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Takamichi Ito
1939
Born in Sapporo, Island of Hokkaido, Japan.
1962
Graduated from Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music.
1964
Tokyo Art Director's Club, Gold Award.
1965
Tokyo Art Director's Club, Silver Award.
1966
Tokyo Art Director's Club, Bronze Award.
1967
Mainichi Industrial Design Prize.
1968
Special Prize, 1st Contemporary Sculpture Exhibition, Kobe Biennale, Suma Detached Palace Garden, Kobe.
Contemporary Trends in Japanese Art, National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto.
Contemporary Space-Environment and Light Exhibition, Kobe.
Contemporary Art of Japan, London.
1969
Honorable Award, 1st International Exhibition of Modern Sculpture, Hakone Open-Air Museum, Hakone.
9th Contemporary Art of Japan Exhibition, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Art.
3rd Contemporary Sculpture of Japan Exhibition.
Electromagica '69, Sony Salon, Tokyo.
1970
Tokyo Art Director's Club, Bronze Award.
Asahi Press Award, 2nd Contemporary Sculpture Exhibition, Kobe Biennale,
Suma Detached Palace Garden, Kobe.
Planning and display design, EXPO'70, Osaka; The Japanese Government Pavilion.
1972
Special Prize, 3rd Contemporary Sculpture Exhibition, Kobe Biennale, Suma Detached Palace Garden, Kobe.
Graphic Image '72, Tokyo Central Museum of Art.
1973
Twenty Years of Contemporary Art, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Design Forum '73, Tokyo.
Graphic Image '73, Tokyo Central Museum of Art.
Grand Prize, 4th Contemporary Sculpture Exhibition, Kobe Biennale, Suma Detached Palace Garden, Kobe.
The Contemporary Sculptor 20, Tokyo Central Museum of Art.
Grand Prize, Grand prize the 2nd Exhibition, Hakone Open-Air Museum, Hakone.
A View of Japanese Contemporary Art, Seibu Museum of Art, Tokyo.
Display design and production, EXPO'75, Okinawa; Mitsui Children's Science Pavilion.
13th Middelheim Biennale Exhibition, Antwerp, Belgium.
1976
US-JAPAN Conference for Culture and Educational Interchange, New York City.
National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, Award; Board of Education Award,
5th Contemporary Art of Japan Exhibition,, Kobe Biennale, Suma Detached Palace Garden, Kobe.
1977
"Kinetic Sculpture Exhibition" in Tokyo, Osaka, Sapporo, Fukuoka, Kobe and Okayama.
Grand Prix Award, 3rd Exhibition, Hakone Open-Air Museum, Hakone.
1979
Grand Prize, The 13th S.D.A Awrd.
Japan Style, Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
1980
Development of Contemporary Sculpture in Japan, Kanagawa Prefecture Gallery.
A Contemporary Image Exhibition, Yamagata Museum of Art.
1981
Most outstanding Award, The 15th S.D.A Award.
1985
TAKAMICHI ITO Exhibition "Exhibition of Kinetic Sculpture in Tokyo, Fukuoka and Sapporo"
1986
"Locus on Earth and Sky", Sapporo Art Park, Sapporo, Hokkaido.
Kinetic Art: "Light-Dancing", San Diego, U.S.A.
Kinetic Art: "Airline" ANA Hotel Tokyo at Akasaka, Tokyo
1987
TAKAMICHI ITO Exhibition at Sapporo Art Park in Hokkaido.
1988
International Sculpture Exhibition, Brisbane, Australia.
High Technology Art Exhibition, Ta-chai City Museum, Ta-chai, Taiwan.
1989
The 1st International Biennale in Nagoya, ARTEC 89, Nagoya.
Directed planning and design of the Tokyo Sea Life Park, Kasai, Tokyo.
Urayasu Centenary Monument, Urayasu, Chiba.
1990
Sculpture: "Wind & Surface of Water "Toyako Sculpture Park, Hokkaido.
Gate Monument: "Light Gate", NEC, Mita, Tokyo.
Kinetic Art: "Galaxy", MBS Osaka Mainichi Broadcasting System, Inc., Osaka.
1991
Kinetic Art: "Stream-Encounter-Light", Shimane.
Designed the structure bearing the flame for the Sapporo Winter World Student Games.
Outstanding Award, Japan Display Design.
1992
Sculpture: "Breath-Spring / Autumn", New Chitose Airport, Chitose, Hokkaido.
1993
Monument of friendship between Aichi prefecture and Jiangsu, China"Gloval Ring", Nanjing, China.
Kinetic Art: "HAPPY MACHINE-Air", Sapporo Factory, Sapporo, Hokkaido.
Sculpture: "Sky-Man-Line ", Hokkaido Postal Services Bureau, Sapporo, Hokkaido.
Appointed Professor at Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music. Opened the Ito Study Room.
1994
Outstanding Award, 14th Contemporary Sculpture Exhibition, Kobe Biennale, Suma Detached Palace Garden, Kobe
1995
TAKAMICHI ITO Exhibition: "Time by Reflection", The Hakone Open-AirMuseum, Hakone, Kanagawa
1996
Kinetic Art: "Light-in the Air", Tokyo General Work Center for Senior Citizens, Iidabashi, Tokyo.
TAKAMICHI ITO Exhibition , Marunouchi-Naka-Street Art Promenade, Marunouchi, Tokyo.
1997
Kinetic Art: "Energy from the Sun", Tokaimura new government office building, Ibaraki.
Kinetic Art: "4 Rotating", Tong Young International Sculpture Symposium, Korea.
Kinetic Art: "A pair peal"Herbis Osaka, Osaka.
1998
Spatial Sculpture: "Line of Light-Snowy Wind", Echigo National Hill Park, Nagaoka, Niigata.
TAKAMICHI ITO Exhibition: "Reflected Time", The Iwate Open Air Museum, Iwate.
1999
Kinetic Art: "Dancing-Wind-Light", Shimane Art Museum, Shimane.
TAKAMICHI ITO Exhibition: "Rotating Time", Takaoka Art Museum, Toyama.
2000
TAKAMICHI ITO Exhibition:Jo Hyun Gallery,Pusan,Korea
2001
Work Collection of International Sculpture Exhibition on Theme Park Yanqing Chaina 2001
2014
Duo Exibition with Satoshi Koyama "Wind and Light Flow Through Life City" at Tenmaya Deptartment Store, Okayama.
Present
Honorary professor of Tokyo National University of Fine Arts
Arc and Spiral
1100 x 300 x 300 mm
2008
Flow
700 x 250 x 250 mm
2008
Flap 1
600 x 400 x 400 mm
2008
Flam
1750 x 350 x 350 mm
2008
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