Biography
- Born in Miyama (present day Kihoku), Kitamura, Mie, Japan in 1940, his father was a cleric.
- He graduated from Asahigaoka High School (旭丘高校) in Aichi.
- In 1959, he enrolled on the oil painting course at the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music.
- In 1964 he held his first solo exhibition.
- In 1965 he worked as a part-time lecturer at Musashino Art University (武蔵野美術大学)
- In 1971 he won a scholarship from the Italian government and stayed in Rome for six years, also travelled in Spain while studying Western art.
- Returned to Japan in 1977
- In 1980 he was an assistant professor of the Japanese painting course at Nagoya University of Arts (名古屋芸術大学)
- In 1986 he was professor at Nagoya University of Arts.
- On March 15, 2006 he was awarded the Education, Science and Technology Minister's Art Encouragement Prize (芸術選奨文部科学大臣賞).
- On June 5, 2006 the Education, Science and Technology Minister's Art Encouragement Prize (芸術選奨文部科学大臣賞) was stripped from Wada because of plagiarism.
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