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Yoshitomo Nara was born on 5 December, 1959 in Hirosaki, Aomori Prefecture, Japan, is a Japanese artist. Discover Yoshitomo Nara's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 64 years old?

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Age 64 years old
Zodiac Sign Sagittarius
Born 5 December, 1959
Birthday 5 December
Birthplace Hirosaki, Aomori Prefecture, Japan
Nationality Japan

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Yoshitomo Nara (奈良 美智) is a Japanese artist.

He lives and works in Nasushiobara, Tochigi Prefecture, though his artwork has been exhibited worldwide.

1960

Though Nara claims to have never said that he was influenced by manga, the imagery of manga and anime of his 1960s childhood is often cited when discussing Nara's stylized, large-eyed figures.

Nara subverts these images, however, by infusing his works with horror-like imagery.

This juxtaposition of human evil with the innocent child may be a reaction to Japan's rigid social conventions.

Nara cites his musical education as a foundational influence for his art.

The punk rock music of Nara's youth has also influenced his work.

Nara's upbringing in post-World War II Japan profoundly affected his mindset and, subsequently, his artwork as well.

He grew up in a time when Japan was experiencing an inundation of Western pop culture; comic books, Warner Bros and Walt Disney animation, and Western rock music are just a few examples.

Additionally, Nara was raised in the isolated countryside as a latchkey child of working-class parents, so he was often left alone with little to do but explore his young imagination.

The fiercely independent subjects that populate so much of his artwork may be a reaction to Nara's own largely independent childhood.

1984

Nara has had nearly 40 solo exhibitions since 1984.

His art work has been housed at the MoMA and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA).

His most well-known and repeated subjects are "big-headed girls" with piercing eyes, who one Nara scholar describes as having "childlike expressions [that] resonate with adult emotions, [their] embodiment of kawaii (cuteness) carries a dark humor, and any explicit cultural references are intertwined with personal memories."

Nara grew up in Aomori Prefecture, Japan, about 300 miles north of where he lives now in Tochigi Prefecture.

His exposure to Western music on the American military radio station Far East Network in Honshu influenced his artistic imagination at an early age.

He would later provide cover art for bands including Shonen Knife, R.E.M., and Bloodthirsty Butchers.

1985

He received his B.F.A. (1985) and an M.F.A. (1987) from the Aichi Prefectural University of Fine Arts and Music.

1988

Between 1988 and 1993, Nara studied at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, in Germany.

1990

"Nara first came to the fore of the art world during Japan's Pop art movement in the 1990s. The subject matter of his sculptures and paintings is deceptively simple: most works depict one seemingly innocuous subject (often pastel-hued children and animals drawn with confident, cartoonish lines) with little or no background. But these children, who appear at first to be cute and even vulnerable, sometimes brandish weapons like knives and saws. Their wide eyes often hold accusatory looks that could be sleepy-eyed irritation at being awoken from a nap—or that could be undiluted expressions of hate."

Nara, however, does not see his weapon-wielding subjects as aggressors.

"Look at them, they [the weapons] are so small, like toys. Do you think they could fight with those?"

he says.

"I don't think so. Rather, I kind of see the children among other, bigger, bad people all around them, who are holding bigger knives..."

Lauded by art critics, Nara's bizarrely intriguing works have gained him a cult following around the world.

Large original paintings regularly sell for millions of dollars.

2000

Knife Behind Back (2000), a large-scale painting by Nara, just sold at Sotheby's Contemporary Art Evening Sale in Hong Kong for HK$195.7m (US$25m), nearly five times its record.

The new record is also a milestone for Nara as he becomes the most expensive Japanese artist.

Can’t Wait ‘til the Night Comes was sold for HK$92.9m at the same year.

In April 2021, the painting Frog Girl was sold in Sotheby's Hong Kong Spring auction for US$12.5 million.

2001

Other major retrospectives include: "I Don't Mind If You Forget Me", which toured Japan between 2001 and 2002; and "Yoshitomo Nara: Nothing Ever Happens," which traveled the United States from 2003 to 2005.

One of his exhibited works is now of the Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art in Gateshead, England.

2005

In June, 2005, Nara's artwork was featured in the album titled "Suspended Animation" by experimental band Fantômas.

Other commercial products (including videos, books, magazines, catalogues and monographs) have been dedicated to Nara's work.

Recently, a two-volume catalogue raisonné of all his sculptures, paintings, and drawings was completed.

2010

In 2010, the Asia Society showed Yoshitomo Nara: Nobody's Fool the first major New York exhibition of his work.

2013

It was his first exhibition in New York since 2013.

2017

Nara exhibited work in New York at the Pace Gallery in May–April 2017.

2019

In 2019, Nara's installation art Not Everything but/ Green House (2009) was sold for a new record price of HK$40.12m (US$5.12m) at Poly Auction Hong Kong.

However, this record only lasted for a few hours.