Fumio Tachibana is the winner of the Grand Prix at the 21st Brno Biennial, 2004. Born in 1968 in Hiroshima, Tachibana graduated from the Visual Communication and Design Division of Musashino Art University, and completed a Master’s Course in Design at the Fine Arts Research Department of the Graduate School in the Tokyo University of Art and Music. Tachibana participated in the "Artists in Residence" project at the Vermont Studio Center, USA in 1994. He held his "MADE IN THE U.S.A." exhibition in the Sagacho Exhibit Space in 1995. Tachibana is a recipient of the Gold Prize at the 17th International Biennial of Graphic Design, Brno 1996 and Grand Prix at the 21st Brno Biennial, 2004.