"It might be Shinsuke Yoshitake's exhibition" (ヨシタケシンスケ展かもしれない), the first large-scale exhibition of picture book author Shinsuke Yoshitake (ヨシタケシンスケ), will be held in Hokkaido at Sapporo Art Park Museum (札幌芸術の森美術館) from Saturday, April 17 to Sunday, June 13, 2027. Since his debut picture book 『りんごかもしれない』 (2013, ブロンズ新社), Yoshitake has built a wide following among both children and adults.
About the Exhibition
Since its tour began in 2022, the exhibition has drawn strong responses across Japan and has reached a cumulative total of 1 million visitors.
With a fine pen tip, Yoshitake continues to draw the endless daydreams and ideas that spread inside his head, people's amusing quirks and gestures, and ways of seeing things that get at the truth of the world. He was active as an illustrator and sculptural artist even before he began publishing picture books.
The exhibition shows more than 400 items, including the small sketches that are the source of his ideas, original picture book artwork, three-dimensional pieces created for this exhibition, and his treasured collection. Visitors can take a look inside the artist's head and experience the "maybe" (かもしれない) exhibition space supported by his rich imagination.
About Shinsuke Yoshitake
Photo: 黒澤義教
Shinsuke Yoshitake was born in Kanagawa Prefecture in 1973 and completed the Comprehensive Modeling (総合造形) course at the Graduate School of Art, University of Tsukuba. He published his first picture book, 『りんごかもしれない』 (ブロンズ新社), in 2013. He has won first place at the MOE絵本屋さん大賞 seven times with 『りんごかもしれない』 and 『もう ぬげない』 (ブロンズ新社), 『りゆうがあります』, 『なつみはなんにでもなれる』 and 『おしっこちょっぴりもれたろう』 (PHP研究所), 『あつかったら ぬげばいい』 (Hakusensha), and 『あんなに あんなに』 (Poplar Publishing). 『りんごかもしれない』 received the Art Award at the 61st Sankei Children's Publishing Culture Awards (第61回産経児童出版文化賞美術賞), and the English edition of 『つまんない つまんない』 (Hakusensha), titled The Boring Book, won the 2019 New York Times Best Illustrated Children's Books award.
Exhibition Details
- Exhibition name: It might be Shinsuke Yoshitake's exhibition (ヨシタケシンスケ展かもしれない)
- Venue: Sapporo Art Park Museum (札幌芸術の森美術館), 75 Geijutsu-no-Mori 2-chome, Minami-ku, Sapporo
- Dates: Saturday, April 17 to Sunday, June 13, 2027
- Hours: April and May, 9:45 AM to 5:00 PM; June, 9:45 AM to 5:30 PM (last admission 30 minutes before closing)
- Closed: April 19 (Monday) and April 26 (Monday)
- Admission (tax included): Adults ¥1,600 (¥1,400); high school and university students ¥1,100 (¥900); elementary and junior high school students ¥600 (¥500)
- Prices in parentheses apply to advance tickets or groups of 20 or more.
- Preschool children are free.
- Visitors aged 65 or older pay ¥1,300 for same-day tickets (¥1,100 for groups). Please show proof of age.
- Visitors with a disability certificate and one companion can enter free of charge when they show the certificate at the ticket counter on the day.
- Organizers: Sapporo Art Park Museum / 札幌市芸術文化財団, TVh (テレビ北海道), HTB Hokkaido Television Broadcasting, The Asahi Shimbun, Hakusensha
- Cooperation: アリス館, KADOKAWA, Shueisha, PHP研究所, ブロンズ新社, Poplar Publishing
- Graphic design: 大島依提亜 / Venue design: 五十嵐瑠衣
Official website: https://yoshitake-ten.exhibit.jp/
