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Ken Hiratsuka Personal Data |
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| 1959 | Born Shimodate City, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan | |
| 1982 | BA Sculpture, Musashino University, Tokyo | |
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| 1982 | Art Students League, NYC Began concept of One Line Sculpture by carving a spiral on the sidewalk; continues through nature stones and public site works around the world to create a model of universal language on the surface of the earth as one huge rock. |
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| Selected One Man Exhibitions | ||
| 2008 | 25 Bond Street, NYC, “River” (100’x16’ carved granite sidewalk) and “Nike” (7’h standing granite) permanent installation sponsored by Goldman Properties. | |
| 2007 | Roxbury Arts Center, Walt Meade Gallery, Roxbury, NY |
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| 2004 | The Catskill Center's Erpf Gallery, Arkville, New York | |
| 2002 | Issei Miyake Madison Avenue, New York | |
| 2001 | R.V.'s Pop Shop Gallery, Orlando Florida | |
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| 1996 | Emerging Collector Gallery, New York | |
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| 1994 | AMUSE, 599 Broadway, NYC | |
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| 1990 | Jadite Gallery, New York | |
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| 1987 | Gallery White Art, Tokyo and the Foreign Correspondents Club, Tokyo | |
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| 1986 | NoSeNo & Freddie the Dreamer, New York | |
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| 1985 | Now Gallery, New York | |
| 1984 | The A's Gallery, New York City | |
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| Selected Group Exhibitions | ||
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| 2003 | Ibiza, Pronostica Art Festival | |
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| 2002 | Lights
of Istanbul, 2002 Buyukckmecel |
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| 2001 | Freiburg, Germany 12-ton boulder mounted in Municipal Park Group Show | |
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| 2000 | Kiel, Germany, "American Street Art" | |
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| 1999 | Torino, Italy, Pittura Dura Museum, "Dal Graffitismo alla Street Art" | |
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| 1998 | AWARD OF EXCELLENCE In-Sites IV: Opening the Streetscape/School to Community, Henry Street Abrons Art Center, NYC | |
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| 1997 | La Posteria, Milan, Italy, "Keith Haring and New York Street Art" | |
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| 1996 | Tianjin (TEDA) International Sculpture Symposium, Tianjin, China | |
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| 1995 | In-Sites II: Lower East Side Artists Re-Think Neighborhood Streets, Henry Street Settlement, NYC | |
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| 1994 | Egon von Kameke Haus, Potsdam, Germany | |
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| 1993 | Hopes and Dreams, Tweed Gallery/Tenement Museum, City Hall, New York | |
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| 1991 | Art
New York, Musée des Anciens Mécaniques, Paris Rivington School Group Show, P.S.1, New York |
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| 1988 | AU
International, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum, Tokyo Rivington School, spons. by Hankyu Dept. Store, Osaka, Japan |
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| 1984 | Brooklyn '84, Brooklyn Museum, Community Gallery, Brooklyn | |
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| 1983 | Terminal New York, Brooklyn Army Terminal, Brooklyn |
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| Selected Public Monuments/Permanent Sculptures | ||
| 2004 | Montauk new york "drifted coral" 6'x6'x4' granite boulde | |
| 2004 | Shimodate japan "fossil of the moment" 7'x8'x4' granite boulder | |
| 2003 | Ibiza spain "story of pronostica" 6'x6' limestone | |
| 2002 | Buyukcekmece istanbul turkey " light of istanbul" 4'x5'x6' and 3'x4'x7' marble | |
| 2001 | New Smyrna Beach, Florida, Carved Jetty Rock, 6'x10' granite, with permission of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, assisted by Atlantic Center for the Arts | |
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| 1999 | Guilin "Yuzi Paradise" Sculpture Symposium, 1m x 4m gray granite, Guilin, China | |
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| 1999 | Hand Forged One Line Steel Fence, Private Commission, Landmark Brownstone Building, New York City | |
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| 1998 | Guangzyou china "performer's rock" 5'x5' unfinished | |
| 1996 | Huairou Sculpture Park, 20'x15'x8' gray granite - Beijing, China | |
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| 1995 | Ogasawara "Bonin" Island, 3'x8' volcanic stone, Japan | |
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| 1993 | Karesuando, "Daavi Suuva" Saami Nation Festival, 3'x5' granite, Saamiland, Sweden | |
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| 1992 | Eco
Summit/Global Forum, Granite 10'x15'x6', Flamingo Park, Rio de Janeiro,
Brasil Mount Merapi, Andesite 32'x23'x8', Jogjakarta, Indonesia |
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| 1991 | Center for Contemporary Art, 3 Sandstones 20'x20'x6, Santa Fe, N.M. | |
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| 1990 | E.N.D.
Convention, Granite 10'x6'x5', Helsinki, Finland Socrates Sculpture Park, 100 ft. sidewalk, slate, L.I.C., NY |
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| 1989 | Red Square "Concrete Beach," engraved concrete sidewalk 500'x10', 250 E. Houston, NYC | |
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| 1988 | 2B
Gas Station, Carved Concrete Stage 20'x30', NYC Graduation Monument, Andesite 3 stones 3'x4'x4' each, Shimodate High School, Japan |
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| 1987 | Cowra Japanese Garden, Peace Monument: 12 Boulders, Granite 5'x7'x96'Cowra, NSW, Australia | |
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| 1986 | Behind
Mt. Fuji, conglomerate 20'x20'x10', Sano River, Japan Northernmost Point of Japan, Andesite 3'x5'x7', Cape Soya, Hokkaido |
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| 1984 | Granite sidewalk, 6'x8', Prince & Broadway, NW corner, NYC | |
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| 1982 | First sidewalk carving, slate 5'x8', 212 21st St., Brooklyn, NY | |
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| Museum Collections | ||
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| 1993 |
Kemi Art Museum, Black Granite, 8 tons, Kemi, Finland Tornio Museum, 8 granite stones 30'x30'x3', Tornio, Finland |
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| 1992 | Modern Art Museum Granite 1'x2'x2', Rio De Janeiro, Brasil | |
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| 1987 | Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, Carved entrance & garden stepping stones, Tokyo | |
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