 1969.

  10. 1969
    Atelier 17

    Sala de Santa Catalina del Ateneo, Madrid, Spain · December 1969

    Notes and sources

    Sources

    Mariano Rubio, Atelier 17, Cuadernos de Arte, Colección Ordinaria 277 (Madrid: Publicaciones Españolas, 1969), exh. cat., Sala de Santa Catalina del Ateneo de Madrid, December 1969.

  11. 1970
    Expone el Maestro Stanley W. Hayter y Artistas Que Frecuentan su Atelier 17 en Paris

    Museo de Grabado, Buenos Aires, Argentina · July 1 to August 29, 1970

    Traveled to

    Notes and sources

    Sources

    Exhibition pamphlet, Tate Archive, Papers of Stanley William Hayter, 200510/3/72/1.

  12. 1976
    Exposition Atelier “17” S. W. Hayter

    Galerie du Centre, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo · November 29 to December 24, 1976

    Notes and sources

    About the exhibiting artists

    The pamphlet gives surnames only. "Yoshida" is linked to Kenji Yoshida, the Yoshida whose dates of affiliation with Atelier 17 (1964–1970) are closest to this exhibition.

    Sources

    Exhibition pamphlet, Tate Archive, Papers of Stanley William Hayter, 200510/3/97/1.

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