Mikio%20Watanabe Works
BIOGRAPHY
Born in 1954 in Yokohama, Japan.
After completing his studies in Tokyo, leaves Japan from Yokohama harbour in 1977, crosses Siberia and goes to Paris where he settles down to work.
From 1979 to 1981, he learns engraving techniques with S. W. Hayter at the Atelier 17, Paris.
Since 1981, he has dedicated his work to mezzotint.
Settles down in Pierric, Brittany.
In 2001, sets up a studio in Paris.
SELECTED EXHIBTIONS
2012 Château Musée de Nemours (France)
2012 Galerie Viviane Henwood, Cholet (France)
2011 Gallery Murakoshi, Tokyo (Japon)
2011 Prise de Tête, Romans (France)
2010 Gallery 71, New York, NY (USA)
2010 Galerie Eliane POGGI, Grenoble (France)
2009 Galerie Woallas, Lyon (France)
2009 Galerie Eva Doublet, St Georges du Bois (France)
2009 Mission Gallery, San Juan Bautista, CA (USA)
2009 Ren Brown Collection, Bodega Bay, CA (USA)
2008 Galerie Bergeron, Ottawa (Canada)
2008 Gallery Shimada, Kobe (Japan)
2008 Gallery Murakoshi, Tokyo (Japan)
2008 Galerie 89, Paris (France)
2007 Multiples Impressions, New York, NY (USA)
2007 Davidson Galleries, Seattle, WA (USA)
2007 Prise de Tête, Romans (France)
2007 Galerie Dassonvalle, Honfleur (France)
2007 Galerie AA, Clermont-Ferrand (France)
2006 Médiathèque Hermeland, Saint-Herblain (France)
2006 Gallery Shimada, Kobe (Japan)
2006 Galerie Han, Tokyo (Japan)
2005 Galerie AA, Clermont-Ferrand (France)
2005 Galerie Michèle Broutta, Paris (France)
2005 Multiple Impressions, New York, NY (USA)
2005 Avalon Gallery, Carmel, CA (USA)
2005 Mission Gallery, San Juan Bautista, CA (USA)
2004 Multiple Impressions, New York, NY (USA)
2003 The Ann Miller Gallery, Wittenberg University, Springfield, OH (USA)
2003 Galerie Michèle Broutta, Paris (France)
2003 Galerie Eliane Poggi, Grenoble (France)
2003 Gallery Shimada, Kobe (Japan)
2003 Galerie Han, Tokyo (Japan)
2002 Avalon Gallery, Carmel, CA (USA)
2002 Mission Gallery, San Juan Bautista, CA (USA)
2002 JRS Fine Art, Providence, RI (USA)
2002 Multiple Impressions, New York, NY (USA
2002 S. E. Feinman Fine Arts, New York, NY (USA)
2001 Galerie Michèle Broutta, Paris (France)
2000 Galerie Eliane Poggi, Grenoble (France)
2000 Gallery Ten, Tokyo (Japon)
2000 JRS Fine Art, Providence, RI (USA)
2000 Stone and Press Gallery, New Orleans, LA (USA)
2000 Avalon Gallery, Carmel, CA (USA)
2000 Billy Hork Galleries, Chicago, IL (USA)
2000 Multiple Impressions, New York, NY (USA)
2000 Gallery 71, New York, NY (USA)
2000 Galerie Klose, Essen (Germany)
2000 Galerie Han, Tokyo (Japon)
2000 Librairie Bernard Letu / Atelier José Roosevelt, Genève (Suisse)
1999 Gallery Ten, Tokyo (Japan)
1999 GGallery Korakuso, Akita (Japan)
1998 GMultiple Impressions, New York, NY (USA)
1998 GKaibundo Gallery, Kobe (Japan)
1998 GGalerie Han, Tokyo (Japan)
1998 Galerie Michèle Broutta, Paris (France)
1997 Invité d'honneur de la Biennale Euro-Estampe, à la Galerie du Faouëdic, Lorient (France)
1997 Multiple Impressions, New York, NY (USA)
1996 JRS Fine Art, Providence, RI (USA)
1996 Blackwood Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA (USA)
1996 Shomeido Hall, Tokyo (Japan)
1996 Kaibundo Gallery, Kobe (Japan)
1996 Yodo Gallery, Osaka (Japan)
1996 Galerie Han, Tokyo (Japan)
1996 Athéna Art Gallery, Kortrijk (Belgium)
1995 Kaibundo Gallery, Kobe (Japan)
1995 Yodo Gallery, Osaka (Japan)
1995 Galerie l'Ornière Bleue, Montolieu (France)
1994 Multiple Impressions, New York, NY (USA)
1994 Picture That, Livingston, NJ (USA)
