“Binômes” avec Hiroko Okamoto
Galerie Peinture Fraîche, 29 rue de Bourgogne - 75007 Paris, France
Tél. 01 45 51 00 85
du 9 au 20 mars 2021
Miniprint Kazanlak, Bulgarie
Special Curated Exhibition, Plovdiv, Mars 2021
Art Gallery Kazanlak, Kazanlak, Juin 2021
Exposition personnelle “Éphémère immortel”
Galerie l’Angélus, 34 Grande rue - 77630 Barbizon, France
Tél. 06 16 40 33 43
du 3 au 28 juin 2021
Exposition personnelle avec Karen Watanabé
Musée Raymond Lafage, 10 rue Victor Maziès - 81310 Lisle-sur-Tarn, France
Tél. 05 63 40 45 45
du 19 juin au 31 octobre 2021
Exposition personnelle
Galerie Gloux, 22 avenue du Docteur Nicolas - 29900 Concarneau, France
Tél. 02 98 97 32 23
du 27 août au 31 octobre 2021
Born in 1954 in Yokohama, Japan.
After completing his studies in Tokyo, leaves Japan from Yokohama harbour in 1977, crosses Siberia and goes to Paris where he settles down to work.
From 1979 to 1981, he learns engraving techniques with S. W. Hayter at the Atelier 17, Paris.
Since 1981, he has dedicated his work to mezzotint.
Settles down in Pierric, Brittany.
In 2001, sets up a studio in Paris.
Mezzotint was invented by an amateur artist, Ludwig von Siegen, in the 17th century.
By “rocking” the copper plate in different directions, with the implement called “rocker”, the groung is created by incising burrs.This enables the artist to produce a solid, matte surface that prints a velvet black when ink is applied to the plate.
The image is produced by “shaving the burrs” or delicately pushing the ground.The more the ground is pushed the shinier the plate becomes. This is known as burnishing.
Ink is applied on the copper by hand, and then wiped with cheese cloth, printing is done in an etching press.
First Prize in the Classial Printmaking
Miniprint Kazanlak
Bulgaria - 2018
Grand Prix
4th International Mezzotint Festival
Ekaterinbourg, Russia - 2017
Laureat
3ème Triennale de Gravure en taille douce
Lisle-Sur-Tarn, France - 2015