Manabu Kochi Art for Sale at Auction

b. 1954 -

Manabu Kochi was born in Okinawa, Japan in 1954. He studied at the Tokyo Zokei Art University, the Musashino Art University in Tokyo and further pursued his studies in Florence, Italy (1979-1981) at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze. Shaping his style in Tokyo, Florence and London, Kochi lives and works in Paris, France since 1981 in a close link with the Claude Lemand Gallery.

Since his first solo exhibition in 1989, Kochi’s work has been exhibited internationally in both solo and group exhibitions. His work was selected by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS) to be the 1996 Official Grammy® Artist and the official Artist for the MusiCares® for the 1996 New York ArtExpo. Since 2014, Kochi’s work is exhibited at the Art Paris Art Fair, within the prestigious halls of the Grand Palais, under the Claude Lemand Gallery.