Mikio
Watanabe was born in 1954 in Yokohama,
Japan. He completed his studies in Tokyo in 1977 and settled in Paris, where he
learned engraving techniques at the Atelier 17 in Paris. Since 1981, Mikio
Watanabe has focused on mezzotint and his works can be found in many public
collections including Bibliotheque National in Paris, the Central Academy of
Art, Kuala Lumpur and the New Orleans Museum of Art.

