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President of Sho International Honorary vice-president of Kyoto Calligraphers Association President of Bokushin Calligraphy School A member of Kyoto City Art & Culture Foundation An honorary member of Art & Culture promoting Committee of Shimogyo-ward, Kyoto City Special instructor of Kyoto Saga Art College 1. CHRONOLOGY (partly extracted) 1942 Born in Tottori City, Tottori Prefecture, Japan 1967 Graduated from Doshisha University, Kyoto, Japan 1968 - 1974 Studied Sho, Japanese calligraphy under master Goshin YASUI 1980 Established Bokushin Calligraphy School, Kyoto, Japan 1982 Demonstrated for the public at the Space of Pierre CARDON, Paris 1984 - 1991 Executive director of Kyoto Calligraphers Association 1987 Established Sho International and began teaching mainly foreign artists and scholars 1989 Demonstrated at the National Museum of the Orient, Moscow 1992 Gave an intensive lecture at Academia di Belle Arti di Brera, Milan 1992 -1996 Invited to Milan by Centro di Cultura Italia-Asia to give seminars every year 1995 Invited by the Contemporary Art Museum to take part in the exhibition The Four Major Artists of Oriental Calligraphy and gave a lecture and public demonstration. Invited by Lignes d'Orient Association to show Shingai's Art World of Calligraphy and to give public lectures/demonstrations at the printing Museum of Lyon. A special interview with the head of the MIT Japan programme. 1996 Invited by the Lignes d'Orient Association to show the exhibition of Shingai's Art World at the City Gallery, Aix en Provence and to give public lectures/demonstrations. Invited by the French government to the cultural programme of the G7 LyonSummit to open his solo exhibition and to give public lectures/ demonstrations. 1997 Invited by Lignes d'Orient Association to preside at the Japan Art Exhibition at the Palace of Commerce in Lyon and to give the first intensive public seminar. Gave a lecture/demonstration at the Catholic Training Centre in Ecully. Lectures/demonstrations during the Japan week to celebrate the year of Japan in France. 1998 Invited by Radio France to the music festival Présence 1998 to give three special concerts of Haiku, Music, Sho. Invited by In and Out music promotion association and by Conservatoire Supérieur National de Musique to give three special concerts of Haiku, Music, Sho in Lyon. 2. EXHIBITIONS (partly extracted) 1982- Invited to many exhibitions in foreign countries, including France, Canada, Denmark and Spain. 1989 Presided the First Sho International Exhibition in Kyoto. 1990 The first solo exhibition at ABL Gallery, Kyoto. 1991 Presided the second Sho International Exhibition in Kyoto. 1992 Presided the third Sho International Exhibition at the Kyoto International Community House. The second solo exhibition at the Gallery St Fedele in Milan. 1993 The third solo exhibition at the Art Space of St Lorenzo, Milan. 1994 The fourth solo exhibition at the Art Space of St Lorenzo, Milan. 1995 The Major Four Artists of the Orient Exhibition, presided by the Contemporary Art Museum of Genoa, Italy. The fifth solo exhibition at the Printing Museum of Lyon. The sixth solo exhibition at the Art Space of St Lorenzo, Milan. 1996 The seventh solo exhibition presided by the French government in the cultural programme of the G7 Lyon Summit. The eighth solo exhibition at the City Gallery of Aix en Provence. 1997 Presided the Japan Art Exhibition at the Palace of Commerce in Lyon. 1998 Shingai's Art World at Conservatoire Supérieur National de Musique de Lyon. 1999 Guest artist in mixed show East of Edinburgh at Stenton Gallery, Scotland. 2001 Oya-ko at Edinburgh Festival, Scotland with Stenton Gallery |