Mikio Watanabe
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.
Solo Exhibition
| 1983 | Fuji Art Salon, Tokyo (Japan) |
| 1987 | Galerie André Biren, Paris (France) Multiple Impressions, New York, NY (USA) |
| 1988 | Kaibundo Gallery, Kobe (Japan) Galerie Pensée, Tokyo (Japan) |
| 1989 | Multiple Impressions, New York, NY (USA) JRS Fine Art, Providence, RI (USA) Kawakami Gallery, Tokyo (Japan) Kaibundo Gallery, Kobe (Japan) Galerie Rodrigue Lemay, Ottawa (Canada) |
| 1990 | Multiple Impressions, New York, NY (USA) Yodo Gallery, Osaka (Japan) Kaibundo Gallery, Kobe (Japan) The Little Gallery Upstairs, Staithes (England) Galerie l'Exemplaire, with Schkolnyk, Genève (Suisse) Invité d'honneur du Salon de la Gravure Originale, Bayeux (France) |
| 1991 | Kaibundo Gallery, Kobe (Japan) Yodo Gallery, Osaka (Japan) Galerie Cahier, Tokyo (Japan) Galerie Sylvain Combescot, with Woda, Paris (France) Galerie Art Multiple, with Schkolnyk, Toulouse (France) |
| 1992 | Multiple Impressions, New York, NY (USA) Renjeau Gallery, Natick, MA (USA) JRS Fine Art, Providence, RI (USA) Kaibundo Gallery, Kobe (Japan) Yodo Gallery, Osaka (Japan) Galerie Vermeer, Nantes (France) Galerie Christiane Flament, with Schkolnyk, Paris (France) |
| 1993 | Multiple Impressions, New York, NY (USA) JRS Fine Art, Providence, RI (USA) Picture That, Livingston, NJ (USA) Sola Gallery, Provincetown, MA (USA) Chelsea Gallery, Beechwood, OH (USA) Kaibundo Gallery, Kobe (Japan) Yodo Gallery, Osaka (Japan) Gallery Ginza Kyubi, Tokyo (Japan) Taller Galeria Fort, Cadaqués (Spain) Galerie Bréheret, Paris (France) B.Phane Galerie, Bruxelles (Belgium) Galerie Elisabeth Drepeaud, Toulouse (France) |
| 1994 | Multiple Impressions, New York, NY (USA) Picture That, Livingston, NJ (USA) Galerie Han, with Hiroko Okamoto, Tokyo (Japan) |
| 1995 | Kaibundo Gallery, Kobe (Japan) Yodo Gallery, Osaka (Japan) Galerie l'Ornière Bleue, Montolieu (France) |
| 1996 | Multiple Impressions, New York, NY (USA) JRS Fine Art, Providence, RI (USA) Blackwood Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA (USA) Shomeido Hall, Tokyo (Japan) Kaibundo Gallery, Kobe (Japan) Yodo Gallery, Osaka (Japan) Galerie Han, Tokyo (Japan) Athéna Art Gallery, Kortrijk (Belgium) |
| 1997 | Invité d'honneur de la Biennale Euro-Estampe, à la Galerie du Faouëdic, Lorient (France) |
| 1998 | Multiple Impressions, New York, NY (USA) Kaibundo Gallery, Kobe (Japan) Galerie Han, Tokyo (Japan) Galerie Michèle Broutta, Paris (France) |
| 1999 | Gallery Ten, Tokyo (Japan) Gallery Korakuso, Akita (Japan) |
| 2000 | Galerie Eliane Poggi, Grenoble (France) Gallery Ten, Tokyo (Japon) JRS Fine Art, Providence, RI (USA) Stone and Press Gallery, New Orleans, LA (USA) Avalon Gallery, Carmel, CA (USA) Billy Hork Galleries, Chicago, IL (USA) Multiple Impressions, New York, NY (USA) Gallery 71, New York, NY (USA) Galerie Klose, Essen (Germany) Galerie Han, Tokyo (Japon) Librairie Bernard Letu / Atelier José Roosevelt, Genève (Suisse) |
| 2001 | Galerie Michèle Broutta, Paris (France) [2002] Avalon Gallery, Carmel, CA (USA) Mission Gallery, San Juan Bautista, CA (USA) JRS Fine Art, Providence, RI (USA) Multiple Impressions, New York, NY (USA) S. E. Feinman Fine Arts, New York, NY (USA) |
| 2003 | The Ann Miller Gallery, Wittenberg University, Springfield, OH (USA) Galerie Michèle Broutta, Paris (France) Galerie Eliane Poggi, Grenoble (France) Gallery Shimada, Kobe (Japan) Galerie Han, Tokyo (Japan) |
| 2004 | Multiple Impressions, New York, NY (USA) |
| 2005 | Galerie AA, Clermont-Ferrand (France) Galerie Michèle Broutta, Paris (France) Multiple Impressions, New York, NY (USA) Avalon Gallery, Carmel, CA (USA) Mission Gallery, San Juan Bautista, CA (USA) |
| 2006 | Médiathèque Hermeland, Saint-Herblain (France) Gallery Shimada, Kobe (Japan) Galerie Han, Tokyo (Japan) |
| 2007 | Multiples Impressions, New York, NY (USA) Davidson Galleries, Seattle, WA (USA) Prise de Tête, Romans (France) Galerie Dassonvalle, Honfleur (France) Galerie AA, Clermont-Ferrand (France) |
| 2008 | Galerie Bergeron, Ottawa (Canada) Gallery Shimada, Kobe (Japan) Gallery Murakoshi, Tokyo (Japan) Galerie 89, Paris (France) |
| 2009 | Galerie Woallas, Lyon (France) Galerie Eva Doublet, St Georges du Bois (France) Mission Gallery, San Juan Bautista, CA (USA) Ren Brown Collection, Bodega Bay, CA (USA) |
| 2010 | Gallery 71, New York, NY (USA) Galerie Eliane POGGI, Grenoble (France) |
| 2011 | Gallery Murakoshi, Tokyo (Japan) |
| 2014 | Gallery Murakoshi, Tokyo (Japan) Gallery Shimada, Kobe (Japan) |
