Isao Sugiyama

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Born 1954 in Shimizu, Shizuoka, Japan.Studies at the University of Art in Tokyo-Zokei where he majored in sculpture in 1977. 1983 he took his degree of specialization at the same university. Always in 1983, he moved to Italy in order to visit a course of sculpture at the Accademia di Belle Arti at Carrara and graduated in 1990.Isao Sugiyama lives and works in Milan and Carrara. Riturn to Japan in 2022.

Personal Exhibitions

1989 Galleria del Naviglio, Milan, Italy

1990 Azur Gallery, Aichi, Japan

1991 Art Basel, Basel, Switzerland, Galleria del Naviglio

1992 Navigliovenezia, Venice, Italy

Salon de Mars, Paris, France, Galleria del Naviglio

1993 Art Cologne, Cologne, Germany, Galleria del Naviglio

1994 Galleria del Naviglio, Milan, Italy

1995 Galerie Academia, Salzburg, Austria

1996 Navigliovenezia, Venice, Italy

1998 Galleria del Naviglio, Milan, Italy

1999 Galerie Claude Bernard, Paris, France

2001 Galleria Gagliardi, San Gimignano, Italy

2002 Naviglio Modern Art, Milan, Italy

2004 Galerie Claude Bernard, Paris, France

Naviglio Modern Art, Milan, Italy

Excelsior Palace Hotel, Taormina, Italy

Naviglio Modern Art, Milan, Italy

2010 Tokyo Gallery+BTAP, Tokyo, Japan

Osaka Takashimaya Art Gallery, Osaka, Japan

2012 La Stanza del Vento, Montemarcello, Italy

2014 Osaka Takashimaya Art Gallery NEXT, Osaka, Japan

　　　　 Tokyo Gallery+BTAP, Tokyo, Japan

2018 Aura. a Gallery, Shanghai, China

2022 Gallery Ecru-No-Mori, Mishima, Japan

Group Exhibitions

1976 “100 Persons Exhibition”, Shizuoka, Japan

1978/83 Koku-Ten-Exhibition, The Exhibition of the Kokugakai Artists Association, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum

1983/84 Tamagawa Open-Air Sculpture and Textile Exhibition, Tokyo

1986 Interarte, Carrara, Italy

1987 Expoarte, Bari, Italy

“Tra Fiume e Mare”, Open-Air Sculpture Exhibition, Bocca di Magra, Italy

Villa Pellizzari, Querceta, Italy

“La Finellina”, Galleria La Ruota, Carrara, Italy

1988 “Un Luogo della Scultura Tendenza e Suggestione”, Florence, Italy

Accademia di Belle Arti, Carrara, Italy

“Proposte Giovani ‘88” Basilica di Sant’ Ambrogio, Milan, Italy

“Proposte Giovani ‘88” Curch of S. Francesco, S. Marino, Italy.

Biennale Off ’88 Young Artists of Mediterranea Europe, Bologna, Italy

1989 Navigliovenezia, Venice, Italy

1992 Art Basel, Basel, Switzerland, Galleria del Naviglio

Navigliovenezia, Venice, Italy

“Giappone - Italia: Giovani generazioni”, Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna and The Japan Foundation, Rome, Italy

1994 “Seven Japanese Artists in Italy today”, Embassy of Japan, Rome, Italy

Art Cologne, Cologne, Germany, Galleria del Naviglio

1995 Galleria del Naviglio, Milan, Italy

Arte Fiera, Bologna, Italy, Galleria del Naviglio

Art Frankfurt, Frankfurt a. M., Germany, Galerie Academia

Art Cologne, Cologne, Germany, Galleria del Naviglio

Lineart, Gent, Belgium, Galleria del Naviglio

1996 “Arte e Cultura del Sol Levante tra le Apuane”, L’Grup Gallery, Colonnata, Italy

Art Cologne, Cologne, Germany, Galleria del Naviglio

1997 Arte Fiera, Bologna, Italy, Galleria del Naviglio

Galleria del Naviglio, Milan, Italy.

