| Biography | |
| 1951 | Born in Hirosima. |
| 1977 | Compleated Graduate shcool of master's program of Tama Art University, Department of Sculpture. |
| Solo Exibitions | |
| 1983/ '85/ '87/ '89/ '91/ '93/ '95/ '97/ '99/ '00/ '03/ '06 |
Gallery Yamaguchi (Tokyo) |
| 1987, 1991 | Gallery Ueda -Warehouse & SC (Tokyo) |
| 1988, 1990 | Gallery White Art (Tokyo) |
| 1992, 1994, 1996 | Gallery Emon (Nagoya) |
| 1993 | Gallery Konishi (Kyoto) |
| 1997 | MIZUNOKUNI Museum104 (Shimane) |
| - | Art Affairs (Amsterdam, Holland) |
| 1998 | The Plus /Minus Foundation (Renesse, Holland) |
| 1999 | TUES1999 - A view of Contemporary Sculpture (The Utsukushi-ga-hara Open Air Museum, Nagano) |
| 2003 | CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM ISE (Mie) |
| 2004 - 2005 | "ATSUO OKAMOTO - Sedimentation" /MIZUNOKUNI Museum104 (Shimane) |
| 2008 | ATSUO OKAMOTO exhibition "FOREST" /Gallery Tokyo-Humanite, Gallery Yamaguchi (Tokyo) |
| 2010 | "Faraway mountain" Atsuo OKAMOTO/ Corn Exchange Gallery, Gayfield Square Gardens (Edinburgh/UK) |
| 2011 | "FOREST" Atsuo OKAMOTO/ the Rootstein Hopkins Parade Ground in the Chelsea College of Art and Design (London/UK) |
| 2014 | "excavation" Atsuo OKAMOTO/ Gallery Tokyo-Humanite (Tokyo) |
| 2016 | "faraway memories" Atsuo OKAMOTO/ IRIYA Gallery (Tokyo) "EXCAVATION 2016" Atsuo OKAMOTO/ Gallery SEIHO (Tokyo) |
| 2017 | "excavate a water 2017" Atsuo OKAMOTO/ Ise Contemporary Museum of Art (Mie) |
| 2019 | "STONE Sculpture" Atsuo OKAMOTO Exhibition/ Tokyo Garden Terrace KIOICHO |
| 2021 | "CALDERA" Atsuo OKAMOTO Exhibition / Gallery Tokyo-Humanite (Tokyo) |
| 2022 | "EXCAVATE A HOLE" Atsuo OKAMOTO Exhibition / Gallery IRIYA (Tokyo) |
| Selected Group Exhibitions | |
| 1981 | The 15th Contemporary Art Exhibition of Japan: Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Kyoto Municipal Art Museum. The 9th Exhibition of Contemporary Japanese Sculpture: Ube Tokiwa Park, Ube. |
| 1983 | East West Forum in Dordrecht: Holland. New Generation of Contemporary Art: Mieken - Museum of Art,Tsu. The 3rd Henny Moor Grand Prize Exhibition: the Utsukushi - gahara Open - Air Museum, Nagano. |
| 1985 | Flying, Floating, Dancing. Hokkaido Museum of Art, Sapporo Hokkaido. The 11th Exhibition of Contemporary Japanese Sculpture: Ube Tokiwa Park, Ube. |
| 1986 | Kinetic Sculpture in Japan: Walker Hill Art Center, Seoul. The 5th Hamamatsu Dune Open-air Exhibition: Nakatajima - dune, Hamamatsu. |
| 1987 | Tokyo Water Front Festival: Gallery Ueda - Warehouse, Shinkiba, Tokyo. |
| 1988 | Yokohama Flash: Mitsubishi Warehouse, Yokohama. Movement and Modern Art: The Museum of Modern Art, Saitama, Urawa. |
| 1989 | The Space, Material, Tension, Vacancy in Japanese Contemporary Art: The Museum of Modern Art, Saitama, Urawa. ART EXITING '89, behind the today's being: The Museum of Modern Art, Saitama, Urawa. Japanese Ways, Western Means; Art of the 1980's in Japan: Queensland Art Gallery, South Brisbane, Australia. |
| 1990 | Contemporary Sculpture in Japan III-Transformation of Material and Space: Kanagawa Prefectural Gallery, Yokohama. The 12th Contemporary Sculpture Exhibition: The Biennale of Kobe at the Suma Detached Palace Garden, Kobe. |
| 1991 | Rouge Forever - Joint Exhibition with Hans-WaIter Muller: Ochanomizu Square, Tokyo. A Current of Contemporary Art in Japan - Sculpture: The Museum of Modern Art, Toyama, Toyama. The 14th Exhibition of Contemporary Japanese Sculpture: Ube Tokiwa Park, Ube. |
| 1992 | Encountering the Others: Kassl, Hann - munden/ Germany. Kanagawa Art Annual '92: Kanagawa Pretectual Gallery, Yokohama. |
