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Kunihiro Amano is a leading Japanese artist of the second half of the 20th century. The designs of his woodblock prints are figural, semi-abstract or abstract compositions in geometrical or natural forms. Many of the artist's images have - more or less visible - sexual symbols integrated.

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Associations

The artist is member of the Japanese Print Association and of Kokuga-kei.

Technique

Kunihiro Amano works in traditional woodblock technique. A typical edition size from the 1960s or 1970s is 50 copies, of later works 120 copies. Both, limited editions and open editions exist side by side.

Exhibitions

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Kunihiro Amano's list of international exhibitions and awards is long and impressive.

• 1957, 1960, 1962, 1964 - Tokyo Print Biennial, Japan.
• 1960 - 2nd International Young Artists Exhibition in Paris, France.
• 1963, 1965, 1967, 1969, 1971 - 5th to 9th International Print Biennial in Ljubljana, Yugoslavia.
• 1964 - Prize award at 8th International Print Biennial in Lugano, Switzerland.
• 1966, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1974 - 1st to 5th Krakow International Print Biennial, Poland. Prize awards at the 1966 and 1968 exhibitions.
• 1967 - 9th Sao Paulo International Exhibition Biennial, Brazil.
• 1968 - Award at 2nd Pistoia International Print Biennial, Italy.
• 1968, 1970, 1972, 1974 - 1st to 4th Bradford International Print Biennial, England.
• 1969 - Award of 1st prize at 5th Xylon Woodblock Print Exhibition, Switzerland.
• 1970, 1972, 1974 - Buenos Aires International Print Biennial, Argentina. Prize Award in 1974.
• 1970 - Grand prize at International Woodblock Print Biennial in Banska Bystrica, Czechoslovakia.
• 1972, 1974, 1976, 1978 - 1st to 4th Norwegian International Print Biennial, Norway.
• 1972, 1974 - 2nd and 3rd International Drawing Biennial in Rijeka, Yugoslavia. Grand Prize Award in 1974.
• 1972 - First Prize Award at 1st Philippine International Print Biennial.
• 1972, 1974, 1976, 1978 - Frenchen International Print Biennial, Germany. Prize Award in 1974 and 1st Prize in 1976.
• 1978 - First Prize at Listowel International Graphic Art Open Exhibition, Ireland.
• 1978 - International Drawing Biennial in Christchurch, New Zealand.

Collections

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• National Museum of Modern Art Tokyo, Japan.
• Kamakura Museum of Modern Art, Japan.
• National Museum of Modern Art (Moma), New York, U.S.A.
• Washington Library of Congress, Washington D.C., U.S.A.
• Oregon University Art Museum, U.S.A.
• Lugano Museum of Modern Art, Switzerland.
• Poznan Museum of Modern Art, Poland.
• Krakow Museum of Modern Art, Poland.
• Skopje, Museum of Modern Art, Macedonia.
• National Gallery Oslo, Norway.
• Albertina Museum, Vienna, Austria.
• Kunsthalle Wilhelmshaven, Germany.

Dieter Wanczura
(July 2004, updated October 2009)

Gallery of Amano Kunihiro Prints

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Hideaki Kato - Prints
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Katsuyuki Nishijima - Biography
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Amano Kunihiro VI

Kunio Kaneko - Biography
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Amano Kunihiro VII

Shigeki Kuroda - Biography
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