Akira Komoto (小本 章, Komoto Akira) is a Japanese artist and photographer, whose photographs often show his artworks in the open air.
Born Masaaki Komoto (小本 昌彰, Komoto Masaaki) in Ōmori-ku, Tokyo (now Ōta-ku, Tokyo) on 14 August 1935, [1] Komoto was brought up in Seki, Gifu Prefecture. [2] He studied at Gifu University, graduating in 1958; and until 1962 at the graduate school of Tokyo University of Education (now Tsukuba University). [1]
Nomoto has created paintings, prints and photographs from the 1960s. From the 1980s these have gained critical acclaim outside Japan, bringing Nomoto invitations to Spain and elsewhere in Europe. [1]
From 1971 to 1974 Nomoto taught at Gifu College of Education (now Gifu Shotoku Gakuen University); since 1994 he has been teaching at Joshibi University of Art and Design. [2]
Exhibitions
One-man exhibitions
- Gallery Stratford, Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, and elsewhere in North America, 1994–2000 [2]
- "Fūkei to no kōkan: Komoto Akira ten", Gifu Collection of Modern Arts 1998 [2]
- "Komoto Akira ten", Minokamo City Museum 2004 [2]
- "60 nendai to genzai: Komoto Akira ten", Eizō & Tōichi Katō Memorial Art Museum, 2005 [2]
- "Shizen to no kōkan", Komoto Akira ten", Hekinan-shi Tetsugaku-taiken-mura Mugaen, 2008 [2]
- "Shizen e / shizen kara", Gifu Collection of Modern Arts, 2008. [2]
Other exhibitions
- "Gendai bijutsu no dōkōten", National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto 1965 [2]
- "Gendai bijutsu ni okeru shashinten", National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo and National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto 1983 [2]
- Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial 2003 2000/2003 [2]
Collections
Bibliothèque nationale de France (Paris); [2] Hyōgo Prefectural Museum of Art; [2] Kunsthalle Düsseldorf; [2] Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo; [2] Museum of Fine Arts, Gifu; [2] Museum of Modern Art, Kamakura and Hayama; [2] National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto; [2] National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo; [2] Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography; [1] Victoria and Albert Museum (London);. [2]
Notes
- ^ a b c d Mihashi Junko (三橋純子), "Nomoto Akira", Nihon shashinka jiten (日本写真家事典) / 328 Outstanding Japanese Photographers (Kyoto: Tankōsha, 2000; ISBN 4-473-01750-8), p.139. (Despite the English language alternative title, in Japanese only.)
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t " Shizen e / shizen kara Archived 2011-07-11 at the Wayback Machine", Gifu Collection of Modern Arts, 2008.
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Akira Komoto (小本 章, Komoto Akira) is a Japanese artist and photographer, whose photographs often show his artworks in the open air.
Born Masaaki Komoto (小本 昌彰, Komoto Masaaki) in Ōmori-ku, Tokyo (now Ōta-ku, Tokyo) on 14 August 1935, [1] Komoto was brought up in Seki, Gifu Prefecture. [2] He studied at Gifu University, graduating in 1958; and until 1962 at the graduate school of Tokyo University of Education (now Tsukuba University). [1]
Nomoto has created paintings, prints and photographs from the 1960s. From the 1980s these have gained critical acclaim outside Japan, bringing Nomoto invitations to Spain and elsewhere in Europe. [1]
From 1971 to 1974 Nomoto taught at Gifu College of Education (now Gifu Shotoku Gakuen University); since 1994 he has been teaching at Joshibi University of Art and Design. [2]
Exhibitions
One-man exhibitions
- Gallery Stratford, Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, and elsewhere in North America, 1994–2000 [2]
- "Fūkei to no kōkan: Komoto Akira ten", Gifu Collection of Modern Arts 1998 [2]
- "Komoto Akira ten", Minokamo City Museum 2004 [2]
- "60 nendai to genzai: Komoto Akira ten", Eizō & Tōichi Katō Memorial Art Museum, 2005 [2]
- "Shizen to no kōkan", Komoto Akira ten", Hekinan-shi Tetsugaku-taiken-mura Mugaen, 2008 [2]
- "Shizen e / shizen kara", Gifu Collection of Modern Arts, 2008. [2]
Other exhibitions
- "Gendai bijutsu no dōkōten", National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto 1965 [2]
- "Gendai bijutsu ni okeru shashinten", National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo and National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto 1983 [2]
- Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial 2003 2000/2003 [2]
Collections
Bibliothèque nationale de France (Paris); [2] Hyōgo Prefectural Museum of Art; [2] Kunsthalle Düsseldorf; [2] Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo; [2] Museum of Fine Arts, Gifu; [2] Museum of Modern Art, Kamakura and Hayama; [2] National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto; [2] National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo; [2] Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography; [1] Victoria and Albert Museum (London);. [2]
Notes
- ^ a b c d Mihashi Junko (三橋純子), "Nomoto Akira", Nihon shashinka jiten (日本写真家事典) / 328 Outstanding Japanese Photographers (Kyoto: Tankōsha, 2000; ISBN 4-473-01750-8), p.139. (Despite the English language alternative title, in Japanese only.)
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t " Shizen e / shizen kara Archived 2011-07-11 at the Wayback Machine", Gifu Collection of Modern Arts, 2008.
External links
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| National | |
| Artists | |
| Other | |
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