Shigeki Kitani 喜谷繁暉 (1928 – 2009)
1928 December 29. Born in Hōjōmachi, Kasai City, Hyogo Prefecture
1941 Graduates from Hōjō Elementary School, Kasai City, Hyogo Prefecture
1945 March. Graduates from Ono Junior High School, Hyogo Prefecture.
Joins the preparatory pilot training course of the Imperial Japanese Navy, but
the war ends before he is sent into battle
1945 –1946 Works as an agricultural laborer for about a year, then trains as a lathe
operator
1947–1949 Serves as leader of the labor union youth division at a factory in Akashi,
Hyogo Prefecture, and organizes a strike; starts to paint and write
poetry; works briefly in a tax office and a local government office
1950 Enrolls in Yōga (Western Painting) Department of Kyoto Municipal Specialist
School of Painting (now Kyoto City University of Arts)
1951 June. Six-artist exhibition, Maruzen, Kyoto; shows Rafu shūsaku 裸婦習作
1952 Completes his studies under the painters Kunitarō Suda 須田国太郎 and Jūtarō
Kuroda 黒田重太郎;
Graduates from the Yōga (Western Painting) Department of Kyoto Municipal Specialist School of Painting (now Kyoto City University of Arts);
Travels briefly to Tokyo
1953 Around this time, joins the artistic circle of Jirō Yoshihara 吉原治良, co-founder
of the Gutai movement Seventeenth Jiyū bijutsu ten 自由美術展 (Free Art
Exhibition); held by the Jiyū Bijutsuka Kyōkai 自由美術家協会 (Free Artists
Association), founded in 1937 by Saburō Hasegawa 長谷川三郎 and others
1954 Eighteenth Jiyū bijutsu ten 自由美術展 (Free Art Exhibition) August.
Gutai Bijutsu Kyōkai 具体美術協会 (Gutai Art Association) founded by Jirō
Yoshihara 吉原治良 and sixteen others
1955 Nineteenth Jiyū bijutsu ten 自由美術展 (Free Art Exhibition)
September 9 –14. Jiyū Bijutsu Kyōkai Ōsaka sākuru ten 自由美術協会大阪
サークル展 (Exhibition of the Free Art Association Osaka Circle), Sogō そご
う Department Store, Osaka; shows three works entitled Shōten 昇天(Ascension)
1956 Kansai sōgō bijutsu ten 関西総合美術展 (Kansai Total Arts Exhibition)
July 27–August 5. Second Gutai yagai ten 具体野外展 (Gutai Outdoor
Exhibition), Ashiya Park; participates as an unofficial member of Gutai and
exhibits an installation of 100 ceramic plates
November 27– December 4. Twentieth Jiyū bijutsu ten 自由美術展 (Free Art
Exhibition), Ōsaka Shiritsu Bijutsukan 大阪市立美術館 (Osaka City Museum
of Fine Arts)
1957 Publishes first edition of poetry anthology Omae おまえ
1958 Kansai sōgō bijutsu ten 関西総合美術展 (Kansai Total Arts Exhibition)
1959 Kansai sōgō bijutsu ten 関西総合美術展 (Kansai Total Arts Exhibition)
September. Exhibition of painting and poetry at Tōden Sābisu Sentā 東電サービ
スセンター (Tokyo Electric Service Center), Tokyo
September 3 – 9. Second Jiyū Bijutsuka Kyōkai Ōsaka sākuru ten 自由美術家協
会大阪サークル展 (Exhibition of the Osaka Circle of the Free Artists’
Association), Shinsaibashi Foto Gyararī 心斎橋フォトギャラリ (Shinsaibashi
Photo Gallery), Osaka; shows Furui furui Tōyō no uta, watakushi no uta 古い古
い東洋の歌・私の歌 (Old, Old Far Eastern Song, My Song)
1960 Starts to contribute to the poetry magazines Jikan 時間 and Kata 片
Kansai sōgō bijutsu ten 関西総合美術展 (Kansai Total Arts Exhibition)
November. Re-publishes poetry anthology Kitani Shigeki shishū: Omae
