the environmental sculptor

Biography

Curriculum Vitae

1942 Born in Kozan (Hiroshima Prefecture).
1957 Entered in the workshop of Katsuzo Entsuba.
1962 Selected for the first time at the Nitten (and for 8 consecutive years).
1969 Entered the department of sculpture at the National Academy of Rome.Studied with Prof. Fazzini.
1971 Graduated from the National Academy with the first prize Minerva.
1974 Participated in the execution of the “Resurrection of Jesus Christ” in the Papal audience chamber, Vatican City, as an assistant of Prof. Fazzini.
1990 Received in audience by Pope John Paul II in the Vatican and conferred commemorative medal.
1993 Awarded the Prize of Culture from the Hiroshima Home TV
2000 Partial opening of the “Hill of Hope” at the Gigi-en of the Kosanji Temple
2004 Had an audience with President Ciampi at Carrara
2005 Marble Architectural Awards, Carrara (First Prize)
2006 Awarded the Prize of Hiroshima Culture

Exhibitions

1977 “III Biennale lnternazionale Dantesca”, Ravenna (Golden Prize)
“XI Quadriennale nazionale d’arte”, Rome
1979 “IV Biennale lnternazionale Dantesca”, Ravenna (Golden Prize)
1st Henry Moore Grand Prix Exhibition, Chokoku no Mori Museum, Hakone
1980 International Stone Sculpture Biennial, Marino (First Prize)
1981 2nd Henry Moore Grand Prix Exhibition, Chokoku no Mori Museum, Hakone
1987 5th Henry Moore Grand Prix Exhibition, Utsukushi-ga-hara Open Air Museum, Nagano
1988 International Symposium of Stone Sculpture, West Berlin, Germany
1989 International Symposium of Stone Sculpture, Barcelona, Spain
1990 Exhibition of four artists, Japanisch-deutsches Zentrum, Berlin
1998 IX Carrara International Biennial of Sculpture
2004 Had an audience with President Ciampi at Carrara on November 24th,2004
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