Tadayasu SAKAI Art Critic Kiichi SUMIKAWA Sculptor Kan YASUDA Sculptor Fumihiko MAKI Architect Yoshio TANIGUCHI Architect Shoichi KAJIMA Director and Senior Advisor of Kajima Corporation

1945 Born in Bibai City, Hokkaido 1967 Department of Fine Arts and Music, Iwamizawa Campus, Hokkaido University of Education 1969 Sculpture, Graduate School of Fine Arts, Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music 1970 Resides in Italy on a fellowship from the Italian government. Studies under Professor Pericle Fazzini at the Academy of Arts in Rome. Afterwards, sets up his studio in Pietrasanta, Toscana, a place known for its great marble quarries, and continues to work with marble and bronze sculptures. 1991 Individual Exhibition, “Sculpture Path,” Milan, Italy 1992 Opens Arte Piazza Bibai on the site of Sakae elementary school in hometown Bibai, Japan. 1994 to 95 Individual Exhibition, “Marble and Bronze,” Yorkshire Sculpture Park, UK 1995 Individual Exhibition, “Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition,” Pietrasanta, Italy 2000 Individual Exhibition, “Sculptures in the City,” Firenze, Italy Scenographic setup for Madame Butterfly at the Puccini open theater in Torre del Lago, Italy 2001 Individual Exhibition, “Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition,” The Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum Scenographic setup for Madame Butterfly at theaters in Japan Puccini Special Award (Italy) 2002 Individual Exhibition, “The Sculptures of YASUDA Kan–” Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art and Arte Piazza Bibai, Japan 2004 Individual Exhibition, “Opera Madame Butterfly Exhibition,” Pisa, Italy 2005 Individual Exhibition, “Amare la vita e' costruire la pace,” Assisi, Italy 2007 to 2008 Individual Exhibition, “Touching Time,” Rome, Italy Major installations of commissioned works: Tokyo Midtown, Tokyo International Forum, Mitsubishi Corporation Headquarters and Tornare Nihonbashi Hamacho (Tokyo, Japan); Arte Piazza Bibai, JR Sapporo Station, Sapporo Concert Hall Kitara, Hokkaido Governor's Official Residence, Lake Toya (Hokkaido, Japan); Sakata City Museum of Art (Yamagata, Japan); Toki Messe (Niigata, JAPAN); Benesse Art Site Naoshima (Kagawa, Japan); Miyazaki Prefectural Art Museum (Miyazaki, Japan); Aurora Place (Sydney, Australia) Trajan's Markets-Foro Romano (Rome, Italy) ; Parco Solari (Milan, Italy); Bridgewater Hall (Manchester, U.K.); Boboli Garden (Firenze, Italy); Garachico (Canary Islands, Spain); APEC Naru Park (Busan, South Korea), Citygarden (St. Louis, U.S.), etc. The Minister of Education and Culture Award for New Artists in 1992. The Special Award of the Puccini Foundation in 2001. The Inoue Yasushi Cultural Award and the Murano Togo Award in 2002. The Special Award of the President of Tuscany in 2004. The Order of the Star of Italian Solidarity Kommendatore in 2006. The Japan Award of Fondazione Italia Giappone in 2009.