Galerie Taménaga
Sohei Iwata , France
Sohei IWATA - What is there ? - 215 x 152 cm
Galerie Taménaga is pleased to present the first solo exhibition in France of the Japanese contemporary artist Sohei Iwata.
A graduate of the Kanazawa College of Art, Sohei Iwata proved himself under the guidance of the great master Reiichi Tsuchiya. In 2003, he was awarded the Grand Prize of the Royal Ueno Museum. Since then, he has held an important place on the Japanese art scene. Although his time and energy are entirely devoted to creation, his works remain rare, both for their technical mastery and for the originality of their approach. Sohei Iwata seems intent on capturing the simplicity and fragility of the act of living. His works thus unfold in large floral arrangements, offering a deeply penetrating grace. He strives to paint this intriguing nature that allows him to express himself without falsehood through the tip of his brush. His canvases are known for their misty, vaporous sketches spreading across large formats, as well as for their immediately striking beauty.
Solo show by Sohei Iwata
From May 21 to June 14, 2026
The gallery
Founded in 1969 in Tokyo, Galerie Taménaga quickly established itself as a key figure in the art world, expanding its influence with additional spaces in Osaka, Paris, and Kyoto. As the first Japanese gallery to exhibit on great European masters, Galerie Taménaga continues to showcase masterpieces of Impressionism and Modernism to this day. At the same time, the gallery plays a pivotal role in supporting contemporary Japanese artists, while also revealing promising international talents.
Gallery artists
Paul Aïzpiri, André Bauchant, Pierre Bonnard, Bernard Buffet, Jean-Pierre Cassigneul, Marc Chagall, Edgar Degas, André Derain, Raoul Dufy, Naoya Egawa, Rieko Egami, Lorenzo Fernández, Léonard Tsuguharu Foujita, Yuki Fujiwara, Armand Guillaumin, Masao Haijima, Toshiyuki Kajioka, Sachiko Kawakami, Kees Van Dongen, Shoko Taruma, Kayoko Kimura, Kozue Tanaka, Kyosuke Tchinaï, Mamiko Takayanagi, Maiko Kitagawa, Mariko Yoshida, Chen Jiang-Hong, Yasuhiro Ogawa, Shingo Muramoto, Naoko Murata, Takanori Oguiss, Takashi Hosokawa, Hiroko Otake, Arata Higuchi, Kengo Nakamura, Masako Nakahira, Wei Nan, Daiya Yamamoto, Yui Mizuno, Nuit Sano, Pablo Picasso, Paul Signac, Chaïm Soutine, Enrico Tealdi, Takehiko Sugawara, Takuya Osawa, Tamihito, Yoshikawa, Yurika Kinoshita, Shoji Takeuchi, Juan Gris, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Odilon Redon, Pierre Roy-Camille, Maurice de Vlaminck, Maurice Utrillo, Haruka Sōtome, Sakurako Matsushima, Reika Matsuda, Georges Rouault, Ryoichi Taguchi, Wataru Ozu, Yuichiro Sato, Yoshihiko Yamazaki
