by Art Statements Location: Art Statement Gallery
Artist(s): YOSHITAKA Amano
Date: 22 Nov 2012 - 20 Feb 2013
Amano was born in 1952 in Shizuoka City Japan. Always fascinated by drawing, he joined the early Japanese onime movement in 1967, working on character design for a number of Japanese TV programs, including the series Koshoon and Tekkomon. Some of Amono's masterpieces ore deeply rooted in people's heart such as Gatchomon. Honey Bee and The Time Boken. Amano continues to inspire us with his recent works, such as the world acclaimed Final Fantasy series. AM0110 has won several prestigious awards including the Seiun Award in 1983 and the Julie Aword, Dragon Con Award and the Eisner Award in . He was also nominated that some year for the Hugo Award.Amono has exhibited his art in prestigious museum and galleries worldwide since 1989, including the Orleon Museum of Art in France, Tokyo's Uenonomon Museum, MOCA Taipei, The Angel Orensanz Foundation in New York, MOCA Shonghoi, Germany's Kunstverein Heilbronn and the Barbican Centre in London.