Qinghua Xiang - Qing Hua Xiang

March 4, 2013, 8:41 am

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Chinese 1976

Born in Yunyang Congqing in 1976, entered the Department of Oil Painting in Sichuan Fine Arts Institute in 1997, and has been teaching at the Chuanyin Chengdu Academy of Arts since 2001. Xiang Qinghua's pictures have a strong sense of composition, but the language of form is simple. The colors are basically flat colors, using the difference between warm and cold colors to create space and distance in the pictures. No extra illustration or strong spiritual pursuits. The characters are childish, the facial expression somewhat sluggish with a deformed intentional image, but the whole picture is mild among the low-key grey tones, as if covered by age. The simple and ordinary life covers up the world the artist personally desires – meditative nostalgia for childhood and quiet review of reality.

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Kozo Izawa

March 4, 2013, 8:57 am

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Statement

It is tedious for me to show a explicit synopsis of the story in artworks. I want to keep Japanese vagueness or ambiguity. Thereby, I’ll represent images that they cannot tell it is real or surreal, dawn or evening. If someone asks “which do you want to depict, smiling face or sad face?”, I’ll say “an ambiguous face different from being woodenly expressionless”. I try to get close to a image before defined words.

Kozo Izawa

Kozo Izawa consistently draws very simple, pared down images; girls or poinsettia stand in a space, where we cannot distinguish the time of day. The image is at once realistic and surrealistic. Girls seem to inhabit both the earthly and the spirit realms. Izawa has created an ambiguous and mysterious world where a clear meaning is elusive. His work is a mirror reflecting the viewer’s state of mind.

In 1955, Liquitex, the first water-based acrylic paint was developed in the United States, and rapidly spread throughout the art world. In Japan, acrylic paint became a popular medium used primarily by young artists at many exhibitions since 1970’s. Izawa was studying Western style painting in Kyoto City University during this time. As an ambitious young man in his twenties, he intended to be a pioneer of acrylic painting, shying away from the guidance of the oil painting masters.

In 1977, Izawa won a prize at Dokuritsu Exhibition, a leading group exhibition of Japanese art, and then officially beginning his career as an artist. In 1981, he received the excellence prize of Tokyo Central Museum Oil Painting Grand Prize Exhibition. In 1984, he was selected with Kinutani Koji, Tamura Noriko, and the other artists, in the Japanese Emerging Artist Exhibition, and winning the Award of Excellence in 1988. Since 1985, he has received the Yasui Award Exhibition, the most prestigious art award for Japanese society in those days. In 1991, he was recognized as the artist to assume the next generation by Kyoto city.

He was selected with Takayama Tatsuo, Nakayama Tadahiko and other leading artists to show in Ryo-yo-no-me (Eye combining Western and Eastrn civilization) Exhibition in 1990, a forum founded by Kawakita Michiaki, one of the best Japanese art critics. He has energetically exhibited not only in the Kansai region, his home area, but also in Tokyo, in the 1990s and later; with solo exhibits in venues like Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi in 1995, and Kinokuniya Gallery in 2010.

Izawa’s work is included in the permanent collections of: Kyoto prefecture and the other local authorities, Hoki Museum, Kobe College Junior and Senior High School.

Biography
1956 Born in Nara, Japan
1980 M.F.A., in Kyoto City University of Arts

Award
1981 Excellence Prize—Tokyo Central Museum Oil Painting Grand Prize Exhibition
1986 New Face Award—Dokuritsu Exhibition
1988 Award of Exellence—5th Japan Young Painters Exhibition
1989 Encouragement Award—Dokuritsu Exhibition
1991 The Best Young Artist Award by Kyoto City
1996 Dokuritsu Prize—Dokuritsu Exhibition
Public Collection
Kyoto Prefecture
Nabari City
Hoki Museum
Kobe College Junior and Senior High School

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Maryam Ebtekar

March 5, 2013, 2:41 am

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Birth Year:1979
Field of Study:M.A in Industrial Design
Biography:

