Hitoshi Nakazato

Born in Machida, Tokyo in 1936. Nakazato attended Tama Art University and continued his art studies at the University of Wisconsin and the University of Pennsylvania. He received the John. D. Rockefeller III Fund Grant and lived in New York City from 1966 to 1967. After returning to Tokyo in 1968, he taught at Tama Art University. Nakazato left Tama Art University in the wake of the student uprising and returned to the United States. He lived in Manhattan until his death on July 17, 2010.

Nakazato had his first solo exhibition in Tokyo at the Pinar Gallery in 1970. He painted a 5-meter x 25 meter mural at the Furukawa Pavilion at 1970 World Exposition in Osaka. In 1971, he was selected for the Japan Art Festival Exhibition at the Guggenheim Museum in New York. He held six solo exhibitions at Tokyo Gallery through his connection with Yoshishige Saito. In 1987, he had a solo museum exhibitions at the Hara Museum of Contemporary in Tokyo. In 2010, the Machida City Museum of Graphic Arts held a large scale solo exhibition. Provided by Wikipedia