Tetsuya Noda
| Tetsuya Noda | |
|---|---|
| Native name | 野田 哲也 |
| Born |
5 March 1940 Uki, Kumamoto, Japan |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Known for | Woodblock and screen print |
Tetsuya Noda (野田 哲也 Noda Tetsuya, born 5 March 1940) is a contemporary artist and printmaker. He is a professor emeritus of the Tokyo University of the Arts. Noda specializes in artwork done as a series of woodblock, print, and silkscreened diary entries that capture moments in daily life. Noda is the nephew of Hideo Noda an oil painter and muralist.
Noda was born in the Uki, Kumamoto Prefecture, on 5 March 1940. From 1959 to 1963, he studied painting and fine arts at the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music. Noda was a student of Tadashige Ono in the art of woodblock printmaking.
In June 1971, Noda married Dorit Bartur, daughter of the Israeli ambassador to Japan.
At the age of 28, Noda won the International Grand Prize at the Tokyo International Print Biennale for diptych Dairy: August 22, 196 and Diary: September 11, 1968. In 1976, Noda was a judge at the 5th British International Biennial of Print in England. From 1978, Noda taught at the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music. In 1978, Noda was a guest artist at the University of Alberta.
Since 1968, Noda’s works have been inspired by themes of his own life. The motif is a comment on his daily life - his family, people he knows, his children’s growth and scenery along his way. He takes photographs of what he sees and likes, then develops and retouches them with pencil or brushes. His works are done using materials close at hand.
When asked about how he found his theme; “Diary as an opportunity”, He replied, “at the university I was not at all satisfied with the assignment of painting nudes, it did not seem the right way to express myself.” His independent thinking and determination were highly rewarded. “I started to use a mimeograph cutting machine for the photo images in addition to the woodblock printmaking techniques.” In 1968, four years after he graduated from the university, he received the International Grand Prize at the 6th Tokyo International Print Biennale; “for the audacious combination of photography with traditional woodblock print.
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