Kenji Shimizu, "Fūga Yūgyō – Bridory's Journey with Elegance"
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2026.3.1 Sun - 3.15 Sun
SAN BANCHO GALLERY is pleased to present the second solo exhibition by Kenji Shimizu, who expresses the fragility of life and the passage of time through his original tin bird, Bridory.
In this exhibition, “Fūga Yūgyō – Bridory's Journey with Elegance,” Shimizu overlays Bridory with the world of traditional Japanese aesthetics, introducing a graceful journey that seems to move back and forth between past and present.
We warmly invite you to experience Bridory's timeless voyage drifting beyond the boundaries of time.
Kenji Shimizu
Born in 1971, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan1994 Graduated from Tama Art University (Oil Painting); served as a university research assistant until 2001
2014 Completed the Master’s Program in Design at Tokyo University of the Arts (Chinami Nakajima Studio)
2016 Published the art book BRIDOLLY (BS Fuji)
Appeared on Break Zen’ya – Next-Generation Artists
Selected Exhibitions & Awards
1993 Human in Tokyo, Nakano ZERO, Tokyo
1995 29th Kawasaki City Art Exhibition — Grand Prize & Mayor’s Award
1996 1st Kita no Daichi Biennale Grand Prize Exhibition — Honorable Mention (Prize Nominee)
1998 4th Beauty Premonition Exhibition, Takashimaya (Nihonbashi, Kyoto, Osaka, Yokohama)
1999 New Generation ’99, Nagoya Gallery, Nagoya
2000 35th Showakai Exhibition, Nichido Gallery, Ginza
2001 Kenji Shimizu Exhibition, Gallery Wada, Ginza
2002 Kenji Shimizu Works Exhibition, Maruei, Nagoya
2003 Kenji Shimizu Exhibition “Hana (Splendor),” Gallery Tamamuseum, Nagoya
2004 Kenji Shimizu Exhibition, Tokyu Tamaplaza, Yokohama
2005 Kenji Shimizu Exhibition, Gallery Wada, Ginza
2006 Kenji Shimizu Exhibition “Kai (Nostalgia),” Gallery Tamamuseum, Nagoya
2007 Kenji Shimizu Exhibition “Yū (Play),” Kyobashi Gallery, Tokyo
2008 Kenji Shimizu Oil Painting Exhibition “Moon / Moon Colors,” Maruei, Toyohashi
2009 Kenji Shimizu Painting Exhibition, Matsuzakaya, Nagoya2010 KENJI SHIMIZU EXHIBITION “BRIDOLLIES”, Kyobashi Gallery, Tokyo
2011 KENJI SHIMIZU EXHIBITION 2011 “Flowers × Bridollies (Kachō)”, Takashimaya, Yokohama
2012 DORAGON, Takashimaya, Shinjuku
2013 Art Fair Tokyo — Kenji Shimizu: FRAPPING, Tokyo International Forum
Kenji Shimizu Exhibition “BRIDOLLY,” Isetan, Shinjuku
2014 ○＋ Exhibition, Shinseido, Aoyama
Art Fair Tokyo — Kenji Shimizu (Kyobashi Gallery Booth), Tokyo International Forum
2015 Young Art Taipei 2015, Taipei
Art Wonderland, Mitsukoshi, Nihonbashi, Tokyo
2016 Kenji Shimizu Painting Exhibition “BRIDOLLIES,” Tobu, Ikebukuro
2017 DYNAMIC 豪!50!GO! — Nagai 50th Anniversary, Seibu, Ikebukuro
Kenji Shimizu Exhibition “Dragon,” Kyobashi Gallery, Tokyo
2018 Break Zen’ya Exhibition, Bunkamura, Shibuya
Kenji Shimizu Exhibition “Bridory, the Tin Bird,” Mitsukoshi, Ginza
2019 ART TOYAMA 2019, Toyama Daiwa
ART TAIPEI, Taipei
2020 Hankyu × Art Collectors’ Exhibition: Rising New Stars, Hankyu Umeda Main Store, Osaka
Kenji Shimizu Exhibition Drunken Life, Dreamy Death, Shikisai-sha, Tokyo
Tachiyamakai – Popular Artists Leading the Next Generation, Toyama Daiwa
2021 Banquet of Fuji and Cherry Blossoms, Kyoto Takashimaya
Kenji Shimizu Exhibition “Bumairichō Irotoridori,” Takashimaya Osaka
Various Bridollies, Gallery Art Composition, Tokyo
2022 Anthology: Zodiac, Takashimaya Osaka
Calendar Original Works Exhibition, Tenmaya, Okayama
Kenji Shimizu Exhibition Bridolly Winter Camp, Hankyu Umeda Main Store, Osaka
2023 Kenji Shimizu Exhibition “Bridolly Caricatures,” Seibu Ikebukuro, Tokyo
Tokyo Contemporary Kyobashi: The Beginning of Connections, BAG–Brillia Art Gallery–, Tokyo Resonance of Time and Space: Kenji Shimizu & Yuji Kanamaru Two-Person Exhibition, Mitsukoshi, Fukuoka
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