Toru Hamada
Biography
| 1953 | Born in Ehime, Japan |
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| 1971 | Graduated from Ehime Prefectural Matsuyama Minami High School |
| 1972 | Moved to Europe. Lived in Carrara, Italy after staying in Paris and Rome |
| 1973 | Enrolled in Scuola del Marmo, Carrara (studied until 1976) |
| 1977 | Moved to France after staying in Brussels |
| Currently lives and works in St. Lubin de la Haye |
Selected Solo Exhibitions
| 1976 | Galleria d’Arte Contemporaneo, Carrara, Italy |
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| 1988 | Galerie K’Art, Paris (90, 91, 93, 96) |
| 1988 | Maison de la Culture du Japon a Paris, Paris |
| 1989 | Base Gallery, Tokyo (89, 90, 93, 94, 97, 99, 00, 01, 06, 10) |
| 1995 | Live Art Gallery, Matsuyama, Japan (97) |
| 1996 | Kodama Gallery, Osaka Galerie Point JAL, Paris |
| 1997 | Galerie Di Meo, Paris (99, 02, 06) Satosanbo Gallery, Tobe, Japan (99, 00, 01, 02, 03, 04, 05) |
| 2000 | Osean 45, Miyazaki, Japan |
| 2002 | Gotenmachi Gallery, Uwajima, Japan (03, 04) |
| 2003 | Gallery MAP, Fukuoka Today’s Gallery, Ozu, Japan (04, 05, 07, 08, 09) |
| 2006 | Base Gallery, Tokyo |
| 2007 | Miurart Village Art Museum, Matsuyama |
| 2008 | Opus Gallery, Iyo |
| 2010 | The Museum of Art, EHIME, Matsuyama Base Gallery, Tokyo Opus gallery, Iyo |
| 2011 | Galerie Hugo Godderis, Belgium（14） Matsuyama Mitsukoshi, Matsuyama（12,13） Iyoseki Stone Gallery, Saijyo Negenpuntnegen Kunstgalerij・Roeselare, Belgium（14） |
| 2012 | Ginza Mitsukoshi, Tokyo |
| 2013 | Miurart Village Art Museum, Matsuyama |
| 2015 | Galerie Gaetane Duez, Belguim Base Gallery, Tokyo |
Selected Group Exhibitions
| 1974 | Actualite des Arts, Bruxelles |
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| 1986 | “N.A.C.”, UNESCO, Paris “Novembre a Vitry”, Vitry-sur-Seine, France |
| 1988 | Galerie d’Art, Orly “Peintures d’Aujourd’hui”, Barbizon |
| 1989 | “Festival international de peinture”, Cagnes-sur-Mer |
| 1991 | “Drawing 1991”, Cork Gallery, New York / Great Wall Gallery, Toronto / Japan Arts Gallery, Tokyo |
| 1992 | Hotel du Departement, Aurillac, France |
| 1993-94 | “Hommage a L’Atelier Lacouriere-Frelaut”, Meguro Museum of Art, Tokyo / Navio Museum of Art, Osaka / Oita Prefectural Art Hall, Oita / Koriyama City Museum of Art, Fukushima / Kawaguchiko Museum of Art, Yamanashi |
| 1994 | Bumpodo Gallery, Tokyo |
| 1997 | “De la trace au plan”, ELAC, Lyon |
| 1998 | Takashimaya Department Store, Tokyo / Osaka / Yokohama / Kyoto “NAC98”, Maison de la Culture du Japon a Paris |
| 2000 | “Lettres d’artistes”, Meguro Museum of Art |
| 2000-01 | Takashimaya Department Store, Tokyo / Yokohama / Osaka / Kyoto |
Collections
| Kawaguchiko Museum of Art, Yamanashi
TOKYUCORPORATION Mobil Oil Sweden Grand Hyatt Fukuoka, Fukuoka Societe Generale Kyoto University Hospital, Kyoto Miurart Village Art Museum, Ehime The Museum of Art, EHIME Ehime University, Jyohoku campus Ehime University Museum, Ehime Ehime Prefectural Government, Ehime Bancho Elementary School, Matsuyama Matsuyama Central Park, Ehime |