Soul Sotoyama

Soul Sotoyama

[ Profile ]
Born in Tokyo, 1996 / Illustrator
Graduated from Tokyo Metropolitan Kogei High School, Art & Craft Department (2015)
Graduated from Tokyo Polytechnic University, Department of Design — Taniguchi & Endo Illustration and Painting Laboratory (2019)
Completed the Graduate School of Arts, Tokyo Polytechnic University (2021)
Selected for the 20th TIS Competition

[ Exhibitions ]
2024
October — Solo Exhibition “Prayer within that nation.” (Yorokobi to Gallery, Nishi-Ogikubo / Tokyo)
2023
December — Group Exhibition “10 Artists Of Santa Clause” (Yorokobi to Gallery, Nishi-Ogikubo / Tokyo)
December — Group Exhibition “MAYA CLASSICS 2023” (GALLERY HOUSE MAYA, Aoyama / Tokyo)
November — Group Exhibition “Faculty of Art Festival 2023” (Tokyo Polytechnic University, Nakano-sakaue / Tokyo)
October — Solo Exhibition “The Edible Part of Sorrow” (GALLERY HOUSE MAYA, Aoyama / Tokyo)
August — Group Exhibition “Design Education Expo & Conference 2023” (GIDP, Chuncheon / South Korea)
2022
December — Group Exhibition “10 Artists Of Santa Clause” (Yorokobi to Gallery, Nishi-Ogikubo / Tokyo)
November — Group Exhibition “WAVE 2022” (Arts Chiyoda 3331, Kanda / Tokyo)
October — Group Exhibition “Faculty of Art Festival 2022” (Tokyo Polytechnic University, Nakano-sakaue / Tokyo)
February — Solo Exhibition “Artist-in-Residence 2023” (Holtnoki Hotel & Tropical Garden, Motobu / Okinawa)
January — Solo Exhibition “Library Bulletin Publication Commemorative Exhibition – Works by Soul Sotoyama” (Tokyo Polytechnic University, Nakano-sakaue / Tokyo)
2021
November — Solo Exhibition “THE WORLD ATLAS” (Yorokobi to Gallery, Nishi-Ogikubo / Tokyo)
July — Group Exhibition “maya store collection” (GALLERY HOUSE MAYA, Aoyama / Tokyo)
April — Solo Exhibition “A Thread of Hope” (GALLERY HOUSE MAYA, Aoyama / Tokyo)
February — Group Exhibition “Graduation & Completion Exhibition 2021 – Faculty of Art / Graduate School” (Tokyo Polytechnic University, Nakano-sakaue / Tokyo)
2019
December — Group Exhibition “FANTASTIC DAYS 2019” (TAMBOURIN GALLERY, Aoyama / Tokyo)
August — Group Exhibition “Design Education Expo & Conference 2019” (San José State University, California / USA)
February — Group Exhibition “Graduation & Completion Exhibition 2019 – Faculty of Art / Graduate School” (Tokyo Polytechnic University, Nakano-sakaue / Tokyo)
February — Solo Exhibition “Fantasy Specimens” (TAMBOURIN GALLERY, Aoyama / Tokyo)

[ Contact ]
soulsotoyama✴︎gmail.com（✴︎→＠）
https://soulsotoyama.com/

I create paintings that embrace the natural behavior of pigment—letting particles drift, settle, and bleed into one another.
Spending time in dialogue with each piece, listening as it reveals its title during the process, is something I find deeply precious.