PROFILE [English]
HIROKO KONO
| 1976 | Born in Izumo city, Shimane prefecture, Japan |
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| 1998 | BA: Hiroshima University, Japan (Art Education Course in Junior High School Education Course, Faculty of School Education) |
| 1999-2012 | Japan Sculpture Association -Niccho ten- (99-01 Encouragement prize ・03Effort prize・04 Seibo Prize, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Japan) |
| 2002 |
MA: University of Tsukuba, Japan |
| 2004 |
Nasunogahara International Sculpture Symposium in Ohtawara 2004 (Tochigi, Japan) |
| 2005 | Hiroko Kono Solo Exhibition-About Memories- (Kawaguchi Art Factory, Japan) International Sculpture Symposium TERRA（Kikinda, Serbia） Nitten (The Japan Fine Arts Exhibition/Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Japan) Sculpture exhibition seen by hand (Park tower Gallery 1/Shinjyuku,Japan) |
| 2006 | Invitational Exhibition at the 41th Showa-kai, Nichido art foundation prize （Gallery Nichido/ Ginza/ Tokyo, Japan) Exhibition of love letter (Sudou Museum of Art/ Ginza/ Tokyo, Japan) Kawaguchi city Art prize (Kawaguchi city/ Saitama, Japan) |
| 2007 | Hiroko Kono Solo Exhibition-Story of old books- (Gallery ACCa/ Tokyo, Japan) Japanese Government Overseas Study Program for Artists (Italy, Montenegro) |
| 2008 | International Tree Sculpture Symposium “TREE 2008” Estonia（Valga, Järvakandi, Estonia） Hiroko Kono Solo Exhibition -viaggio e mito-(Palazzetto dei Nobili/ L`Aquila, Italy) |
| 2009 | Hiroko Kono Solo Exhibition -memories and mythology-(Gallery Art Rei / Tochigi, Japan) Hiroko Kono Solo Exhibition (Gallery ACCa/ Tokyo/ Japan) Domani・Asu Exhibition (The National Art Center, Tokyo/ Roppongi/ Tokyo, Japan ) |
| 2010 | International Tree Sculpture Symposium “TREE 2010” Estonia （Valga, Estonia） Hiroko Kono Solo Exhibition -sculpture and its worlds- (Cultural museum of Izumo/ Shimane, Japan) |
| 2011 | The 14th Exhibition of the Taro Okamoto Award for Contemporary Art (Taro Okamoto Museum of Art, Kawasaki, Japan) International Tree Sculpture Symposium in Ringkoebing （Ringkoebing, Denmark） Nakanojyo Biennale 2011 (Nakanojyo/ Gunma, Japan) |
| 2012 | Energia prize (Culture and Sports Foundation/ Hiroshima, Japan) The International Tree Sculpture Symposium In Ringkoebing 2012 (Ringkoebing, Denmark) ‘Play and Myth’ (Yakumotatsu Fudokino-oka Museum/ Shimane, Japan) |
| 2013 | Special time of the library –Book and Art Exhibition- (Mita ex-School/ Noshinoshima, Shimane, Japan) Presents from six persons (Ymaneko-ken, Saitama, Japan) |
<Public Collection>
| -Izumo city (Izumo city hall, Shimane Prefecture, Japan, Title「About Memories」 《Terra-cotta and Plaster, 2011》 |
| -Kasama Nichido Museum of Art （Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan, Title「Thinking-Time to have passed away-」《Terra-cotta, 2006》） |
| -Tsukuba city （Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan, Title「Lover’s bird」《Bronze, 2006》） |
| -Kikinda city (Serbia, Title「About Memories」《Terra-cotta, 2005》) |
| -Otawara city （Tochigi Prefecture, Japan, Title「About Memories」《Camphor tree and Scrap wood,2 004》） |
| -Nanto city （Toyama Prefecture, Japan, Title「About Memories」《Camphor tree and Scrap wood, 2003》） |
| -Museo Sperimente de Arte Contenporaneo (L`Aquila, Italy, Title「Dreaming」《Terra-cotta, 2008》） |
| Valga city (Estonia, Title「Biblioteca-Preservation-」《Birch, 2008》） |
| – Järvakandi city (Estonia, Title「Thinking-Solaris-」《Pine, 2008》） |
| – Ringkoebing city (Denmark, Title「Thinking-Saga-」《Pine, 2011》） |