喜谷繁暉詩集：おまえ
1961 or 1962 Maruzen Sekiyu geijutsu shōreishō ten 丸善石油芸術奨励賞展
(Maruzen Petroleum Art-Promotion Prize Exhibition); shows Fūkei 4 風景 4
(Landscape 4)
1961 Publishes poetry anthology Shishū Tadayou heya 詩集漂う部屋
Solo exhibition, Ōsaka Garō 大阪画廊 (Osaka Gallery), featuring 30 oil
paintings and 30 paintings with poems
1962 May 9 – 30. Fifth Gendai Nihon bijutsu ten 現代日本美術展 (Contemporary Art
Exhibition of Japan), Tōkyō Toritsu Bijutsukan 東京都立美術館 (Tokyo
Metropolitan Art Museum)
1963 October 14 – 20. Three-man show with Hiroshi Kunimata 国又宏 and Tadashi
Kawakami 川上忠, Nūnu Garō ヌーヌ画廊 (Nunu Gallery), Osaka
1964 Publishes poetry anthology Zō no mura 象の村
Starts to contribute to the poetry magazine Ryū 龍
1965 July 1– 20, Fifteenth Gutai bijutsu ten 具体美術展 (Gutai Art Exhibition),
Gutai Pinacotheca 具体ピナコテカ, Osaka; exhibits as a non-member of Gutai
July. Becomes an official member of the Gutai Art Association on the
introduction of Kazuo Shiraga 白髪一雄
October 8 –13. Sixteenth Gutai bijutsu ten 具体美術展 (Gutai Art Exhibition),
Keiō Hyakkaten 京王百貨店 (Keio Department Store), Tokyo;
shows works from the Toruso トルソ (Torso) series
November 1–14. Solo exhibition at Kōbe Garō 神戸画廊 (Kobe Gallery);
reviewed by Kazuo Akane 赤根和生 in Yomiuri shinbun 読売新聞,
November 6, 1965 and Bijutsu techō 美術手帖, January 1966; anonymous
review in Bijutsu jānaru 美術ジャーナル, no. 56, January 15, 1966
December 1–10. Gutai bijutsu shōhin ten 具体美術小品展 (Gutai Exhibition for
Small Works), Gutai Pinacotheca 具体ピナコテカ, Osaka
December 16 – 27. Nijūnin no hōhō ten 20人の方法展 (Methodologies of 20
Artists Exhibition), Shinanobashi Garō 信濃橋画廊 (Shinanobashi Gallery),
Osaka (opening exhibition); reviewed in Bijutsu techō 美術手帖, March 1966
1966 Publishes poetry anthology Emaki: Shishū 絵巻：詩集
January 21– February 27. Gendai bijutsu no shinsedai ten 現代美術の新世代展
(New Generation of Contemporary Art Exhibition), Kokuritsu Kindai Bijutsukan
国立近代美術館 (National Museum of Modern Art), Tokyo; shows Toruso 12
トルソ 12 (Torso 12, see cat. no. 31); reviewed by Takahiko Okada 岡田隆彦 in
SD (Space Design), no. 15, March 1966
April. Nul1966, Internationale Galerij Orez, The Hague, Netherlands
June 12 – October 2. Second Salon International des Galeries Pilotes, Musée
Cantonal des Beaux-Arts, Palais de Rumine, Lausanne, Switzerland; shows
Toruso 1 トルソ 1 (Torso 1); reviewed by Raoul-Jean Moulin in Cimaise: Art et
Architecture Actuels (Present Day Art and Architecture), vol. 13 no. 76 (May–
July 1966), pp. 24 – 34
May 10 – 30. Seventh Gendai Nihon bijutsu ten 現代日本美術展 (Contemporary
Art Exhibition of Japan), Tōkyō Toritsu Bijutsukan 東京都立美術館 (Tokyo
Metropolitan Art Museum)
September 1–12. Shikisai chōkoku ten 色彩彫刻展 (Colored Sculpture
Exhibition), Gyararī Azuchi ギャラリー安土 (Gallery Azuchi), Osaka;
reviewed in Asahi shinbun 朝日新聞, evening edition, September 5, 1966
September 10 –15 and October 1–10. Seventeenth Gutai bijutsu ten 具体美術展
(Gutai Art Exhibition), Takashimaya Hyakkaten 高島屋百貨店 (Takashimaya
Department Store), Yokohama, and Gutai Pinacotheca 具体ピナコテカ, Osaka;
shows works from the Toruso トルソ (Torso) series
November 1– 6. Han-Setouchi gendai bijutsu ten 汎瀬戸内美術展 (All-Setouchi
