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 The Exhibition of Stone Sculptures by Atsuya Tominaga
1st Oct 2009 ~ 31st Oct 2009
| After he graduated from college, Atsuya Tominaga carved Nose black granite at quarry for 10 years. He also learned sculpting travertine in Pietrasanta of Italy and worked on limestone near the cave of Lascaux in France.
He says that he would like to work on various kinds of stones in various parts of the world carrying a chisel with him. He could be considered as Enku (1932-1995 a buddist monk) of the present era.
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Atsuya Tominaga |
@Atsuya Tominaga |
In this exhibition, new works matching with his past masterpiece "Shinpan no Fune (Boat of Judgement)" created in 1993.
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 Profile
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[ Atsuya Tominaga ]
| 1961 |
Born in Osaka. |
| 1986 |
Master in Sculpture, Kanazawa College of Arts. |
| 1988 |
Awarded by Osaka Nakanoshima Ryokudo Sculpture |
| 1990 |
Awarded in the Third Mita Sculpture Competition, Hyogo Pref. |
| 1997 |
Solo exhibition at Gallery Ippodo, Tokyo |
| 1993 |
Awarded in ORC200 Machi wo Kazaru Chokoku Competition, Osaka |
| 1997 |
Received a grant from Pola Art Foundation to stay in Italy for one year. |
| 1998 |
Solo exhibition atvGALLERIA KONTRASTE, Pietrasanta, Italy |
| 1998 |
Awarded the 1st price at Monument Competition at Kobe Gakuin Daigaku comemorating 30th year anniversary |
| 2002 |
Solo exhibition at Espace Culturel Bertin poiree, Paris, France |
| 2006 |
Solo exhibition atGallery IPPODO, NY, USA |
| He did many solo and group exhibitions in and outside Japan |
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