Biography
1961:
Born in Yanaka, Tokyo, the eldest son of Kunio Komatsuzaki, a Western-style painter.
1962:
Father Kunio opens his studio in Urawa
1964:
Enters Saitama University Kindergarten
1967:
Entered Saitama University Elementary School
1973:
Entered Junior High School attached to Saitama Univer...
1961:
Born in Yanaka, Tokyo, the eldest son of Kunio Komatsuzaki, a Western-style painter.
1962:
Father Kunio opens his studio in Urawa
1964:
Enters Saitama University Kindergarten
1967:
Entered Saitama University Elementary School
1973:
Entered Junior High School attached to Saitama University, Faculty of Education
1976:
Entered Sundai Gakuen High School
1977:
Attended UCLA Language School, Los Angeles, California
1979:
Enrolls in Shinjuku Art Academy (Toyoki Hoshina class)
1980:
Entered Tokyo University of the Arts, Faculty of Fine Arts, Oil Painting
1981:
Stayed at the studio of Kunio's father in Sanjo-Kawaramachi, Kyoto
1984:
Graduated from Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, Oil Painting
Entered the graduate school of Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music (Hiroshi Hisasue's class)
Stayed in Egypt, Greece, Italy and Holland
1985:
Forms the film collective "FILM". Directed the group.
Forms CREAM, a contemporary art unit
1986:
Completes graduate studies at Tokyo University of the Arts
Produced a mural painting for Honda's headquarters building.
Selected for the first time at the New Works Exhibition
Moved to Fussa City, Tokyo
1987:
Studied under Geneichiro Inokuma and Kazu Wakita
1988:
Grand Prize at the Flower and Women's Beauty Exhibition
Moved to Europe, based in London, sketched all over England
1989:
Attended Royal Academy of Art, London
Studied under Jasper Jones
1990:
Sketches throughout France, Belgium and the Netherlands
1991:
Moves to Paris
1992:
Father Kunio dies
Illustration for NHK's "Otoko no Shokusai
Portrait of Mr. Kuroda, Chairman of Kokuyo
Kawade Shobo "Fanny Hill" cover/illustration
Ema (votive tablet) for Imamiya Ebisu Shrine, Osaka
Creation of "Sara Smile", one of his best-known works
2012:
First solo exhibition at Saikosha Gallery, Urawa
2013:
Solo exhibition, "Tetsuro Komatsuzaki Exhibition" at Silkland Gallery, Ginza, Tokyo.
2014:
Solo exhibition "Homage to Loved Ones" at Pinacoteca Gallery, Kanda, Tokyo.
2015:
Pencil Power", solo exhibition at Pinacoteca Gallery, Kanda, Tokyo.
Solo Exhibition "Trajectory on the Line in Drawing and Color" at Pinacoteca Gallery, Kanda, Tokyo.
Painting with Terumasa Hino in Imari, Saga, Japan
Portrait of Kazuhiro Sasaki
2016:
Solo Exhibition "Tetsuro Komatsuzaki Exhibition in Yagibashi" at Yagibashi, Kumagaya
2017:
Solo Exhibition "L'Air du temps - Flow of Time" at the 1st Isetan Urawa Art Gallery
Cover of "Koya", organized by Takashi Tobitaka
2018:
Second solo exhibition at Isetan Urawa Art Gallery
Archival exhibition at Petit Gallery, Urawa, Saitama, Japan
2019:
Self-selected exhibition at Saikosha Gallery, Urawa
2021:
Solo Exhibition "KIBOU" at Isetan Art Gallery, Urawa
Currently lives and works in Urawa
