Work
- Year
- 1961
- Medium
- Wood carving
- Size
- 60×30.5×14 cm
- Category
- Sculpture
- Work code
- 10613
Tomonori Toyofuku
1925-2019
Born in Kurume city, Fukuoka in 1925, passed away in Fukuoka city in 2019.
Exhibited at the 1960 Venice Biennale, after which he moved to Milan Italy, where he based his atelier.
Received the Takamura Kotaro Prize, the Grand Prize at the Japan Art Awards, the Medal with Purple Ribbon awarded by the Japanese Government, and the Nishi-Nippon Cultural Award.
1925 Born in Fukuoka, Japan.
1944 Volunteered for the army while studying at Kokugakuin University.
1945 Returns home after the war.
1946 Becomes a disciple of the sculptor Chodo Tominaga and studies wood sculpting.
1952 Sets up a studio in Tokyo.
1959 Received the 2nd Takamura Kotaro Award.
1960 Participated at the 30th Venice Biennale (Venice, Italy).
Moves to Milan, Italy.
1964 Participated at the Carnagie International, held at the Carnegie Museum of Art (Pittsburgh, USA), in which he received the William Frew Memorial Prize.
1965 Participated at the 32nd Venice Biennale, the 8th Sao Paulo Bienal (Sao Paulo, Brazil) and the New Japanese Painting and Sculpture Exhibition (Hosted by the Museum of Modern Art, toured the United States and Canada).
1966 Participated at the 1st Japan Art Festival (New York, USA).
1967 Participated at the Carnagie International.
1970 Participated at the Japan World Exposition Art Museum Exhibition: Modern Dynamism (Osaka, Japan).
1977 Installation of “Drift ‘77” at the Kitakyushu Municipal Museum of Art.
1978 Received the Grand Prize at the 10th Japan Art Awards.
Toyofuku Tomonori Exhibition held at the Kitakyushu Municipal Museum of Art (Fukuoka, Japan).
1979 Becomes a Specially Appointed Professor at the Graduate School of Fine Arts of Kyushu Sangyo University.
1983 Participated at the 3rd Henry Moore Grand Prize Exhibition held at the Utsukushi-ga-hara Open-Air Museum (Nagano, Japan), in which he received the Shikanai Nobutaka Honorable Mention Award.
“Seki-sei-tei” commissioned for Kurume-city Central Park.
1986 Installation of “Tower of Wind” in the front yard of the TOPPAN Holdings Inc building in Fukuoka.
1987 Installation of “Nanotsu-Genso” in front of the Hakataza in Fukuoka (currently placed in front of the Fukuoka Asian Art Museum).
1990 Received the 31st Mainichi Art Award
1993 Awarded the Medal with Purple Ribbon by the Government.
1994 Tomonori Toyofuku Exhibition ~Between Abstract and Figurative~ held at Mitaka City Gallery of Art (Tokyo, Japan).
1995 Received the 20th Fukuoka City Culture Award.
1996 Installation of the repatriation commemoration monument “Nanotsu-Okan” at the Chuo wharf of Hakata (Fukuoka, Japan).
1997 Received the 10th Fukuoka Urban Beautification Award and the 8th Shin Hongo Sculpture Prize for “Nanotsu-Okan”.
2001 Received the The Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Rosette Award.
2002 Installation of the amida-cedar wood monument “Vertical and Horizontal Structure” in Oguni-machi, Kumamoto.
2003 Received the 62nd the Nishi-Nippon Cultural Award (Society and Culture Category).
Returned to Fukuoka, Japan after 43 years in Milan.
2005 Received the 13th Fukuoka Prefectural Culture Award (Special Category).
2019 Passed away in Fukuoka city on May 18th.
Born in Kurume city, Fukuoka in 1925, passed away in Fukuoka city in 2019.
Exhibited at the 1960 Venice Biennale, after which he moved to Milan Italy, where he based his atelier.
Received the Takamura Kotaro Prize, the Grand Prize at the Japan Art Awards, the Medal with Purple Ribbon awarded by the Japanese Government, and the Nishi-Nippon Cultural Award.
1925 Born in Fukuoka, Japan.
1944 Volunteered for the army while studying at Kokugakuin University.
1945 Returns home after the war.
1946 Becomes a disciple of the sculptor Chodo Tominaga and studies wood sculpting.
1952 Sets up a studio in Tokyo.
1959 Received the 2nd Takamura Kotaro Award.
1960 Participated at the 30th Venice Biennale (Venice, Italy).
Moves to Milan, Italy.
1964 Participated at the Carnagie International, held at the Carnegie Museum of Art (Pittsburgh, USA), in which he received the William Frew Memorial Prize.
1965 Participated at the 32nd Venice Biennale, the 8th Sao Paulo Bienal (Sao Paulo, Brazil) and the New Japanese Painting and Sculpture Exhibition (Hosted by the Museum of Modern Art, toured the United States and Canada).
1966 Participated at the 1st Japan Art Festival (New York, USA).
1967 Participated at the Carnagie International.
1970 Participated at the Japan World Exposition Art Museum Exhibition: Modern Dynamism (Osaka, Japan).
1977 Installation of “Drift ‘77” at the Kitakyushu Municipal Museum of Art.
1978 Received the Grand Prize at the 10th Japan Art Awards.
Toyofuku Tomonori Exhibition held at the Kitakyushu Municipal Museum of Art (Fukuoka, Japan).
1979 Becomes a Specially Appointed Professor at the Graduate School of Fine Arts of Kyushu Sangyo University.
1983 Participated at the 3rd Henry Moore Grand Prize Exhibition held at the Utsukushi-ga-hara Open-Air Museum (Nagano, Japan), in which he received the Shikanai Nobutaka Honorable Mention Award.
“Seki-sei-tei” commissioned for Kurume-city Central Park.
1986 Installation of “Tower of Wind” in the front yard of the TOPPAN Holdings Inc building in Fukuoka.
1987 Installation of “Nanotsu-Genso” in front of the Hakataza in Fukuoka (currently placed in front of the Fukuoka Asian Art Museum).
1990 Received the 31st Mainichi Art Award
1993 Awarded the Medal with Purple Ribbon by the Government.
1994 Tomonori Toyofuku Exhibition ~Between Abstract and Figurative~ held at Mitaka City Gallery of Art (Tokyo, Japan).
1995 Received the 20th Fukuoka City Culture Award.
1996 Installation of the repatriation commemoration monument “Nanotsu-Okan” at the Chuo wharf of Hakata (Fukuoka, Japan).
1997 Received the 10th Fukuoka Urban Beautification Award and the 8th Shin Hongo Sculpture Prize for “Nanotsu-Okan”.
2001 Received the The Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Rosette Award.
2002 Installation of the amida-cedar wood monument “Vertical and Horizontal Structure” in Oguni-machi, Kumamoto.
2003 Received the 62nd the Nishi-Nippon Cultural Award (Society and Culture Category).
Returned to Fukuoka, Japan after 43 years in Milan.
2005 Received the 13th Fukuoka Prefectural Culture Award (Special Category).
2019 Passed away in Fukuoka city on May 18th.
