KAORU HIRANO
1975 Born in Nagasaki, Japan
2003 Ph.D., Hiroshima City University, Japan
2006 Art Documents Support Program by SHISEIDO
2007 SHISEIDO art egg Award, Japan
2008 Fellowship, Asian Cultural Council (Japan - United States Arts Program at ISCP, N.Y., USA)
2009 Fellowship, Japanese Government Overseas Study Programme for Artists (Berlin, Germany)
2010 Fellowship, POLA ART FOUNDATION (Berlin, Germany)
Lives in Germany
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