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
2023 to 2025	"FORMA SUONO ANIMA", Viareggio, Italy
2025	"OLTRE LA FORMA", Pietrasanta, Italy

Major installations of commissioned works:

Tokyo Midtown, Tokyo International Forum; Soseigawa Park, Toya Lakeside;
Northern Horse Park (Hokkaido), 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.