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manabe anton
1963 born in Eisenkappel, Austria
1982 High School Graduation, move to Vienna
1982-1985 Art History at Vienna University
since 1985 freelance
1987-1989 Member of "Gruppe Wohlklang" (Werner Herbst, Bjoern Gaertner, manabeanton)
since 1987 Book Design for the Vienna "herbstpresse" edition
1989 "Theodor Koerner Prize" , the Theodor Koerner Foundation, Vienna
1991 move to Japan
1992-1995 apprenticeship as carpenter in Nikko, Japan
1993-1996 construction of the workshop in Nikko, Japan
1997 "Kawakami Sumio Woodcut Prize", Kawakami Sumio Museum Kanuma, Japan
2008 Member of " Grazer Autorinnen Autorenversammlung "
exhibitions
1985 "oil paintings" Atelier 96, Vienna
1986 "cock - fights" Zuerich Kosmos Gallery, Vienna
  "paintings, trophies & cardboard installations" Art Space W3/6, Vienna
  "darkening" Atelier 96, Vienna
1987 "oil paintings" Theatre House Stuttgart, Germany
  "FRAGILE" Atelier 96, Vienna
1988 "woodcuts" Gallery Kokuryo, Tokyo
  "woodcuts" Amerlinghouse Gallery, Vienna
1990 "woodcuts for herbstpresse" Alte Schmiede Gallery, Vienna
  "woodcut collages 1988 - 1990" Gallery Lindner, Vienna
  "sculptural works" Peter Poysdorfer and manabe anton, baroque church Wolfpassing , Austria
1999 "manabe anton dreams bad" Gallery of the Austrian Embassy, Tokyo
  "about wood" Gallery Ciel, Utsunomiya,Japan
2002 "my favorite things" Gallery Ciel, Utsunomiya, Japan
2003 "sofarsogood - byaroundaboutway" Armin Guerino & manabe anton Gallery Sikoronia, Rosegg, Austria
  "insects always work seriously" Atelier 96, Vienna
2004 "short stop tokyo" manabe anton & Armin Guerino, Gallery of the Austrian Embassy in Tokyo
2005 "WOOD - sculptures, jewelry, cuts" manabe anton & Johann Wertschnig Gallery Vorspann, Bad Eisenkappel, Austria
2006 " AB HOF " Tomas Hoke & manabe anton, KoMA, Ebriach 6, Austria
"from the forest" Gallery Ciel, Utsunomiya, Japan
2007 "Židovska 4" Synagogue Maribor, Slovenia
"insects always work seriously" Gallery MEL edition, Vienna
2010 "manabe anton & wada kenji " gallery east field, Koshiro, Japan
2011 Kanuma Municipal Art Museum of Kawakami Sumio, Japan
group exhibitions
1985 "techtel mechtel - eroticism in carinthian art" Kuenstlerhaus Klagenfurt, Austria
  "paintings, show in the snow" a project by Peter Poysdorfer, with Tomas Hoke, Armin Guerino and manabe anton
1986 "flat watch - ravna straza" Modern Trigon Gallery, Eberndorf, Austria
1987 "in premoriam" a project by Peter Poysdorfer, with Tomas Hoke, Armin Guerino and manabe anton, Traunfeld, Austria
  "herbstpresse graphics" Kremsmuensterer Stiftshaus, Linz, Austria
1988 "herbstpresse" Vienna City Hall, Literary Quarter Alte Schmiede, Vienna
  "IMA international" Prefectural Museum of Tokyo
1989 "l‘autriche culinaire" Brasil Inter Art Gallery, Paris
1990 "herbstpresse - special editions" Art Frankfurt,Germany Gallery Howeg Zuerich, Swizzerland Gallery Julius, Stuttgart, Germany
1992 "unfaithful" Wasserhofen Castle, Austria
1995 "woodcuts" Kawakami Sumio Museum Kanuma, Japan
1996 "woodcuts" Kawakami Sumio Museum Kanuma, Japan
1997 "woodcuts" Kawakami Sumio Museum Kanuma, Japan
  "exhibition of contemporary paper art work" The Contemporary Art Gallery Imadate, Japan
1998 "woodcuts" Kawakami Sumio Museum Kanuma, Japan
  "tokyo international mini print triennial" Tama Art University, Tokyo
1999 "wood-engraver from tochigi" Kaifu Gallery, Mooka, Japan
2000 "5 continents 1 world" Gallerie & Beeldentuin Laerken, Den Haag, the Netherlands
2001 "door to millennium : art of tochigi in the 20th century II" Tochigi Prefectural Museum of fine Arts, Utsunomiya, Japan
2003 "the 20th anniversary of edition thurnhof" herbstpresse, Art Society Horn, Austria
  "ima mokuhanga ni wa nani ga dekiru ka" 10 Years Woodcut Competition Anniversary Exhibition, Kawakami Sumio Museum Kanuma, Japan
2005 "tokyo international mini print triennial" Tama Art University Museum, Tokyo
   "4th Lessedra World Art Print Annual Mini Print 2005" Gallery Lessedra, Sofia, Bulgaria
" Collection Part - 2 " Gallery Ciel, Utsunomiya, Japan
2006 "5th Lessedra World Art Print Annual Mini Print 2006" Gallery Lessedra, Sofia, Bulgaria
"II International Print Biennial Ceará", Brazil
2008 "7th Lessedra World Art Print Annual Mini Print 2008 "
Gallery Lessedra, Sofia, Bulgaria
 "The 49th Annual JAPAN PRINT SOCIETY ( JPS ) Exhibition"
Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum
2009 "8th Lessedra World Art Print Annual Mini Print 2009 "
Gallery Lessedra, Sofia, Bulgaria
"The 50th Memorial JAPAN PRINT SOCIETY"( JPS ) Exhibition"
Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum
" the first year " Gallery Kastowsky, Vienna
" Druckgraphik aus Wien" Gallery Ciel, Utsunomiya, Japan
2010 " WIEN-TOKIO-BERLIN " Druckgraphik aus Österreich, AKG Berlin
" summer exhibition " Galerie Schafschetzy, Graz
" ART IN THE CITY " Gallery 9900, Lienz
2011 " face to face " AKG Berlin
" paintings, sculptures, pottery " Gallery Ciel, Utsunomiya, Japan
" woodcuts " Cultural Exchange Center Gallery Kanuma, Japan
" woodcuts " Hiroshige Museum of Art, Bato, Japan
" woodcuts " Adachi Ward Hometown Museum, Tokyo, Japan
" Tokio - Berlin - Wien " myart Grafik Kabinett Vienna
WORKSHOPS / SYMPOSIUMS
1988 "interaction 2 the vienna sommersymposium" Vienna
1996 "art camp 96" The Contemporary Art Gallery Imadate, Imadate, Japan
2005 "Woodworkshop - 3 positions " Kosmopolitischer Land Art Hof Strosek, Ebriach, Austria
2006 "Mut willig Berg werken " Kosmopolitischer Land Art Hof Strosek, Ebriach, Austria
2007 "Inside the Trees" Kosmopolitischer Land Art Hof Strosek, Ebriach, A
2008  " grown visions" Kosmopolitischer Land Art Hof Strosek, Ebriach, A
2009 " Totholz/Suhlice "Kosmopolitischer Land Art Hof Strosek, Ebriach, A
books

