TASTUNORI KANO
Born in Hiroshima, in 1954.
STUDIES
1973-77 of Fine Art in Tokyo and graduates in art
1977-80 Specializes in Painting
1980-85 Obtains Painting Diploma from Accademia di Belle Arti of Bologna.
MAIN EXHIBITIONS
1977-79 Communal Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
1977-78 'Kokuga Kai Association', State Museum, Tokyo, Japan
1978 Nihon University Gallery – Tokyo, Japan
1984-86 Spazia Art Studio, presented by C. Ceritelli, Bologna, Italy
1987 'The Dionysus garden', one-man show, Torgiano, Italy; organised by Mario and Lorenzo Lispi
1987 Tenmaya Gallery one-man show, Mihara, Japan; organised by Haruki Morokawa
1993 Simon Gavina, (Shop of Carlo Scarpa) one-man show, Bologna, Italy; presented by Dino Gavina
1994 'Homage to James Joyce' – one-man show, Perugia, Italy; organised by Romano and Walter Cardinali
1995 Centre for the Study of Far Eastern Art – one-man show, organized by Elko Kondo
1996 'Unternehmen und Kunst', Seebruck-Chiemsee, Germany; sponsored by Karl-George Nickel
1997 Die galerie- one-man show, Seebruck-Chiemsee, Germany
Gallery K – one-man show, Hiroshima, Japan
2000 Xenobio, Gallery Ariete, presented by Hideo Ikegami & Gido Tucci Bologna, Italy
2001 Gallery Nickel, one-man show, Seebruck-Chiemsee, Germany
Airport Art Events, Airport G. Marconi, one-man show, Bologna, Italy, organized by Dino Gavina, Bologna
2002 Gallery K. Mihara one–man show, Japan
2002 Studio AG one-man show, Shio, Italy
2004 Kyoto Asny one-man show, Japan, presented by Haruki Morokawa & Hidehiro Ikegami
2005 Gallery Nakayama one-man show (June/05–18) Ginza, Tokyo
Museo d’Arte moderna e contemporanea Ca’la Ghironda (15 October16- November) presented by Giorgio Celli
2006 Galleria ARTES one-man show, Schio, Italy.
International Art Fair
19986-99 Bologna Art Fair, Italy
1997 Strasbourg International Art Fair, France
1997 Kunstmarket International, Dusseldorf, Germany
1998 Arco, International Art Fair, Madrid, Spain.
Main public collections
Airport G. Marconi, Bologna, Italy
Geibun Culture Center, Giyo Bank, Mito, Japan
Tokyo University, Tokyo, Japan
Museo della Ceramica, Castelli, Teramo, Italy
Museo del Vino-Fondazione Lungarotti, Torgiano, Italy
Kamome Shinyou Bank, Japan
Università degli Studi di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
Università degli Studi medico-sociali, Mihara, Japan
University of Welfare, Hiroshima, Japan.