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Fish Print I

Kunio Kaneko - Biography
Whisper Whisper 2
copyright Kunio Kaneko

Japanese people like fish - on their plates as well as on their walls as images of fine art. Contemporary Japanese printmaker Kunio Kaneko, born 1949, self-published a number of beautiful woodblock prints with fish images.

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Education

Kunio Kaneko graduated from Musashino Junior Collecge of Fine Arts. He studied under Hoshi Joichi and Sasajima Kihei, two famous Japanese printmakers with very different art styles.

Exhibitions

The artist is a regular participant of the prestigious annual CWAJ Print Shows. In 2007 it was his 21st year.

• 2001 - Solo Exhibition, Okinawa, Japan.
• 2001 - Solo Exhibition Tokyo, Japan.
• 2001 - Exhibition of nine Japanese printmakers, New York, USA.

Fish Prints by Kunio Kaneko

Viewing fish is relax for your soul. Fish prints by Kunio Kaneko have the same effect as fish in an aquarium. But Kunio Kaneko's woodblock prints need less space, no food and cost less.

These prints are made with elaborate techniques like fine graduation ("bokashi" in Japanese), the use of metallic pigments and a perfect rendering. It is hard to believe that these images were made in woodblock technique. Kunio Kaneko has a sense for perfection!

We have never met the artist in person. But judging from the titles used for his fish prints like "Go", "Run Run Run" or "Miss Sunshine" he must be quite a whimsical guy.

Dieter Wanczura
(September 2009)

Fish Print II

Joichi Hoshi - Biography
Run Run Run
copyright Kunio Kaneko

Fish Print III

Yuichiro Kato Biography
September Story - 2
copyright Kunio Kaneko

Fish Print IV

Tadashige Nishida - Biography
Swing Swing Swing
copyright Kunio Kaneko

Fish Print V

Mitsuaki Sora - Biography
La La La
copyright Kunio Kaneko

Fish Print VI

Prints by Katsuyuki Nishijima
Whisper Whisper 1
copyright Kunio Kaneko

Fish Print VII

Shuzo Ikeda - Biography
Happy Time
copyright Kunio Kaneko

Fish Print VIII

Yoshiharu Kimura - Biography
Miss Sunshine
copyright Kunio Kaneko

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