Koichi Kiyono is a Japanese artist who is living and working in Japan. Koichi’s etchings are focused on an investigation of “LIFE”, capturing both spiritual and physical aspects.
“I regard the meaning of LIFE not only as my own existence but also as all living things, from the invisible organisms to the Earth. It also refers to the continuous cycles of Life’s Birth, Growth and Death."
"My etched recent works entitled the “Tide” series are based on my belief and inspiration that the Sea has been the mother’s womb of the Earth, and all living things on the Earth have been born by the permanent Rhythm and Pulse of Tide.”
Education:
1990 – 1992 - The Art Academy of BIGAKKO (Printmaking), Tokyo, Japan
1977 – 1980 - -WASEDA University. B.F.A. (Marketing), Tokyo, Japan
Solo Exhibitions:
2003 - Breathing Chloroplast Series, +15 Window Project, the Center for Performing Arts, Calgary
2003 - Chloroplast & TIDE Series, Little Gallery, the University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada
2002 - TIDE Series, SNAP Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
2001 - INDIVIDUAL Series, Print Study Center, the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
1997 - PROTOPLASM Series, KIKI Gallery, Nagoya, Japan
1997 - EVOLUTION Series, SKYDOOR Art Place, Aoyama, Tokyo, Japan
1996 - ORGANIC SURFACE / IN THE CAN Series, O Gallery, Ginza, Tokyo, Japan
1994 - FERTILIZATION & GENETIC CODE Series, NABIS Gallery, Ginza, Tokyo, Japan
1994 - ORGANISM Series, Gallery SANBANKAN, Ginza, Tokyo, Japan
1993 - INNERSPACE Series, Art Gallery K2, Roppongi, Tokyo, Japan
1992 - MOMENT Series, Gallery AGARO, Azabu, Tokyo, Japan
Selected Group Exhibitions:
2003 - The Breathing Surface / Contemporary Japanese Print Exhibition, Mezzanine Gallery, the University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada
2003 - Interconnection – Japan & Alberta, Gallery San Chun, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
2002 - Living Faces in JAPAN 2001+1 (Prints of Russia, Lithuania, Estonia, Latvia & Japan), Suzaka Hanga Museum, Nagano, Japan
2002 -The TrueNorth SNAP International Print Biennial Competition, SNAP Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
2002 - Generations: 1980-2002, Gallery San Chun, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
2002 - Micro Miniature Print Exhibition by the Alberta Printmakers’ Society, Gallery San Chun, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
2000 - 4th British International Miniature Print Exhibition, Bankside Gallery, London, England
2000 - 2nd TAMA International Print Exhibition – Canada & Japan, Parthenon TAMA, Japan
2000 - 29th Contemporary Art Exhibition of Japan, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Japan
2000 - 1st Vancouver Biennial International Miniature Print, New Leaf Editions, Canada
2000 - Holland-Japan Print Exchange Exhibition, Dejima, Nagasaki / Gallery Surge, Tokyo, Japan
2000 - NL-JP. Printmaking Today, Aemstelle, Amsterdam / Voerman Museum, Hattem, Holland
2000 - Six Contemporary Japanese Printmakers, Illinois State University / Anchor Graphics, U.S.A.
1999 - Folding Fan Exhibition, Mitaka City Gallery of Art, Tokyo, Japan
1999 - Katsuro Yoshida and Companies, Gallery OM, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
1999 - The Contemporary Print Expression, Gallery Suiran, Gunma, Japan
1998 - Eastern Approaches, Beldam Gallery, Brunel University, Uxbridge, England
1998 - International Folding Fan Exhibition, Gallery SENNAN, Tokyo, Japan
1998 - CLUE Print Exhibition, Space N’s, Tokyo, Japan
1998 - 18th Mini Print International of Cadaques, Barcelona, Spain
1998 - Year of the Tiger, Ariel Fine Art, New York, U.S.A.
1998 - -Fukumitsu Print Exhibition, Fukumitsu Art Museum, Toyama, Japan
1998 - 5th Kaliningrad International Graphic Biennial, Kaliningrad, Russia
1998 - -Argentina – Japan Print Exchange Exhibition, Komaganekogen Museum, Nagano, Japan
1998 - 11th Tallinn International Print Triennial, Tallinn, Estonia
1998 - Kanagawa International Print Triennial, Kanagawa Prefectural Gallery, Japan
1998 - 3rd Vilnius International Minigraphics Biennial, ARKA Gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania
1997 - Japonska Grafika, the National Technical Museum, Praha, Czech
1997 - Seven Contemporary Japanese Print-Artists, SNAP Gallery, Edmonton, Canada
1997 - Cracow International Print Triennial, Cracow, Poland
1997 - Sightlines / International Print-Artist Cooperative Exhibition, Edmonton, Canada
1997 - CUPRUM, Lubin, Poland
1997 - 33rd Kanagawa Prefectural Art, Kanagawa Prefectural Gallery, Yokohama, Japan
1996 - 3rd Art Studio Itsukaichi Print Exhibition, Art Studio Itsukaichi, Tokyo, Japan
1996 - Select Eleven Exhibition, O Gallery, Ginza, Tokyo, Japan
1996 - PISTA, Bunkyo Civic Center, Tokyo, Japan
1996 - The Modern Japanese Printmakers Exhibition, WCC Fine Arts Gallery, N.Y., U.S.A.
