Nihonga style painter Daisuke Nakano (b. 1974) paints with an animated expression that imbue his images with a lively energy. He is precise, visionary, and patient. Each line is perfectly calculated to capture perpetual movement; he depicts a sense of time standing still. Nakano explores the unique sense of two-dimensional space particular to Japanese Nihonga painting. Nakano is inspired to use gold or silver leaf as a base—a method developed by Ito Jakuchu of the Rinpa School during the Edo period (1615–1868). Evanescence and sorrow take center stage in Nakano's depictions of nature's overwhelming power and the climax of life: flowers in full bloom will eventually fall and return to the earth. It is the intoxicating paradox of life which Daisuke Nakano realizes in vivid and sublime color. 

Biography

Graduated from Doda Bijutsu Kogei High School. At the young age of 19, Daisuke exhibited his artwork at the group exhibition.

2019     Solo exhibition, "Burst of Nature" (Ippodo Gallery New York, USA) 

               Exhibition at Saga Arashiyama Museum of Arts and Culture (Kyoto, Japan)

2020     Exhibition, A Brush With Beauty at the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields (USA)

2021     Solo exhibition, "Painting Radiance" (Ippodo Gallery New York, USA) 

2026     Solo exhibition, "Banquet of Life: Nihonga Paintings by Daisuke Nakano" (Ippodo Gallery New York, USA) 

Public Collection: 

 Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields (USA)