Itaru Mishiku
Born in 1949 in Shizuoka prefecture. Graduated from the Department of Sculpture at the Italian National Academy of Art (Class of Emilio Greco) in 1977.
Major exhibitions include the “Japan & Italy New Generation” Exhibition at the Institute of Japanese Culture and the National Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art in Rome (1992), “Disassembly & Combination” Exhibition at the Spoleto Municipal Museum of Art (1993), the “5th Nouvelle Vente Itaru Mishiku Sculpture Exhibition” at the Tokyo Fujita Vente Museum (1994), the “Rome Contemporary Art Special Exhibition” at the Rome Municipal Contemporary Art Museum (1997), the solo exhibition “Regeneration” at the University of Rome Affiliated Experimental Contemporary Art Museum (2005), and the solo exhibition “Barriers” at the Spoleto Contemporary Art Museum (2006). A large number of works are erected in both Japan and Italy.
Activity History Highlights
1992 “Japan & Italy New Generation” Exhibition National Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art (Rome)
Institute of Japanese Culture (Rome) Italy
1993 “Disassembly & Combination” Exhibition Spoleto Municipal Museum of Art (Racani Alloni Hall) (Spoleto) Italy
1994 Solo exhibition “5th Nouvelle Vente Itaru Mishuku Sculpture Exhibition” at the Fujita Vente Museum (Tokyo)
”Festival Two Worlds” Exhibition Spoleto Contemporary Art Museum (Spoleto) Italy
1995 “Secret Courtyard” – Place & Plan – Exhibition Palazzo Barberini, European Design Art University (Rome)
1996 “The Wind’s Memories” Itaru Mishiku Sculpture Exhibition Special Exhibition Rose Theater (Fuji)
1997 “Rome Contemporary Art Special Exhibition” at the Rome Municipal Contemporary Art Museum (Rome) Italy
1999 Received the 38th Shizuoka Prefecture Cultural Prize (Shizuoka)
2001 “New Encounters in Europe Through Sculpture” Exhibition Montauban Cultural Center (Montauban) France
Received an award of excellence at the 7th Shizuoka Civic Landscaping Grand Prize (Shizuoka)
- Solo exhibition “Folding Sculpture” Itaru Mishiku Sculpture Exhibition at the AUNKAN Galeri (Barcelona) Spain
- Solo exhibition “Nature & Arousal” at the Plus Minus Gallery (sponsored by the Tokyo Electric Power Company) (Tokyo)
Asahi Shimbun Newspaper Person in charge of illustration for the “World of Haiku and Poets” (Tokyo)
2004 Solo exhibition “Regeneration” The University of Rome Affiliated Experimental Contemporary Art Museum (Rome)
2005 Solo exhibition “Barriers” Spoleto Contemporary Art Museum (Spoleto) Italy
2007 Nippon Express Corporation Winner of the 70th Anniversary of Sculpture Designation Competition (Tokyo)
2008 “A Sculptor’s Gift” Exhibition The Hakone Open-Air Museum AOM Gallery (Kanagawa)
2009 “105 People’s Time Exhibition” (sponsored by the Shizuoka Prefecture Culture Foundation) Granship (Shizuoka)
Solo exhibition “Listen to the Wind” Mt Fuji Community Plaza for the Environment (Fujinomiya)
2010 “Shinjuku Eastside” (Mitsubishi Estate, Sumitomo Mitsui Construction) Won a prize in the Sculpture Designation Competition (Tokyo)
2012 ‟Spoleto 55°Festival dei Due Mondi” (The 55th Festival Two Worlds) Exhibition (Spoleto)
2013 “Enjoying Famous Music Hidekazu Yoshida“ Person in charge of design for the covers of all 5 volumes
”Giuseppe D’ Atanssio 2013″ Exhibition “Art Resonance” Albornoz Palace Hotel (Spoleto) Italy
2014 Person in charge of designing the cover of “Hiding in the Leaves” by Ryutaro Abe“ (Nikkei Art & Literature Library)
2015 Suruga Province Art Festival “Mt Fuji Biennale 2014” (Fuji)
2016 Solo exhibition “A Trip to the Source” Botanika Art Space (Shizuoka)
2017 “What I Want to Tell you Here and Now”“ Do Arts Fujisan Mt Fuji Community Plaza for the Environment (Fujinomiya)
2018 Solo exhibition “Teuri” Orie Art Gallery (Tokyo)
2019 Solo exhibition ”Something Great ~A Recollection of Scenery~” (Megururi Art+ Displayed for the first half of 2019) GRANSHIP (Shizuoka)
”Megururi Art Shizuoka 2019″ Eastern Shizuoka Art & Sports Square (Shizuoka)
2020 “16th KAJIMA Sculpture Competition Selected Works Exhibition” Kajima KI Building / Atrium (Tokyo) ”ART AWARD IN THE CUBE 2020″ ~Memory Whereabouts~ Gifu Prefectural Art Museum (Gifu)
Main Public Spaces
1987 “Sculptures for Wind & Light” Shizuoka Shiritsu Ando Junior High School (Shizuoka) – Shizuoka
1990 “Dialogue” Mariino City Park (Mariino) – Italy
1994 “A Recollection of Scenery” Act City Hamamatsu (Hamamatsu) – Shizuoka
1997 “A Recollection of Scenery – C” Credia Headquarters (Shizuoka) – Shizuoka
2002 “Untitled” Spoleto Modern Art Museum (Spoleto) – Italy
2005 “A Recollection of Scenery” ARTE Hotel (Perugia) – Italy
2006 “CLEA no Wa” CLEA Japan, Inc. Fujinomiya Research Institute (Fujinomiya) – Shizuoka
“RONDO’” Albornoz Palace Hotel (Spoleto) – Italy
2007 “Ishi no Hana” “Growing Form” Leben Square Kawaguchi – Saitama
“A Poem About Wind & Light – A” Nippon Express Headquarters (Shiodome) – Tokyo
“A Poem About Wind & Light – B” Nippon Express Research Center (Izunokuni) – Shizuoka
2009 “Wa” Mt Fuji Community Plaza for the Environment (Fujinomiya) – Shizuoka
2010 “Growing Form” Leben Haimu Kamakura (Kita-Kamakura) – Kanagawa
2011 “TOPOS” (place) Shinjuku Eastside (Shinjuku) – Tokyo
2013 “Wa” Shizuoka Higashi High School (Shizuoka) – Shizuoka
2014 “The Wind’s Door” Shizuoka Banks Headquarters (Shizuoka) – Shizuoka
2015 “A Recollection of Scenery – C” Shizuoka Culture Hall (Shizuoka) – Shizuoka
2017 “Wa” Brillia Towers Meguro North Residence (Meguro) – Tokyo
2019 “Infinito” Handa Industrial Chemicals Corporation (Fuji) – Shizuoka
”Nuvola (Cloud) – A” Yamasei Warehousing Co., Ltd (Fuji) – Shizuoka
”Nuvola-K” Kyukoen, Kyushu Denko Corporation (Beppu) – Oita