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) |
| 2013-17 | INTERNATIONAL SCULPTURE GROUP Tokyo & Seoul (Gallery Hogam etc.) |
| 2015-17 | The Shoes Box Exhibition (Tochigi, Japan) |
| 2018 | 4th The Shoes Box Exhibition (Tochigi, Japan) ART SALAD Exhibition (masuii R D R, Saitama，Jaoan) |
| 2019 | Niccho Exhibition (Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum,Tokyo, Japan) 5th The Shoes Box Exhibition (Tochigi, Japan) Solo Exhibition<Hiroko Kono Sculpture Exhibition>(Saitama Gallery, Japan) |
| 2020 | “To draw is to live, to create is to live” (Saitama Gallery, Japan) 6th The Shoes Box Exhibition (Tochigi, Japan) |
| 2021 | 67th Japan Ceramic Sculpture Association (Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum) Niccho Exhibition (Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum,Tokyo, Japan) 7th The Shoes Box Exhibition (Tochigi, Japan) Japan-Korea Exchange Exhibition 2021 (Cheongju University of Education, Cheongju, South Korea) |
| 2022 | Niccho Exhibition (Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum,Tokyo, Japan) 8th The Shoes Box Exhibition (Tochigi, Japan) Awano Art Festival 2022 (Awano ex-School/ Kanuma, Tochigi, Japan) |
| 2023 | Japan Ceramic Sculpture Association Selected Exhibition (Gallery seira, Tokyo, Japan) Niccho Exhibition (Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum,Tokyo, Japan) 9th The Shoes Box Exhibition (Tochigi, Japan) CMRU International Art Exhibition Art and Design: Art Education （Changmai, Thailand） International Wood Sculpture Symposium in Ringkoebing（Ringkoebing, Denmark） |
<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》） |