Author Profile
Name: Yukiaki Tamura
Japan Illustrators' Association (JIA) member
Toyama Shimbun Culture Center instructor
Taiwan U-Space Gallery contract
My beloved car is an Alfa Romeo 156 V6. It's become quite an old car, but I've cherished and driven it for a long time. I particularly love the beautiful row of six intake pipes 😊
I excel at illustrations of cars and motorcycles. I'm also practicing daily to improve my skills in drawing people. I've been using acrylic paints since my school days, but I started using watercolors when I began drawing portraits.
I initially thought watercolors would be simple, but they are incredibly profound and challenging! I've become completely hooked, trying out various paints and papers, and experimenting with different techniques. The beauty of watercolors lies in the interesting ways they allow for diverse expressions depending on the drawing method.
Airbrushing is also one of my favorite art mediums. I practiced airbrushing intensely when I was working on custom motorcycle paint jobs. It's very difficult to handle and doesn't always go as I intend.
Adjusting paint consistency and air pressure, and the distance between the paper and the airbrush... I still aspire to master it perfectly someday. Even now, I've acquired an Olympus airbrush, which I longed for back then, and I'm still struggling with it.
Activities & Awards
2002 Graduated from Musashino Art School, Department of Fine Arts
2007 Toyama Prefectural Exhibition, Grand Prize
2007 Ichiyo Exhibition, Encouragement Award
2007-2009 Invited to the Shogawa Art Exhibition
2009 Moved to New Zealand
2010 North Shore City Art Award:Selected
2010 Molly Morpeth Canaday Trust Art Award Exhibition:Selected Finalist
2010 Wai Art Portrait Awards 2011: Selected
2011 The Peters Doig Marlborough Art Awards: Selected
2011 Wai Art Awards: Selected
2011 New Zealand Arts Show: Selected
2011 Returned to Japan
2012 Jinzukyo Art Exhibition, Selected
2013 Nishida Museum ART BOX 152 Solo Exhibition
2013 Asakusa GEISAI #19, Exhibited
2013 Kyoto ART DIVE, Exhibited
2013 Tokyo Ginza Art Gallery Ishi Solo Exhibition
2014 New Zealand Art Show, Exhibited
2015 New Zealand Art Show, Exhibited
2015 Art Fair Toyama, Asahi Printing Award
2015 All Japan Caricature Contest, Participated in JAPAN GRANDPRIX
2015 Jinzukyo Art Exhibition, Selected
2015 Etchu Art Festa, Selected
2016 Art Fair Toyama, Semi-Grand Prix in Flat and Three-Dimensional Section
2017 Art Fair Tokyo, Exhibited
2017 Shibuya Arts Festival Shibuya Award NPO Asu no Shinwa Keisho Kiko Award
2018 Art Fair Tokyo, Exhibited
2018 Kobe Art Fair "KOBE ART MARCHE", Selected
2019 Taiwan Uspace gallery, Exhibition "Labyrinth of Lines", Exhibited
2019 Nara gallery CLASS, Exhibition "Kaleidoscope", Exhibited
2021 Taiwan Uspace gallery "Spring Fumes", Exhibited
2023 Taiwan Uspace gallery Solo Exhibition
Media
Featured in Toyama Joho
We were featured in Toyama Joho, a local information magazine, in the February 3, 2016 issue. Thank you so much for taking so many pictures.
My work was featured on the "Sold-Out Artists" page of Seikatsu no Tomosha's Art Collectors magazine. It's a bit embarrassing to be featured like a celebrity 😅
We were featured in the Taiwanese media. Since I don't understand the language, I'm not sure how we were introduced, but the beautiful newscaster is lovely.
Car and Motorcycle Art and Illustration Blog
LBWK HURACAN GTの車絵
LBWK HURACAN GTの車絵
ダンプの絵
ダンプの絵