1994 Galerie Han, with Hiroko Okamoto, Tokyo (Japan)
1993 Multiple Impressions, New York, NY (USA)
1993 JRS Fine Art, Providence, RI (USA)
1993 Picture That, Livingston, NJ (USA)
1993 Sola Gallery, Provincetown, MA (USA)
1993 Chelsea Gallery, Beechwood, OH (USA)
1993 Kaibundo Gallery, Kobe (Japan)
1993 Yodo Gallery, Osaka (Japan)
1993 Gallery Ginza Kyubi, Tokyo (Japan)
1993 Taller Galeria Fort, Cadaqués (Spain)
1993 Galerie Bréheret, Paris (France)
1993 B. Phane Galerie, Bruxelles (Belgium)
1993 Galerie Elisabeth Drepeaud, Toulouse (France)
1992 Multiple Impressions, New York, NY (USA)
1992 Renjeau Gallery, Natick, MA (USA)
1992 JRS Fine Art, Providence, RI (USA)
1992 Kaibundo Gallery, Kobe (Japan)
1992 Yodo Gallery, Osaka (Japan)
1992 Galerie Vermeer, Nantes (France)
1992 Galerie Christiane Flament, with Schkolnyk, Paris (France)
1991 Kaibundo Gallery, Kobe (Japan)
1991 Yodo Gallery, Osaka (Japan)
1991 Galerie Cahier, Tokyo (Japan)
1991 Galerie Sylvain Combescot, with Woda, Paris (France)
1991 Galerie Art Multiple, with Schkolnyk, Toulouse (France)
1990 Multiple Impressions, New York, NY (USA)
1990 Yodo Gallery, Osaka (Japan)
1990 Kaibundo Gallery, Kobe (Japan)
1990 The Little Gallery Upstairs, Staithes (England)
1990 Galerie l'Exemplaire, with Schkolnyk, Genève (Suisse)
1990 Invité d'honneur du Salon de la Gravure Originale, Bayeux (France)
1989 Multiple Impressions, New York, NY (USA)
1989 JRS Fine Art, Providence, RI (USA)
1989 Kawakami Gallery, Tokyo (Japan)
1989 Kaibundo Gallery, Kobe (Japan)
1989 Galerie Rodrigue Lemay, Ottawa (Canada)
1988 Kaibundo Gallery, Kobe (Japan)
1988 Galerie Pensée, Tokyo (Japan)
1987 Galerie André Biren, Paris (France)
1987 Multiple Impressions, New York, NY (USA)
1983 Fuji Art Salon, Tokyo (Japan)
Born in 1954 in Yokohama, Japan.
After completing his studies in Tokyo, leaves Japan from Yokohama harbour in 1977, crosses Siberia and goes to Paris where he settles down to work.
From 1979 to 1981, he learns engraving techniques with S. W. Hayter at the Atelier 17, Paris.
Since 1981, he has dedicated his work to mezzotint.
Settles down in Pierric, Brittany.
In 2001, sets up a studio in Paris.
SELECTED EXHIBTIONS
2012 Château Musée de Nemours (France)
2012 Galerie Viviane Henwood, Cholet (France)
2011 Gallery Murakoshi, Tokyo (Japon)
2011 Prise de Tête, Romans (France)
2010 Gallery 71, New York, NY (USA)
2010 Galerie Eliane POGGI, Grenoble (France)
2009 Galerie Woallas, Lyon (France)
2009 Galerie Eva Doublet, St Georges du Bois (France)
2009 Mission Gallery, San Juan Bautista, CA (USA)
2009 Ren Brown Collection, Bodega Bay, CA (USA)
2008 Galerie Bergeron, Ottawa (Canada)
2008 Gallery Shimada, Kobe (Japan)
2008 Gallery Murakoshi, Tokyo (Japan)
2008 Galerie 89, Paris (France)
2007 Multiples Impressions, New York, NY (USA)
2007 Davidson Galleries, Seattle, WA (USA)
2007 Prise de Tête, Romans (France)
2007 Galerie Dassonvalle, Honfleur (France)
2007 Galerie AA, Clermont-Ferrand (France)
2006 Médiathèque Hermeland, Saint-Herblain (France)
2006 Gallery Shimada, Kobe (Japan)
2006 Galerie Han, Tokyo (Japan)
2005 Galerie AA, Clermont-Ferrand (France)
2005 Galerie Michèle Broutta, Paris (France)
2005 Multiple Impressions, New York, NY (USA)
2005 Avalon Gallery, Carmel, CA (USA)
2005 Mission Gallery, San Juan Bautista, CA (USA)
2004 Multiple Impressions, New York, NY (USA)
2003 The Ann Miller Gallery, Wittenberg University, Springfield, OH (USA)
2003 Galerie Michèle Broutta, Paris (France)
