After studying Japanese-style painting in university, Kimura began working at an advertising agency. At the end of the ’60s, he began making assemblage-style works with a variety of photographic images from magazines and other sources. In the 1970s, he received numerous awards at biennales both in Japan and abroad, and held solo exhibitions of his work. Kimura also makes sculpture. https://www.sg.emb-japan.go.jp/JCC/invite_japanese_prints_2018.html
During the late 1950s, Kimura studied printmaking at the Kyoto City University of the Arts. After graduating, he became a graphic designer, and that experience led him to challenge his ideas about making prints as contemporary art. Initially controversial in Japan, his work was well received internationally. Eventually his work became popular and celebrated. He holds a professorship at Kyoto Institute of Technology, and was named its 9th president in 1998. https://amum.photoshelter.com/image/I0000w.8O5Aufvt0