- Saiji KANAMORI / Works
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Saiji KANAMORI / Profile
| 1949 | Born in Nagano prefecture |
| 1975 | Graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts, Faculty of Fine Arts, Oil Painting Course. Received “Ohashi Award” |
| 1977 | Completed his Master’s Course in Oil Painting at Tokyo University of the Arts |
| 1978 | Completed his research course in Oil Painting at Tokyo University of the Arts |
| 1982 | Shortlisted for several awards for his works “Life Game ‘Kyusoku (Rest)’”and “Life Game ‘Dokushin (Single)’” in the 46th Shinseisaku Art Society Exhibition held at Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, received “Shin Sakka Sho (New Artist Award)” |
| 1983 | Exhibited “Life Game ‘Doshin (Juvenile Mind)’” in Tokyo Central Art Museum Oil Painting Grand Prix Exhibition, received an honorable mention |
| 1984 | Exhibited “Life ‘Hahaoya (Mother)’” in the 19th Showa-kai Exhibition held at Galerie Nichido, received “Yushu sho (Outstanding Performance Award)” Exhibited “Amimono (Knitting)” as a guest in the 8th Gusho Gendai ten (Contemporary Representational Painting Exhibition) held at Matsuzakaya, received Grand Prize |
| 1986 | Shortlisted for several awards for his works “Life ‘Mizu Asobi (Playing in the Water)’”and “Life ‘Gogo no Koen (Park in the Afternoon)’” in the 50th Shinseisaku Art Society Exhibition held at Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, received “Shin Sakka Sho (New Artist Award)” |
| 1989 | Shortlisted for one of the awards for his work “Life ‘Ningyo Tsukai (Marionette Man)’” in the 32th Yasui Award Exhibition held at Seibu Art Museum Awarded a research grant from the Agency for Cultural Affairs to study in France |
| 1990 | Solo exhibition at Galerie Nichido, Paris |
| 1992 | Completed his 3 dimensional work made of glass “Kaiwa (Conversation)” |
| 1993 | Solo exhibition at Galerie Nichido, Paris “KANAMORI Saiji Gashu (book of paintings)” was published by Kyuryudo |
| 1996 | Stayed in Paris for 3 months to prepare for his solo exhibition at Galerie Nichido, Paris Solo exhibition at Galerie Nichido, Paris Shortlisted for one of the awards for his work “Life ‘Party no Shuyaku (The Star at the Party)’” in the 3rd KOISO Ryohei Grand Prix Exhibition |
| 1998 | Visited Venice for his 3 dimensional glass work “Rhythm no Kaiwa (Conversation of Rhythm)” Received the Grand Prize for his work “Life ‘Chiisana Sekai (A Small World)’” in “KUMAGAI Morikazu Grand Prix” Exhibition held at Kumagai Morikazu Art Museum Shortlisted for one of the awards for his work “Life ‘Bobbin Lace’” in the 4th KOISO Ryohei Grand Prix Exhibition |
| 2000 | Received 2000 Bologna Ragazzi Award Grand Prize for a picture book “Kuro Manto no Ojisan - A Man In Black Coat” in Italy |
| 2001 | Solo exhibition with the original paintings for his picture book in celebration of 2000 Bologna Ragazzi Award Grand Prize |
| 2007 | Solo exhibition at Shiseido-Hatanaka Gallery Booth in Art Fair In Tokyo 2007 at Yurakucho Art Forum |
| Currently, he is a member of Shinseisaku Art Society and Japan Artists Association | |