Biography:

1948  Born in Tokyo, Japan

1971  Graduated from Soai Women’s University, Faculty of Music, Piano Specialty

Selected Exhibitions

Solo Exhibitions

1972  Fujimi Gallery, Osaka

1983  Gallery Klange, Osaka

1985  Amano Gallery, Osaka

1987  Fuji Gallery, Osaka / Gallery Cuore, Osaka

1988  Gallery Cuore, Osaka / Gallery Blanche, Osaka

1989  ABC Gallery, Osaka

1990  Gallery Blanche, Osaka

1992  Shinanobashi Gallery 5, Osaka

1994  Gallery Portico, Hyogo

1996  Chayamachi Gallery, Osaka

1998 
Nobuko Watanabe (with Elke Sander),
Japanisches Kulturinstitut, Köln, Germany

1999 
Shinanobashi Gallery 5, Osaka
Nobuko Watanabe: Beyond the Border, Gallery KURANUKI, Osaka Nobuko Watanabe: Skulpturen und Bild-Objekte,
Galerie Kiki Maier-Hahn, Düsseldorf, Germany

2000  City Gallery IKEDA, Osaka

2001  Art Space F:1, Osaka
Nobuko Watanabe: Cloth Shape, Otani Memorial Art Museum,
Nishinomiya City, Hyogo

2002 
Beyond the Surface, Normart Editions, Inc. / Project Space, CUBE, Osaka Cloth Color: Green and Green – stripes, INAX Gallery 2, Tokyo

2003 
Gallery Sun, Seoul / Galerie Kiki Maier-Hahn, Düsseldorf
Touch the Space, ART COURT GALLERY, Osaka

2005 
Mysterious Drive, Shinanobashi Gallery 5, Osaka

2007 
A space into the color, Shinanobashi Gallery 5, Osaka

Group Exhibitions

1985 
The 17th Contemporary Art Exhibition of Japan, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum Japan Impact Art Now, Museum of Korea, Seoul

1986 
The 16th Tokyo Biennale, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum
Two-Person Exhibition, Koichi Kawasaki, Nobuko Watanabe,
The Third Art Gallery, Seoul

1990 
The 18th Tokyo Biennale, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum
The 1st Osaka Triennale ’90, MYDOME OSAKA

1993 
The 4th Osaka Triennale ’90, MYDOME OSAKA

1997 
Artists in connection with Ashiya City Exhibition,
Ashiya City Museum of Art & History , Hyogo

1998 
The 9th Osaka Triennale ’90, MYDOME OSAKA

1999 
The 10th Yoshihara Jiro Prize Competition,
Osaka Contemporary Art Center

2000 
SIX DIRECTIONS:Recent works by 6 selected artists, Hilside Forum,Tokyo

Osaka Trennale 2001, 10th International Contemporary Exhibition, CASO

2002 
Artist in Residence, Aomori Contemporary Art Center

2005 
KIAF, Seoul
Hyogo International Competition of Painting, Hyogo Prefectural
Museum of Art

2006 
Coloring Room, Otani Memorial Art Museum, Nishinomiya City,
Hyogo Gold Rush, Takuma +1 +1, Kum Sun Gallery, Heyri, Korea

Prize

1994 
Award the Prize of Ashiya City Museum of Art & History

1997 
Award the Excellent Prize, ABC Art Competition

1999 
Grand Prize, Yoshihara Jiro Prize Competition Exhibition