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Paintings
By Masato Okano
Location: Bellevue College Main Campus
3000 Landerholm Circle SE, Bellevue, WA 98007
C-Bldg, 2nd floor Room No. C-254 [campus
map]
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Masato
Okano was born in Kanagawa, Japan in the year 1975. He was educated
at the Hosei University, a private university based in Tokyo, Japan.
Masato Okano now resides in the countryside of Japan where he can
enjoy the many voices and forms of nature such as the wind, rain,
sunshine, insects, and animals. The feelings and impulses that result
from this "close connection to nature" and the continuing
uniqueness of this natural phenomenon provides the variable forms
that influence his work. Net, his work is an "image of nature".
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Private
Exhibitions
Masato Okano has presented a number of exhibitions illustrating his
creations:
- 2007 --- Edoya Gallery (Shizuoka Prefecture / Ito City)
- 2007 --- 556 Gallery (Kochi Prefecture / Shimanto City)
- 2007 --- Planet Lounge Gallery (Kanagawa Prefecture / Yokosuka
City)
- 2007 --- Mitsui Gallery (Kanagawa Prefecture / Yokohama City)
- 2008 --- Saikou Gallery (Kanagawa Prefecture / Yokohama City)
- 2008 --- Aun Gallery (Kagoshima Prefecture / Kanoya City)
- 2009 --- Mitsukoshi Gallery (Kagoshima Prefecture / Kagoshima
City)
- 2009 --- You Gallery (Kanagawa Prefecture / Kamakura City)
Awards and Recognition
- 2007: Rookie of the Year & Special Prize at Seikou Competition
Commission Work
- 2007: Commissioned to paint religious painting at the Gandenji
(Temple) located in Kanagawa Prefecture / Zushi City
- 2010: Commissioned to paint religious painting at the Myoenji
(Temple) located in Kagoshima Prefecture / Kagoshima City.
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(Images
Courtesy of Masato Okano)
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