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Katsura Funakoshi Biography
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1951 |
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Born in Morioka City, Iwate Prefecture, Japan
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1971 - 1975 |
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B.A., Tokyo Zokei University, University of Art and Design, Department
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1975 - 1977 |
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Postgraduate Course at Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, M.A.
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1984 |
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Awarded Excellence Prize 'Oyama-City with Sculpture'
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1985 - 1986 |
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Taught sculpture course at Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music
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1986 - 1987 |
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Lived in London, one year scholarship from the Bureau of Cultural Properties
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1989 |
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Teaches sculpture course at Tokyo University of Arts and Design
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1990 - 1991 |
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Taught sculpture course at Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music
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1991 |
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Awarded Takashimaya Charitable Trust for Art and Culture Prize
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1995 |
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Awarded the 26th Nakahara Teijiro Prize for Excellence
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1997 |
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Awarded the 18th Hirakushi Denchu Prize
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2009
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35th Anniversary: Seven, Nishimura Gallery, Tokyo
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2008 - 2009
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Invention/Tradition, Crown Point Press, San Francisco
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2008
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September Show '08, Nishimura Gallery, Tokyo
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2008
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Summer Show, Nishimura Gallery, Tokyo
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2008
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Summer Villa: The Sculptures, Drawings, and Prints of Katsura Funakoshi in Art Deco Space, Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum, Tokyo (solo)
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2008
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Katsura Funakoshi, Tohoku University of Art and Design, Yamagata, Japan (solo)
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2008
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Katsura Funakoshi: New Sculpture, Greenberg Van Doren Gallery, New York (solo)
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2008
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Katsura Funakoshi: New Works, Nishimura Gallery, Tokyo (solo)
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2007
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Katsura Funakoshi, Tohoku University of Art and Design (solo)
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2007
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Vital Signs - Reality of nine contemporary artists, Yokosuka Museum of Art
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2006
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Nishimura Gallery, Tokyo (solo)
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2005
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Katsura Funakoshi - Ernst Barlach. A Map of The Time, Annely Juda Fine (solo)
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2005
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Art, London; traveled to Ernst Barlach Haus - Stiftung Hermann F. Reemtsma, Hamburg (solo)
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2005
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Asian Potential Art Nursed by Sea and Island, Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art
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2005
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Art Fair Tokyo 2005, Tokyo International Forum Exhibition Hall
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2004
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Art in Wood, Gunma Museum of Art, Tatebayashi
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2004
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New Works by Five New Artists, Nishimura Gallery, Tokyo
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2004
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Annely Juda Fine Art, London (with Ernst Barlach) travelled to Ernst Barlach Haus, Hamburg (solo)
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2003 - 2004
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Katsura Funakoshi Works: 1980-2003, Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo; traveled to Tochigi Prefectural Museum of Fine Arts; Hokkaido Asahikawa Museum of Art; Takamatsu City Museum of Art; Iwate Museum of Art; Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art (solo)
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2002
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Nishimura Gallery, Tokyo (Drawings) (solo)
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2001
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Nishimura Gallery, Tokyo (solo)
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2000
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Continental Gallery, Sapporo (solo)
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2000
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'Der Verlorene Blick. Der Kopf in Skulptur, Zeichnung und Bild.', Galerie Lelong, Zürich
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1999
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'Selected Works from the Permanent Collection', Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery
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1999
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Annely Juda Fine Art, London (solo)
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1999
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'Setagaya Art '99', Setagaya Art Museum, Tokyo
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1999
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'Image of Sculpture', Asahikawa Sculpture Museum
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1999
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'France-Japon - L'Art Sans Frontière', Bunkamura Gallery, Tokyo
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1999
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'Noontime Meditation - Contemporary Japanese Art Having Inner Sight', Tochigi Prefectural Museum of Fine Arts, Utsunomiya
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1999
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Summer Show 1999, Nishimura Gallery, Tokyo
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1999
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'NICAF Tokyo '99', International Contemporary Art Festival, Exhibition Hall, Tokyo International Forum
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1998
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'Human Figure', Asahikawa Sculpture Museum
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1998
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'Art 1998 Chicago', Festival Hall, Navy Pier, Chicago
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1998
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'Summer Show 1998', Nishimura Gallery, Tokyo
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1998
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'ACAF 6', Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne
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1998
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Bunkamura Gallery, Tokyo (Prints) (solo)
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1998
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'Setagaya Art '98', Setagaya Art Museum, Tokyo
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1998
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'ART - Selected Works from the Collection', Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art, Nagoya
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1997
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'5th NICAF Tokyo '97', International Contemporary Art Festival, Tokyo International Exhibition Center
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1997
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'Collection I - Sculpture', Nishimura Gallery, Tokyo
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1997
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'On Paper '97', Nishimura Gallery, Tokyo
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1997
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Ibara Municipal DENCHU Art Museum, Okayama (solo)
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1996
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Annely Juda Fine Art, London (solo)
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1996
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Nishimura Gallery, Tokyo (solo)
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1996
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'Kunst des 20. Jahrhunderts', Museum Ludwig, Köln
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1996
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'Narcissism: Artists Reflect Themselves', California Center for the Arts Museum, Escondido
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1996
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'Enjoy Art Part II', ISETAN Museum, Tokyo
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1996
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'Masterpiece of Corporation Collection', Hotel Okura, Tokyo
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1996
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'The 45th Anniversary, Part 1 - A Dialogue between Tools and Arts', The Museum of Modern Art, Kamakura
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1996
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'Images of Women in Japanese Contemporary Art 1930s - 90s', The Shoto Museum of Art, Tokyo
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1995
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Nishimura Gallery, Tokyo (Drawings) (solo)
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1995
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'Art in Japan Today 1985-1995', Inaugural Exhibition, Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo
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1995
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'Tsubaki-kai '95', Shiseido Gallery, Tokyo
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1995
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'Japanese Culture: The Fifty Postwar Years 1945-1995', Meguro Art Museum; Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Modern Art, Kobe; Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art; Fukuoka Prefectural Museum of Art
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1994
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'Setagaya Art '94', Setagaya Art Museum, Tokyo
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1994
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'Contemporary Human Figure', Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, Sapporo
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1994
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'New Works at New Gallery', Nishimura Gallery, Tokyo
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1994
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'A Sculpture Show', Nishimura Gallery, Tokyo
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1994
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Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco (solo)
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1994
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André Emmerich Gallery, New York (solo)
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1993
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Nishimura Gallery, Tokyo (solo)
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1993
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Museum of Modern Art, Kamakura (solo)
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1993
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'Tsubaki-kai '93 Exhibition', Shiseido Gallery, Tokyo
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1993
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'Karuizawa Drawing Biennale 1993', Wakita Museum of Art, Karuizawa-machi, Nagano and Marugame Genichiro Inokuma Museum of Contemporary Art, Marugame City, Kagawa
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