Group Exhibition in Banafshe Art Gallery, Tehran, 2005
Group Exhibition in Servat Art Gallery, Tehran, 2006
Solo Exhibition in Banafshe Art Gallery, Tehran, 2008, 2009
Group Exhibition in Honarmandan Art Gallery, Tehran, 2010
Solo Exhibition in Seyhoun Art Gallery, Los Angles, 2010
Group Exhibition of Iranian Artists' Association in Barg Art Gallery, Tehran, 2010

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Wookjae Maeng

March 5, 2013, 3:18 am

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Many artists have made work that communicates their thoughts and feelings about the social issues of their time. My works are in the same line and I hope that my works make small positive changes by giving people interest and stimulation.The theme of my work is to represent complex, ambiguous and uncomfortable relationships between man and other lives. Nature and animals has been an object of art for a long time. And, it will be continued until the fall of human being, although the point of view has been changed. There are

lots of living creatures on the earth. The human is on the top of the ecological pyramid now and can manage all kinds of our fellow creatures. However, it is getting worse for certain.I always think about the balance, when I work over my ideas. I am using the strong visual parts and detailed expression to attract public gaze and then I want to give stimulation to people by the sensitive visual parts and moderate expression.

Education
2008 M.A, Ceramics, H.D.K. Gothenburg University, Gothenburg, Sweden.
2003 M.F.A, Ceramics, Kyunghee University, Yongin, Korea.
2001 B.F.A, Ceramics, Kyunghee University, Yongin, Korea.

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Qu Muzi

March 5, 2013, 4:05 am

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1982 Born in Jinzhou, Liaoning Province
2006 Graduated from Oil Painting Department of Luxun Academy of Fine Arts, Shenyang, China

"Qu Muzi paints scenes of mystery and wonder, usually featuring a single figure in a dreamlike setting. Her treatment of light and colour is muted, with an occasional flash of brilliant colour.

She pays close attention to texture and design, which complement the careful composition of her paintings.

There is a wistful sense of fleeting beauty, tinged with sadness, in Qu Muzi’s paintings.

Themes of love and memory, peace and nostalgia, can be discerned.

Qu Muzi is a young artist from Liaoning, NE China. This is her first exhibition in HK."

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Rebekah Bogard

March 5, 2013, 4:39 am

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Rebekah Bogard received her MFA from the University of Nevada Las Vegas in 2003. She received a BFA from the University of Wyoming in Laramie in 2000. She is currently an Associate Professor in Ceramics at University of Nevada Reno as well as a studio artist.

She has received numerous awards including being named an “Emerging Artist” by both the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts and Ceramics Monthly Magazine. She has been awarded a residency at the Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts. In addition she is a two-time recipient of the Nevada Fine Arts Council Fellowship, as well as receiving the “Best of Show” in several national art competitions. Her work has shown in several solo and group exhibitions nation wide. Moreover, her work has been reviewed in publications such as Art in America, LA Times, Ceramics Monthly Magazine, Clay Times Magazine, and Artweek.

I employ fictional animals in my artwork to explore the narrative of my life and my own personal history as they provide me with both anonymity and security to the secrets I reveal. I enjoy utilizing animals because they are beautiful and mysterious creatures, vulnerable to relations with humans. This susceptibility gives them a sense of benevolence that is often lacking in human associations. I use this vulnerability as a source of power. It takes a brave and confident person or animal to make themselves vulnerable, for they must have the strength to withstand the consequences.

The narratives are purposefully ambiguous as there are many ways to interpret a single piece. Some pieces look cute, sweet and innocent, but upon closer inspection, one realizes that the piece is conceptually more complicated. They may be read simultaneously as happy-go-lucky as well as melancholic and out of place. I blend the beautiful with the sad, fantasy with reality, idealism with truth as well as the sexual with the innocent. I decidedly leave these compelling dualities open for the viewer to draw their own conclusions.

