Gallery Kawamatsu, Tokyo, Japan

Masanori KATSUNO Biography

Born in Nagano and studied figurative sculpture at Musashino Art institute in Tokyo. From late 1970's, he started to look for his own abstruct art style and to exhibit many works of original abstruct art of Sculpture, Drawing, Prints etc ... Since 1980's, having his exhibition/participating to some competition, he got a various prize in Japan/France.
In 1990's, he had a various public collectors mainly of Monuments and Relief, like High School, University, Bank etc...

After 10-years-break, apart from his established world of monochrome, he has entered into his new stage: since 2005, his work has been developping into various medium, Prints, Drawing, Objet etc, and warm or multi-color.

<<Competition and Exhibitions>>

1979 8th Modern Japanese Sculpture Exhibition at Ube-City Open Air Sculpture Museum in Yamaguchi Japan

1981 First Solo exhibition in Tokyo ( and then held every year untill 1995 and re-started in 2006)

1985 14th Modern Japanese Sculpture Exhibition at Ube-City Open Air Sculpture Museum in Yamaguchi Japan

1985　17th Contemporary Art Exhibition of Japan at Tokyo Metropolitan Museum in Tokyo Japan & Kyoto Municipal Art Museum in Kyoto Japan

1986 16th International Art Exhibition Japan at Tokyo Metropolitan Museum in Tokyo Japan & Kyoto Municipal Art Museum in Kyoto Japan

1987 Art Document ’87 at Tochigi Prefectural Museum of Fine Arts in Tochigi Japan

1987 13th Japanese-French Contemporary Art Exhibition at Grand-Palais in Paris / Awarded ‘L’Œil-Bibliothèque des Arts’ Prize

1988 14th Japanese-French Contemporary Art Exhibition at Grand-Palais in Paris / Awarded ‘mention’

1989 15th Japanese-French Contemporary Art Exhibition at Grand-Palais in Paris / Awarded ‘mention’ ,

1989 Special exhibition (with Osamu KUGA) at the Shoto Museum of Art in Tokyo, Particiapted 9th Hara Annual at Hara Museum in Tokyo

1991 17th Japanese-French Contemporary Art Exhibition at Grand-Palais in Paris / Awarded ‘Art Yomiuri Prize’ One-man Show at Rockefeller Plaza in New York

1993 Exhibition ‘Variation by Black’ at Kakitagawa Museum in Shizuoka Japan

1995 Competition ‘ Steal Study of 21 Century < Iron House> ’ by Kawasaki Steel Awarded ‘Fine Work’ Prize

2005 Seoul International Print, Photo & Edition Works Art Fair At Hangaram Art Museum of Soeul /

2006 The Shoto Museum of Art Public Competition in Tokyo Awarded ‘Excellent Work’ Prize

<<Public Collection/ Space Work>>

1993 Wall Design of a Municipal Children’s Hall/ Kindergarten in Taito-ku, Tokyo, Japan

1994 Interior Decoration by Relief of The Yokohama Shinkin Bank, Head Office, in Japan

1994 Interior Decoration by Relief of Minowa Welfare center in Taito-ku, Tokyo, Japan

1994 Monument Sculpture & Patio-Space Design Niigata Sangyo University in Nigata, Japan

1994 Relief on the wall of Seibudai High School in Saitama, Japan

1996 Relief Objet of Hamana High School, Shizuoka, Japan

1997 Monument Sculpture of J Park Minami-Azabu, Tokyo, Japan

1997 Patio Design&Monument Sculpture of Yokohama-Ishikawa Gakuen (School), Kanagawa, Japan