In recent years, I have been aiming to create works that value the emotions and sensations that humans inherently possess with the theme of various natural phenomena such as the earth, atmosphere, trees, water, light, and sound.
I also try to bring life to what I draw on a daily basis, and I want to paint pictures that deeply and quietly blend into the hearts of the viewers.

[Biography]
In 1952
・Born in the suburbs of Hakodate City, Hokkaido
In 1976
・Graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts, Department of Painting, Oil Painting

[Selected Solo Exhibitions]
In 2023
・Galerie Shimon (Ginza, Tokyo)
In 2022
・Gallery ART童夢(埼玉・川越)
・Kobun Gallery (Japan Bridge, Tokyo)
In 2021
・Art Gallery 呼友館 (埼玉・川越)
In 2019
・Gallery Kagio (Koganei, Tokyo)
In 2018
・Orie Art Gallery (Kita-Aoyama, Tokyo)
・Gallery The Earth (Kamakura, Kanagawa)
2017, 2016, 2015
・Nakawa Gallery (Ginza, Tokyo)
In 2017
・Gallery Stokes (Minami-Aoyama, Tokyo)
In 2016
・Galerie Salon de S (Ginza, Tokyo)
In 2015
・Gallery Mikazuki (Hakodate, Hokkaido)
・Next Curve (Shinjuku, Tokyo)
In 2014
・Caelum Gallery, Chelsea, New York
・Restaurant Tsum Ain Horn (Roppongi, Tokyo)
2013, 2009, 2006
・K's Gallery (Kyobashi, Tokyo)
In 2012
・Kitami Cultural Center (Kitami, Hokkaido)
In 2011
・Miyuki Gallery, Ginza, Tokyo
In 2008
・Franco-Japanese Association (Ebisu, Tokyo)
In 2007
・Gallery F 1/1 (Kanda Surugadai, Tokyo)

[Major special exhibitions, public exhibitions, group exhibitions, etc.)
In 2024
・Koichi Terai, Makiko Tonuma, and Wangko Toyosaki (Gallery The Earth/Kamakura)　
In 2022
・The 8th "Solution of Points" Exhibition (Yokohama Citizen Gallery)
In 2019
・Art on Paper 2019 (Beer 36 New York)
In 2017
・ART10ans Shopping International Contemporary Art Fair (パリ)
・Contemporary Japanese Art (Mona Lisa Gallery/パリ)
・Akinori Ito, Yasuko Ota, Koichi Terai "Each Present 2017" (Saito Gallery/Sapporo)
In 2016
・Koichi Terai & Rihaku Inoue Collaboration show (Tenri Cultural Institute Gallery/New York)
In 2015
・Hiromitsu Ishihi, Koichi Terai, "Focusing on New Collections: Images of the North: Atmosphere, Water, and Forests", Hokkaido Hakodate Museum of Art
・NAU 21st Century Art Joint Exhibition (The National Art Center, Tokyo) Contemporary Art Exhibition / Excellence Award, Tokyo
In 2011
・Art Now Fair Miami(Catalina Hotel/米国・フロリダ)
・Neu Kunstmarkt Art-Zen (Galerie Blumeninsel/Basel, Switzerland)
・Japanese & German Contemporary Art展(Galerie DEN/ベルリン)
In 2010
・Group Cologne Japan (Arte Fundrais/Cologne)

[Public Collection]
Hokkaido Hakodate Museum of Art, Kitami Cultural Center