Contemporary Art Exhibition), Sōgō Bunka Sentā Bijutsukan 総合文化セン
ター美術館 (Cultural Center Art Museum), Okayama
December 5 –18. Kettaina akusesarī shō ケッタイナ・アクセサリー・ショー (Weird Accessory Show), OS Garō OS画廊 (OS Gallery), Osaka
1967 Minami Nihon gendai bijutsu ten 南日本現代美術展 (Southern Japan
Contemporary Art Exhibition), Kōchi
April 2 – 7. Second Furansu seifu ryūgakusei senbatsu Mainichi bijutsu konkūru
nyūsen sakuhin ten フランス政府留学生選抜毎日美術コンクール入選作品
展 (Mainichi Art Concours Exhibition of Works Submitted by Artists Applying
for French Government Travel Scholarships), Kyōto-shi Bijutsukan 京都市美術
館 (Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art); exhibits Sakuhin 66-24 作品66-24 (Work
6-24)
May 26 – July 8. The Gutai Group Osaka Japan, Experiment Studio, Rotterdam,
Netherlands
June 1–10. Gutai bijutsu shinsaku ten 具体美術新作展 (Gutai New Works
Exhibition), later documented as Eighteenth Gutai bijutsu ten 具体美術展
(Gutai Art Exhibition), Gutai Pinacotheca 具体ピナコテカ, Osaka; shows
works from the Toruso トルソ (Torso) series
June 5 – 30. Gutai Group Exhibition (later documented as Gutai Art Exhibition in
Austria), Wulfengasse Heide Hildebrand Gallery, Klagenfurt, Austria; shows
works from the Toruso トルソ (Torso) series
June 7–11. Nijūshūnen kinen Ashiya-shi ten 二十周年記念芦屋市展 (Ashiya
City Twentieth Anniversary Commemorative Exhibition), Ashiya Shimin Kaikan
芦屋市民会館 (Ashiya Citizens’ Hall)
August. Works from the Toruso トルソ (Torso) series featured on the Wide Show
11 PM television show
October 1–14 and November 1–14. Nineteenth Gutai bijutsu ten 具体美術展
(Gutai Art Exhibition), Tōkyō Chūō Bijutsukan 東京中央美術館 (Central
Museum of Arts, Tokyo) and Gutai Pinacotheca 具体ピナコテカ, Osaka; shows
works from the Toruso トルソ (Torso) series
December 1– 20. Gutai bijutsu shōhin ten 具体美術小品展 (Gutai Small Works
Exhibition: Modern Japanese Painting), Gutai Pinacotheca 具体ピナコテカ,
Osaka
December 18 – 24. Gendai bijutsu Ōsaka hyakunin ten 現代美術大阪100人展
(Osaka Hundred Works Exhibition), Garō Ano 画廊あの (Galerie Anneau),
Osaka
December 18 – 30. Gendai mini bijutsu ten 現代ミニ美術展 (Contemporary
Mini-Art Exhibition), Imabashi Garō 今橋画廊 (Imabashi Gallery), Osaka
1968 Stars in radio play Harukana koe 遥かな声 (A Distant Voice), Tōkai Rajio 東海
ラジオ (Tōkai Radio)
April 8. Saikederikku shō サイケデリックショー (Psychedelic Show), event
held at SAB Hall to mark the first screening of the movie Mondo Mod, directed
by Peter Perry Jr.
April 15 – 20. Sekkusu imēji ten セックスイメージ展 (Sex Image Exhibition),
Akao Garō あかお画廊 (Akao Gallery), Osaka
May. Participates in design of Saikederikku Kissa サイケデリック喫茶
(Psychedelic Coffee Room) in Koronbia Kissa コロンビア喫茶 (Columbia
Coffee Shop), Tenjinbashi, Osaka
May. Publishes proposal for an open-participation magazine Ningen kakudai no
tame no hon 人間拡大のための本 (The Challenge)
1968 July 1– 20. Twentieth Gutai bijutsu ten 具体美術展 (Gutai Art Exhibition), Gutai
Pinacotheca, Osaka; shows works from the Toruso トルソ (Torso) series
August. Travels to Wakayama for the filming of Mujin rettō 無人列島 (The
Desert Archipelago), directed by Katsu Kanai 金井勝
August. Features in a happening screened on the Wide Show 11 PM television
