IORI CHIKAMOCHI Japan

1959 Born in Otsu City, Shiga Prefecture, Japan

1985 Graduated from Kanazawa Art University, Department of Sculpture Studied in New Yorkunder Minoru Niizuma, a stone sculptor

1986 Exhibited ‘ANIMA’ series at the Exhibition of Stone Sculpture Society, New York Exhibited at Suma Rikyu Contemporary Sculpture Contest, Kobe (1990) Solo Exhibition at Tokiwa Gallery, Tokyo

1991 Awarded the prize of Chookoku-no-Mori(Outdoor Sculpture Garden), Henry Moor Grand Prize Exhibition, Utsukusigahara, Nagano (Earth Vibration)

1992  Exhibited at Kasaoka Stone Sculpture Symposium, Kasaoka, Okayama

1993 Exhibited at Contemporary Japanese Sculpture Model Exhibition, Ube, Yamaguchi Exhibited at Kyoto-o-Tsukuru (Creating Kyoto), Kyoto

Awardedthe Grand Prize at Art Hill Mmiyosigaoka Festival’93, Aichi

1995  Exhibited at Gurutto (All Around) Lake Tohya National Sculpture Park,

Sobetsu, Hokkaido

1999 Exhibited at the International Contemporary Art Festival,Tokyo (NICAFF’99)

2000 Awardedthe prize of ‘Cecile Company Award’ at Ishi-no-Sato Festival(Stone Village),kagawa 2003                     Exhibited at Asago Geijutsu-no-Mori (Outdoor sculpture Garden) Grand PrizeExhibition, Hyogo

2004 Exhibited at GAOC Space Art Grand Prize Exhibition, Gunma

2005 Collaboration for the Main Gate of Fujikoshi (Toyama)

2006 Assigned as the Art Director of Sekigahara General Service of Art Department Entry at the 22nd Contemporary Japanese Sculptors’ Exhibition (Ube, Yamaguchi)

2007  “Iori Pleasure Ground” completedat Sekigahara Seisakusho(Sekigahara, Gifu)

2008 Kono Chi ni Umare, Kono Chi ni Kaeru, Born on This Landand Returnto This Land”at The Hill of Uruoi(Arao, Ogaki City, Gifu) 2015                     entry at the 26th contemporary Japanese Sculptors’ Exhibition (Ube, Yamaguchi)

2017  entry at the 2thkunitachi art biennale Japan exhibition(tokyo)