{"id":399,"date":"2020-04-01T14:55:17","date_gmt":"2020-04-01T14:55:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kaoruhirose-sumie.com\/?page_id=399"},"modified":"2025-12-01T21:37:12","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T19:37:12","slug":"biography","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/kaoruhirose-sumie.com\/en\/biography\/","title":{"rendered":"Biography"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Born in Tokushima, Japan, Kaoru is a Sumie artist and a certifiied teacher by the International Sumi-e Association of Tokyo. Since 2013, she has given courses, demonstrations and exhibitions of Sumi-e at various art universities, art schools and other art institutions in Berlin, Perpignan, Barcelona, Madrid, Valencia, and other cities in Europe.<\/p>

After living most of her life in Japan, she moved to Canada, then to Germany, and since 2006 she has been living in Sitges, a beautiful Mediterranean town near Barcelona.<\/p>

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11.2025  Faculty of Fine Arts – Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain 
01.2025  Arts Baccalureate – Joan Ramon Bernapr\u00e8s Institute, Sitges, Barcelona
12.2024  L’idem Creative Art School<\/a>, Barcelona, Spain
11.2024  Tarragona School of Art and Design<\/a>, Tarragona, Spain
12.2023  L’idem Creative Art School, Barcelona, Spain
02.2023  Tarragona School of Art and Design<\/a>, Tarragona, Spain
12.2022  L’idem Creative Art School, Barcelona, Spain
01.2022  CIC School of Baccalaureate in Fine Arts and Design, Barcelona, Spain
12.2021  L’idem Creative Art School, Barcelona, Spain
09-12.2021 Escola Massana \u00b7 Art and Design Center, Barcelona, Spain
01.2021  CIC School of Baccalaureate in Fine Arts and Design, Barcelona, Spain
12.2020  L’idem Creative Art School, Barcelona, Spain
01.2020  CIC School of Baccalaureate in Fine Arts and Design, Barcelona, Spain
12.2019  L’idem Creative Art School, Barcelona, Spain
11.2019  L’idem Creative Art School, Perpignan, France
09-12.2019 Escola Massana \u00b7 Art and Design Center, Barcelona, Spain
02.2019  L’idem Art School, Barcleona, Barcelona, Spain
12.2018  ELISAVA University School of Design and Engineering, Barcelona
12.2018  CIC Escola de Batxiellat Arts pl\u00e0stiques i disseny, Barcelona
07.2018  Arsenal Municipal School of Art – Villafranca de Pened\u00e8s, Spain
06.2018  Municipal School of Art and Design – La Garriga, Spain
09.2016  Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain
07.2016  Manolo Hugu\u00e9 Municipal School of Art – Caldes de Montbui, Spain<\/p>\n

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Training<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t

2012-2015 Sumi-e teacher certificate. International Sumi-e Association – Tokyo, Japan
\n2010-2011 Postgraduate in International Cultural Cooperation and Management. University of Barcelona, Spain
\n1993-1998 Bachelor of Arts in Language and Culture . Teaching Certificate. Osaka University of Foreign Studies – Osaka, Japan<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

Exhibitions<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t

06-08.2022 “\u3068\u3082\u306b – Juntos – Together” – Centro Cultural Miramar, Sitges, Barcelona
03-05.2018 Miramar Cultural Centre, Sitges, Barcelona
11.2017 Aqu\u00ed hi ha gat amagat, Centre Civic Pere Pruna – Barcelona
11.2017 Espaci\u00f3 de Esp\u00edritu de Jap\u00f3n, Salon de Manga – Fira Barcelona
10.2016 Espaci\u00f3 de Esp\u00edritu de Jap\u00f3n, Salon de Manga – Fira Barcelona
03.2016 La Quadra, Culture room- Santa Maria de Palautordera, Spain
10-12.2015 XXVIII Sanvisens Painting Competition – l’Edifici Miramar, Sitges, Barcelona
06.2013 Exposition of International Sumi-e Association – The National Art Center, Tokyo<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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02.2019 ESNE University School of Design, Innovation and Technology – Madrid.
\n04.2018 Sant Jordi Day Fair – Sitges.
\n01.2017 Umaicha Press Conference – Green-spot, Barcelona
\n03.2015 Korekara Japan – Mitte Barcelona
\n01.2015 Japanese Association New Year’s Party – Hotel Meli\u00e0 – Barcelona<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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07.2022
\nLlegir.cat
\n“Sumi-e artists have the responsibility to spread this art”.
\nhttps:\/\/www.llegir.cat\/2022\/07\/kaoru-hirose-els-artistes-de-sumi-e-tenen-la-responsabilitat-de-difondre-aquest-art\/<\/p>\n

06.2022
\nRadio Maricel
\n“L’art Sumi-e d’una japonesa de Sitges al Miramar”.
\nhttp:\/\/www.radiomaricel.cat\/2022\/06\/23\/lart-sumi-e-duna-japonesa-de-sitges-al-miramar\/<\/p>\n

06.2022
\nCanal Blau
\nhttps:\/\/canalblau.alacarta.cat\/al-dia-noticies\/capitol\/al-dia-noticies-08-06-2022
\n**From 21:32<\/p>\n

06.2022
\nEix Diari
\nhttps:\/\/www.eixdiari.cat\/cultura\/doc\/101103\/lartista-japonesa-kaoru-hirose-exposa-a-sitges-lart-de-sumi-e-una-tecnica-de-pintura-nipona-amb-tint.html<\/p>\n

06. 2022
\nSitges Town Council
\nhttps:\/\/youtu.be\/5gGboH3F2Wg<\/p>\n

06. 2022
\nL’Eco de Sitges newspaper
\n“Sumi-e art is exhibited at Miramar”.<\/p>\n

03. 2021
\nNewspaper l’Eco de Sitges
\n“Art and Dona alegria fent-lo i rebent-lo”.<\/p>\n

03. 2020
\nTV3 – Televisi\u00f3 de Catalunya, Collaboration for
\n“Daniel Shiraishi: a very Japanese Brazilian”.
\nhttps:\/\/www.ccma.cat\/tv3\/alacarta\/programa\/daniel-shiraishi-un-brasiler-molt-japones\/video\/6033681\/<\/p>\n

09. 2016
\nPeri\u00f3dico setmanari montbui “La pintura tradicional oriental”.<\/p>\n

01. 2016 TV3 – Televisi\u00f3 de Catalunya “Ja t’ho far\u00e0s”.
\nhttps:\/\/vimeo.com\/153235205
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