Mitsuo Katsui, Japan (1984)
Mitsuo Katsui, Japan (1984)
Born in Tokyo 1931. He graduated from the Tokyo University of Education in 1955. He has worked in all fields of graphic design, including providing the art direction for the Osaka International Expo in 1970. Okinawa Ocean Expo in 1975 and the Tsukuba Science Expo in 1985. His work strives to open a new realm of communication through the modes of expression that technology provides.
He is participating in the selection program as one of the members of the Tokyo Olympic Games and the Paralympic Games' Emblem Committee to be held in 2020.
Publications
ALTERED SOIL
(2002)
- Mitsuo Katsui
mitsuo katsui: visionary∞scape
(2003)
- Mitsuo Katsui
MITSUO KATSUI 1954-2013
(2014)
- Mitsuo Katsui
Exhibitions
APE CALL from TOKYO
1990
New York ADC Gallery, New York
MITSUO KATSUI: VISIONARY∞ZONE
2004
The Museum of Modern Art, Toyama, Toyama
The appearance of light: Mitsuo Katsui
2008
Ikeda Museum of 20th Century Art, Shizuoka
MITSUO KATSUI: SEQUENT SIGHT
2009
University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki
Le Mois du graphisme d’Echirolles, 20th anniversary: The exhibition Mitsuo Katsui
2010
Mois du graphisme d'Échirolles, Échirolles
MITSUO KATSUI: DESIGN OF SYMPTOM
2014
ginza graphic gallery, Tokyo
Awards
1958
Japan Advertising Artists Club Awards
1972
The Kodansha Cultural Publishing Prize
1972
The 5th Brno Biennale of Book Design
1980
International Poster Biennale in Warsaw
1987
The 7th Lahti International Poster Triennial
1993
The Minister of Education Prize for the Arts
1994
The Mainichi Industrial Design Award
1995
The New York ADC
1996
Japanese Government Medal with Purple Ribbon
2000
Mexico Poster Biennials