TOSHIO SAKURAI / 桜井 敏生
TOSHIO SAKURAI
1940 Born in Tomata-gun, Okayama, Japan
1958 Graduated from Okayama prefectural Tsuyama Senior High school
1964 Graduated from western painting, Musashino Art University
1970 Starts teaching at sculpture department, Kuwazawa Design school, KDS
1974 Became member of Sinseisaku –Art Society
1988 Starts teaching sculpture department, Tokyo Zukei University,
2006 Stopped teaching Kuwazawa Design school, Tokyo Zukei University
Withdrawal Shinseisaku-Art Society
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Exhibitions
1969 Shinseisaku Art Society Exhibition , Tokyo Metropolitan Museum, Tokyo (continued every year until 2006)
1972 Won the price for New Face Artists in the Shinseisaku Art Society Exhibition, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum, Tokyo
1973 “New Figure Sculptures Exhibition” in the Shinseisaku Art Society, Contemporary Sculpture Center , Tokyo
Won the price for New Face Artists in the Shinseisaku Art, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum, Tokyo
“10th World Festival of Youth and Students” East Berlin-Dresden, East Germany
1974 “New Figure Sculptures Exhibition” in the Shinseisaku Art Society, Contemporary Sculpture Center , Tokyo
1976 “12th Mainichi Contemporary Japanese Art Exhibition”, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo
“1st Hachioji Sculpture Symposium” by invitation, Hachioji, Tokyo
1977 Participated “The International Sculpture’s Symposium in Siklons” Villany , Hungary
“20 members of Contemporary Sculpture Exhibition” Tamagawa Takashimaya, Tokyo
1983 1983 “Figurative Sculpture Grand Prize Exhibition in Kobe “, south park, Kobe Port Island, Hyogo
1984 6 members Contemporary Japanese Art Exhibition, Budapest Hungary
1985 Contemporary Japanese Sculpture Exhibition , Chiba Museum of Arts, Chiba
Solo exhibition Art Salon Gallery Shiki, Tachikawa, Tokyo
1995 Solo exhibition Court gallery Kunitachi , Kunitachi, Tokyo
1998 Two man show, Gallery Gubaku, Hidaka, Saitama
1999 Two man show, Court gallery Kunitachi, Kunitachi, Tokyo
2009 Solo exhibition, Zokei gallery, Tokyo Zokei University, Hachioji, Tokyo
2013 Two man show, M&Y muzeum , Tsuyama, Japan