herbstpresse, wien

1987 Fritz Widhalm, gaisberggefuehl 19 woodcuts, cover
  Gerhard Ruiss, single swingers cover
1988 manabe anton, gilles de rais catalogue
  manabe anton, FRAGILE special edition
1989 Johannes Vyoral, 80% fett 6 woodcuts, cover
1990 Fritz Widhalm, landfluch 8 woodcuts, cover
  Ilse Kilic, mein liedlein 13 woodcuts, cover
  manabe anton, von den schweinen special edition
1991 Ronald Pohl, wind jam meer 10 ink drawings, cover
2000 Sylvia Treudl, windspiele 12 woodcut collages, cover
2006 Magdalena Knapp - Menzel, ich spreche nicht 9 woodcuts, layout, japanese translation
     

edition das froehliche wohnzimmer, wien

1990 unwichtig, Kunst von Maennern (unimportant , art made by men) 3 ink drawings
     

Die Literatur der Oesterreichischen Klein und Autorenverlage

1990 cover woodcut for catalogue  
     

Uitgeverij de Arbeiderspers, Amsterdam

1990 maatstaf - portfeuille 8 woodcuts, cover
     
Shobunsha, Tokyo
1992 Watanabe Reiko, firenze no daidokora kara 11 ink drawings
     
works in public collections
AKH - General Hospital of Vienna, Austria
Kawakami Sumio Museum Kanuma, Japan
MMPA - Gutenberg Museum Mainz, Germany
Tama Art University Museum Tokyo, Japan
Graphic Collection Albertina, Vienna, Austria