Katsunori Hamanishi

Biography :

Katsunori Hamanishi was born in 1949 on Hokkaido island - Japan's second largest island. In 1973 he finished his studies at Tokai University in Kanagawa prefecture. In 1987 and 1988 he studied at the University of Pennsylvania with a grant by a US cultural institution. At that time Katsunori Hamanishi was already a respected artist who had received prizes at renowned international exhibitions.

Katsunori's printmaking technique is the mezzotint

1949 - Born in Hokkaido, Japan

1973 - MFA from Tokai University

1989 - Foreign Visiting Artists Program, Windsor, Canada

1990 - Visiting Artist, U. of Pennsylvania, USA

1997 - Visiting Artist, Bradley University, USA

Exhibitions :

2012 -"Out of Darkness" Japanese Mezzotints from the Hitch Collection, Smithsonian Museum, Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Washington D.C.

2004 - “Masters of Mezzotint”, Worcester Museum, MA

2001 - Andrew Bae Gallery, Chicago, IL

1997 - Tobai International, Chicago, Illinois

1997 - International Print Biennale, Yamanashi, Japan

1996 - Beograd Graphic Biennale, Yugoslavia

1994 - Torun International Print Biennale, Poland

1993 - “A View of the New Age”, City Museum of Hiroshima

1990 - Biella International Print Exhibition, Italy

1987 - Frechen International Print Biennial, Germany

1986 - British International Print Biennial, Bradford, England

1986 - Japanese Abstract Prints, Art Institute of Chicago

1985 - 4th Listowel International Graphic Biennial, Ireland

1984 - International Mezzotint Competition, USA

1983 - Cabo Frio International Print Biennial, Brazil

1982 - 9th Int’l Triennial of Original Colored Graphic Prints, Switzerland

1981 - Ljubljana Int’l Print Biennial, Yugoslavia

1980 - International Miniature Print Exhibition, Seoul

1979 - France Contemporary Exhibition ’79, Paris

1979 -8th Ibiza Biennial, Spain

Public Collections :

-Taipei Fine Arts Museum

-Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

-Art Institute of Chicago

-University of Alberta, Edmonton

-Krakow National Museum

-Achenbach Foundation, San Francisco

-Art Gallery of New South Wales

-Museum of Modern Art, New York

-Library of Congress, Washington

-British Museum

-Osaka National Museum of Art