show, with Yūki Mikawa 三川由貴, Tetsuo Miki 三喜徹雄, and others
August. Shichiēshon in samā シチエーション イン サマー (Situation in
Summer), also documented as Reakushon in samā レアクション イン サ
マー (Reaction in Summer), performance with Kazunari Nakata 中田和成, Yūki
Mikawa 三川由貴, Tetsuo Miki 三喜徹雄, Akira Yamaguchi 山口晃, and others,
SAB Hall
October. Around this time, resigns from Gutai Art Association following
disagreements over his involvement in performance events; does not participate
in the last Gutai Art Exhibition, held November 1– 20
October 27. Kyō no shi matsuri 今日の詩祭 (Poetry Today Festival), Hyōgo
Kenmin Kaikan 兵庫県民会館 (Hyogo Citizens’ Hall), Kobe
November 27. Poetry recital on Tōkai Rajio 東海ラジオ (Radio Tōkai)
December 16 – 22. Second Gendai bijutsu Ōsaka hyakunin ten 現代美術大阪100
人展 (Osaka Exhibition of 100 Contemporary Artists), Shinanobashi Garō 信濃
橋画廊 (Shinanobashi Gallery) and Garō Ano 画廊あの (Galerie Anneau),
Osaka
1969 Publishes poetry anthology Hōjō: Shishū 北条：詩集
March 31– April 5. Hansen to kaihō no tame no purotesuto 69 X ten 反戦と解放
のためのプロテスト69X展 (Anti-war and liberation protest 69 X exhibition),
Akao Garō あかお画廊 (Akao Gallery), Osaka, with associated protests and
happenings; shows work and directs in collaboration with the photographer
Seiryū Inoue 井上青竜, Akira Yamaguchi 山口晃, and others; reviewed in
Yomiuri shinbun 読売新聞, April 1 and Mainichi shinbun 毎日新聞, April 1
May. Performance on the Wide Show 11 PM television show to publicize the film
Mujin rettō 無人列島 (The Desert Archipelago), directed by Katsu Kanai 金井
勝
June 10. Street happening to publicize the film Mujin rettō 無人列島, various
locations in Osaka
June 14. Supports independent public showing of the film Mujin rettō 無人列島
(The Desert Archipelago) at SAB Hall, Osaka, and writes message for the flier
August 9 –18. Avangyarudo pātī アヴァンギャルド (Avantgarde Party) fashion
collection, Pairu パイル, Osaka
November 19 – 30. Erosu Iteza kikaku ten エロス射手座企画展 (Eros in Iteza
Exhibition), Gyararī Iteza ギャラリー射手座 (Sagittarius Gallery), Kyoto, with
Gentarō Komaki 小牧源太郎, Yukitoshi Tashiro 田代幸俊, Masakazu Horiuchi
堀内正和, Sadamasa Motonaga 元永定正, Kazuo Yagi 八木一夫, and Hideo
Yoshihara 吉原英雄
December 15 – 20. Karikachua ningen pōtorēto カリカチュア・にんげん・
ポートレート (Caricature Human Portraits), Puchi Imabashi プチ・イマバシ
(Petit Imabashi), Osaka
1970 Year of the Osaka Expo (March 15 – September 13) Around this time, teaching at
Amagasaki City Junior High School Around this time and probably earlier,
Director of Kōbe Garō 神戸画廊 (Kobe Gallery)
January 5 –10. Art 7 ten アート・7 展 (Art 7 Exhibition), Shinanobashi Garō 信
濃橋画廊 (Shinanobashi Gallery), Osaka
January 26 – 31. Kitani Shigeki 1947–1970 ten 喜谷繁暉 1947–1970 展 (Shigeki
Kitani 1947–1970 Exhibition), Miyazaki Garō みやざき画廊 (Miyazaki
Gallery), Osaka; shows Furui furui tōyō no uta, watakushi no uta 古い古い東洋
の歌・私の歌 (Old, Old Far Eastern Song, My Song), Sakuhin 作品 (Work),
Sakuhin 16 作品 16 (Work 16), and Torso 12 トルソ 12 (Torso 12); reviewed in
Mainichi shinbun 毎日新聞, evening edition, February 2, 1970
March 5 –10. ’70 Shi to sho jūninin ten ’70詩と書12人展 (Exhibition of Poetry
