1930
Born on June 5 in OtowaCho, Shizuoka City, Japan.
1948
Baptized on December 19
by Minister Masanobu Hukamachi of United Church
of Christ in Japan, Shizuoka Church.
1949
and Shinichi Saito while attending
Shizuoka Municipal High School.
Enters Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music,
Departmentof Sculpture
(currently Tokyo University of the Arts).
1955
Earns M.A. in Sculpture
at Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music,
Department of Sculpture.
Becomes a teaching assistant
at Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music,
Department of Sculpture on September
and teaches until 1958.
1957
Enters "The Annunciation" at the 21st Exhibition
of the Shinseisaku Art Society
and receives the New Artist Award.
1958
Marries Fumi Narusawa.
1961
Accepted as a member of the Shinseisaku Art Society.
1962
Teaches at Aoyama Gakuin Women's Junior College.
1965
at the 7th Sao Paulo Art Biennial.
1968
Teaches as the visiting professor
at University of Vera Cruz, Mexico until 1970.
1976
Receives the Excellence Award
of the 7th Teijiro Nakahara Sculpture Prize
with the sculpture "Banzai Hill".
1981
Receives the Excellence Award
of the 2nd Kotaro Takamura Prize
with thesculpture "Butterfly".
1987
Stays in Paris, France for the further study.
1991
Moves to Kiryu City, Gunma.
1992
Receives the 23rd Teijiro Nakahara Sculpture Prize
with "Stand Up".
1993
Releases the art collection
"Goro Kakei The Print Works 1984-1991 Catalogue.
Raisonne" from Green Graphics Book.
1995
Moves to Mita, Minato-ku, Tokyo.
1996
Moves on December to Belgium living there until 1997.
Travels around Turkey.
1997
Releases the art collection
"Hi no Hate (The End of Fire)"
from Azabu Kasumicho Gallery.
2007
Releases the etching collection
"Yoru no E (Night Picture)"from Shirai Print Studio.
2009
Releases the art collection
"AT WORK KAKEI - Goro Kakei Works Collection"
from Yobisha Co., Ltd. .
2016
6 sculptures were set up in the KYOBASHI EDOGRAND.
2017
Established GORO KAKEI FOUNDATION.
2019
Published "KAKEI Journal" for free.
2021
26 works were exhibited
at the exhibition "Storeis - What we,
the curatorsknow about the works"
of Shizuoka Prefectural Museum of Art.
2021
Died on November 22, aged 91.
2022.11
Signed a contract with Taka Ishii Gallery. Becomes exclusive artist.
