The Japanese printmaker Toru Iwaya was born in Koriyama in 1936. He was 19 years old when he left for Tokyo; After graduating from Tokyo Fisheries University (東京水産), now Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, at age 24, he returned to his hometown. Five years later, he married there.In 1971 - he was 35 years old - he decided to come to France and settled in Paris. He began working on the mezzotint technique the following year (1972). The mezzotint (black engraving,...

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  Biography of Toru Iwaya

  The Japanese printmaker Toru Iwaya was born in Koriyama in 1936. He was 19 years old when he left for Tokyo; After graduating from Tokyo Fisheries University (東京水産), now Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, at age 24, he returned to his hometown. Five years later, he married there.
  In 1971 - he was 35 years old - he decided to come to France and settled in Paris. He began working on the mezzotint technique the following year (1972). The mezzotint (black engraving, mezzotint, or mezzo-tinto) is an intaglio engraving process which allows values or levels of gray to be obtained, without resorting to hatching or dotted lines for the first time in history engraving.
  He studied with Stanley William Hayter in Atelier 17 where he not only perfected his engraving technique, but also became familiar with the “simultaneous color” technique developed by Hayter.In 1974, Toru Iwaya exhibited his works in the mezzotint style at the Galerie Genot in the Marais, near his own studio. He worked there for 28 years, which led him to create more than 150 prints. The most notable feature of his work is the completion of a "Noh Mask Series" consisting of over 30 works (two thirds being large format).Toru Iwaya returned to Koriyama in 1999 due to his wife's deteriorating health and his sister's mental illness. He continued his work and began teaching his techniques to young students in his workshop.
  
  

  

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