and Calligraphy by 12 Artists), Kōbe Sanchika Taun Mitsubishi Kobe Hōmu
Kōnā-nai Gyrararī 神戸サンチカタウン三菱ホー ムコーナー内ギャラリー
(Kobe Sanchika Town Mitsubishi Home Corner Gallery)
March 9 –14. Ōsaka no zen hanga 大阪の全版画 (All-Osaka Print Exhibition),
Garō Miyazaki 画廊みやざき (Miyazaki Gallery), Osaka
March 9 –16. Bijutsu × bungaku ’70 ten 美術 × 文学 ’70 展 (Art × Literature ’70
Exhibition), Tōhō Garō 東宝画廊 (Tōhō Gallery), Osaka; held to support the
construction of Kōbe Bungaku Gakkai Kaikan 神戸文学学会会館 (Kobe
Literary Association Building)
March 29 – 31. Makes dolls for the Morita Contemporary Dance Performance,
Ōsaka Geijutsu Sentā 大阪芸術センター (Osaka Arts Center)
April 1–12. Sofuto media ソフト・メディア (Soft Media), Ōsaka Geijutsu
Sentā 大阪芸術センター (Osaka Arts Center)
April 13 –18. Kitani Shigeki Pure Nude ten 喜谷繁暉PURE NUDE展 (Shigeki
Kitani Pure Nude Exhibition), Gyararī Yatsui ギャラリーヤツイ (Gallery
Yatsui), Osaka
May 1– 9. Warera Nihon dochakumin ten われら日本土着民展 (We Are
Japanese Aborigines Exhibition), Kōbe Garō 神戸画廊 (Kobe Gallery), with
Seiryū Inoue 井上青竜, Masatsugu Kashiwao 橿尾正次, Kazuo Shiraga 白髪一
雄, Naoharu Horio 堀尾貞治, Makio Yamaguchi 山口牧生, and Ran Yamazaki
山崎ラン
May 11–16. Zen’ei no tsukuru mingei ten 前衛のつくる民芸展 (Exhibition of
Folkcrafts by Avant Garde Artists), Kōbe Garō 神戸画廊 (Kobe Gallery); 36-
person show; reviewed in Asahi shinbun 朝日新聞, Hanshin 阪神 edition, May
10 and Asahi shinbun 朝日新聞, June 21
May 18 – 23. Non-erotikku ten のんエロティック展 (Non-Erotic Exhibition,
Kōbe Garō 神戸画廊 (Kobe Gallery); exhibition of work by Hige Nishimoto
ヒゲ・ニシモト, curated by Shigeki Kitani
June 2 –11. Zen’ei sakka sakuhin ten: Atarashii mingei no tame ni 前衛作家作品
展：新しい民芸のために (Exhibition of Work by Avant-Garde Artists: For a
New Folkcraft), Gyararī Iteza ギャラリー射手座 (Sagittarius Gallery), Kyoto;
apparently a second showing of the preceding, with a different title
October 8 –11. Gensō no interia 幻想のインテリア (Fantasy Interiors), Sanbō
Hall, Kobe; organized by Kazuo Akane 赤根和生
October 5, 12, 19, 26. Contributes articles to “Zero zahyō” ゼロ座標 (“Zero
Coordinates”) column of Kōbe shinbun 神戸新聞
October 26 – 31. Hanga nijūyonin ten 版画24人展 (Exhibition of Prints by 24
Artists), Masago Garō マサゴ画廊 (Masago Gallery), Osaka
1971 June 20. “Dokuritsu no bunka o” 独立の文化 (“Toward an Independent
Culture”), article in Asahi shinbun 朝日新聞
1976 Solo exhibition, Tōhō Garō 東宝画廊 (Tōhō Gallery), Osaka
November 2 –14. Gutai bijutsu no jūhachinen ten 具体美術の18年展 (Eighteen
Years of Gutai Art Exhibition), Ōsaka Fumin Gyararī 大阪府民ギャラリー
(Osaka Citizens’ Gallery)
1977 August 22 – 27. Solo exhibition, Tōhō Garō 東宝画廊 (Tōhō Gallery), Osaka
1978 Solo exhibition, Gyararī Horie ギャラリーほりえ (Horie Gallery), Kasai
Publishes poetry anthology Miwayama: Shishū 三輪山：詩集
1979 December 3 – 9 and 11–15. Solo exhibition Shigeki Kitani yusai shōhin ten 喜谷
繁暉油彩小品展 (Small works in oil by Shigeki Kitani), Gyararī Horie ギャラ
リーほりえ (Horie Gallery), Kasai, and Bon Garō 凡画廊 (Bon Gallery),
Kakogawa
1980 August 25 – 31. Solo exhibition, Gyararī Horie ギャラリーほりえ (Horie
Gallery), Kasai
1981 Around this time, becomes a member of Nihon Gendai Shijin Kai 日本現代詩人
会 (Association of Japanese Contemporary Poets)
