Kiyoshi Hamada (浜田 浄) was born 1937 in Kochi, Japan. Following graduation from Tama Art University in 1961, Hamada became acquainted with the great avant-garde artists of post-war Japan, such as Yoshishige Saito, and began pursing abstract modes of expressions. He was awarded an Honorable Mention at Osaka Biennale of Prints Competition of 1977 and, with much acclaim, has been active in various domestic and international exhibitions. In 2015, his solo exhibition, The Legacy of Kiyoshi Hamada – Paintings of Layering and Erasing, was held at the Nerima Art Museum. Hamada's works have shown and developed great promise over the years, and his works has been acquired by various museums, such as the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo (Japan), Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo (Japan), Artizon Museum (Tokyo, Japan) and the Kraków Museum of Art (Poland).
