Nao Watanabe
WATANABE Sunao
<Biography>
1986
Born in Izumo City, Shimane Prefecture
2010
Graduated from the University of Tsukuba, School of Art and Design, Department of Sculpture
2012
Completed Master's Program in Art Studies at the Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, University of Tsukuba
2016
Completed doctoral program in arts at the Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, University of Tsukuba, and obtained a Ph.D. in arts studies.
Now
Member of the Kokugakai
Associate Professor, Department of Home Economics, Kyoritsu Women's University
Part-time Lecturer, Faculty of Education, Yokohama National University
Part-time Lecturer at Yokohama University of Art and Design
Exhibition History
Solo exhibition
2022
Nao Watanabe "/" (GALERIE PARIS Yokohama)
2019
Sculpture Selection Nao Watanabe (Nihombashi Takashimaya SC Main Building 6th floor Art Sculpture Corner)
2016
Nao Watanabe Exhibition (Iriya Gallery, Tokyo)
Group exhibitions etc.
2023
The sound of chisels heard from Boso: The memories of woodcarver Akira Hasegawa. Special exhibition "Woodcarvers who connect memories" (Kiriyama Museum of Art, Chiba Prefecture)
Sculpture Exhibition: When you touch a sculpture, "touch" and "see" come together (Chiba Prefectural Museum of Art)
2020
Wood Carving Eight-Way Crossroads Exhibition (Nihonbashi Takashimaya SC Main Building 6th Floor Art and Craft Salon)
2019
Japan-Indonesia International Friendship Exhibition 2019 Ceremony – Monolith as a Soul – (Maranatha Christian University, Bandung, Indonesia)
2018
Seoul International Art Expo 2018 (COEX HALL, Seoul, Korea)
11㎡ Wall Sculpture Exhibition (Iriya Gallery, Tokyo)
Yukimin Wood Carving Exhibition (Osaka Takashimaya Gallery NEXT)
Sculptures of Living Creatures (JR Nagoya Takashimaya)
2017
Mainstream Wood Carving Exhibition (JR Nagoya Takashimaya)
Yukimin Wood Carving Exhibition (Osaka Takashimaya Gallery NEXT)
2016
Best Selection of Public Art Groups 2016 (Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum)
2015
Sculptures of Living Creatures (JR Nagoya Takashimaya)
Yukimin Wood Carving Exhibition (Osaka Takashimaya Gallery NEXT)
2014
"why" Iriya Gallery's 2nd Young Artist Support Project (Iriya Gallery, Tokyo)
2013
Miharadani River Wind Festival 2013 (former Omori Elementary School, Toyooka City, Hyogo Prefecture)
Derby Exhibition (GALLERY KINGYO Tokyo)
9th Kasugakai Sculpture Exhibition (Bunkashutta BX Building, Tokyo)
2012
Four Elephants Exhibition (Gallery Musee Art, Tokyo)
2011
Animal Art Collaboration Exhibition Part 4 (Kanazawa Zoo, Yokohama)
The 10th New Metal Sculptor Exhibition (Metal Art Museum, Valley of Light, Inzai City, Chiba Prefecture)
2010
The 14th Nasunohara International Sculpture Symposium (Otawara, Tochigi Prefecture)
