Artist Profile
AWAZU Kiyoshi
1929 Born in Tokyo 1948 Joined Sakuga Kai Co. 1954 Obtained a part time position at Dokuritsu Eiga Co. in the publicity department 1955 Joined Nikkatsu Movie Production Co. and worked in the publicity department 1958 Left Nikkatsu Movie Production Co. 1962 Designed the steel door of the Izumo Shrine with architect Kiyonori Kikutake and developed a lasting interest in architecture 1964 Established Awazu Design Room in Harajuku, Tokyo. In April, became an Assistant Professor at Musashino Art College in Tokyo 1968 Became an editor in chief of "Design Hihyo" 1978 Published "The Works of Kiyoshi Awazu" (Kodansha Publishing Co.) 2000 Became the first director of the Printing Museum, Tokyo
Major Exhibitions 1950 Third Nihon Independant Exhibit 1955 JAAC (Japan Advertizing Artists Club) 1956 JAAC (Japan Advertizing Artists Club) 1958 World Film-Poster Contest 1962 Milan Triennale, "Mirai no Toshi Ten" (with Kiyonori Kikutake and Noboru Kawazoe at Ikebukuro Seibu Department Store) 1966 "From Space to Environment" (Matsuya Department Store in Tokyo) 1968 "Environment 'A' for Four Projections" (Kyoto National Modern Art Museum) 1970 3rd International Poster Biennial, Warsaw 1974 Film show (PARCO Shibuya) 1977 Sao Paulo Biennial 1980 "Kiyoshi Awazu Print Exhibition-Printed Works" (Art Front Gallery, Tokyo) 1981 "Kiyoshi Awazu One Man Show" (50 Earlham St. Gallery, London) 1982 "Awazu Printed Works" (Art Front Gallery, Zurich) 1984 "Kiyoshi Awazu Exhibition" (La Foret Museum, Harajuku) "Kiyoshi Awazu Drawing Exhibition" (Inax Gallery, Tokyo) 1985 "Kiyoshi Awazu Exhibition" (Inax Gallery, Osaka) 1986 "Tokyo, Form and Spirit" (Collaboration with Fumihiko Maki; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, U.S.A., and La Foret Museum, Tokyo) 1992 "Kiyoshi Awazu: Artist and Designer" (The Japanese American Cultural Community Center, Los Angeles) 1993 "Kiyoshi Awazu - Exhibition and Workshop" (Aspen, Colorado) "Kiyoshi Awazu 1949-1993" (Kawasaki City Museum) 2000 "Shokeimoji Yugyo (A Journey through the world of hieroglyphs)" (Printing Museum, Tokyo) 2003 2nd Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial "Kiyoshi Awazu Exhibit (Aomori Contemporary Art Centre) 2006 "ex'pose '06 - Kiyoshi Awazu Design Mandara" (Printing Museum, Tokyo) Major Awards 1955 Grand Prize, JAAC (Japan Advertizing Artists Club), for "Umi wo Kaese"(Give Our Sea Back) 1956 Encouragement Prize, JAAC, for "Nekrasov" and "Waga Matchi" 1958 First Prize, World Film-Poster Contest held in Paris 1962 Silver Award, Milan Triennale 1970 Silver and Special Prizes, International Poster Biennial Exhibit, Warsaw, for posters, "Double Suicide" and "ANTI-WAR 1973 Ministry of International Trade and Industry Award for best book design ("Gendai no Dento Kogei," Kodansha Publishing Co.) 1980 Japan Academy Award for art direction of the movie "Yashagaike" 1982 Special Prize, International Poster Biennial Exhibit, Warsaw 1987 Japanese Academy Award for art direction of the movie "Yari no Gonzo" 2001 Mainichi Design Award and Special Prize for Printing Museum works Major Public Collections Crafts Gallery, The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo The Museum of Modern Art, Toyama 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa Museum of Modern Art, New York Stedeljik Museum, Netherlands Paris Poster Museum Zurich Crafts Museum, Swizerland Zachela Art Gallery, Warsaw Kawasaki City Museum, Japan
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