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| Yoshitaka Amano
- Born in Jul 28 1952 |
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| www.amanosworld.com |
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Amano was born in 1952 in Shizuoka City, Japan. Always fascinated by drawing, he joined the early Japanese anime movement in 1967, working on character design for a number of Japanese TV programs, including the series Kashaan and Tekkaman.
Some of Amano's masterpieces are deeply rooted in people’s heart such as Gatchaman, Honey Bee and The Time Boken. Amano continues to inspire us with his recent works, such as the world acclaimed Final Fantasy series. Amano has won several prestigious awards including the Seiun Award in 1983 and the Julie Award, Dragon Con Award and the Eisner Award in . He was also nominated that same year for the Hugo Award.
Amano has exhibited his art in prestigious museum and galleries worldwide since 1989, including the Orlean Museum of Art in France, Tokyo’s Uenonomori Museum, The Angel Orensanz Foundation in New York, Germany’s Kunstverein Heilbronn, the Barbican Centre in London and the 55th Venice Biennale (Palazzo Bebmo). |
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| Award / Grants |
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2000 Eisner Award
2000 Dragon Con Award
1983 Julie Award
1983 Seiun Award |
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| Public and Private Collections |
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| Selected solo and group exhibitions |
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| 2013 |
"Personal Structures", 55th Venice Biennale,
Mizuma Gallery, Singapore |
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"Personal Structures", 55th Venice Biennale, Italy,
Mizuma Gallery, Singapore |
| 2012 |
Art Statements Hong Kong |
| 2011 |
Bundeskunsthalle, Bonn, Germany. Art Statements Tokyo. |
| 2010 |
MOCA Taipei, Taiwan. Art Statements Hong Kong. Nosbaum & Reding Gallery, Luxembourg. Galerie Petits Papiers & Maison Autrique, Brussels, Belgium. Art Statements Tokyo. LeBasse Projects gallery, Los Angeles, USA |
| 2009 |
Superfrog gallery, San Francisco, USA. Omotesando Hills, Tokyo, Japan. |
| 2008 |
Deva-Loka, Galerie Michael Janssen, Berlin, Germany
101 Tokyo Art Fair with Art Statements , Tokyo, Japan |
| 2007 |
Galerie Nosbaum & Reding Art Contemporain, Luxemburg |
| 2006 |
Art Statements Gallery, Hong Kong, "Eye on Amano", Festival Walk, Hong Kong. MOCA Shanghai |
| 2005 |
Art Contemporain, Luxemburg |
| 2004 |
Galerie Edward Mitterrand, Geneva, Switzerland, Kunstverein, Heilbronn, Germany, Galerie Michael Janssen, Cologne, Germany, Gallery Patrick deBrook, Knokke, Belgium |
| 2003 |
Happy Lion Gallery, Los Angeles, USA, Galerie Michael Janssen, Cologne, Germany |
| 2002 |
Gallery Leo Konig, New York, USA |
| 1999 |
"Hero", Angel Orensanz Foundation, New York, USA, |
| 1998 |
Brussels Fantastic Film Festival, Belgium, "1001 Nights", Los Angeles, USA |
| 1997 |
"Think like Amano", Soho, New York, USA, |
| 1995 |
Orlean Art Museum. Orlean, France |
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