• MAKI Wataru

    CAREER1949
    Born in Ishikawa, JAPAN
    1972
    Graduated from Kanazawa Art University, Sculpture Department, B.A.

    SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
    2003
    The 5th Exhibition of Amabiki Village and Sculpture. Yamato, Ibaraki (’01,’99)
    1995
    Appeal for Public Subscriptions in Nou, Niigata
    1989
    Art Exhibition of Contemporary Ibaraki. Ibaraki Modern Art Museum
    1979
    Kanazawa Sculpture Exhibition, Ishikawa (’80-present, every years)
    1976
    The Exhibition of Shinseisaku Artists Association, Tokyo Metroporitan Art Museum (Awarded the New Artist Prize)

    SYMPOSIUMS:
    1998
    Okayama Sculpture Art Jamboree ’98, Okayama
    1993
    The 3rd Kasaoka Stone Sculpture Symposium, Okayama
    1992
    Saku Marble Sculpture Symposium, Nagano
    1987
    Hakuba Open Air Sculpture Symposium, Nagano
    1984
    Ohmiya Sculpture Symposium, Saitama
    1978
    Untoan Sculpture Symposium, Niigata

  • AMABIKIDON

    White granite, Wood

    400×350×120 (h)cm


  • Fountain of imagination

    black granite

    153×82×73 (h)cm


  • Woods of KI

    White granite

    110×140×240 (h)cm


  • Seal of the time

    Andesite

    140×170×110 cm
    2500 kg

    When I think about beginnings and ends of things, I’m keen to know where I am right now. While all sorts of thoughts turn over and over, like human evolution, the future of the earth and my own life, I can gain peace of mind by encapsulating the current point in time in Amabiki.


  • a guard of forest

    White granite

    60×150×230 cm
    1800 kg


  • Madaminusekaini

    Granite (black, yellow)

    A 110×120×120 cm 700 kg
    B 110×140×90 cm 600 kg
    C 110×140×115 cm 700 kg