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Toshihiro Hamano (濱野年宏) is a Japanese artist living in Takamatsu, Kagawa. Hamano founded the RYU Art Group in 1971, and has developed international cultural exchange and global artistic activities since, focusing both on education and culture. He has been created numerous mural and ceiling paintings, sculptures, monuments and gardens as environmental art. One of the biggest projects was the artistic project for the newly built Kyuwa-den Hall of Chugu-ji, Naga, on which he spent 15 years. He has gained worldwide recognition and received a number of awards at major international exhibitions.

Doctor of Civil Law, Northumbria University, Newcastle; Honorary Senator, University of Ljubljana; Doctor Honoris Causa, Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts, Krakow; Overseas Member of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts; Honorary Professor, Academy of Fine Arts in Katowice.

Career

 * 1937 Born in Takamatsu, Kagawa.
 * 1981 Founded the Intercultural Art Exchange Academy 21. Achieved the synthesis and harmony of the new beauty of the East and the West, defining the similarity and differences of the two, through a comparative cultural study with prominent artists in Slovenia, Austria, Germany, Italy, Spain and UK.
 * 1992 Special exhibition in the VIP lounge, Japanese Pavilion at the World Expo ’92 in Seville, Spain.
 * 1993 Completed great screen paintings and grand background wall paintings for Kyuwa-den, the Kyuwa-den Palece of Chugu-ji Temple, Nara.
 * 1998 Major retrospective exhibition at the Sala Napoleonica in Brera Fine Art Academy in Italy.
 * 2000 Granted an audience by the Pope and presented a painting 'Unity' to His Holiness in commemoration of the Great Jubilee.
 * 2005 The 'Illustrated Life of Prince Shotoku – Bamboo grass' and 'Prayers' were specially displayed in the VIP room within the Japanese governmental pavilion, the Expo 2005 in Aichi.
 * 2005 Completed the 'Illustrated Life of Prince Shotoku', folding screen paintings of the four seasons for Chugu-ji in Nara.
 * 2007 Major retrospective in the Hall Ségur and Salle Miró at the UNESCO headquarters in Paris. The exhibition later travelled in other French cities, including Versailles, Vesoul, Le Mans and the European Parliament in Strasbourg.
 * 2010 'Hamano Room' which shows Sir Peter Parker Collection opened in Brunswick Group LLP, London, UK. He was chosen as one of the worldwide artists alongside William Blake, Matisse, and Warhol.
 * 2011 Founded Toshihiro Hamano Art Institute and White Cube Takamatsu Tsukumo Gallery in Takamatsu, Kagawa.
 * 2011 Concluded international cultural exchange agreements with art schools in the UK, Slovenia and Poland.
 * 2011 Major retrospective at the Takamatsu City Museum of Art, Japan.
 * 2014 Judges the Utazu Art Award Biennale with Akira Tatehata, art critic and President of Tama Art University from 2014 to the present.
 * 2017 Received the Award for Excellence at the 6th International Festival of Fine Arts Kranj – ZDSLU
 * 2021 Major exhibition 'Toshihiro HAMANO: Esprit et Forme du Japon "La Vie illustrée du prince Shôtoku à travers les quatre saisons"' (a main exhibition of the Voyage à Nantes), Château des ducs de Bretagne - Musée dʼhistoire de Nantes, France.
 * 2021 Received the Honorary Award for International Exchange at the 10th International Festival of Fine Arts Kranj – ZDSLU
 * 2022 Major exhibition of the internationally renowned world of diverse art of Hamano's including the 'Illustrated Life of Prince Shotoku' and 'Beauty of Japan – Tradition and Modernity' at the Maison de la culture du Japon à Paris, France.

Awards

 * 1985 The Award for Culture from the Shikoku Shimbun. (Received again in 2012)
 * 1994 The Culture Minister's Commendations, Slovenia.
 * 1999 The Silver medal from the University of Slovenia.
 * 2002 The Award for Person of Cultural Merits of Kagawa Prefecture.
 * 2003 The Award for Cultural Achievement from the Polish Government.
 * 2006 The Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology's commendation for distinguished services in promoting cultural activities in local areas.
 * 2007 The Medal for Merit to Culture - Gloria Artis from the Polish Government.
 * 2007 The 40th Anniversary Medal of the International Triennial Society, Kraków
 * 2008 The Sanyo Shimbun Prize, Culture contributor.
 * 2008 The Yonden Cultural Foundation Arts and Culture Prize.
 * 2012 The Award for Culture from the Shikoku Shimbun.
 * 2015 The Commissioner's Award for the Agency of Cultural Affairs, Japan.
 * 2016 The Foreign Minister's Commendations, Japan.
 * 2017 L'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, France.
 * 2017 The 50th Jubilee Medal of the International Print Triennale Society, Kraków.
 * 2017 The Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Rays for international exchange
 * 2008 The Sanyo Shimbun Prize, Culture contributor.
 * 2008 The Yonden Cultural Foundation Arts and Culture Prize.
 * 2012 The Award for Culture from the Shikoku Shimbun.
 * 2015 The Commissioner's Award for the Agency of Cultural Affairs, Japan.
 * 2016 The Foreign Minister's Commendations, Japan.
 * 2017 L'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, France.
 * 2017 The 50th Jubilee Medal of the International Print Triennale Society, Kraków.
 * 2017 The Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Rays for international exchange
 * 2016 The Foreign Minister's Commendations, Japan.
 * 2017 L'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, France.
 * 2017 The 50th Jubilee Medal of the International Print Triennale Society, Kraków.
 * 2017 The Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Rays for international exchange
 * 2017 The 50th Jubilee Medal of the International Print Triennale Society, Kraków.
 * 2017 The Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Rays for international exchange
 * 2017 The Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Rays for international exchange

Publications
Oiwa, Oscar (1995). Art At First Time. Skydoor Inc., Tokyo. ISBN 4-915879-22-4. Toshihiro Hamano (1989) 芸術の位相を語る (On the phase of Art). Hokuju Shuppan Ltd., Tokyo. ISBN 4-89384-121-1

Toshihiro Hamano (1998) TOSHIHIRO HAMANO. Giancarlo Politi Editore S.a.s, Milan. ISBN 88-7816-108-X

Toshihiro Hamano (2002) 濱野年宏：ヨーロッパ　美の巡礼-世界が認めた日本美と心-(Toshihiro Hamano: Pilgrimage of Beauty in Europe -The World renowned Beauty and Mind of Japan-). Ryu Arty Group, Kagawa. ISBN 4-939109-06-2 Toshihiro Hamano (2004) 濱野年宏作品集Works of Toshihiro Hamano. Nikkei Publishing Inc. Tokyo. ISBN 4-532-12385-2 Toshihiro Hamano (2011) 東洋の心と形濱野年宏作品集1952-2011 (Mind and Shape of the East: Toshihiro Hamano 1952-2011). Nishimura Shoten, Tokyo. ISBN 978-4-89013-668-1 Toshihiro Hamano (2021) Toshihiro HAMANO: ESPRIT ET FORME DU JAPON. Le Château des ducs de Bretagne Maison d’édition intégrée au Musée d’histoire de Nantes. ISBN 978-2-906519-87-9 (ouvrage bilingue, japonais-français)