SHOZO SOMEKAWA

1957          Born in Nagasaki Japan
1975-76     Studied in Nagoya University of arts
1977-81     Studied in Nagasaki University faculty of arts
1982-87     Worked as teacher of art in several schools in Japan
1988          Started to live in Barcelona, Spain, with his family
1994-2015 Worked as illustrator of the Newspaper AVUI in Barcelona



INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITIONS

2001  Showroom of Cubelles City Hall (Barcelona, Spain)
　　　PolePole (Hiroshima, Japan) 
　　　Showroom of Nagasaki Newspaper (Nagasaki, Japan)
2002  Showroom of IBER CAJA (La Rioja, Spain)
　　　Valenti Gallery (Sant Pere de Rives, Barcelona, Spain)
2004  Sopa De Letras Gallery (Valencia, Spain)
2006  PolePole (Hiroshima, Japan)
　　　-ismes Gallery (Vilanova i la Geltru, Barcelona, Spain)
2007  PolePole (Hiroshima, Japan)
　　　Showroom of Nagasaki Newspaper (Nagasaki ,Japan)
　　　Valenti Gallery (Sant Pere de Rives, Barcelona, Spain) 
2008  Valenti Gallery (Sant Pere de Rives, Barcelona, Spain) 
2009  Paters Gallery (Tokyo, Japan)
          Valenti Gallery (Sant Pere de Rives, Barcelona, Spain)
　　　Yoruhiru (Tokyo, Japan)
　　　PolePole (Hiroshima, Japan)
　　　Decobi (Nagano, Japan)
2010 La Cucanya (Vilanova i la Geltru, Barcelona, Spain)
         Sala portal del Pardo (El Vendrell, Tarragona, Spain)
2011 PolePole (Hiroshima, Japan)
2013 Casa Ate (Aguinaliu, Huesca, Spain)
         Pic & Jazz (Cubelles, Barcelona, Spain)
2014 PolePole (Hiroshima, Japan) 
         Showroom Portal del Pardo (El Vendrell, Tarragona, Spain)
2016 PolePole (Hiroshima, Japan)  
         Pic&Jazz (Cubelles, Barcelona, Spain)
         Space Can Travé (Cubelles, Barcelona, Spain)
2018 Showroom of Cubelles City Hall (Barcelona Spain)
2021 PolePole (Hiroshima, Japan)
2022 -ismes Gallery Vilamercat d'Art (Vilanova i la Geltru, Barcelona, Spain)    2023 -ismes Gallery Vilamercat d'Art (Vilanova i la Geltru, Barcelona, Spain) 



COLLECTIVE EXHIBITIONS

2000  Valenti Gallery (Sant Pere de Rives, Barcelona, Spain)
　　　Asaco Gallery (Vilanova i la Geltru, Barcelona, Spain)
　　　La Cucanya Club Rotary Auction (Vilanova i la Geltru, Barcelona, Spain)
　　　Llaverias Art Space (Valles, Spain)
2002 Typint Gallery (Nagasaki, Japan)
　　   -ismes Gallery (Vilanova i la Geltru, Barcelona, Spain)
2005  Sopa De Letras Gallery (Valencia, Spain)
2006  L'illa diagonal (Barcelona, Spain)
　　　-ismes Gallery (Vilanova i la Geltru, Barcelona, Spain)
　　　La Sala Vinçon (Barcelona, Spain)
2007  Zenbu Gallery (Barcelona, Spain)
　　    La Sala Vinçon (Barcelona, Spain)
2008  L'antiquari (Tarragona, Spain)
2009  Valenti Gallery (Sant Pere de Rives, Barcelona, Spain)
　　   Nagasaki Museum (Nagasaki, Japan)
2012  -ismes Gallery (Vilanova i la Geltru, Barcelona, Spain)



GROUP SEVEN EXHIBITIONS

2001 Cultural Center of Ceuti (Murcia, Spain)
　　  Maria Forcada Gallery (Tudela, Spain)



FINALIST AT

1991 I International engraving biennial (Galicia, Spain)
1999 VI RICARD CAMI Painting Prize (Terrassa, Spain)
　　　　III Biennial of Art F.C.Barcelona (Barcelona, Spain)
2000 III Plastic arts Competition El Brocense (Caceres, Spain)
　　　　V National Painting Contest Cruz-Campo Foundation
　　　　(Calahorra, Spain)
　　　　National engraving competition (Madrid, Spain)
2001 VII RICARD CAMI Painting Prize (Terrassa, Spain)



AWARDED AT

1987 Purchase Prize at Print Contest (Tokyo, Japan)
1990 Vilafranca Museum Contest (Vilafranca, Spain)
1996 RAMON CASAS Contest (Barcelona)
1998 Postage stamp design contest of Japan (Prize of Excellence)
　　  Stamp came into circulation in December 1998 in Japan.



WORKS IN MUSEUMS AND FOUNDATIONS

Isetan Museum (Tokyo, Japon)
National Museum of Stamp (Tokyo, Japon)
National Museum of Engraving (Madrid, Spain)
IBER CAJA Foundation (La Rioja, Spain)