Judges

Kan YASUDA (Sculptor)

1945

Born in Hokkaido Prefecture

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

Opened 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

2001

Individual Exhibition, “Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition,” The Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum

2005

Individual Exhibition, “Amare la vita e' costruire la pace,” Assisi, Italy

2007 to 2008

Individual Exhibition, “Touching Time,” Rome, Italy

2011

Individual Exhibition, “Touching Town”, Sapporo, Japan
Individual Exhibition, “Touching Time”, Torino, Italy

2011 to 2012

Individual Exhibition, “Il Mito Contemporaneo,” Taormina, Italy

2012 to 2013

“Sculpture Promenade 2012,” The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK

2016

Individual Exhibition, “Touching Time”, Christie's New York, USA
Individual Exhibition, “Touching Time”, Pisa, Italy

2017

“Between Sky and Water”, Aman Venice, Venice, Italy

Major installations of commissioned works:

Tokyo Midtown, Tokyo International Forum; Soseigawa Park, Toya Lakeside;
Arte Piazza Bibai, JR Sapporo Station; Sakata City Museum of Art (Yamagata, Japan); Toki Messe (Niigata, Japan); Benesse Art Site Naoshima (Kagawa, Japan); Miyazaki Prefectural Art Musium;
Trajan's Markets-Foro Romano (Rome, Italy); Boboli Garden (Firenze, Italy);
Parco Solari (Milan, Italy); Bridgewater Hall (Manchester,U.K.); Garachico(Canary Islands, Spain); Aurora Place (Sydney, Australia); APEC Naru Park (Busan, South Korea); 1251 Avenue of the Americas (New York);
Citygarden (St. Louis, U.S.); etc.