(General CV)
1948 BORN IN fUKUI, jAPAN
1967 studied BAIkA HIGH SCHOOL OSAKA, JAPAN
1969 GRADUATED KINRAN JUNIOR COLLEGE, SUITA, JAPAN
1969-70 worked at c. iTHO CO.
1970 eXPO '70 (THEME PAVILION GUIDE)
1970-71 kANEGAFUCHI CHEMICAL CO.
1971 moved to SF. cALFORNIA, usa
1876-77 DEHENY MEMORIAL LIBRARY, uNIV. SOURHERN CALIFORNIA (usc)
1977 moved to cARACAS., VENEzUELA
1978-81 MITSUI. CO. CARACS, VENEZUELA
1991 japan intern`l corporation agency (jica), caracas, venezuela
1992 studied at ESCUELA DE ARTES VISUALES CRISTOBAL ROJAS, CARACAS
1993-98 museo de arte contemporaneo, taller de antonio lazo., Pedro L zapata & ohters
2000-04 art teacher of caracas japanese school venezuela
2003 training program for teachers of japanese language, japan fundation, japan 2016 RETURN TO JAPAN due to the long turmoil in venzuela
TAKAKO KODANI
Solo Exhibitions
2019 Gallery Studio Ethos "Letter from Venezuela" ,Toyonaka Osaka, Japan
2018 Ginza Renga Gallery "Letters from Venezuela No.3", Tokyo, Japan
2017 Regalo Gallery "Letters from Venezuela", Osaka, Japan
Ginza Renga Gallery "Letters from Venezuela No.2", Tokyo, Japan
2013 Cultural Center Eladio Alemán Sucre "Looks of East and
West" Valencia
2003-2013 Japanese Culture Week in different cities and Universities,
2011,2012 G7 Gallery "Women’s Looks", Caracas, Venezuela
2012 700 Art and Antiques Gallery "On Rice Paper", Maracaibo, Venezuela
2009 Latin Culture Salon Cafe y Libros "Rime of Flowers", Tokyo, Japan
2008 Ginza Renga Gallery, "Letters from Venezuela No.1", Tokyo, Japan
2006 Felix Gallery "Space of Difference and Distance", Caracas, Venezuela
2003 Restaurant Polestar, Tokyo, Japan.
2002 The News Caffe, Caracas., Venezuela
2001 Restaurant Taiko, Caracas, Venezuela
2000 Central Library of the Central University of Venezuela.
Group Exhibitions
2023 No.65 Takarazuka City Art Exhibition, Hyogo, Japan
2023 No.60 Hyogo Prefectural Exhibition, Hyogo, Japan
2022 No.57 Itami City Art Exhibition, Hyogo, Japan
2022 No.64 Takarazuka City Art Exhibition, Hyogo, Japan
2021 No.63 Takarazuka City Art Exhibition, Hyogo, Japan
2017 Felix Gallery, “Collective Exhibition” Dresden, Germany.
2015 Biennial II National Salon of Drawing and Print, Valencia, Venezuela
2007-2014 Arts and Antiques Fair (FIAAM), Maracaibo, Venezuela
2013,2014 Red Dot Art Fair at Art Basel Week, Miami, USA
"Land of Grace", All We Art. Washington DC, USA
BRERART Contemporary Art Week, Milan, Italy
2012 International Biennale Artists Exhibition. Miami, USA
2011, Iberoamerica Art Fair (FIA), Caracas, Venezuela
2011 Curator's Voice Art Projects “Exhibitions 5”, Miami, USA
2011 Agora Gallery "Encounter with East and West", New York, USA
Provincial Bank Foundation "Imaginable Nature", Caracas, Venezuela
2002,2005 Felix Gallery "Only Paper", Caracas, Venezuela
2003 No.23 Ateneo de Carupano “Painting Salon” Sucre, Venezuela
2003 No.28 Salon de Arte Nacional en Agagua, Valencia, Venezuela
2001 Blasini Gallery "Paper VII", Caracas, Venezuela
2000 International Auction for the reconstruction of the Historical District
of la Guaira (Acquired by MACCSI)
Venezuela
2000 No.58 Salon Arturo Michellena, Carabobo, Venezuela
2000 No.6 National Hall of Visual Arts, Calabozo, Guarico, Venezuela
2000 No.6 Salon Carlos Brandt Carabobo, Venezuela1999
1999 No.24 National Art Salon of Aragua. Aragua, Venezuela
Honors and Awards
2023 3rd Prize No.60 Hyogo Prefectural Exhibition,Hyogo, Japan
2022 1st Prize, No.64.Takarazuka City Art Exhibition,Hyogo, Japan
2021 Tessai Museum Award, No.63 Takarazuka City Art Exhibition,Japan
2007 3rd prize, Salon of the Face Ateneo of El Hatillo, Venezuela
2006 Recognition by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Japan for
disseminating Japanese Culture in Venezuela.
(Caracas Contemporary Art Museum Collection)
1998 Honorable Mention, Annual National Hall of Visual Arts, Calabozo,
1997 Honorable Mention, Hall of Plastic Arts Carlos Brandt, Carabobo
Member/Others
2022- Representative Friendship of Japan and Venezuelan (Takarazuka) Hyogo,
2022 - Member of Takarazuka International Friendship Association, Hyogo
1997- 2015 Member of Caracas Drawing Circle
1994- director of Japanese and cultural academy, venezuela 1988 -2005 member of Altamira rotary club, Caracas. Venezuel;a
1988 - Founding President and member /Venezuela Origami Association 1970 expo`70 theme pavilion companion, osaka japan