ARATANIURANO

1968: Born in Tokyo, Japan
1993: BA in Fine Art, Corcoran School of Art, Washington DC,USA
1996: MFA in Fine Art, Maryland Institute College of Art, Hoffberger School of Painting, Baltimore MD, USA

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2011: "Alex", ARATANIURANO, Tokyo
2009: "Portraits", ARATANIURANO, Tokyo
2008: "Sense through Mind, Body, and Spirit", Forever Museum of Contemporary Art, Akita, Japan
2007: "Nowhere in Particular", Dai-ichi Life Gallery / ARATANIURANO, Tokyo
2006: "Summer Island", Space Kobo & Tomo, Tokyo; "Monkey Beach & Ryugu", Space Kobo & Tomo, Tokyo; "Kinkazan", Space Kobo & Tomo, Tokyo
2005: "Dream Days", Space Kobo & Tomo, Tokyo
2004: "Studies", Space Kobo & Tomo, Tokyo; "Project N19", Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery, Tokyo
2003: "Beautiful Place", Space Kobo & Tomo, Tokyo

2011: "039 Younger Generation", Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2010: "Living With Art – Contemporary Art from Japan and Taiwan”, Yi&C.Contemporary Art, Taipei, Taiwan; "Primary Field II", The Museum of Modern Art, Hayama, Kanagawa, Japan; "Summer Museum for Children : MIMAKURU Miracles", Fuchu Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan; "New Kore Shizuoka - New and Previous Collections and Art Closely Connected to Shizuoka", Shizuoka Prefectural Museum of Art, Shizuoka, Japan; "Small Paintings", ARATANIURANO, Tokyo, Japan
2009: "Mountains and Valleys", ARATANIURANO, Tokyo, Japan; "From the Collction 030: 10th Anniversary Exhibition – Garden of Resonance", Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery, Tokyo
2008: "LuLuLu Landscape : How I see the world around me,", Shizuoka Prefectural Museum, Shizuoka; "Art and Ecology - Ecosopy in Practice I", EYE OF GYRE, Tokyo
2006: "VOCA 2006 The Vision of Contemporary Art", Ueno Royal Museum, Tokyo
2005: "A Lunch", AXIS Gallery ANNEX, Tokyo; "24th Outstanding Rising Artists Exhibition by Sompo Japan Fine Art Foundation", Seiji Togo Sompo Japan Museum of Art, Tokyo
1998: "DC Commission on the Arts Fellowship Recipients Exhibition", Washington DC
1995: "Superbia – Biennial Emerging Artists Exhibition", WPA, Washington DC
1993: "Walk the Goddess Walk – Multi Media Exhibition", DCAC, Washington DC

2006: "VOCA" Award, Committee for the Exhibition "VOCA", Tokyo
2002: "The S&R Washington Award", The S&R Foundation, Washington DC
1998: "Grants in Aid Fellowship", DC Commission for the Arts and Humanities, Washington DC
1995: "The Graduate Painting Award", Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore MD, USA
1994: "Maryland Institute International Graduate Fellowship – Tuition Award", Maryland Institute College of Art Baltimore MD, USA

: Fuchu Art Museum, Tokyo; The Daiichi Mutual Life Insurance Company, Tokyo; The Museum of Modern Art, Kamakura & Hayama, Kanagawa; Pigozzi Collection

"Joudo 2", 2008, oil on canvas, h.162 x w.194 cm

"Rocks", 2008, oil on canvas, h.130 x w.162 cm

"Portraits", exhibition view, ARATANIURANO, 2009