| 1994 | '94 The Magnetic Field of Contemporary Art: Tsukuba Museum ofArt; Tsukuba. |
| 1995 | TOSA - TOSA '95, Cool Age: Noise Music of Art: The Museum of Art, Kochi. The 16th Exhibition of Contemporary Japanese Sculpture: Ube Tokiwa Park, Ube. |
| 1996 | ART IN TOKYO No.8; Inside of Works, Outside of Works: Itabashi Art Museum, Tokyo. Dialogue Between Tools and Arts: The Museum of Modern Art, Kanagawa, Kamakura. |
| 1997 | Collaboration ; Atsuo Okamoto + Noda Hiroji: Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art, Nagoya. |
| 1998 | Inside / Outside Japanese Contemporary Sculpture by Eight Artists: The Niigata Prefectual Museum of Modern Art, Niigta. The Magnetic Field of Contemporary Art '98: The Tsukuba Museum of Art lbaraki, Tsukuba City. ('00/'03/'05) |
| 1999 | JUNJI AMANO, ATSUO OKAMOTO -Traces-: Yonago City Museum of Art, Tottori. TUES - A View of Contemporary Sculpture - The Creation of Dimention, The Utsukushi-ga-hara Endowment for Sculpture |
| 2002 | Sculptors of Eastern Japan: Tokyo Station Gallery, Tokyo |
| 2003 | The 5th Exhibition of Amabiki Village and Sculpture: Yamato-mura, Ibaraki. (the 1st - the 4th, '95/ '97/ '99/ '01) |
| 2003 | The Imaginary City "metamorphosis" Hiroshima: Hiroshima, |
| 2004 | The 3rd collaboration; Atsuo Okamoto + Noda Hiroji: Gallery Yamagichi, Gallery Tokyo Humanite ONDO ArtScape-Genius Loci: Ondo-town Hiroshima |
| 2005 | The 21st Exhibition of Contemporary Japanese Sculpture: Ube Tokiwa Park, Ube. |
| 2006 ~ 2022 | outdoor exhibition/ AMABIKI 2006, 2008, 2011, 2013, 2019 and 2022: Sakuragawa-city, Ibaraki. Sculpture Internazionale ad Aglie 2006, Torino/ Italy |
| 2007 ~ 2017 | outdoor exhibition/ ART SESSIONN TSUKUBA 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015 and 2017: Tsukuba, Ibaraki. |
| 2008 | New town Paradise - between the ruins and New town: Yokohama |
| 2009 | Sidney Nolan Trust Sculpture program 2009 (UK) MILE STONE Sculpture International 2009 (Edinburgh/UK) |
| 2010 | STONE project exhibition (Yorkshire Sculpture Park/UK) STONE project exhibition (Pier Art Center, Orkney/UK) |
| 2012 | Art First Project : J. Harrison / A. Okamoto Exhibition (Art First / London) Atsuo OKAMOTO by Koji HIRATO vol.2: METAL Art Museum, Chiba |
| 2015 | "FINDING FORM" (Art First / London) |
| Symposiums | |
| 1978 | Suwako International Sculpture Symposium (Nagano) 1980 Lahr International Sculpture Symposium.Lahr (Germany) |
| 1981 | Hagi City International Sculpture Symposium (Yamaguchi ) |
| 1982 | Kaiserslautern International Sculpture Symposium, Kaisersautern (Germany) |
| 1983 | East West Forum in Dordrecht International Sculpture Symposium, Dordrecht (Holland) |
| 1983 | Kawasaki International Sculpture Symposium (Kawasaki) |
| 1985 | The Environmental Art Symposium and Exhibition, Tsukuba New City (Tsukuba) |
| 1988 | Soffiero International Sculpture Symposium, Helsingborg (Sweden) |
| 1988 | Nasu Sculpture Symposium (Tochigi) |
| 1989 | Kasaoka Sculpture Symposium (Okayama) |
| 1991 | YAMATO / MAHOROBA Stone Sculpture International Symposium, Yamato-mura (Ibaraki) |
| 1990 | Aoraki Festival of Art (New Zealand) |
| 1993 | The 2nd Nijima Koga Stone Sculpture Festival (Tokyo) |
| 1998 | '98 Symposium of Sculpture in Yonago, Yonago (Tottori) |
| 2000 | Kyongnam International Sculpture Symposium, Changwon-city (Korea) |
| 2003 | Bitburg International Sculpture Symposium, Bitburg-city (Germany) |
| 2006 | Minnesota Rocks in Saint Paul, Saint Paul (Minnesota/ USA) |
| 2009 - 2014 | Sidney Nolan Trust artist residence (UK) and 2009, 2011, 2014 artist workshop |
Atsuo Okamoto