Japanese born artist Kazuo Wakabayashi, is a naturalized Brazilian. He was born in Kobe (Japan) in 1931 and was pupil of Konosuke Tamura, from 1947 to 1950, While still attended a course at the academy Niki, in his native land. Emigrating in 1961 to Brazil, Wakabayashi settled down in São Paulo, opting in 1968 for the Brazilian nationality. His first expositions had been in Japan, between 1957 and 1961. His first individual one in Brazil was given in 1963, Rio De Janeiro, the Tenreiro Gallery, with presentation of Manabu Mabe. São Paulo, Salvador, Saints, Brasilia, Washington, Kobe, Tokyo and Nova Iorque, São Paulo, Wakabayashi has participated in innumerable expositions. São Paulo hall of Modern Art. National hall of Modern Art. Seibi hall (Seibikai, in Japanese). Biennial of São Paulo. Nipo-Brazilian Painting Today (Washington, Oakland and Tokyo, 1965). Three Aspects of the Art Brazilian Contemporary (Latin America, 1968). Artists Nipo-Brazilians (Scandinavia, 1969). Exposition of Beautiful Brazil-Japan Arts (Quioto, Tokyo, Atami, São Paulo and Rio De Janeiro, 1983). Tradition and Rupture (São Paulo, 1984) Biennial Brazil Century XX (São Paulo, 1994). |