”AsiaArt”, Genoa, Italy

Asia Contemporary Art, Palazzina S. Desiderio, Genoa

Art Cologne, Cologne, Germany, Galleria del Naviglio

Studio Ballabio Design, Como, Italy

1998 Arte Fiera, Bologna, Italy, Galleria del Naviglio

Hotel Forte Crest, Milan, Italy

Lineart, Gent, Belgium, Galleria Oprandi

City Hall, Carrara, Italy

1999 Arte Fiera, Bologna, Italy, Galleria del Naviglio

Japanese Works of Art Gallery, Milan, Italy

Galleria del Naviglio, Milan, Italy

Galerie Claude Bernard, Paris, France

San Francisco Art Fair, San Francisco, U.S.A., Galerie Claude Bernard

Art Cologne, Cologne, Germany, Galleria del Naviglio

2000 Arte Fiera, Bologna, Italy, Galleria del Naviglio

Galleria Gagliardi, San Gimignano, Italy

2001 “Artisti stranieri in Toscana”, Fondazione Sergio Vacchi, Siena, Italy

“Cinque artisti giapponesi”, Villa Bottini, Lucca, Italy

Galleria Gagliardi, San Gimignano, Italy

2002 Art Cologne, Cologne, Germany, Galleria del Naviglio

Galleria Gagliardi, San Gimignano, Italy

Naviglio Modern Art, Milan, Italy

“Art of the 20st Century Art Fair”, The Armory, New York, U.S.A., Galerie Claude Bernard

Galerie Claude Bernard, Paris, France

2003 FIAC, Paris, France, Galerie Claude Bernard

Galleria Gagliardi, San Gimignano, Italy

2004 Arte Fiera, Bologna, Italy, Galerie Claude Bernard

Galleria Gagliardi, San Gimignano, Italy

ARCO, Madrid, Spain, Galerie Claude Bernard

MiArt, Milan, Italy, Naviglio Modern Art

Naviglio Modern Art, Milan, Italy

Galerie Claude Bernard, Paris, France

2005 Art Brussels, Brussels, Belgium, Galerie Claude Bernard

Galleria Gagliardi, San Gimignano, Italy

2006 Art Brussels, Brussels, Belgium, Galerie Claude Bernard

Galleria Gagliardi, San Gimignano, Italy

Art Verona, Verona, Italy, Naviglio Modern Art

2007 Naviglio Modern Art, Milan, Italy

Galleria Gagliardi, San Gimignano, Italy

Galleria Hausammann, Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy

21th Nuova Biennale del Muro Dipinto, Piazzale della Rocca, Dozza, Italy

Art Verona, Verona, Italy, Galleria Bergamo

“Gifts from Sculptors”, THE HAKONE OPEN-AIR MUSEUM,

Art on Music Gallery, Hakone,Japan.

2008 Galleria Hausammann, Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy

Galleria Gagliardi, San Gimignano, Italy

Arte Fiera, Bologna, Italy, Galerie Claude Bernard

“Gifts from Sculptors”,Yoz Gallery, Mishima,Japan

“LA CASA DEGLI ARTISTI”,Cooperativa MURRI collection,

Sala d’ercole, Palazzo d’accursio, Bologna, Italy

“Gifts from Sculptors”, THE HAKONE OPEN-AIR MUSEUM, Art on Music Gallery, Hakone,Japan

