Masasuke Chiba
1944

●Was born in Sendai

1965 ●Studied under the late Mr.Kiyokatsu Matsumoto after graduating from the designer's school of Japan
1976 ●Traveled in Greece and Italy(has concentrated on Greek mythology)
1985 ●(~1994) Solo exhibition in every year.
1996 ●Collection of pictures on Greek mythology [Love,Parting, Jealousy etc] published by Chukyo Shuppan
1998 ●Official events of the 100th anniversay of the Japanese-Greek friendship Joined an exhibition of the modern religious art in Athens, Athena-Vores G. Received the Director Award of the Greek Tourist Board Collection of pictures on Greek mythology [Venus] published by Chukyo Shuppan
1999 ●Solo exhibition in Greece on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the Japanese-Greek friendship Melina Mercouri Cultural Center in Athens Collection of pictures on Greek mythology [Hera] published by Chukyo Shuppan
2000 ●Joint-event with Mr.Evangelos Sarafianos, a Greek painter, on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the friendship in Tokyo Yotsuya-kumin Hall Joint-exhibition with Mr.Paschalis Aggelidis a Greek painter, in the ex-Tokyo governor's official residence
2001

●Collection of pictures on Greek mythology <Arthemis> published by Chukyo Shuppan His work appeared as a title back of the drama <Old Lover> on TBS TV Channel and as an image art on NHK-BS2<"Gorgeous Reserved Table" by Shizuo Yamakawa> Special theme in November < Greek Mythology by Yukio Ninagawa>Guest: Mr.Yukio Ninagawa Makie: Uniquely Japanese art skill using lacquers, and gold or silver chips to be sprinkled over the lacquers while they are still wet. This procedure can be repeated again and again a few times so that imagery looks like reliefs.
Collection of the constalletion and planet < Horoscope Planet> published by Mot's Shuppan

2002 ●Produced a motif on the screen of a cellular phone
Produced two bronze statues of <Media> and <Sphinx>
Produced the Nishijin Obi woven by dissecting a motif through computeHis work was used as a CD jacket of the “GRACE-Muses of J Classic ” from Nippon Columbia Co.,Ltd.The exhibition in Greece “A Japanese pains Greek mythology-Chiba Masasuke Exhibition-,”organized by each community of Makrinitsa's village and city of Mykonos. Appeared on local radio station.
2004 ●Exhibition at Matsuzakaya Department Stores in Japan for hiw new imagery
2005 ●Produced Sculpture made of bronze
2007 ●Exhibition at Gallery Voyage in Ginza, Tokyo
2008 ●2008 Exhibition at Gallery Voyage in Ginza, Tokyo
March: Mini Art Exhibition out of Greek Myths
May: “Adoring sacred and incarnated animals in Greek Myths” out of Metamorphoses.
   

 

 

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