The early paintings of Tetsuo Mizu were monotone. From the 1980s to the 1990s, while he was living in Italy, France, and Spain for a long time, he created stained-glass works and installed them at the Church of St.Anna in Lavinio, Rome. And he held a solo exhibition at the Christian Dior Salon and at the Maritime Museum of Chaillyau in Paris during then. In addition, he was invited to competitions in various places in Europe, and has been highly acclaimed for his success in the European art scene. The “Flag Series” paintings which combine the international signal flags used in ships, and make them meaningful, were well-known worldwide and are still very popular today.

【 SOLO Exhibition 】

1944　born in Tokyo, Japan

1967　encountered the works of Modigliani and decided Modigliani as his lifelong master

1971　started drawing and studying at Musashino Art Academy.

1975　accepted for the Exhibition of the Free Art Association and became a member

1983　prized the award of the Free Art Contest

　　　 *started to work and stay in Italy three times in a year since 1983

1986　visited the Picasso’ room in Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland and re-confirmed painting itself

1987　was invited to the First Representational Art Concours in Anzio near Rome

　　　 created stained-glass works and installed them at the Church of St. Anna in Lavinio, Rome

1989　stayed in Palma, Majorca, Spain

1992　started to stay in Paris (till 1996)

1993　created works at the church in Saint-Jean-d’Angély in Paris, France

1995　started to illustrate the cover picture of monthly magazine “SYOSETSU SUBARU” (by Shueisha)

1996　created and installed the front porcelain panel painting at the entrance-hall of

　　　 Nagano Olympic Ice Rink

1997　started to stay in Beaune, France

2000　started to stay in Istanbul, Turkey

had more solo exhibitions in Tokyo, Shizuoka, Nagoya, Osaka, Hiroshima, Fukuoka,

Basel (Switzerland), The Hague (Netherlands), Anzio (Italy) and many other places.