Satoru KITAGO

Born 1953 in Fukushima, Japan. Graduated from B.F.A. in Sculpture, Tokyo Zoukei University in 1977. In 1979, graduates M.F.A. in Sculpture, Tokyo University of the Arts. Awarded the grand prize in "Tenri Biennale", held at Nara in 1983. Became an assistant professor at Niigata university in 1991. From 1996 to 1997, he stayed in Italy as a fellowship from the Agency for Cultural Affairs. Became an associate professor at Tokyo University of the Arts in 1997 (promoted to a full professor in 2006). Awarded new comers prize at Shinseisaku exhibition in 1980 and 1982. Held one-man exhibitions at Gallery Seiho (Ginza, Tokyo) in 1991, 1993, 1998, 2001, 2008 and at Gallery Toki no Wasuremono in 2001 and 2008. Held a retrospective exhibition in 2004 at Iwaki City Art Museum (Fukushima, Japan). In 2006, held one-man exhibition at MORIOKA First Gallery (Iwate, Japan).

In 2007, held one-man exhibition at Gallery Tamura (Hiroshima, Japan). Member of Shinseisaku Art Society.

Learning representational sculpture from masters Yasutake FUNAKOSHI and Churyou SATOU, KITAGO produced works that "came out of his human image, which he reached to by chasing the shape that always existed within himself". He is now the leading sculptor of modern representational sculpture, using a terra cotta. He has produced his first copper print for new works exhibitions at Gallery Seiho and Toki no Wasuremono in 2001, and it is featured in Hanga Shoushi Vol.4.


 

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♦ Satoru KITAGO career summary
1953 Born in Fukushima prefecture, Japan
1977 Graduate B.F.A. in Sculpture, Tokyo Zoukei University
1979 Graduate M.F.A. in Sculpture, Tokyo University of the Arts
1987-91 Part-time lecturer, 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
2006-09 Professor, Department of Sculpture, Tokyo University of the Arts
2009- Professor and vicepresident, Department of Sculpture, Tokyo University of the Arts

• Exhibitions
<Group exhibitions>
1979 “Shinseisaku Exhibition”, Awarded the New Artists Prize in '80 and '82
1981 “Selected Works of Contemporary Art” The Ministry of Education (Tokyo and other locations in Japan)
1983 “Tenri Biennale” Awarded a Grand Prize
1987 “The Art of Michinoku” Miyagi Museum of Art
1990 Awarded the Good Design Prize of the Ministry of International Trade and Industry
1992 “Contemporary Japanese Figurative Sculpture” Chiba Prefectural Museum of Art
1994 Work purchased by the Agency for Cultural Affairs.
1997 “Nuove Realta” Soloarte Gallery, Milan, Italy
1999 “Overstepping Borders” Iwaki City Art Museum
“Sculpture: Destruction and Construction of Figurative Art” Chinretsukan Gallery, Tokyo University of the Arts
2000 “Contemporary Ceramic Sculpture- Japan and the United States” Toki City (Gifu)
“Competition of Computer Modeling Sculpture” (Kitago team was awarded a Grand Prize)
2001 “DOMANI” Seiji Togo Yasuda Kasai Museum of Art (Tokyo)
2002 “Sculptors of Eastern Japan” Tokyo Station Gallery (Tokyo)
2003 “Constantin Brancusi prize” Encouragement prize
2004 "Neo Metal" Gallery Seiho (Tokyo)
"Big Wabe exhibition" Takashimaya
"Town of Eternity" Kanda (Tokyo)
"Seiho December Exhibition" Gallery Seiho (Tokyo)
2005 "Exhibition of Contemporary Sculpture in Japan"Yamaguchi Open-air Museum
"The Art of Breathing in the World-Art and Respiration"
"SKINODELIC The sculpture/face,surface,interface" GEIDAI Museum
"Seiho December Exhibition" Gallery Seiho (Tokyo)
2006 "Tabi" Mitsukoshi
"Shinseisaku 70th anniversary exhibition" Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum
Awarded the 7th Kurayoshi City Sculpture Prize (Kurayoshi, Tottori)
"Seiho December Exhibition" Gallery Seiho (Tokyo)
2007 Tokyo University of the Arts 120th Anniversary Exhibition "Ima" (Tokyo)
Tokyo University of the Arts 120th Anniversary Exhibition "The form which echoes and suits" (Tokyo)
The 40th Anniversary of the Japanese Government Overseas Study Program for Artists provided by the Agency for Cultural Affairs Journey - Encounters and Dialogues with Foreign Cultures(Tokyo)
"Resonant Shape" Sculptures by Three Exhibition, Mitsukoshi
"Ring of Beauty" Japan, China, Korea Arts Exhibition (Nitten hall, Tokyo)
"Tabi" Agency for Cultural Affairs (The National Art Center, Tokyo)
2008 International Sculpture Projects Hangzhou, China
2009 International Sculpture Exhibition Changchun, China


<Solo Exhibition>
1987 Miyuki Gallery, Tokyo (1988)
1989 Iwaki City Culture Center, Fukushima
1991 Gallery Seiho, Tokyo (1993, 1998, 2001)
2001 Gallery Tokinowasuremono, Tokyo
2002 Tenmaya Art Gallery, Takamatsu
2004 Iwaki City Art Museum, Fukushima
2006 MORIOKA First Gallery, Iwate
2007 Gallery Tamura, Hiroshima
2008 Gallery Seiho, Gallery Toki no Wasuremono, Tokyo
2009 Mitsukoshi Nihonbashi, Tokyo
2010 Takashimaya Osaka, Osaka

• Public Collection
The National Museum of Modern Art. Tokyo
The University Museum, Tokyo University of the Arts
Iwaki City Art Museum
Niigata University
Chiyoda City, Tokyo
Iwaki City, Fukushima
Tohno City Iwate
Hakodate City, Hokkaido
Hangzhou, China
Changchun, China

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