Masako Tobita Japanese, b. 1954
"My work is very personal.
It's all about how I feel and how I react to the environment at the time.
My main tool is walking. Occasionally a camera and a sketch book.
I'm not a great walker but I try as much as I can.
Then I take these feelings and visual memories back to my studio in Hampshire.
I start working on a blank canvas without a particular direction to follow.
In the process of layering marks and colours as well as my thoughts, I usually manage to find the visual destination.
The last time I visited West Cornwall, I was recovering from a serious illness.
I was standing on a cliff near Zennor, a cold wind piercing through my body
urging all my senses to wake up. This familiar magnificent landscape was still there and would be there long after me. I realised that I was a temporary resident in this world."
Selected Exhibitions
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2024 2021 |
'Where Rocks Become Sea', The Porthminster Gallery, St Ives. 'Penwith Rhythms', 'Winter Show', The Porthminster Gallery, St Ives. |
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2019 2018 |
'Winter Show', The Porthminster Gallery, St Ives. 'Layers', The Porthminster Gallery, St Ives. |
| 2017 | 'Cornucopia', The Porthminster Gallery, St Ives. |
| Solo Show, The Minster Gallery, Winchester. | |
| 2016 | Clifton Contemporary Art, Bristol. |
| 'Tide Lines', The Porthminster Gallery, St Ives. | |
| 2015 | '', The Porthminster Gallery, St Ives. |
| 2014 | Solo Show, The Minster Gallery, Winchester. |
| 2013 | Sketch Touring Exhibition, The Rabley Drawing Centre, Wiltshire . |
| 2012 | Solo Show, The Minster Gallery, Winchester. |
| Jenna Burlingham Fine Art, Hampshire | |
| 2010 | Summerfield Gallery, Cheltenham. |
| 2006 | Royal Academy of Arts / Summer Exhibition. |
2010 Summerfield Gallery, Cheltenham
2006 Royal Academy of Arts / Summer Exhibition
2005 Maltby Contemporary Art, Winchester
The Stroud House Gallery, Stroud
2004 Modern Artists Gallery, Whitchurch-on-Thames
2002 Cadogan Contemporary Art, London
2001 Guildhall Gallery, Winchester / Solo Show
Maltby Contemporary Art, Winchester
2000 Maltby Contemporary Art, Winchester
1999 Modern Artists Gallery, Whitchurch-on-Thames
1997 The Corn Exchange, Newbury / Solo Show
Public Collection
Hampshire County Council
Publications
World of Interiors
Wall Street International Magazine
The East Foundation
The Public Catalogue Foundation / Oil Paintings in Public Ownership
Hampshire Chronicle
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WHERE ROCKS BECOME SEA | Autumn–Winter Show
4 Nov 2023 - 6 Jan 2024Gallery show of contemporary art for sale, featuring new paintings by artists Sara Dudman, Masako Tobita, and ceramics by Peter Hayes, Charlotte Jones, Mitch Pilkington, Antonia Salmon, Paul Wearing, and prints by Melvyn Evans and Trevor Price, and sculptures by Tommy Rowe and Michael Thacker. With supporting works by leading 20th Century modern artists: Terry Frost, Barbara Hepworth, Victor Pasmore and Joe Tilson. Artworks also available for sale by St Ives and British Artists: Wilhelmina BARNS-GRAHAM, Peter BLAKE, Sandra BLOW, Patrick CAULFIELD, Lynn CHADWICK, Maurice COCKRILL, Terry FROST, Barbara HEPWORTH, Patrick HERON, David HOCKNEY, Bryan INGHAM, Albert IRVIN, Margaret LOVELL, Henry MOORE, Ben NICHOLSON, Victor PASMORE, Bryan PEARCE, Tommy ROWE, William SCOTT, Joe TILSON.Read more -
PENWITH RHYTHMS: ANCIENT AND SACRED LANDSCAPE
Cornwall’s Prehistoric landscape is the focus of this exhibition of guest artists’ works 23 Oct - 27 Nov 2021The dramatic landscape of west Cornwall has captured the imagination of writers and artists for three centuries, and now this ancient and sacred landscape is explored and celebrated anew in...Read more -
WINTER SHOW 2019
9 Nov 2019 - 4 Jan 2020Porthminster Gallery welcomes winter with a mixed exhibition highlighting paintings by gallery artist Masako Tobita , ceramics by Charlotte Jones and Barry Stedman , and exclusive new collections of jewellery...Read more -
LAYERS
New Paintings by Patrick Haughton and Masako Tobita 20 Oct - 17 Nov 2018A selling show of new paintings by two artists whose works are concerned with layerings of time, space and place: Patrick Haughton Masako TobitaRead more -
CORNUCOPIA
9 Sep - 9 Nov 2017The award-winning Porthminster Gallery celebrates the rich autumnal bounty of original art with its latest curated selling show in St Ives. A ‘cornucopia’ of delights – a visual feast –...Read more -
Tide Lines
30 Apr - 25 Jun 2016Featuring stunning new collections of paintings and ceramics inspired by Cornwall's spectacular and atmospheric coastlines by six leading artists: Paintings by Angela Charles, Joanne Last, Kathy Ramsay Carr and Masako...Read more
