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YUTAKA TOYOTA
SPECIALS PRIZES
1979- Medal of Konju-Hosho, conceived the Prime Minister of Japan.
1981- Medal of the Order of Merit Knight, Brasilia, DF, Brazil.
1991- Best Sculptor 1990 of Art Critics of São Paulo Association (APCA).
2003- Medal Kyokujitsu Sokoosho conceived the Emperor of Japan.
2007- Honorary Citizen, received in Registro City Hall, SP, Brazil
2013- Conscre - Parliamentary State Board of Roots of Communities and Foreign Cultures honor of the artist as an outstanding representative in the Japanese community.
2010 - present
2010 - present
1931
Born in Yamagata, Japan.
1950~54
Study in Art University of Tokyo.(東京藝術大学 Tōkyō Geijutsu Daigaku)
1954~57
Work in the Institute of Industrial Reserch , Shizuoka, Japan.
1958~60
Imigrated and live in Brazil.
1960~61
Went to Buenos Aires for seek Lucio Fontana, Argentina.
1961~65
Come back to São Paulo, Brasil, dedicated to paint.
1965~69
Went to Milan and find Lucio Fontana and the vanguard optical and kinects artists in Italy. Turning point of his work, starting tridimensionals works.
1970
Invited to have a solo salon in São Paulo International Biennal and come back to São Paulo be naturalized Brazilian.
1982~1995
Live in Brazil and Japan and made around 100 monuments and public works in Brazil, Japan and USA.
1996~
Work from São Paulo developing projects, sculptures and monuments and create an infinity of works of international repercussions.
From 2012 develops projects in the US.
Artist as sculptor, painter, printmaker and designer.
Curriculum
Chronology
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