The fictional creatures juxtaposed with non-fictional animals are there to turn the world up-side-down and to leave the viewer off balance. By changing the rules of engagement, anything is possible in the world I create. Fantasies become realities and dreams become actuality. Concrete gender roles no longer exist. Females can be more like males and males can be more like females.

As a female artist, I am interested in gender and how specific gender roles are assigned to both girls and women. I exploit normative female iconography such as flowers, butterflies, and curving-sensuous lines as well as “feminine” color combinations such as pinks and purples. I embrace female sexuality, vulnerability and romance not as the stereotypical taboo, but as an empowered re-contextualization. Through these creatures, I embrace and reclaim female stereotypes, powerful messages relevant to today’s world.

Education
2003 University of Nevada Las Vegas Las Vegas, NV, M.F.A. in Ceramics
2000 University of Wyoming Laramie, WY, B.F.A. in Art
1996 Casper College Casper, WY, A.A. in Elementary Education 1996 &
1994 A.A.A. in Fine Art 1994

University Teaching Experience
2010-Present Associate Professor of ceramics University of Nevada Reno
2004-2010 Associate Professor of ceramics University of Nevada Reno
2001-2004 Adjunct Professor University of Nevada Las Vegas

Awards
2008 Sierra Arts Foundation Endowment Fund
2007 Nevada Arts Council Fellowship
2006 NCECA Emerging Artist Portland, OR
2005 Merit Award Wichita National, Wichita, KS
Merit Award Feats of Clay, Lincoln, CA
2004 Best of ShowFine Contemporary Crafts Exhibition, Raleigh, NC
Merit Award 24th Annual July National Show, Southport, NC
2003 Honorable Mention 2nd World Ceramic Biennale 2003 Korea International
Competition, Icheon, Gyeonggi, Korea
First Place Global Art Look, Sacramento, CA
Emerging Artist Ceramics Monthly Magazine
Emerging Talent FinalistClay Times Magazine Emerging Talent Competition
2002 Merit Award 14th San Angelo National Ceramic Competition, San Angelo, TX
2001 Purchase AwardClay Cup VIII, Carbondale, IL
2000 Best of ShowBelow 2002, Portland, OR

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Dale Grimshaw

March 5, 2013, 5:52 am

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Dale has established himself over a period of six years as being one of the most respected and individual artists on the London art scene. Collectors and buyers have appreciated his distinctively direct and passionate style internationally.

Dale was born in Lancashire. He studied at Blackburn College of Art and then went on to achieve his Bachelor of Fine Art degree at Middlesex University.

As a student Dale won the Apthorp Fund for young artists and then went on to win the Liquitex Student Award in the USA. As a result, he was able to exhibit at the Academy of Arts in New York and in the Cable and Wireless exhibition in London.

After a break from his artwork, when he pursued a career in the music industry, Dale returned to painting and was quickly featured in the TV show ‘A Brush With Fame’. In 2006 Dale was a finalist in the both Pride in the House and Liberte D’expression competitions.

Dale had his first solo show, Echoes And Exorcisms, at Signal Gallery Hoxton, London in April 2008. This show was extremely successful and he rapidly became one of the leading up-and- coming artists in the London Urban Art scene. This led him to being invited to take part in a number of festivals across the UK including 2008 the Supercans Festival and also Upfest in Bristol in 2008 and 2009, where his outdoor work created quite a stir. More recently, he has contributed to the Street Art scene with a series of striking and dramatic woodcuts prints that he has pasted up in London and Europe.

Dales' next two solo shows ‘Heart In Darkness' (2009) and 'Arcana' (2010) were both very well received, leading to a large amount of press coverage, including a thirty page feature in Mynameis magazine. His most recent solo show ‘Semi Detached’ at Signal Gallery saw a considerable progression in his style and technique, as well as being a very personal statement.

He has contributed works to several high profile charitable events, notably the Street Art awards where his work was chosen to feature in an article in The Independent newspaper and on the BBC. Dale’s work has been seen in a number of group shows internationally in Paris, Berlin and in the USA.