Cardazzo Factory, Milan, Italy

“De migrante marmoris”, Galleria Ars Apua, Carrara, Italy

Art Verona, Verona, Italy, Cardazzo Factory

2009　　Cardazzo Factory, Milan, Italy

　　　　 Galleria Gagliardi, San Gimignano, Italy

　　　　 Art Verona, Verona, Italy, Cardazzo Factory

2010 Cardazzo Factory, Milan, Italy

　　　　 Galleria Gagliardi, San Gimignano, Italy

“ACQUISIZIONI 2010”, Civic Museum Paris Valle, Maccagno, Italy

KunSart 10, Bolzano, Italy, Galleria Gagliardi

Art Laren 2010, Laren, Holland, DAD Art Gallery

“MIYABI”, Accademia di Belle Arti di Carrara

Art Verona, Verona, Italy, Cardazzo Factory

“MICRO SALON 2010”, Tokyo Gallery+BTAP, Tokyo, Japan

“MIYABI”, Roma, Museo Crocetti

2011 Cardazzo Factory, Milan, Italy

　　　　 Galleria Gagliardi, San Gimignano, Italy

“international Sculpture Festa 2011 in Seoul”, Seoul Museum of Art,

Hangaram Art Center, Seoul, Korea

Tokyo Art Fair, Tokyo, Japan

“ARTE COME SALVAZIONE”, Parco del gran teatro Puccini, Torre del Lago, Italy

“Hiraizumi International Exhibition at Iwate University” Iwate, Japan

2012 Cardazzo Factory, Milan, Italy

　　　　 Galleria Gagliardi, San Gimignano, Italy

“Hiraizumi International Exhibition at Iwate University” Iwate, Japan

“Natura e senso del divino” Palas hotel Merano

“MICRO SALON 2012”, Tokyo Gallery+BTAP, Tokyo, Japan

2013 Cardazzo Factory, Milan, Italy

　　　　 Galleria Gagliardi, San Gimignano, Italy

“SINTASSI CONTEMPORANEE della Raccolte del Museo”, Civic Museum, Paris Valle, Maccagno, Italy

“Arte in terapia”, Ex chiesa di Sant’Agata, Spoleto, Italy

“Hiraizumi International Exhibition at Iwate University” Iwate, Japan

“MICRO SALON 2013”, Tokyo Gallery+BTAP, Tokyo, Japan2013 Carda

2014 Cardazzo Factory, Milan, Italy

　　　　 Galleria Gagliardi, San Gimignano, Italy

BLU CORNER, Carrar, Italy

“IL MARE ATTORNO“ La Stanza del Vento, Montemarcello, Italy

“MICRO SALON 2014”, Tokyo Gallery+BTAP, Tokyo, Japan

“Hiraizumi International Exhibition at Iwate University” Iwate, Japan

2015 Galleria Gagliardi, San Gimignano, Italy

I Salotti, Carrara, Italy

"SCULPTURES", Galerie Claude Bernard, Paris, France

“MICRO SALON 2015”, Tokyo Gallery+BTAP, Tokyo, Japan

2016 Art fair"BRAFA",Bruxelles, Belgian, Galerie Claude Bernard

Galleria Gagliardi, San Gimignano, Italy

"ENCOUNTERS JAPANESE WORKS OF ART I DUTKO GALLERY ", DUTKO Gallery,

London, UK

"ORO BIANCO", Castelnuovo Val di Cecina, Pisa, Italia

"IJZERNBERG 2016 UTOPIA" ,Brussels, Belgium

"Il cuore per la Vita in AMATRICE", CAP CENTRO DELLE ARTI PLASTICHE,

Carrara,Italy

Art fair "2016 ART021 SHANGHAI", Shanghai,China,TOKYO Gallery

2017 Galleria Gagliardi, San Gimignano, Italy

Os, Norway

"Journey from east to west, west to east", Galleria Bluck Art Lounge di Valeria Lattanzi

2018 Galleria Gagliardi, San Gimignano, Italy

Group show, Galleria Bluck Art Lounge di Valeria Lattanzi, Carrara, Italy

3 people exhibition, Gallery Ekuryu-no-mori, Mishima, Japan

"piece of peace", Mishima Taisha Shrine Treasures Gallery, Mishima, Japan

“MATERIA DIVINA“ La Stanza del Vento, Montemarcello, Italy

“Megururi Art Shizuoka“, Shizuoka City Museum of Art, Shizuoka, Japan

"ART021 SHANGHAI CONTEMPORARY ART FAIR",Shanghai,Chaina,Tokyo Gallery

2019 Galleria Gagliardi, San Gimignano, Italy

"Conversations Ⅴ", Spiral Garden, Tokyo, Japan

"MONO", Two-person exhibition, Gene Gallery, Shanghai, China

"GINZA NO SHIROI MORI", THE GINZA SPACE, Tokyo, Japan

2020 Galleria Gagliardi, San Gimignano, Italy

　　　　　　"Jingu no mori ni tsudou cyokokuka tachiI", Meiji Jingu (Meiji Shrine), Tokyo, Japan

