Tsugio Hattori was born in Kagoshima, Japan, in 1951. Hattori studied mechanical engineering and technical illustration at Kagoshima National College of Technology in 1972. Afterwards, he went to Tokyo and attended Musashino Art University. He graduated from the Univ in 1980. Hattori continued his studies at The Art Students League of New York. Thinking of Oriental impression, he expressed the impression mixed the cultural background that he could remember with abstractly what kind of thing is the Oriental memory in the foreign country. Hattori's abstract forms are related to Chinese hieroglyph or the afterimage received from the style of type, and have a nuance that composed those elements and some balances by his sense. His early works were oil paintings, but he used acrylic paints in U.S.A.
Life and work
He began a fourteen-year relationship with Reece Galleries Inc., New York, NY, from 1984. Hattori immigrated to the United States in 1987. His paintings are in the collections of Bergen Museum of Art & Science, NJ, Muscarelle Museum of Art, VA, and Museo de Arte Contemporanea, Madeira, Portugal, to name a few, and have appeared in television programs on ABC and Fox. A number of his images were selected by UNICEF for publication in Europe in 1995 and 1997. In 1997, The Bergen Museum held the first retrospective of his inspirational work. But on August 10 in 1998, he left a wife and two sons in the sleeping and died. He was 46 years old. At the time of his death Hattori resided in Tappan, NY, and was a dedicated faculty member at the Art Center of Northern New Jersey, teaching abstract painting and composition.
Career
2000 Memories-A, Retrospective, Intermission-Selected Artists. The Reece Galleries, Inc, New York.
2000 Intermission Ⅲ-Selected Artists. The Reece Galleries, Inc, New York.
1999 Intermission Ⅱ-Selected Artists. The Reece Galleries, Inc, New York.
1999 Intermission Ⅰ-Selected Artists. The Reece Galleries, Inc, New York.
1997-98 Solo Show, The Bergen Museum of Art & Science, Hackensack, NJ.
1997-98 Group Show, Reece Galleries, NY.
1997 Solo Show, Reece Galleries, NY. Group Show, FFA (Inn & Art), Madeira, Portugal.
1996 Solo Show, Reece Galleries, NY.
1995 Solo Show, Art Center of Northern New Jersey, NJ.
1993 Two Person Show, West Harbour Gallery, Oyster Bay, NY.
1992 Art Miami International Exposition, Miami, FL.
1992 Solo Show, Reece Galleries, NY.
1991 Solo Show, Reece Galleries, NY.
1990 Solo Show, Reece Galleries, NY.
1989 Solo Show, Reece Galleries, NY.
1988 Solo Show, Reece Galleries, NY.
1987 Solo Show, Reece Galleries, NY.
1986 Group Show, IL Mercante Contemporanea, Milan, Italy. Two person Show, Reece Galleries, NY. Solo Show, Atlantic Gallery, NY.
1985 Solo Show, Atlantic Gallery, NY.
1984 Inaugural Show, Atlantic Gallery, NY.
1983 Group Show, Atlantic Gallery, NY.
1980 Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Art Graduation Celebration Expo, Tokyo, Japan.
1979 Kagoshima Prefectural Art Expo, Kagoshima, Japan (Award Winner).
Chronology
1997 Commissioned Work for Kal Pack, NY.
1997 Charity Greeting Cards Publication for UNICEF.
1995 Charity Greeting Cards Publication for UNICEF.
1989 Commissioned Works for Nikko(Japan Air Lines)Hotel, Atlanta, GA.
1987 Emigrated to U.S.A.
1986 Journeyed and Studied in France and Spain.
1981 The Art Students League of New York.
1980 Musashino Art University, Tokyo, Japan/Degrees in Oil Painting, BFA.
1979 Award Winner of Kagoshima Prefectural Art Expo, Kagoshima, Japan.
1975 The Form Art Institute, Tokyo.
1972 Kagoshima National College of Technology in Kagoshima of Japan.
1951 Born in Kagoshima of Japan.
Publications
1998 Retrospective Catalogue of Hattori Published by The Bergen Museum of Art & Science, NJ.
1997 Reviewed by Takako Kasai, Contributing Editor,Yomiuri America, NY.
1997 Five images of Hattori's work selected by UNICEF for Publication in Europe.
1996 Reviewed by Miyoko Fukazawa, Contributing Editor, OCS News, NY.
1996 Reviewed by Takako Kasai, Contributing Editor, Yomiuri America, NY.
1996 Reviewed by Gerrit Henry, Contributing Editor, Art in America, March Issue.
1995 Silk Road I selected by UNICEF for greeting card publication.
1995 Two posters of Hattori's works appeared in TV Programs on ABC and Fox.
1995 Reviewed by Gerrit Henry, Contributing Editor, ARTnews, February Issue.
1994 Catalogue of Hattori published by the Reece Galleries, NY.
1994 Essay by Laura Berger, Contributing Editor, ARTnews.
1994 Appeared in the Catalogue of Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, "American Abstraction; A New Decade".
1994 Appeared in the Catalogue of Bruce Mcgaw Graphics, NY.
1993 Five posters of Hattori's work published by Bruce Mcgaw Graphics, NY.
1992 Yabusame appeared in the catalogue of Art Expo in Miami, FL.
1991 Shi-On appeared on the front cover of Art Speak, NY.
1990 Azalea appeared in Merill Lynch ads.
1986 Azalea appeared on front cover of Back Stage, Section B.
1985 P-Red appeared and reviewed on front cover of Art Speak, NY.
Public collections
Bergen Museum of Art & Science, Paramus, NJ / Muscarelle Museum of Art, VA / Museu de Arte Contemporanea, Madeira_Portugal / Landmark Partners, NY / Welsh, Carson, Anderson and Stowe, NY / Orrick Herrington and Sutcliffe, NY / Kal Pack, NY / FFA (Inn & Art ), Madeira_Portugal / General Electric / Diconix / Nikko Hotel, Atlanta, GA / Japan Air lines / Corcoran Group / ARA Services / Pennie & Edmonds / Spears Benzak Salmon & Farrell / Bozell Jacobs Kenyon & Eckhardt, NY / Market Sources Inc. / Alliance Capital Management /etc.
