Kōji Kamoji
Kōji Kamoji ( Japanese 鴨 治 晃 二 , Kamoji Kōji ; * 1935 in Tokyo Prefecture ) is a Japanese painter based in Warsaw , Poland .
Life
His family had been associated with Polish culture for many years. His mother's older brother, Riotsu Umeda, and his uncle Kudo translated many works of Polish literature. Kōji Kamoji studied painting at the Tokyo Art School Musashino with Saburō Asō ( 麻 生 三郎 ) and Yamaguchi Takeo ( 山口 長 男 ). After graduating in 1958, under the influence of the suicide of his friend S. Sasaki, Kōji Kamoji decided to leave Japan forever. In 1959 he came to Poland and began studying at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw with Professor Artur Nacht-Samborski . After graduating in 1966, he stayed in Warsaw as a freelance artist. It is associated with the Warsaw Foksal Modern Art Gallery.
In 1975 he was awarded the " CKNorwid " art critic award.
Despite staying in Poland for decades, the characteristics of Japanese art - the cohesiveness and simplicity of a haiku - are noticeable in his works .
He said in 1967: “I am not interested in creating something new, but in finding and perpetuating things that we forget, a world from which we move away. I want to find a form to have their presence ”.
An exhibition of his works took place in the Galeria Zachęta in Warsaw in summer 2018.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Sen Pszczoły: 日本 の ワ ル シ ャ ワ . Retrieved March 28, 2011 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kamoji, Kōji |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 鴨 治 晃 二 (Japanese) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1935 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tokyo prefecture |