1996 - 2nd Vilnius International Minigraphics Biennial, ARKA Gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania
1996 - Czech – Lithuania – Japan Print Exchange Exhibition, Meguro Museum of Art, Japan
1996 - 32nd Kanagawa Prefectural Art, Kanagawa Prefectural Gallery, Yokohama, Japan
1995 - Estampes Japonaises Contemporaines, Wegimont Cultural Center, Wegimont, Belgium
1995 - MUSE Spring Art Show, Tokorozawa Muse the Square, Saitama, Japan
1995 - The Trend of Japanese Contemporary Art, Osaka Contemporary Art Center, Japan
1995 - 40th CWAJ Print Show, American Club, Tokyo, Japan
1995 - Japanese Graphic Exhibition, Lithuania Art Museum, Vilnius, Lithuania
1995 - 31st Kanagawa Prefectural Art, Kanagawa Prefectural Gallery, Yokohama, Japan
1994 - Papier als Middelpunt / Hanga Washi, Alden Biesen Palace, Bilzen, Belgium
1994 - Works on Surface, Sumida Riverside Hall Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
1994 - 62nd Japan Print Association Exhibition, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
1994 - 21st Century Prints Grand Prix Exhibition, Gallery 17 / Ginza Art Space, Tokyo, Japan
1994 - 4th U.S.A. – Japan Print Exchange Exhibition, Kanagawa Prefectural Gallery, Japan
1994 - 30th Kanagawa Prefectural Art, Kanagawa Prefectural Gallery, Yokohama, Japan
1994 - Two Persons Exhibition, Vierkante Zaal, Sint-Niklaas, Belgium
1993 - Works on Surface, Sumida Riverside Hall Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
1993 - HANGATEN, Meguro Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan
1993 - 61st Japan Print Association Exhibition, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
1993 - 22nd Contemporary Art Exhibition of Japan, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Japan
1993 - Exhibition of Japanese Contemporary Art, La Lonja Palace, Zaragoza, Spain
1993 - 38th CWAJ Print Show, American Club, Tokyo, Japan
1993 - 2nd Belgium – Japan Print Exchange Exhibition, Meguro Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan
Professional and Public Activities:
2003 - Visiting Artist Lecture, at the Nickle Museum, the University of Calgary, Canada
2003 - Visiting Artist Lecture, at the Stanford Perrott Lecture Theatre, the Alberta College of Art and Design.
2003 - Workshop, at the Alberta College of Art and Design.
2003 - Workshop, at the Alberta Printmaker’s Society
2002/3 - Research “Health, Safety and Ecology in Printmaking” for one year under the Japanese
2002 - Government Overseas Study Program at the University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
2001 - Invited to give Lectures on “The Japanese Historical and Printmaking” as Visiting Artist, at the Faculty Club and the Nickle Arts Museum, the University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
2001 - Visiting Artist Lecture, at the Red Deer College, Alberta, Canada.
2001 - Visiting Artist Lecture, at the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
2000 - Organized “The 2nd TAMA International Print Exhibition – Canada & Japan”, as an Executive Secretary of Printsaurus at the Parthenon TAMA, Tokyo, Japan.
1997 - Invited to give a lecture on “The Nature and Status of Print-Artists Run Cooperatives” as Panelist at “Sightlines” (International Symposium on Printmaking and Image Culture), the Timms Centre, the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.
1995/6 - Invited to the Art Studio Itsukaichi (Artist-In-Residence), Akiruno, Tokyo, Japan.
Collections:
The University of Calgary (Canada)
The University of Alberta (Canada)
The Alberta College of Art and Design (Canada)
Kaliningrad Art Gallery (Russia)
Akiruno City (Tokyo, Japan)
San-nohe City (Aomori, Japan)
Grants:
2002 - Granted the Fellowship to study as a research artist in Canada for one year under “the Japanese Government Overseas Study Program for Artists” by the Agency of Cultural Affairs, the Government of Japan.
1995 - Granted the Itsukaichi Artist-In-Residence Program for three months
by the Akiruno, City Board, Tokyo, Japan
Teaching Experience:
1993 – Present - Instructor (Printmaking) at the Art Academy of BIGAKKO, Tokyo, Japan
1994 – 1999 - Instructor at the Printmaking Research Institute of SAN-NOHE, Aomori, Japan
1995 - Instructor (Printmaking) at the Art Studio Itsukaichi, Tokyo, Japan
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"Chloroplast I" |
"Chloroplast II" |
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"Flood Tide E2" |
"Ebb Tide" |
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"Tide I" |
"Tide II" |
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"Tide X2a" |
"Tide X2b" |
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"Tidal Planet" |
"Tidal Planet" |
