lives and works in Tokyo and New York

1952     born Shizuoko City, Japan

AWARDS
2000     The Sandman: The Dreamhunters. Eisner Award / Nomination for the Hugo Award
              Dragon Con Award
              Julie Award

 1983     Seiun Award          

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
1989     Hiten, Yurakucho Mullion, Tokyo

1995     Orléans Art Museum, Orléans

1998     Think Like Amano, Uenonomori Museum of Art, Tokyo
              Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival, Brussels

1999     Hero, Angel Orensanz Foundation, NYC

2002     Leo Koenig, Inc. NYC
              Fiac, Paris
              The Happy Lion (Leo Koenig, Inc. & Galerie Michael Janssen), Los Angeles

2003     Galerie Michael Janssen, Cologne

2004     Recent Works. Galerie Patrick De Brock, Knooke
              Yoshitaka Amano. M. Kunstverein Heilbronn, Heilbronn
              Galerie Michael Janssen, Cologne

2005     Art Contemporain (Luxembourg)

2006     Sarasoto/Tampa (Florida)
              Art Statements Gallery

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2002     Barbican Galleries, Barbican Art Centre, London

2004     Rodolphe Janssen feat Michael Janssen. Galerie Rodolphe Janssen, Brussels
              Dessins et des Autres. Galerie Anne de Villepoix, Paris
              Yoshitaka Amano — André van de Wijdeven. Galerie Tanya Rumpff, Haarlem
              Dessins et des Autres — Part II. Galerie Catherine Bastide, Brussels (curated by Anne de Villepoix and Catherine Bastide)
              Funny Cuts. Cartoons und Comics in der Zeitgenössischen Kunst, Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, Stuttgart

2006     Festival Walk (Hong Kong)

ANIMATION / COMIC BOOK CONCEPT / DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT
1982     Twilight Worlds, SF Magazine, Hayakawa Publishing Corporation

1987     Final Fantasy, Computer game Software

1998     1001 Nights, Philharmonic Production of 3D / 2D animated short film, debuted at the Los Angeles Philharmonic April Concert

1999     The Sandman: The Dreamhunters, DC Comics

2000     The Sandman: Yumo no Katynudo, Interbooks
              The Sandman: The Dreamhunters, NORMA Editorial

2001     The Sandman: Os Cacadores. De Sonhos, Conrad Livro
              Hero, developed multi genre Presentation
              Electra and Wolverine: The Redeemer, Marvel Comics (by Greg Rucka)

THEATRE, SET AND COSTUME DESIGN

1988     Nayotake (by Tamasaburo Bando)
1994     Kaijin Besso, Tokyo
1996     Yokiki, Kabuki Theatre, Tokyo