KUNIYOSHI KANEKO
金子 國義
| 1936 | Born in Saitama |
| 1952 | Entered Seigakuin High School. Fell for the movies. "An American in Paris" and "Roman Holiday" are among the most memorable. |
| 1956 | Entered the Nihon University College of Art. Studied under Kabuki stage designer Motohiro Nagasaka in parallel with his studies. |
| 1957 | Joined the Hatsuka-kai and was in charge of the stage for the first performance of "Wagamama na Kyojin (The Selfish Giant)". At the same time, he was selected for the Stage Design Division of Shunyokai |
| 1959 | After graduating from college, worked for a graphic design company doing commercial and editorial design, but was fired after 3 months |
| 1964 | Began self-taught oil painting |
| 1965 | Get acquainted with Tatsuhiko Shibusawa |
| 1967 | Performed with Simon Yotsuya in the Sogetsu Kaikan production of the Situation Theater's "John Silver's Home coming" |
| 1968 | Directed art for the movie "Utakata no Koi" (Directed by Kohei Katsura, starring Simon Yotsuya) |
| 1974 | Picture book "Alice in Wonderland" was published from Olivetti, Italy |
| 1975 | Worked on binding and illustrations of "Bataille Works Collection" translated by Kosaku Ikuta, published from Kadokawa |
| 1977 | Begun binding of Fujimi Roman Bunko (Series of 64) |
| 1980 | Directed composition, production and art for ballet "Dream of Alice" at Laforet Museum Harajuku |
| 1988 | Worked on cover design and binding of the January issue of the magazine "Eureka" (Until December 1990) |
| 2005 | Worked on the stage art of the Kansaburo Nakamura 18th's succession ceremony (Kabukiza, Ginza / Shochikuza, Osaka) |
Exhibitions at FUMA Contemporary Tokyo | BUNKYO ART
| 2024 | "Habitation" Jiro Oyamada, Kuniyoshi Kaneko, Key Hiraga, Hiroshi Nakamura, Tadashi Kawamata, Ayako Kita, Yaeko Suzuki, Ryota Nishioka, Kohei Yamada, Shiori Eda |
| 2018 | "indepth - II" Kuniyoshi Kaneko, Hiroshi Nakamura, Shiori Matsumoto, Rieko Sakurai, Yaeko Suzuki, Sachiyo Aoyama |
| 2018 | "Kuniyoshi Kaneko Exhibition - In the Dream" |
| 2017 | "Japanese Avant-garde Art in 1950-1970 + Contemporary Art" Nobuya Abe, Tatsuo Ikeda, Jiro Oyamada, Kuniyoshi Kaneko, Masao Tsuruoka, Hiroshi Nakamura, Key Hiraga, Taizo Yoshinaka, Yoshitomo Nara, Izumi Kato, Yoshitoshi Kanemaki, Rieko Sakurai, Kei Saito, Yu Kawashima, etc. |
| 2015 | "Miniature" Key Hiraga, Kuniyoshi Kaneko, Yoshitoshi Kanemaki, Yaeko Suzuki, Ayako Kita, Sachiyo Aoyama, Yu Kawashima, Hiroyoshi Asaka, Tomoko Aso, Keryu Asakura, Ryu Kato, Tetsu Ohnari |
| 2014 | "Works on Paper: Collection" Key Hiraga, Tatsuo Ikeda, Yayoi Kusama, Hiroshi Nakamura, Kuniyoshi Kaneko, Kishio Suga, Yoshitomo Nara, Atsuhiko Misawa, Hisashi Tenmyouya, Masao Tsuruoka, Jiro Oyamada |
| 2011 | "Kuniyoshi Kaneko - Pop Manierists" |
| 2010 | "Bukyo Art Collection 2010" |
| 2003 | "Kuniyoshi Kaneko Exhibition - 1960s · 1970s-" |
| 2001 | "Kuniyoshi Kaneko Collection Exhibition - 1960s · 1970s-" |
| 2001 | "Human Art Exhibition -Love and Humor-" Ay-O, Masuo Ikeda, Kuniyoshi Kaneko, Masao Tsuruoka, etc. |
