• WATANABE Hiroshi

    CAREER1959
    Born in Fukushima, JAPAN
    1983
    Compleated Graduate Shcool of Bachelor’s Program of Tokyo Zokei University, Department of Fine Arts, Sculpture Major

    PRIVATE EXHIBITIONS:
    2004
    Art Box gallery, Yokohama (’99/ ’96/ ’94)
    Gallery Sougei-koubou, Fukushima (’02)
    2002
    Yokohama-Takashimaya Department store Art Gallery, Kanagawa
    1997
    Ishigami-no-oka Museum of Art, Iwate

    SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
    2005
    The 69th Exhibition of SHINSEISAKU – 2005. Tokyo (every year from ’83)
    2003
    The 5th Exhibition of Amabiki Village and Sculpture. Yamato, Ibaraki (’01/ ’99)
    2000
    “Beyond the Border” Eight Artists of Iwaki – 2000. Iwaki City Art Museum, Fukushima

    SYMPOSIUMS:
    2002
    Tokamachi Stone Sculpture Symposium. Tokamachi, Niigata
    1990
    Surf ’90 “Open Atelier of Stone” Sculpture Symposium. Manazuru, Kanagawa
    1988
    Mansaku-no-Sato International Sculpture Symposium. Akita

  • It is or not

    Granite

    180×150×15 (h)cm

    The road came to an end. Perhaps in a few years the form will be gone, along with all human memories of it. A road that had existed once. Is existence form or memory? What is the truth about form and the creator of form?

  • It is or not

    Granite

    300×50×150 cm
    600 kg

  • FORM for FOREST (SANATORIUM-HATCH)

    Sandstone

    60×60×160 cm
    400 kg

  • “TANUKI-JIZO” for “KUNI”

    Black granite

    70×150×80 cm
    1000 kg

    People’s eyes, things happening in the world, the earth, I notice all kinds of things.
    But I think it is good to have things around that we don’t notice, but just naturally accept. The things that I always knew existed by never really minded are becoming fewer, little by little.
    I want to make things that people don’t care about.