"Taipei Connections", Taiwan,Tokyo Gallery+BTAP

"2000-2020", VòTRE, Carrara, Italy

"As time goes by..." The Surging Wave Pavilion & Ke Yuan, Suzhou, China

"piece of peace iv", Galleria Ecru-no-mori, Mishima, Giappone

West bund Art & Desine, Gene Gallery, Shanghai, China

2021 Galleria Gagliardi, San Gimignano, Italy

　　　　　Art Shenzhen, Shenzhen,China

SHZHOU GARDEN ART FESTIVAL, Shzhou, China

2022 Galleria Gagliardi, San Gimignano, Italy

"Yurakucho Window Gallery", Tokyo, Japan

Group show, TokyoGallery+BTAP, Beijing, China

"THE RED DOT" VòTRE Spazi Contemporaei Carrara Italy

2023 Galleria Gagliardi, San Gimignano, Italy

ArtfairTokyo2023, Tokyo Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

Mostra collettiva, Imperial Hotel Plaza Tokyo 2F Showroom Real Style Hibiya, GALLERY Ecru-no-mori,Tokyo,Japan

　　　　"New collection exhibition", IWATE MUSEUM OF ART, Iwate, Japan

　　　 "The sound of Soratani", two-person exhibition, Tokyo gallery+BTAP, Beijing,China

　"Recent Discovery"　CADAN x ISETAN ART GALLERY, Shinjyuku ISATAN , Japan

　　　　　　from Tokyo gallery+BTAP

2024 Galleria Gagliardi, San Gimignano, Italy

"Yurakucho Window Gallery", Tokyo, Japan

"Tang Poetry Road", Osaka-Bunka-Kan TENPOZAN, Osaka, Japan

"Tokyo Gendai Ginza Art Project", Ginza WAKO 2F, Tokyo, Japan

"Art Fair Asia Fukuoka 2024", Fukuoka Kokusai Center, Fukuoka, Japan

West bund Art & Desine, Tokyo gallery+BTAP, Shanghai, China

　　　"The sound of Soratani", Double exhibition, Nantong Museum, Nantong, China

( Zhu Jianzhog, Isao Sugiyama )

Symposiumus

1982 4th Hachioji International Sculpture Symposium, Tokyo, Japan

1985 1st Open-Air Sculpture Symposium Nantopietra 1985, Vicenza, Italy

1986 “Carrara, Città Laboratorio”, 8th International Sculpture Symposium, Carrara, Italy

2000 Mine International Marble Sculpture Symposium 2000, Mine, Japan

2002 4th Appi-Kogen Sculpture Symposium, Appi-Kogen, Japan

2015 18th International Sculpture Symposium “su PIETRA del FURIULI VENEZIA GIULIA”,

Comune di Reana del Rojale, Udine, Italy

2017 17th Os Kulturutvikling, Os, Norway

2019 TJUEARSJUBILEUM 2019, Os, Norway

Public Collections

National Gallery of Modern Art, Rome, Italy

Würth Museum, Künzelsau, Germany

The World Bank, Washington D.C., U.S.A.

Pagani Modern Art Museum, Castellanza (Milan), Italy

Murri Coporation, Bologna, Italy

Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Kashiwa City, Japan

Hachioji City, Japan

Mine City, Yamaguchi, Japan

Appi, Iwate, Japan

Civic Museum Paris Valle, Maccagno, Italy

Iwate University, Japan

San Michele Arcangelo charch, Gragnana, Italy

Nimis, City Hall, Udine, Italy

Iwate Museum of Art , Japan

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