1936 Born in Hyogo Prefecture

 

1969 Awarded the Grand Prize for Prints at 6th Paris Youth Biennale

1972 Solo Exhibition (MoMA, New York)   

1974 Solo Exhibition (Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam)

1976 Participates in Exhibition of “5 International Graphic Designers” at Venice Biennial

1982 Solo Exhibition (Museum fur Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg)

1983 Solo Exhibition (Musee de la Publicite, Paris)

1985 The 13th Paris Biennale; Participates in The 18th Sao Paulo International Biennale

1986 Solo Exhibition (Israel Museum, Jerusalem)

1989 Receives Honorary Prize of The 4th ASIA Art Biennale, Bangladesh

1993 Participates in “45th Venice Biennale Trans-Actions” Venice, Italy 

1994 Solo Exhibition (Contemporary Art Center, New Orleans)

1995 Solo Exhibition (Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography); Mainichi Fine Art Award 

1997 Solo Exhibition (Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Modern Art)

2000 Modern Contemporary Art at MOMA (MoMA, New York); Hall of Fame, New York ADC

2001 Exhibits in “MoMA Highlights” (MoMA, New York); Solo Exhibition (The Museum of Modern Art, Toyama); Solo Exhibition (Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo)

2002 Solo Exhibition (Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Contemporary Art/ Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art) 

2003 Solo Exhibition (The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto)

2005 Solo Exhibition (Contemporary Art Museum, Kumamoto)

2006 Solo Exhibition（Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain,Paris；Receives Japan Inter-Design Award 

2008 Solo Exhibition (Setagaya Art Museum,Tokyo / Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art)

          Solo Exhibition(Friedman Benda, New York)

　　  Receives 36th Kyoka Izumi Prize for Literature for his novel “Blue Land” 

2009 Receives 5th Enku Award; Solo Exhibition (Arario Gallery,Seoul)

　　  Solo Exhibition (21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa)

2010 Solo Exhibition(Friedman Benda, New York)

　　  Marcel Duchamp and the Forestay Waterfall （Gallery Davel, Suisse）

          Solo Exhibition（The National Museum of Art, Osaka）