In 2012 Dale has been busy on a number of large scale projects as well as preparing for his recent solo show, 'Moreish' at Signal Gallery in November. This show was featured in a number of press outlets, including Juxtapoz, Arrested Motion and The Londonist. Outside he has been working on large pieces at Sun, Sea and Spray in Blackpool, at the Whitecross Street Party, at the Liquitex art event in West London and in Zetland House, Hoxton.

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Aldo Rontini

March 5, 2013, 6:45 am

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"Aldo Rontini è nato a Brisighella nel 1948. Dopo la frequenza all’Accademia di Belle Arti di Bologna, diviene titolare di Plastica all’Istituto d’Arte di Faenza. Attualmente è docente all’Accademia di Belle Arti di Bologna. In gioventù, negli anni della frequentazione dell’Istituto d’Arte di Faenza è influenzato dagli esempi di D. Rambelli e G. Boschi. L’apparente contraddizione delle referenze, l’una robustamente plastica, l’altra decorativamente lieve, è assoluta e risolta in sapienza di modellato, dove anche il corpo “eroico” maschile, frequente oggetto della sua scultura, si ammorbidisce equivocamente e viene con ironia messo in discussione nella sua “virilità”.

Agli inizi degli anni ’80 ispira e guida il gruppo della “Nuova Ceramica”, in opposizione ad una dominante linea ceramica “tellurica”, post-informale. Ritornato nel tempo all’azione individuale, approfondisce una ricerca borderline, dove i rilievi scultorei sono quasi sempre assorbiti da archetipi di forme d’uso (dalla grande scala-le fontane-a quella piccola-i vasi e le sculture in piccola serie) in un’antropomorfizzazione simbolica dell’oggetto. Questa ricerca brillantemente risolta lo conduce alla vittoria del Primo Premio al Concorso Internazionale di Ceramica di Faenza nel 1993. L’originalità del suo lavoro lo sottrae al ristretto ambito delle manifestazioni ceramiche e viene invitato ad importanti mostre d’arte e design.

Fra le più recenti esposizioni si ricordano: nel 2007 Cuore vivo, Fondazione Lungarotti a cura di Maria Grazia Marchetti Lungarotti e Raffaella Sforza a Torgiano; nel 2006 Human form in clay-the minds eye a cura di H. Miura, Shigaraki (Giappone), Fabbrica delle immagini, Magazzini del Sale, a cura di B.Bandini a Cervia.

Le sue opere si trovano nelle collezioni di alcuni importanti musei del mondo, per citarne solo alcuni: il Museo Internazionale della Ceramica di Faenza; la Galleria d’Arte Moderna di Bologna; la Galleria d’Arte Moderna di Tokio; nell’Everson Museum di Syracuse, USA."

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Yasuyo Fujibe - 藤部恭代

March 5, 2013, 7:56 am

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藤部恭代/Yasuyo Fujibe 2002年京都造形芸術大学卒業

2004年京都造形芸術大学大学院修了
2006年第20回ホルベイン・スカラシップ奨励賞
2008年群馬青年ビエンナーレ奨励賞

2002 Graduated from Kyoto University of Art and Design
2004 Completed The Master Program of Kyoto University
        of Art and Design
2006 Scholarship, HOLBEIN ART MATERIAL INC.
2008 Artists of Gunma Biennale for Young Artists
        /won Encouragement Prize
2010 Yasuyo Fujibe -ARABESQUE-/Yoshiaki Inoue Gallery

Art Fair
2010 Young Art Taipei
       Art Taipei('09)
       Korea Inter National Art Fair('09)
2009 Art Fair Tokyo

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Roby Dwi Antono

March 5, 2013, 9:54 am

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My Name is Roby Dwi Antono I was born 1990 in Ambarawa, Semarang.

Now i live and worked as an artist, illustrator and graphic designer in Yogyakarta.

My work is heavily influenced by masters like Mark Ryden and Marion Peck.

