持田総章 / MOCHIDA Sosho

Sosho Mochida, born in Tokyo, Japan. Painter, printmaker, and professor emeritus at Osaka University of Arts. His artistic activities are centered in Osaka, where he incorporates a variety of styles, including three-dimensional modeling and art photography. He also does prints, including recent "branding" works on felt, and taught at Osaka University of Arts (formerly Naniwa University of Arts) from 1960 to early 2000, where he helped establish a printmaking course. Since 1975, he has exhibited his work in the "Ge Exhibition," a leading contemporary art group in the Kansai area. He is active throughout Japan, he has contributed greatly to the development of print art in Osaka in the postwar period. Major collections: The National Museum of Art, Osaka, Nakanoshima Museum of Art, Osaka, Osaka Contemporary Art Center, Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Osaka University of Arts Museum Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Hongik University Museum of Modern Art and Long Museum.