JIMMY TANAKA

JIMMY TANAKA was born in Gifu prefecture. He loved painting since he was a child, and painted oil paintings at the art club in Nagoya Institute of Technology. After that, due to his job, he had the opportunity to be stationed in North Carolina for three years, which was during 9.11. He was inspired by the paintings and words that supported the victims and mourning families at the site in New York, and reconfirmed his love for painting. After returning to Japan, he studied illustration and picture books at Kodansha Famous Schools (KFS) while working. Regardless of the genre, he draws every day in a unique style of freely selecting and drawing painting materials according to the image he wants to draw and wants the viewers to feel happy when they see it as well.

He received the “Design Festa Award”at the 2013 KFS Design Festa Illustration Competition.

Main exhibitions:
2013 Design Festa (Ariake, Tokyo)
2015 JAPON 88 + Exposition d’Art japonais (Montreal, Canada)
2018 Plants and their neighborhood Exhibition (Ginza, Tokyo)
2019 Solo Exhibition “Season of Stardust” (Nagoya)
2020 Tsukushi Award Exhibition (Nagoya), JCAT Exhibition "Thank you Exhibition" (Online)
2021 Fun Fun Dining Exhibition (Ginza, Tokyo) , IYN Art Festival in KOBE HANKYU (Kobe)
2022 JCAT Exhibition "Made in Japan 2022" (NewYork), Trilogy Exhibition "Dream Colors-Three Primary Colors" (Osaka)

岐阜県出身。幼い頃から絵を描く事が好きで、名古屋工業大学時代には美術部で油絵を描く。その後、仕事の関係でアメリカのノースカロライナ州に3年間駐在する機会があり、その間に9.11全米同時多発テロが勃発。訪れたNewYorkのテロ現場で被害者、遺族を応援する絵と言葉に刺激を受け、絵の持つ魅力を再認識した。その事がきっかけとなり、日本に帰国後、働きながら講談社フェーマススクールズ(KFS)でイラストレーション、絵本について本格的に学ぶ。
彼は描くジャンルを問わず、描きたいと思ったイメージに合わせて、画材を自由に選択し描くという独特のスタイルで、観る人が元気が出る様な絵を日々描いている。
2013年KFSデザインフェスタイラストレーションコンペティション「デザインフェスタ賞」受賞
2013年デザインフェスタ（東京有明）
2015年JAPON88+Expositiond’Artjaponais(MONTREAL)
2018年植物とその界隈展(東京銀座)
2019年個展『星屑の季節』(名古屋)、つくし賞展(名古屋)
2020年 つくし賞展(名古屋)、JCAT主催 Thank you展(Online)
2021年 Fun Fun Dining展(東京銀座)、IYN Art Festival in KOBE HANKYU (神戸)
2022年 JCAT主催 Made in JAPAN展 (NEW YORK)、三部作展「夢色三原色展」(大阪)