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Meng Yangyang - 孟阳阳

March 5, 2013, 3:44 pm

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1983 – Born in Chongqing, China

2006 – Graduated from Oil Painting Department of Sichuan Fine Arts Institute

2009 – Graduated Master degree of Oil painting Department in Sichuan Fine Arts Institute

Meng Yangyang was born in 1983 and graduated from Oil Painting Department of Sichuan Fine Arts Institute and received a master degree. In 2006, her work was outstanding in the China Asian Art Weel in Lodon. The works of Meng Yangyang was strongly admired by galleries in London and people from the Palm Beach International Design Expo. She is one of the first Chinese artists, whose artwork is not influenced by President Mao’s Totalitarianism, and yet, these young artists are emerging in a country that is rapidly growing and changing. Western culture has influenced the character of Meng Yangyang and the young artists like her; their artwork reflects how china is turning into a brand new and well developed country. However, the insecurity extended from this changing country is the reason why that young people are trying to find themselves in the fantasy world.

In Meng Yangyang’s work, the hands and the eyes of the figure are often exaggerated; the intention is to convey that strong thirst to communicate with the world. The message in her work reflects her own situation in the art market where she gets pressure from, and seeing artists at her age facing the early profit collide between interpersonal relationships. Delicately depict the wild origin that was hidden in her heart.

1983年出生於重慶畢業於四川美院油畫系研究所.06年參與了英國的展覽”亞洲藝術在倫敦” 受到歐洲藏家的矚目,07年在棕櫚灘國際設計博覽會以及倫敦的畫廊個展都受到相當的好評.

孟陽陽屬於第一代作品中沒有毛式極權主義的中國藝術家,他們崛起於一個急速成長轉型的中國, 西方文化經濟的影響形塑了孟陽陽及其同期藝術家年少時期的性格, 反映了一個全新和轉變中的國家. 人際當中的不安全感使得新世代的年輕人只能在動漫世界中尋找一種理想的幻身.

在孟陽陽的作品裡面, 人物的手與眼都被誇大來處理, 用意都有在指向一種渴望與外界溝通的強烈想法. .她自己的作品當中捕捉到自己這樣年紀所面臨到強烈被藝術市場關注以及同儕之間過早被迫面對利益衝突的群聚疏離問題. 細膩的描繪出內心隱蔽的狂暴本源.

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Soodeh Bagheri

March 6, 2013, 3:10 am

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Soodeh Bagher Tirtash
Born in 16 may 1982 , Ahwaz, Iran
Works and lives in Tehran, Iran

Education

BA in painting from Science and Culture University, Tehran, Iran

Art & architectural Azad University دانشگاه هنر و معماری آزاد تهران مرکز
Turma de 2006 · MFA Painting

Members of painters society
member of Institute for promotion of visual arts

"Figures are the only things that I have ever painted .I am interested in the human .

In my painting I try to find what has always gone on in myself.

I create my own space out of time and out of reality .

I am only asking question :”what make the personality is?”"

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Rahele Basir

March 6, 2013, 3:24 am

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Shahed Art University

"This is a collection of 14 angelic portraits, not those dwelling at the unreachable zeniths of the heavens

but those living on the face of earth mingled with human miseries! Fallen angels looking at us with hollow

eyes, just to remind us of ourselves or passerby’s we may see in the streets every day."

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Pooneh Oshidari

March 6, 2013, 3:37 am

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Education:
Academy of Art University
Tehran Art University

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Davood Zandian

March 6, 2013, 3:53 am

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Born in Iran.

He moved to Norway in 1989 and now he is living and painting there .

He presented his works in some Exhibitions in Iran , France , England , USA , Germany , Sweden , UAE , and Norway .

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Ryan Swallow

March 6, 2013, 5:10 am

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"Ryan Swallow paints hauntingly beautiful figures, expressing emotion through the figure, causing anyone who gazes long enough to see a piece of themselves. Ryan Swallow, a self-taught painter who currently resides in Arizona, has produced more than 100 paintings in his 18 years as a professional painter.

