| 1939 | Born in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. |
| 1961 | Graduated from the Sculpture Department of Tama University of Arts. |
| 1962 | Met Isam Noguchi, the American sculptor and strongly influenced by him. |
| 1971|1975 | Toured some 50 countries including those in South America, Europe and the Middle East, Greatly inspired by Piazza del Campo in Siena, Italy. Felt deep sympathy with the culture of the Republic of Korea. |
| 1976 | Produced the first monument, titled [In praise of Yamauchi] in Yokohama. |
| 1977 | Started on his KONZAI series. |
| 1978 | Held his first one-man show at Gallery Okabe, Tokyo. Was featured in the West German magazine, "DAS KUNSTWERK". |
| 1979 | His [KONZAI " "] awarded
the Giacomo Manzu Special Prize at 1st Henry Moore Grand Prize Exhibition, The
Hakone Open-Air Museum, Japan. |
| 1980 | His [KONZAI
(inside outside)] awarded the Ube Municipal Open-Air
Museum Prize at the 7th Kobe Suma RIKYU (Detached Palace) Contemporary Sculpture
Exhibition. One-man Show at Gallery Okabe, Tokyo. |
| 1981 | His
[KONZAI (inside )] awarded the superior prize at the
2nd Henry Moore Grand Prize Exhibition. The 5th Shun-rai Exhibition held by City of Yokohama. |
| 1982 | One-man Show at Gallery Seiho, Tokyo. |
| 1982|1983 | Installed [SAKU] a plaza containing 40m-high formative-art structure in the front garden of the Saku Municipal Museum of Modern Arts. |
| 1983 | Installed [Fallen leaves playing with peacock feathers] for Totsuka Homes, Yokohama Riverside (facility for severely handicapped people). |
| 1984 | First
encounter with The Yellow River, China. Deeply impressed with the concept of design
of the Garden in Suzhou, China. One-man Show (Tourist Gallery, Yokohama) One-man Show (Morris Gallery, Tokyo) |
| 1985|1987 | Installed Part 1 (Sea Shell) and Part 2 (Flowerbeds) out of his 3 part-sculptures with an overall title of [Yokohama, an Object Far Away] on the 1km-long jetty in the port of Yokohama. |
| 1985 | Exhibition of Footsteps
of Contemporary Sculpture-Exhibition of Wood Sculpture Works (Gallery, Kanagawa
Municipal Hall). Exhibited (by invitation) his work at 8th Exhibition of Work by Metal-mould Sculptors (Wako Hall, Tokyo). |
| 1986|1987 | Selected as one of six foreign artists and installed the "Seoul - Unhulled Rice - Thermal Conductivity" in the National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, the Republic of Korea. |
| 1987 | Received notices on "Wild Rice" in the Book of Rice. |
| 1987 | Exhibition
of 1st International Open-Air Sculptors Association (Art Gallery, Yokohama). Created a Monument erected in honor of Renjo Shimooka. Installed [Human Being] in Yokohama Municipal Minami-Totsuka Junior High School. |
| 1987|1988 | Installed [Naoetsu] in Joetsu City, Niigata Prefecture. |
| 1989 | Exhibited
(by invitation) his work of [A Drifting Grain of Unhulled Rice] at the Contemporary
Japanese Sculpture. Installed [Beans-Mugen] at Kazusaya in Yokohama. |
| 1989 | Installed [A Floating Grain of Unhulled Rice]. One-man Show at Gallery Seiho, Tokyo. |
| 1990 | Installed [Waves became a Forest] and [Meijiku] in Kanagawa Prefecture. |
| 1991 | Exhibited
his work [MOMI-(3) 1989] at Zhejian Provincial Museum, China (permanent display). Installed [MOMI-1991] as the theme of Wild Rice for the Research Factory of Yokomori Manufacturing in Iwaki City, Fukushima Prefecture. |
| 1992 | One-man
Show, The theme of Wild Rice at Gallery Seiho and Shuyu Art Gallery (Tokyo). After a proposal by Tanabe, he and agriculturalist Youichiro Sato started a movement for in situ conservation of wild rice. |
| 1993 | Exhibited
his work [MOMI-(10) 1992] at Central Library in Shimizu City, Shizuoka Prefecture
