● Preparation for the opening party

Ask anything ... these friendly sculptors are sure to be a lot of fun!

When : Saturday, October 4, 7:00 p.m.
Place : Artland Gallery
Reservation : not required / Fee : Free

MAITA Masafumi

1944　Born in Mukden, Manchuria (present-day Northeast China)
1966　Participated in the 7th Contemporary Japanese Art Exhibition; held his first solo exhibition at Muramatsu Gallery, Tokyo
1969　1st International Sculpture Exhibition, Hakone Open-Air Museum
1971　Grand Prize, 6th International Young Artists Exhibition
1971–73　Stayed in France on a scholarship from the Shelter Rock Foundation
1976　37th Venice Biennale
1977　10th Paris Biennale
1981　“Witness 1981,” Centre Pompidou, Paris
1985　Award for Excellence, 4th Henry Moore Grand Prize Exhibition
1986　42nd Venice Biennale
1994　“Dialogue between Photography and Sculpture: Anzai Shigeo and Maita Masafumi,” The Museum of Modern Art, Kamakura & Hayama
1995　Received the 7th Hongo Shin Award
1997　“MAITA Masafumi: Sound, Bamboo, Water and Silence,” Shimoyama Museum of Art and Electric Power
2003　“MAITA Masafumi: Sound, Bamboo, Water and Silence,” Ohara Museum of Art
2006　“Symphony of Light: MAITA Masafumi Installation,” Iwate Museum of Art
2009　Died at the age of 64