KITAGO Satoru

University President

Title	President Chair of the Board of Trustees
Education	1979 Master’s (Art), Tokyo University of the Arts 1977 Bachelor’s , Tokyo Zokei University
Selected Professional Experience	2023-Present President/Chair, Akita University of Art 2022-Present Emeritus Professor, Tokyo University of Arts Member, Hiroshima City University Corporation Evaluation Committee, Tokyo Member, Selection Committee on Arts & Culture Sub-committee of Nomura Foundation Executive director, Japan Association for Rail Advertising Councilor, Atami Yamaguchi Museum of art Member, Certification Selection Committee of traditional crafts of the TAKIMI in Toyama prefecture Member, Collection committees of Iwaki City Art Museum 2015-2019 Chairman, the Implementation Committee for New Concept “Ueno, a Global Capital of Culture” Member, Iwaki city sculpture project 2016-2019 Executive Assistant to the President, Tokyo University of the Art 2013-2017 Councilor, The National Art Center, Tokyo 2009 Member, Selection Committee on the Program of Overseas Study for Upcoming Artists (3 year training) in the Agency for Cultural Affairs 2008-2009 Adjunct Lecturer, Hiroshima city University 1997-2019 Associate Professor (1997-2004); Vice Dean, Faculty of Fine Arts; Professor (2008-2019); Vice President(2009-2013); Trustee(2009-2016); Tokyo University of the Arts 1996-1997 Student, Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera Milan, Italy (Expatriate trainee of the Agency for Cultural Affairs of Japan) 1991-1996 Associate Professor, Niigata University 1989-1991 Adjunct Lecturer, Kyushu Sangyo University Adjunct Lecturer, Junior College of Aizu 1987-1989 Adjunct Lecturer, Tokyo University of the Arts Adjunct Lecturer, Okinawa Prefectural University of Arts
Selected Bibliography	<Selected Solo Exhibitions> 2019 Kokyu suru Chokoku [Breathing Sculpture], The University Art Museum, Tokyo University of the Arts Tokyo 2015 Satoru Kitago Sculpture Exhibition, Gallery Seiho, Tokyo Satoru Kitago Exhibiton, Gallery Tamura, Hiroshima 2013 Satoru Kitago Exhibition : Mizu no Manazashi [Look of Water], Nihombashi Mitsukoshi Art Gallery, Tokyo 2010 Satoru Kitago Exhibiton, Gallery Tamura, Hiroshima   <Selected Group Exhibitions> 2019 Saikou Public Art [Reconsideration Public Art], Ginza Namikidori Gallery, Tokyo 2017 Geidai 130 shunen x Mitsukoshi 110 shunen kinenten [Tokyo University of the Arts 130th Anniversary x Mitsukoshi Art 110th Anniversary Faculty of Fine Arts Teachers Exhibition], Nihombashi Mitsukoshi, Tokyo 2016 Tono Art Meeting, Iwaki city, Fukushima Works of Exhibition by Japanese and Chinese Contemporary Artists, China Cultural Center, Tokyo 2015 Sukou naru bi no kyoen [Tokyo University of the Arts Collaboration Exhibition of Sublime Beauty], Heisei Memorial Museum Art Gallery, Tokyo 2012 Mirai wo ninau bijutsuka tachi “DOMAI – ASHITA”[The 14th DOMAI: The Art of Tomorrow Exhibition], The National Art Center, Tokyo 2011 Chokoku no jikan “Keisho to Tenkai”[Time in Sculpture the succession and transition], The University Art Museum, Tokyo University of the Arts Tokyo 2010 Kentoku kokusai chokokuten [Jiande International Sculptures Exhibition], Jiande city, China   <Commissioned sculptures> 2018 Monument “Kimito” [Delivering our memories to the future together]; Iwama Disaster Prevention Green Space, Iwaki City, Fukushima Monument “Seimei no kawa, COSMOS”[River of life, COSMOS], Hachinohe Gakuin, Hachinohe city, Aomori   <Co-authored book> 2010 Meiji no Choso Ragusa to Rokuzan [Sculpture of Meiji era, Ragusa and Rokuzan], Rokubunsha, Tokyo   <Selected Public Collection> The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo The University Art Museum, Tokyo University of the Arts, Tokyo Niigat University, Niigata Fukushima Prefectural Museum of Art, Fukushima City, Fukushima Iwaki City Art Museum, Iwaki City, Fukushima Atami Yamaguchi Museum, Atami City, Shizuoka Changchun City, China Hangzhou City, China Calabria City, Italy

Further details (in Japanese) can be found at the following link: Kitago Satoru (Japanese page)