In addition to his numerous mural commissions, Mr. Swallow has collectors of his original work in Mexico City, Japan, Hawaii, Oregon, Utah and California. He is currently represented by ARTISTS' HAVEN GALLERY. His latest series of paintings are large paintings using acrylic on canvas and explore the perceived relationship of beauty and mortality. "

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Nishida Youji - YOJI NISHIDA - 西田陽二

March 6, 2013, 7:06 am

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"For 40 years, I havecontinued to drawtheoil onthe theme ofman. In recent yearsI've drawnmainlyrosesandwhitecolorfemale image. Models arethose whohavecontinued toclassical ballet.
I decided toaddone pointforcomparison withrecent years, "look" works depicting25 years ago."

40年間、人物をテーマに油彩を描き続けてきました。近年は女性像と薔薇を白い色調を主体に描いています。モデルはクラシックバレエを続けている方です。
25年前に描いた作品「まなざし」も近年との比較の為に1点加えることにしました。

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札幌市在住。北海道美術協会（道展）会員、光風会評議員、日本美術家連盟会員、日展会友。2010年北海道文化奨励賞・受賞、2009年～光耀展（日本橋三越東京）、2008年損保ジャパン美術財団選抜奨励展（損保ジャパン東郷青児美術館）秀作賞、SAPPORO IS WHITE（札幌芸術の森美術館札幌)、2007年～北海道現代具象展（札幌時計台ギャラリー・その他札幌）、2003年～’05 爽光会展（日本橋三越・大阪三越・松山三越東京、大阪、松山）、1998年～日展出品（東京都立美術館・国立新美術館東京）、1992年第2回荒井記念美術館大賞展･大賞受賞（岩内荒井記念美術館岩内）、1989年北海道今日の美術「世紀末の風景展」（北海道立近代美術館札幌）、1982年～光風会出品（’04会員賞受賞， ’06田村一男記念賞受賞、その他）

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Mitsuyoshi Haruguchi

March 6, 2013, 7:46 am

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1933

Sep. 30th Born at 32 Higashi-tsuboi Kumamoto city in Japan as a second son among two sons and four daughters of Tosaburo (44 years old) and Sayo (34 years old) Haruguchi. His elder brother died soon after birth. Although aspired to be a novelist, he launched a career of a cook after training in Shimonoseki (Yamaguchi prefecture, Japan) because of his father’s objection a literary life. During his life, Tosaburo understood and supported Mitsuyoshi’s desire to become a painter during his life.

1940

Apr. Entered Kumamoto-city run Kurokami elementary school.

1946

Mar. Graduated from Kumamoto-city run Kurokami elementary school.

Apr. Entered Kumamoto prefectural Seiseiko junior high school, later associated with senior high schools due to educational system reform of Japan.

1949　

Apr. Received the award for outstanding performance in the Kumamoto-city Hinokunimatsuri-festival High School Student Art Exhibit .

Nov. His work “Deserted Station” (6F: 31.8cm×41cm), painted while in the third grade of junior high, was displayed at the Kumanichi General Art Exhibition organized by Kumamoto Nichi Nichi Shinbun newspaper company.

1950　

Apr. Awarded the Excellent prize in the High School Student Art Exhibit in Kumamoto-city Hinokunimatsuri-festival.

1951　

Apr. Ebihara Art Laboratory (Rokken-cho, Kumamoto city) was established when he was in the third grade of senior high. Received guidance from Kinosuke Ebihara. “Sheep Pen” (10F 45.5cm×53cm) was displayed at the Exhibition of Kumamoto Prefecture Artist Association and awarded the Mayor’s Prize of Kumamoto.

Mar. Graduated from Kumamoto Seiseiko senior high school.

1952　

Apr. Entered the Kyoto City University of Arts, Fine Art Division. While a student of the university, he came in contact with Ryuken Sawa, Heizo Tatsumura and Shigenobu Kimura in his chosen art laboratory.

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