Toru Iwaya  is a Japanese mezzotint engraver and painter.
Born in Koriyama, Japan in 1936 , at the age of 19, he went to Tokyo.
After he graduated from the Tokyo University of Marine Science and
Technology at the age of 24, he moved back to Koriyama. He then
moved to Paris, the art capital of Europe in 1971, at the age of 35. The
main reason for the Paris move was the search for artistic inspiration.
Toru Iwaya is self-taught in painting and engraving and he wanted to
be surrounded by an art environment.
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