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KITAGO, Satoru
Professor - Department of Sculpture |
1 April, 2009 |
| 1953 | Born in Fukushima |
| 1977 | B.F.A. in Sculpture, Tokyo Zoukei University |
| 1979 | M.F.A. in Sculpture, Tokyo University of the Arts |
| 1991-97 | Associate professor, Niigata University |
| 1996-97 | Stayed in Italy, Fellowship from the Agency for Cultural Affairs |
| 1997-06 | Associate Professor, Tokyo University of the Arts |
| 2006- | Professor, Tokyo University of the Arts, Member of Shinseisaku Art Society |
| 2009- | Trustee, Vice President, Tokyo University of the Arts |
Research Activities
Exhibitions and Awards
| 1979 | “Shinseisaku Exhibition” (awarded New Artists Prize in '80 and '82 ) |
| 1981 | “Selected Works of Contemporary Art” ( The Agency for Cultural Affairs) |
| 1983 | “Tenri Biennale” (awarded Grand Prize) |
| 1990 | Good Design Prize (awarded by the Ministry of International Trade and Industry) |
| 1992 | “Contemporary Japanese Figurative Sculpture” (Chiba Prefectural Museum of Art) |
| 1994 | Art work purchased by the Agency for Cultural Affairs. |
| 1997 | “Nuove Realta” (Soloarte Gallery, Milano) |
| 1999 | “Sculpture: Destruction and Construction of Figurative Art” (the University Art Museum, Tokyo) |
| 2000 | “Contemporary Ceramic Sculpture- Japan and the US” (Toki City, Gifu) |
| “Computer Modeling Exhibition” (the team was awarded Grand Prize) |
| 2001 | “DOMANI” (Seiji TogoYasuda Kasai Museum of Art) |
| 2002 | “Sculptors of Eastern Japan” (Tokyo Station Gallery) |
| 2003 | Awarded the First Constantine Brancusi "Encouragement" Prize (Tokyo Metropolitan Art Space - Tokyo Geijyutsu Gekijo) |
| 2005 | The Art of Breathing in the world-Art and Respiration(Kawamura Memorial Museum of Art) |
| 2005 | The 21st Exhibition of Contemporary Sculpture in Japan , (The Contemporary Sculpture , Ube City) |
| 2006 | SKINODELIC - THE SCULPTURE/FACE・SURFACE・INTERFACE (Chinretsukan Gallery , University Art Museum, Tokyo University of the Arts) |
Solo Exhibitions
| Miyuki Gallery, Tokyo (87)/Iwaki City Culture Center (89)/Musashino Gallery, Fukushima (89)/Gallery Seiho, Tokyo (91, 93, 98, 01)/Gallery Tokinowasuremono,Tokyo (01)/Tenmaya Art Gallery, Takamatsu (02) |
Educational Activities
| Department of Sculpture - Bachelor, Master course: Studio course (Clay modeling, terra-cotta, resin, bronze, and general. Computing) modeling for Masters program only) Other Departments in the Faculty of Fine Arts: basic skills in sculpture |
Social Activities
| The Iwaki City Selection and Evaluation of Art Committee/The Iwaki City Sculpture-Town Committee/The 15th National Health and Welfare Festival Nenrin-Pic 2002/The 23rd Art of Raw Materials and Molding Symposium 2002/Joint project with NASDA/Restoration of Hirose Saihei statue by Takamura Koun (Hirose Saihei Memorial Museum)/“Emerging Young Artists in Metal Sculpture” ( joined with Tsukuba National University, Metal Art Museum)/“Mukaiau Ishiki” (Gallery Seiho)/“Drawings of AZUMA Kenjiro” (The University Art Museum,Tokyo)/“Don Giovanni” (Sogakudo, Tokyo)/Selection Committee Member , Weightless Flight Experiment Competition (JAXA) |
Public Collections
| Tokyo National Museum of Modern Arts/ the University Art Museum/Iwaki City Museum/Niigata National University/Fukushima City/Iwaki City (Fukushima)/Touno City (Iwate)/Hakodate City (Hokkaido)/Matsuyama City (Ehime)/Tokyo | Key Words
| New expression in figurative art/study of terra-cotta/computer modeling |
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