Ham's Gallery - About the Artist


		Setsuo Hamanaka was born in 1956 in Yokohama. His first career was a news photographer of Press Kanagawa in Yokohama. He became freelance photo jornalist in 1987 and started drawing illustrations for magazines and publishings. He also has a fishing website "Lure Fishing in Japan Illustrated" in English language. He worked for the Galapagos Marine Reserve Conservation Project as a short term ODA expert of Japan International Cooperation Agency from November 15th 2006 to January 14th 2007. Exhibitions 2008 Juried Exhibition "Art of Conservation", New Jersey, USA 2008 Group Exhibition "Sea Sky and Forest", Mireya Gallery, Tokyo 2008 Group Exhibition "100 Contemporary Small Paintings", Isetan Fuchu, Tokyo 2008 Group Exhibition "Six Nature Artists", Gallery Saiko, Yokohama 2007 Japan Wildlife Art Society Exhibition, Tokyo 2007 Group Exhibition "Sea Sky and Cloud", Mireya Gallery, Tokyo 2006 Japan Wildlife Art Society Exhibition, Yamawaki Gallery, Tokyo 2006 Solo Exhibition, Sotetsu Gallery, Yokohama 2006 Group Exhibition of Six Nature Artists, Gallery Saiko, Yokohama 2006 Group Exhibition "Illustrators File", Artbox Gallery, Tokyo 2005 Group Exhibition of JWLAS members, GAllery Tokyo Eizo, Tokyo 2005 Japan Wildlife Art Society Exhibition, Yamawaki Gallery, Tokyo 2005 Two Men Show, Ozu Gallery, Tokyo 2005 IGFA Tournament of Art, IGFA Museum, Florida, USA 2004 Japan Widlife Art Society Exhibition, Shinjyuku Gyoen, Tokyo 2004 Solo Show, Midorino Gallery, Yokohama Publications (extracted) Newspaper Novel "Hara Sankei Story" (2002) Illustrator : Illustrations for daily novels for ten months. 101 Hints of Reservoir Flyfishing (2000) Published by Ei-shuppan Illustrator : Flyfishing cartoons for each 101 columns. Auther : Masayuki Zamma The Illustrated Fieldwork Book for Families (1995) Published by Sekaibunka-sha Illustrator : Joined as one of the illustrators. The Illustrated Ecology Book of Plants (1993) Published by Gakken Illustrator : Joined as one of the illustrators. 60Years of City Bus (1988) Published by City of Yokohama Illustrator : The History book of Yokohama City Transportation. Colored illustrations of 16 old busses which don't exsist anymore. Magazines Boat Club : Published by Kaji-sha Auther and Illustrator Street VWs : Published by Naigai-shuppan Illustrator Truck Trends : Published by Schizo Club Illustrator News Paper Press Kanagawa : Illustrator. Auther of fishing columns. Member of the Worldwide Nature Artists' Group Member of Japan Wildlife Art Society Member of Landscape Artists International Member of International Game Fish Association Member of Japan Game Fish Association