HIROSHI UETA
Born in Hyogo,Japan in 1974.He started studying Shodo(calligraphy) in childhood, learning from his mother, and graduated from Shikoku University in 1996 , majoring in Japanese calligraphy.In 1998 he went to China in order to pursue the roots of Shodo ,and studied at Hangzhou University. He moved to Toronto,Canada in 2000. His exhibition sales and one-men show in a gallery in Toronto caught the attention of an art dealer in 2001, and his works were sold at Sotheby’s in New York. He moved to Kyoto in 2002.
The Kyoto City Society for Fine Arts designated him as an up-and-coming arts novelist In 2005. He participated in Art Sydney 2006, and Korea International Art Fair 2007. He provided designing works for folding fan, Japanese traditional clothes (KIMONO) and accessory. To introduce the pleasure of SHODO and art expression, he performed workshop, and interview/appearance on domestic and international media.
He now works at Calligraphic Culture Department, Shikoku University.
