Hironori Katagiri

1958 Born in Kesennuma, Japan.
1981 graduated at Miyagi University of Education, Art Course, Sendai, Japan.
1982-85 Assistant Organiser, Symposion Lindabrunn, Austria.
1983 Attended the Yorkshire Sculpture Conference, England.
1984 Visiting Lecturer, Art Schools in Dublin and Cork, Ireland.
1983-87 Worked at the Scottish Sculpture Workshop (mainly in winter).
1984 Acting Organiser, Symposion Lindabrunn, Austria.
1985- Visiting Lecturer, Art Schools in Edinburgh and Glasgow,Scotland.
1985 Made an Honourable Corkanian, Cork, Republic of Ireland .
1986 Adviser, The Scottish Sculpture Trust, Scotland.
1986 Committee Member, The Sculpture Advisory Group for the Glasgow Garden Festival, Scotland.
1986 Technical Director, Sculpture Symposium, Aberdeen Young ArtistsFestival, Scotland.
1988 Co-founder, Green Formation Planning Co.,Ltd., Tokyo, Japan.
1988 Latimer Award, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, Scotland.
1988 Co-founder and member, Glasgow Sculpture Studios, Scotland.
1988 Attended the International Sculpture Conference, Dublin, Republic of Ireland.
1989 Organiser, Sendai International Sculpture Symposium ’89, Sendai, Japan.
1991 Worked at the Scottish Sculpture Workshop.
1991 Established the Ukishima Sculpture Co.,Ltd., in Sendai and Ukishima Sculpture Studio in Iwate, Japan.
1991 Consultant, Jozenji-dori Area Planning Committee, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan.
1992 Ukishima Sculpture Co.,Ltd. moved to Iwate-town, Iwate, Japan.
1992- Committee member/Vice Chairman(1997~), Iwate-cho International Sculpture Symposium, Numakunai, Iwate, Japan.
1993- Member, Symposion Lindabrunn, Austria.
1993 Organiser, PACT project, Sendai, Japan.
1993 Adviser, Shichigahama Art Warriors ’93 , Ceramic Symposium, Shichigahama, Miyagi, Japan.
1993 Adviser, Stone Sculpture Competition, 8th National Culture Festival-Iwate, Japan.
1993 Attended the TICKON International Sculpture Conference, Langeland, Denmark.
1994-96 Art Director, Symposion Lindabrunn, Austria.
1995 Co-ordinator, International Sculpture Conference, Lindabrunn, Austria.
1996 Adviser, Bon’ness International Sculpture Symposium, Scotland.
1996 Member, Japan Urban Design Institute
1997- Associate Member, Japan Institute of Architects, Iwate, Japan
1998 Jury for sculpture section, Iwate Festival of Art, Morioka, Iwate, Japan
1998 Administrator, Iwate Art Festival UK98, Iwate, Japan
2000 Artist In Residence, Edinburgh College of Art, Scotland
2000-01 Committee member, Reseach for recoordination of Ishigami no Oka Sculpture Park, Iwate, Japan
2001 Artist in Residence, Scottish Sculpture Workshop, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
2001 Committee member, Ishigami no Oka Sculpture Park, Iwate, Japan
2003 Awarded Best Artist in Iwate 2002
2003 1st price winner of the Iwate Numakunai Art Road project Competition, Iwate-town, Iwate, Japan
2003 Invited speaker for the Stone Work Symposium 2005, Ohio, USA
2005 Art Director,Kokaido Art Show 2005, Iwate ken Kokaido, Morioka, iwate, Japan
2006 Member of Organising Committee, Ikebukuro Art Festival 2006, Ikebukuro, Tokyo, Japan
2007 Invited speaker for the Krastal International Stone Conference , Karntern, Austria
2007 Art Director, Kokaido Art Show 2007, Iwate ken Kokaido, Morioka, iwate, Japan
2007 Invited speaker for the Hualien Sculpture Conference, Taiwan
2010 Art Director, 3rd Kokaido Art Show+, Iwate ken Kokaido, Kyu-Ishiikenreishitei, Morioka, iwate, Japan
2011- Initiator of the “ Postcard Projects”, Japan and UK
2016 Awarded the 1stprize Invited competition for Nichiiko Co.Ltd 50th Anniversary Monument project, Toyama, Japan.
2016 Worked at the Scottish Sculpture Workshop
2019- Committee member, Coordination of Ishigami no Oka Art Museum, Iwate, Japan.

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