KIYOSHI HAMADA
b. 1937, JapanKiyoshi Hamada was born in 1937 in Kochi, Japan. Following graduation from Tama Art University in 1961, Hamada became acquainted with leading post-war Japan avant-garde artists, such as Yoshishige Saito, and began pursuing abstract modes of production. He was awarded an Honourable Mention at the Osaka Biennale of Prints Competition of 1977 and, with much acclaim, has been active in various domestic and international exhibitions. In 2015, he held a solo exhibition, The Legacy of Kiyoshi Hamada – Paintings of Layering and Erasing, at the Nerima Art Museum. With great promise, Hamada’s oeuvre has developed over time. Nevertheless, from his iconic Drawing series to his recent monochrome semi-cultural works, Hamada’s preoccupation with the ‘systems’ of production has remained essential to his work.
His works have 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).
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