(permanent display). Exhibited his sculpture [MOMI-(8) 1992 Wild Rice] and its drawings at IRRI (International Rice Research Institute), Philippines (permanent display). |
| 1994 | Invited to IRRI, and installed
[MOMI-1994 Wild Rice]. Held an Exhibition of "The World of The Shimizu and Mitsuaki Tanabe". Exhibited his work on the theme of "Wild Rice on the Japan IRRI Day at Nikkei Hall, Tokyo. Presented his sculpture of [MOMI-(7) 1992 Wild RICE] to Thai Royal Family. Exhibited his work at the museum of He Mu Du Ruins Museum, China (permanent display). Thai Royal Family started the project of natural populations of wild rice (in situ conservation) and chose Tanabe as a member of the project. |
| 1995 | Installed [MOMI-1994]
at Itazuke ruins in Fukuoka. As the first execution of Thai Royal Project, decided to use 2-ha in situ conservation for wild rice in Prachin Buri, Thailand (100km northeast of Bangkok). Exhibited [MOMI-(3) 1992] at Industrial Technical Research Center, Kanagawa Prefecture (permanent display). Dr. Naoki Takeda published a book of "Sculptor, Mitsuaki Tanabe". One-man Show at Gallery Seiho, and Shuyu Gallery, Tokyo. |
| 1996 | Installed
[BIRD-Seaside Vegetable Kingdom / Niijima] at Niijima, Tokyo. Installed [MOMI-(2)
1996] at Yokohama Suiran prefectural high school. Invited to Pathum Thani Rice
Research Center [D, O, A,] in Thailand, installed [MOMI-1996 PATHUM THANI]. Installed [BIRD-Wild Plants / Hiyoshi] in Yokohama. |
| 1995-1997 | Installed [MOMI-1997 (Wild Rice) In Situ Conservation] at Pathum Thani Rice Research Center [D, O, A,] in Thailand. |
| 1998 | Exhibited his
work [MOMI-(4) 1992] at Central Rice Research Institute in India. Installed [MOMI-1989] at Gokurakuji Temple in Yokohama. |
| 1999 | Installed
[MOMI-(4) 1992] at Eleanor Roosevelt High School in Maryland, U.S.A. Exhibition of Tanabe Mitsuaki held by Kanagawa Arts Foundation. |
| 2000 | Installed
[The Reptiles] in front of the Information Center of National Government Building
Tower 1 at Saitama Shintoshin. Also installed [Spider] and [Buprestid] at center of Fujino Workshop for Art in Kanagawa. |
| 2001 | Installed
his work consists of 3 parts [Wild Rice], [Interior] and [Rain Fed Paddy] at Kamigata
Ukiyoe Museum, Osaka. Exhibition of Tanabe Mitsuaki was held by Toro Museum of Shizuoka. |
| 2002 | Installed [MOMI-2000] at Central
Rice Research Institute (CRRI) in India. |
| 2003 | Exhibited
[MOMI-In Situ Conservation 2003] at Osaka Prefecture Museum of Yayoi Culture. |
| 2004 | Exhibited [MOMI-(9) 1992] at Window
on the Wetland Visitor Center in Darwin, Australia. |
| 2005 | Installed [The Centipede] at Koufukuji
Temple in Yokohama. Installed [MOMI-2000 Wilde Rice-Situ ConservationEReptiles] at Gonohe-Heights in Aomori. Installed [MOMI-2000 Snake] at Shingoumura. One-man Show at Akita Prefectural Museum in Japan. |
| 2006 | Participated
in Adelaide Festival at the Multicultural Arts Center in Adelaide, Australia. Showed MOMI 2006 in Green Sense Gallery, Korea. Installed [The Reptiles „ MOMI-2006] at Mareeba Wetland in Australia. Exhibited public art in the Museum of Contemporary Art, Sapporo and Setagaya Art Museum, Tokyo. |
| 2007 | One-man
Show [MOMI MITSUAKI TANABE TAIWAN 2007-Hoping the Restoration of Wild Rice Populotions
Taiwan] at Notional Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts. Installed [MOMI-2007] at Tama-Plaza branch of Kanagawa Agricultural Cooperative in Kanagawa. One-man Show at Notional Taiwan University. |
| 2008 | Installed [A Seed of Wild Rice „ MOMI-2008] for Grobal Crop Diversity Trust at FAO in Roma. |
| 2009 | Installed [A Seed-2009 „ IN SITU CONSERVATION] in North Pole „ The Svalbard Global Seed Vault. |
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