2003 Galerie Eliane Poggi, Grenoble (France)
2003 Gallery Shimada, Kobe (Japan)
2003 Galerie Han, Tokyo (Japan)
2002 Avalon Gallery, Carmel, CA (USA)
2002 Mission Gallery, San Juan Bautista, CA (USA)
2002 JRS Fine Art, Providence, RI (USA)
2002 Multiple Impressions, New York, NY (USA
2002 S. E. Feinman Fine Arts, New York, NY (USA)
2001 Galerie Michèle Broutta, Paris (France)
2000 Galerie Eliane Poggi, Grenoble (France)
2000 Gallery Ten, Tokyo (Japon)
2000 JRS Fine Art, Providence, RI (USA)
2000 Stone and Press Gallery, New Orleans, LA (USA)
2000 Avalon Gallery, Carmel, CA (USA)
2000 Billy Hork Galleries, Chicago, IL (USA)
2000 Multiple Impressions, New York, NY (USA)
2000 Gallery 71, New York, NY (USA)
2000 Galerie Klose, Essen (Germany)
2000 Galerie Han, Tokyo (Japon)
2000 Librairie Bernard Letu / Atelier José Roosevelt, Genève (Suisse)
1999 Gallery Ten, Tokyo (Japan)
1999 GGallery Korakuso, Akita (Japan)
1998 GMultiple Impressions, New York, NY (USA)
1998 GKaibundo Gallery, Kobe (Japan)
1998 GGalerie Han, Tokyo (Japan)
1998 Galerie Michèle Broutta, Paris (France)
1997 Invité d'honneur de la Biennale Euro-Estampe, à la Galerie du Faouëdic, Lorient (France)
1997 Multiple Impressions, New York, NY (USA)
1996 JRS Fine Art, Providence, RI (USA)
1996 Blackwood Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA (USA)
1996 Shomeido Hall, Tokyo (Japan)
1996 Kaibundo Gallery, Kobe (Japan)
1996 Yodo Gallery, Osaka (Japan)
1996 Galerie Han, Tokyo (Japan)
1996 Athéna Art Gallery, Kortrijk (Belgium)
1995 Kaibundo Gallery, Kobe (Japan)
1995 Yodo Gallery, Osaka (Japan)
1995 Galerie l'Ornière Bleue, Montolieu (France)
1994 Multiple Impressions, New York, NY (USA)
1994 Picture That, Livingston, NJ (USA)
1994 Galerie Han, with Hiroko Okamoto, Tokyo (Japan)
1993 Multiple Impressions, New York, NY (USA)
1993 JRS Fine Art, Providence, RI (USA)
1993 Picture That, Livingston, NJ (USA)
1993 Sola Gallery, Provincetown, MA (USA)
1993 Chelsea Gallery, Beechwood, OH (USA)
1993 Kaibundo Gallery, Kobe (Japan)
1993 Yodo Gallery, Osaka (Japan)
1993 Gallery Ginza Kyubi, Tokyo (Japan)
1993 Taller Galeria Fort, Cadaqués (Spain)
1993 Galerie Bréheret, Paris (France)
1993 B. Phane Galerie, Bruxelles (Belgium)
1993 Galerie Elisabeth Drepeaud, Toulouse (France)
1992 Multiple Impressions, New York, NY (USA)
1992 Renjeau Gallery, Natick, MA (USA)
1992 JRS Fine Art, Providence, RI (USA)
1992 Kaibundo Gallery, Kobe (Japan)
1992 Yodo Gallery, Osaka (Japan)
1992 Galerie Vermeer, Nantes (France)
1992 Galerie Christiane Flament, with Schkolnyk, Paris (France)
1991 Kaibundo Gallery, Kobe (Japan)
1991 Yodo Gallery, Osaka (Japan)
1991 Galerie Cahier, Tokyo (Japan)
1991 Galerie Sylvain Combescot, with Woda, Paris (France)
1991 Galerie Art Multiple, with Schkolnyk, Toulouse (France)
1990 Multiple Impressions, New York, NY (USA)
1990 Yodo Gallery, Osaka (Japan)
1990 Kaibundo Gallery, Kobe (Japan)
1990 The Little Gallery Upstairs, Staithes (England)
1990 Galerie l'Exemplaire, with Schkolnyk, Genève (Suisse)
1990 Invité d'honneur du Salon de la Gravure Originale, Bayeux (France)
1989 Multiple Impressions, New York, NY (USA)
1989 JRS Fine Art, Providence, RI (USA)
1989 Kawakami Gallery, Tokyo (Japan)
1989 Kaibundo Gallery, Kobe (Japan)
1989 Galerie Rodrigue Lemay, Ottawa (Canada)
1988 Kaibundo Gallery, Kobe (Japan)
1988 Galerie Pensée, Tokyo (Japan)
1987 Galerie André Biren, Paris (France)
1987 Multiple Impressions, New York, NY (USA)
1983 Fuji Art Salon, Tokyo (Japan)