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KIDO, Osamu  Professor - Department of Sculpture 31 December, 2005
SPIRAL KAN 2001
1950Born in Ishikawa
1974B.F.A. in Sculpture,Tokyo University of the Arts
1976M.F.A. in Sculpture, Tokyo University of the Arts
1986Assistant Professor, Department of Sculpture, Tokyo University of the Arts
1992-93Stayed in Rome, Fellowship from the Ministry of Education
1994Associate professor, Department of Sculpture, Tokyo University of the Arts
2005-Professor, Department of Sculpture, Tokyo University of the Arts
Research Activities
Exhibitions and Awards
1975, 7611th Japan Art Festival (Tokyo, Australia )
Nikaten Exhibition (-91), Awarded Special Prize (75), Nika Prize (79)
1976Awarded Salon de Printemps Prize for M.F.A. work
1978“Metall Plastik aus Japan”, Ginza Wako Hall, (also 79, 80, 81, 83, 88)
1981Tokyo Modern Arts (Tokyo Metropolitan Museum)
1983Henry Moore Biennale (Prize, Utsukushigahara Museum)
Contemporary Japanese Sculpture (Prize of the Ube Open Air Museum, Ube,) (81, 85)
1986Tokyo Open-Air Contemporary Sculpture (Tokyo)
1987Centennial Anniversary of Tokyo University of Fine Arts and Music
1989Tokyo Open-Air Contemporary Sculpture (Tokyo)
1990Marunouchi Open-Air Sculpture (Tokyo)
1995City and Sculpture (Naha)
2001Science and Art (Tsinghua University, China)
2004KINZOKU (Tokyo)
Solo Exhibitions
Cozy-Space, Tokyo (79, 80)/Gallery Seiho, Tokyo (94)/Art-Box, Yokohama (95),Color Museum(04)
Educational Activities
Courses in sculpture, (including metal and other materials), at all levels(undergraduate and graduate courses) in the department of sculpture; fundamentals of sculpture (all sections of the Fine Arts Department)
Social Activities
Momuments: Oji-Seshi Hall (Tokyo), International Conference Center (Miyagi), Hiroshima Credo (Hiroshima), Otaku Cultural Center (Tokyo), City Hall (Kokubunji, The Head Office of JR Higashi Nippon (Tokyo), Kiryu City Cultural Hall (Kiryu), Yokohama City Pool (Yokohama), Gunma Police (Takasaki), Concert Hall (Kanazawa),MoonPark (Yoshikawa-city),Arakawa River Art Contest (selection committee) (00),Toride Street Art Stage Project, Toride City (00-02),Institute of Environmental Art and Design (member)
Public Collections
Utsukusigahara Kogen Museum (Nagano), Ube Open-Air Museum (Ube), Ishikawa Museum (Kanazawa), Itabashi Museum (Tokyo)
Key Words
Abstract sculpture/spiral/stainless steel/computer