湊 七雄

Shichio MINATO is a visual artist and fine art academic with many years of experience in research, teaching and art management. He is a professor at the University of Fukui, Japan.,,Shichio graduated from Kanazawa College of Arts, Japan (BFA) and from the Royal Academy of Fine Arts Ghent, Belgium (MFA).,,After obtaining his MFA, Shichio moved to France where he worked as an assistant in the Printmaking Department at l'École supérieure d'art et design Saint-Étienne.,,He is interested in non-toxic printmaking, especially development of a supporting system for school teachers.,,As art director, he curated a number of exhibitions and was appointed as a chair at E&C ART BASE, Fukui, Japan.,,Shichio had exhibitions of his works in Japan and abroad.,,Carrying a grant for ‘survey research on the spread of non-toxic Printmaking techniques’. He was working together as visiting professor with professor Marnix Everaert at the Academy for Visual Arts in Ghent (April 2017 > March 2018).