1982 November 9 –14. Solo exhibition, Gyararī Adesso ギャラリー・アデッソ
(Space Adesso), Ashiya; reviewed in Kōbe shinbun 神戸新聞, November 6
December 13 –19. Solo exhibition, Gyararī Sanīsaido ギャラリー・サニーサイ
ド (Sunnyside Gallery), Kasai, and Gyararī Adesso ギャラリー・アデッソ
(Space Adesso), Ashiya; reviewed in Kōbe shinbun 神戸新聞, December 8
1983 Publishes poetry anthology Tsuki to haha: Shishū 月と母：詩集
January 31– February 5. Solo exhibition Nudus Schedium, Gyararī Azuchi ギャ
ラリー安土 (Azuchi Gallery), Osaka
June 21– 30. Solo exhibition Ashiya fūkei 芦屋風景 (Views of Ashiya), Gyararī
Adesso ギャラリー・ア デッソ (Space Adesso), Ashiya; reviewed in Asahi
famirī 朝日ファミリー, July 15; abstract works by Kazuo Shiraga 白髪一雄
are shown at the same time
1984 January 30 – February 4. Solo exhibition, ギャラリー安土 (Azuchi Gallery),
Osaka
March 2 – 4. Solo exhibition of poems and paintings, Gyararī Adesso ギャラ
リー・アデッソ (Space Adesso), Ashiya
August 24 – September 1. Tōban ten 陶板展 (Ceramic Tile Exhibition), ギャラ
リー安土 (Azuchi Gallery), Osaka; 15-person show
October 23 – 28. Solo exhibition, Ashiya fūkei 芦屋風景 (Views of Ashiya),
Gyararī Adesso ギャラリー・ アデッソ (Space Adesso), Ashiya
1985 January 1– 26. Solo exhibition, Hana, ningyō, ijinkan 花・人形・異人館
(Flowers, Dolls, Foreigners’ Villas), Gyararī Azuchi ギャラリー安土 (Azuchi
Gallery), Osaka
May 25 – 31. Solo exhibition, Ashiya fūkei 芦屋風景 (Views of Ashiya), Gyararī
Adesso ギャラリー・ アデッソ (Space Adesso), Ashiya
August – December. Views of old foreigners’ villas published in Dokusha bungei
読者文芸
November 30 – December 5. Solo exhibition Ashiya fūkei (Hashi shirīzu) 芦屋
風景(橋シリーズ) (Views of Ashiya: Bridge Series), Gyararī Adesso ギャラ
リー・アデッソ (Space Adesso), Ashiya
1986 –1993 Works on landscape paintings of Paris; solo exhibitions in Hōjō,
Kakogawa, Kobe, Matsuyama, Osaka, Sapporo, Tokyo, and other cities
Starts work on the いざなみ Izanami mask series, named after the “Great
Mother Goddess of Japan”
1993 Ashiya Shiritsu Bijutsu Hakubutsukan 芦屋市立美術博物館 (Ashiya City
Museum of Art and History) purchases a Toruso トルソ (Torso) work shown at
the Sixteenth Gutai bijutsu ten 具体美術展 (Gutai Art Exhibition) in 1965, and
receives gifts of three works by Kitani from Isamu Tsujimoto 辻本勇, owner of
Gyararī Azuchi ギャラリー安土 (Azuchi Gallery), and one work by Kitani from
Miyazaki Garō みやざき画廊 (Miyazaki Gallery)
1995 Publishes poetry anthology Kekkon: Shishū 結婚：詩集
2002 Exhibition of poems and paintings, Gyararī Moe ギャラリー萌 (Moe Gallery),
Osaka
2004 Runs the Kurokkī Kai クロッキー会 (Croquis Association) painting school in
Osaka
December. Publishes poetry anthology Kitani Shigeki shishū 喜谷繁暉詩集
2009 February. Death of Shigeki Kitani
May 24 – June 6. Ko-Kitani Shigeki-san no isaku ten 故喜谷繁暉さんの遺作展
(Exhibition of Works by the Late Mr. Shigeki Kitani). Uōru Gyrararī ウオール
ギャラリー (Wall Gallery), Kasai
2012 July 4 – September 10. “Gutai”: Nippon no zen’ei jūhachinen no kiseki
「具体」：ニッポンの前衛18年の軌跡 (Gutai: The Spirit of an Era).
Kokuritsu Shin Bijutsukan 国立新美術館 (The National At Center), Tokyo;
Torso 12 トルソ 12 (Torso 12) is shown
2015 May 15 - July 17. 'Early Works'. Erik Thomsen Gallery, New York
Shigeki Kitani - Torso in the making
Torso 1 - Gutai