is a
Japanese mezzotint engraver and
painter
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Biography
Born in
Koriyama,
Japan
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in 1936, the youngest child of Iwaya Kanekichi and Kageyama Matsu, Toru Iwaya went, at the age of 19, to
Tokyo. After he graduated from the Tokyo Fisheries (東京水産), now called
Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology (
東京海洋大学), at the age of 24, he moved back to
Koriyama, where in 1965 at the age of 29 he married Keiko Sugano. In 1971 at the age of 35 he moved to
Paris.
Toru Iwaya returned to
Koriyama, Japan in 1999 due to his wife's deteriorating health and his sister's mental illness. He continues his work and has begun teaching his techniques to young students at his workshop.
Awards
*
Société des Artistes Français: bronze medal, 1972
Bibliography
* Uematsu, Hajime (ed.), ''Mezzotints by Toru Iwaya'', with foreword by Masami Ono and introduction by Teizo Taki. Tokyo: Oscar Art Co. Ltd
References
Toru Iwaya's WebsiteVideo of Toru Iwaya explaining how a mezzotint is made (Japanese)
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1936 births
Living people
Artists from Fukushima Prefecture
Japanese artists