Artist Statement

Mediaselect programme

1980, 8′, colour

• Akira Kurosaki was born in  Manchuria in 1937. (Manchuria was a geographic region of Russia and China under Japanese colonial rule from 1932 to 1945). In 1956 Kurosaki entered he Kyoto Institute of Technology where he studied in the Department of Design and received his B.A. degree in 1962. Almost immediately after earning his degree, he began teaching part-time until 1968. His first solo color woodcut exhibition was mounted at Shimanouchi Gallery in Osaka in 1965. Kurosaki has traveled the world as a visiting professor, artist in residence, and lecturer. His work is represented in the collections of the Kyoto City Art Museum, Museum of Modern Art in Kamakura, National Museum of Art in Osaka, Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art in Sapporo, National Museum of Modern Art in Tokyo, Bellas Artes National Museum in Santiago, Bibliotheque nationale in Paris, National Museum of Krakow, Museum of Modern Art in New York, Library of Congress in Washington, Los Angeles County Museum, Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts in San Francisco, the British Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. [sources Wikipedia and https://www.annexgalleries.com/artists/biography/4077/Kurosaki/Akira]