Izumi Oki Biography
Ōki Izumi was born in Tokyo, Japan, in 1956. She graduated from Waseda University in Tokyo with a degree in Japanese literature. He studied painting and sculpture with Aiko Miyawaki, Taku Iwasaki and Yoshishige Saito. In 1977, he won a scholarship from the Italian government. In 1981 he graduated from the Brera Academy after attending a sculpture course with Giancarlo Marchese. He has participated, with his works and installations, in numerous personal and collective exhibitions in Italy, Japan and several other countries: 1983 Milan Triennale, "At the roots of the sun", 1985 Venice Biennale, Third international architecture exhibition, " Progetto Venezia" 1986 Venice Biennale, XLII International Biennial of Visual Arts, "Art and Biology" 1991 Museum of Modern Art of Hokkaido, Sapporo (Japan) "World Glass Art Now '91" 1992 National Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art of Rome, "Japan-Italy, young generations" 1994 Japanese Embassy in Rome, "7 Japanese Artists in Italy today" 1997 Japanese Cultural Institute in Rome, "Borders" 1998 Japanese Cultural Institute in Rome, "Art of the Muses" with Paola Levi Montalcini 2007 Civic Museum of Ljubljana (Slovenia), "Rhythmic Refractions" (personal exhibition) 2010 Japanese Cultural Institute in Rome, "Artists in Italy" with Iko Itsuki 2013 Museum of San Donato Milanese (MI), "50 and beyond " 2014 Museum of Santa Giulia in Brescia, "Layers" 2014 Museum Villa Necchi Campiglio, Milan, "Glass art today" 2016 Villa dei Vescovi, Luvigliano di Torreglia (Padua), "Glass, Glass art today"
