WATANABE Kanako　Biography

[Education]
Completed the Master’s Program (Printmaking), Painting Department, Graduate School of Tama Art University

[Major Solo Exhibitions since 2020]
2021　Art Gallery Muse (Maebashi / also held in 2013 and 2015)
2022　“Subtle Memories,” Y-art gallery (Osaka)
　　　WATANABE Kanako Exhibition, Art Zone Kaguraoka (Kyoto / also held in 2009, 2012, 2014, and 2018)
　　　“Rainbow Bird: WATANABE Kanako Exhibition,” WATERMARK arts & crafts (Kunitachi)
　　　“FRAGMENTS 2,” B-gallery (Ikebukuro / also held in 2017)
2025　“Light That Is Transferred and Layered,” WATANABE Kanako Woodblock Print Exhibition, GALLERY ONOTO (Kodaira)

[Major Group Exhibitions & Awards since 2020]
2020　Special Exhibition “Gen Yamanaka and Kanako Watanabe: Märchen Prints / A Road Once Traveled,” Takahata Kashō Taishō Roman Museum
　　　Chamalières International Print Triennial (France)
　　　“Multiple & Papier,” Galerie Grand E’terna (Paris)
2021　Art Fair Tokyo “Black and White / Jun Yoshida & Kanako Watanabe,” Murakoshi Gallery (Tokyo International Forum)
　　　“50 Years of Printmaking at Tama Art University,” Tama Art University Museum
　　　Awagami International Mini Print Exhibition 2021 [Second Prize][Pressing Matters Award], Awa Washi Traditional Industry Hall
　　　Minamishimabara City Seminario Contemporary Print Exhibition [JA Shimabara-Unzen Cooperative Chairman’s Award]
　　　Ireland–Japan Exchange Exhibition “Ghost Stories—An Encounter with Lafcadio Hearn”
　　　“A TALE—About Hands—” and “The Pleasure of Reverse Glass Painting—With Eight Artists—,” Galerie 412
　　　“The Joy of Woodblock Prints: Gen Yamanaka, Mikiharu Nishimatsu, and Kanako Watanabe,” Galerie 412
2025　Two-Person Exhibition “Kanako Watanabe & Yun Jung Song,” Encre & Argile (Château-Gontier, France)
　　　IRODORI “India–Japan Print Exchange Exhibition,” YUKI-SIS (Kayabachō)