Shigeru Nakanishi

 is a Japanese artist from Tokyo, Japan.
Life and work.
Nakanishi graduated from the Tokyo University of Science Engineering Division, Architecture Section in 1969. He then became an architectural designer, painting as a hobby. After winning the leading prize in the "Selection of Contemporary Western Painting" in 1990, he made his debut with the first solo exhibition "Melancholic Paris" at the Ichimai-no-e Gallery in Ginza, Tokyo. He has held a solo exhibition every year since.
In 1995, he began his series of paintings titled "Ruins" after the Great Hanshin earthquake in Kobe.
In 2000, he retired from architecture and began painting exclusively. In 2001, he received the Special Commendation Citation at the 33rd NITTEN (Japan Fine Arts Exhibition) for painting "Deserted Island 2001", depicting Hashima Island (Warship Island), Nagasaki.
In 2002, he held an exhibition of his "Deserted City" series in Ginza, Tokyo. This series of paintings covered war-torn and deserted cities such as Sarajevo, Belgrade, Chernobyl, and Auschwitz.
In 2004, Nakanishi held the exhibition titled "Landscape" at Yokohama Red Brick Warehouse. Following the exhibition, he lived in Paris Montmartre for two years. He studied in the École des Beaux-Arts and travelled across Europe and the United States. He returned to Japan in 2006, touring with an exhibition termed "Melancholic Paris II" in 12 locations throughout the country.
In 2013 he painted a mural "Stockholm Twilight" at the Tokyo University of Science.
In 2014, he bought an inn abandoned in Nagoya Onsen, in the city Izunokuni, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. Having refurbished the inn, he founded what is called "Izunokuni Art Village". "Izunokuni Art Village" is a place dedicated to creation where everyone freely expresses his creativity.