| 1949 | Born in Hiroshima. |
| 1973 | Graduated from Department of Oil Painting, Musashino Art University. Moved to Paris, France. |
| 1975 | Completed studies of wall painting at the France National School of Decorative Art. |
| 1986 | Returned to Japan.
At present, Mr Okano is not a member of an institution. |
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| Solo Exhibitions |
| 2008 | Art Fair Tokyo 2008 in Tokyo International Forum Exhibition Hall, Tokyo.
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| 2003 | Exhibited at the Ginza Yanagi Gallery, Tokyo.
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| 2001 | Exhibited at the Ginza Yanagi Gallery, Tokyo. |
| 1998 | Exhibited at the Ginza Yanagi Gallery, Tokyo.
Shibuya museum, Hiroshima |
| 1987 | Exhibited at Gallery Umeda, Osaka.(Also in 1990,93,96,99,00) |
| 1986 | Exhibited at Galerie Jan de Maere, Belgium. |
| 1978 | Exhibited at Taimei Art Gallery, Tokyo. (Also in 1981,83,85,87,89,91,93,95,97,99) |
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| Group Exhibitions |
| 2002 | Exhibited Mountain-the Beauty of East Japan Exhibition.(Tokyo Station Gallery, Tokyo) |
| 1999 | Exhibited at the Outstanding Contemporary Artists Exhibition.(Yasuda Kasai Togo Seiji Museum, Tokyo) |
| 1994 | Exhibited at the Heizo Kaneyama Memorial Art Exhibition.(Hyogo Public Museum of Modern Art, Hyogo) |
| 1993 | Exhibited at the Yasui prize Nominee Exhibition. (Seibu Museum, Tokyo as well as other galleries) |
| 1991 | Exhibited at the Nippon Outstanding Art Exhibition.(Nihonbashi Takashimaya, Tokyo. Also in 1992) |
| 1990 | Exhibited at the Ryoyo-no-me Contemporary paintings Exhibition. (Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi, Tokyo and other galleries. Same exhibit in 1991,92 and 1999) |
| 1989 | Exhibited at the kanji Maeda Award Exhibition. (Kurayoshi Museum, Tottori) |
| 1986 | Exhibited at Nippon Seinen gaka Exhibition. (Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi, Tokyo. Also in 1987) |
| 1985 | Foire d&qt;Art actuel |
| 1982 | Exhibited at the Representational Contemporary Art Exhibition. (Ueno Matsuzakaya, Tokyo. Also in 1983)
Exhibited at the International Figurative Art Exhibition. (Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi, Tokyo. Also in 83,84) |
| 1981 | Exhibited at the Mori-no-kai Exhibition. (Gallery Umeda, Osaka)
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| Other Exhibitions |
| 2006 | Illustrated the cover page of "Hon-no-mado". |
| 2003 | Provided a series of illustrations for the 2003 calendar of YAMAHA Co., Ltd.
Exhibited at all Nippon Calendar Exhibition, and received the Chairman Award from the Japan Printing Industry Committee. |
| 1999 | Appeared on the Nippon TV , program called &qt;bi-no-sekai&qt;. |
| 1997 | Published &qt;e-ha-fukei&qt; for Yomiuri Shinbun, Sunday edition.
Made a promotion poster of clean road for the Ministry of Construction. |
| 1992 | Provided a series of illustration for the cover pages of text books for junior high school.(until 1999.) |
| 1991 | Provided an illustration for the novel &qt;Ikiru Kanashimi&qt;, edited by Taishi Yamada. |
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| Public Collections |
| Hinomaru Sun's Co., Ltd. (The Fujikawa service area, Tomei -Kosoku highway.) |
| Four Seeds Corporation, the restaurant chain called 'to the herbs'. (Seijo branch, Fujisawa branch, Atsugi branch, Sagamihara branch) |
| The Globis Co., Ltd. ( Chiyada-ku, Tokyo) |
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