KIDO, Osamu
BIOGRAPHCAL NOTE
1950 :Born in Wajima ,Prefecture of Ishikawa.
1970-74 : Studied sculpture at the Tokyo University of the Arts and graduated it (Degree :B.M.).
1974-1976: Continued his study in the post- graduate school of the same University and completed it (Degree :A..M.).
1977- 81 : Began his academic career as Part-time Assistant in the same University.
1981-84 : Appointed Full time Assistant in the same University.
1984-86 : Part-time Lecturer in the same University.
1986-94 : Appointed Full-time Lecturer in the same University．
1992 -93 : Stayed in Rome as Researcher of the Ministry of Education.
1994-2005: Appointed Associate Professor of Sculpture at the Tokyo University of the Arts.
2005 -18 : Appointed Full Professor of Sculpture at the same University
SOLO EXHIBISIONS
1979 ,’80 ,’84: Cozy Space（Tokyo）
1994: Gallery Seihou (Tokyo)
1995: Art Box （Yokohama）
2002: Atelier Kido (Nagano)
2004: Color Museum (Tokyo)
2006: Nihonbashi Takashimaya (Tokyo)
2009: Gallery Kai (Yokohama) / Gallery Seihou (Tokyo)
2013: Iriya Gallery (Tokyo)
2017: Kido Osamu Commemorative Retirement Exhibition (Tokyo University of the Arts, Tokyo)
GROUP EXHIBITIONS (SELECTION) ＆PRIZES
1974:
Graduation Exhibition of the Tokyo University of the Arts.(Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum,Tokyo)
1975:
The 10tth Japan Art Festival(Ueno Royal Museum, Tokyo)
The 60th Nika Exhibition (Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum ,Tokyo) [Awarded: Special Prize]
1976:
Degree Show of the Post Graduate School ,Tokyo University of the Arts(Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum,Tokyo) [Awarded : Salon de Printemps Prize]
The 11th Japan Art Festival (Ueno Royal Museum,Tokyo/Los Angeles)
The 5th Biennale of Kobe at the Suma Detached Palace Garden, Kobe Contemorary Sculpture Exhibition (Kobe)
1978:
The 1st Metal Plastik Work Artists Exhibition（Ginza Wako Hall ，also in 2nd ，3rd，4th ，6th，11th exhibition）
1979:
The 64th Nika Exhibition (Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo) 【Awarded :the Nika Prize】
1981:
The 15th Contemporary Art Exhibition of Japan (Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo)
The 9th Japan Contemporary Sculpture Exhibition , Esquissse ( Ube, Yamaguchi)
1983:
The 3rd Exhibition of Henry Moore Biennale (Utsukushi-Ga-Hara Open-Air Museum ,Nagano)【Awarded : the Prize of Utsukushi-Ga-Hara Open-Air Museum)
The 10th Japan Contemporary Sculpture Exhibition (Ube, Yamaguchi) 【Awarded: the Prize of the Ube Open-Air Museum】
1985:
The 11th Exhibition of Japan Contemporary Japanese Sculpture (Ube Open-Air Museum, Yamaguchi)
1986:
The 2nd Tokyo Open-Air Contemporary Sculpture Exhibition (Setagaya Kinuta Park ,Tokyo) 【 Awarded: the Prize of Excellence】
1987:
The Commemoration for the 100th Anniversary of Tokyo University of the Arts(Yurakucho Art Forum,Tokyo)
1988:
The Competition of Sculpture for the Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of Yasuda Fire and Marine Insurance Co. Ltd. 【Awarded: The Grand Prize】
1989:
The 3rd Tokyo Open -Air Contemporary Sculpture Exhibition (Setagaya Kinuta Park , Tokyo)
1990:
Marunouchi Open-Air Sculpture (Marunouchi,Tokyo）
1991:
Kido Osamu and Fukai Takashi Duo Exhibition（Itabashi Art Museum，Tokyo）
1994:
The Joint Exhibition Tokyo University of the Arts and Beijing Central Academy (Hiroshima)
1995:
City and Sculpture (Naha, Okinawa）
1999:
Full Time Stuff of The Tokyo University of the Arts
2001:
Arts and Science Exhibition ( Seika University ,Beijing)
2004:
KINZOKU Exhibition (Tennouzu Art Hall, Tokyo)
2005:
International Exchange Exhibition between Tokyo –Seoul (Tokyo / Seoul )
Exhibition Hommage to Yodoi Toshio (Nihonbashi Takashimaya, Tokyo)
2007:
Exhibition “ Compound Eye for the Plastic Arts” (Matsuya, Ueno, Tokyo)
2008:
The Presents from Sculptors Exhibition ( Gallery Ecru no no Mori , Mishima, Shizuoka)
2009:
Kosetsu Dainamo Art Project (Echigo Tsumari Triennale, Niigata)
The Exhibition of the110th Anniversary of the treaty of Amity Japan- Greece (Megaron Mousikis ,Athens)
2010:
Kamikatsu Earthwork 2010 (Kamikatsu, Tokushima)
2011:
The 1st China-Japan Paper Art Exhibition (China Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing)
2012:
The Steel Art Symposium at the Kaohsiung Special Art Zone (Kaohsiung, Taiwan)
2013:
Marunouchi Street Gallery (Marunouchi, Tokyo)
The Presents from Sculptors (Bunkamura Box Gallery, Tokyo)
2015:
The 7 Sculptors Exhibition KUU (Tennnouzu Art Hall, Tokyo)
2016:
International Sculpture Exhibition –Environment (Academy of Fine Arts of Frosinone, Italy)
Kenpoku Art Festival 2016 (Digomachi, Ibaraki)
2017:
The 5 Japanese Contemporary Sculptors (Serindia Gallery Annex, Bangkok ,Thailand)
Big Heat 2017 (Takashimaya, Tokyo/Osaka)
KIDO Osamu Commemorative Retirement Exhibition(Tokyo University of the Arts,Tokyo)
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS (SELECTION)
Utsukushi-Ga-Hara Open-Air Museum（Ueda, Nagano）/ Ube Open-Air Museum（Ube, Ymaguchi） / Isikawa Prefectural Museum of Art (Kanazawa, Ishikawa） / Itabashi Art Museum（Itabashi,Tokyo）/Tateyama Sports Park（Tateyama, Chiba）/ Hiratsukashi Park（Hiratsuka, Kanagawa）/ Tsukudajima Elementary School (Cyuouku, Tokyo) / Institute of Sonpo Japan Kowa Insurance（Nirasaki, Ymanashi）/ Ooji Paper Manufacture Building（Cyuoku, Tokyo）/ Kiryushi Civil Hall (Kiryu, Gunma) / Motomachi Credo (Hiroshima) / Gymnasium of Inagi City（Inagi, Tokyo）/Kokubu City Hall （Kirishima, Kagoshima）/ The Head Office of East Japan Railway Company (Shinjuku, Tokyo）/ International Conference Hall of Miyazaki Sea Gaia (Miyazaki)
Motomachi Creo (Hiroshima) / Japan Huwlett Packerd Building (Hachioji, Tokyo) / Yokohamashi Swimming Pool （ Yokohama）/ Gunma Police Station House (Maebashi,Gunma) / Hibiya High School, (Chiyodaku,Tokyo) / Ishikawa Music Hall (Kanazawa, Ishikawa) / Metropolitan Hotel Marunouchi (Chiyodaku ,Tokyo) / Kaohsiung Special Art Zone (Kaohsiung, Taiwan) /Koufu Governer Office of Law (Koufu , Yamanashi) / Capital Gate Place the Tower (Cyuouku,Tokyo)