He studied sculpture at Hiroshima City University and learned how to create sculptures using metalworking techniques.
Under the tutelage of his teacher, Michio Watabiki, he based his work on the Nikaten Exhibition and expressed the Buddhist worldview through his own unique interpretation.

1983 Born in Yamaguchi Prefecture
2011 Hiroshima City University, Graduate School of Arts, Doctoral Program
Graduated from the Department of Sculpture in the Department of Comprehensive Art and Design / Obtained a Doctoral Degree (Arts)
2015 Hiroaki Yamanaka Sculpture Exhibition - The Concept of Emptiness and the Existence of Qi - (gallery G/Hiroshima)
2016 Metal Sculpture by Takeshi Harada and Hiroaki Yamanaka (Yachiyonooka Museum of Art/Hiroshima)
2022 50th Hiroshima Sculpture Society Exhibition (Hiroshima Prefectural Art Museum/Invited Exhibit)
2023 8th Flying Birds Exhibition
Hiroaki Yamanaka Metal Sculpture Exhibition -Fragment Time- (Fukuya Hatchobori Main Store Gallery 101/Hiroshima)
L×Sunmall Art Space Project 2023 #9 (SUNMALL/Hiroshima)

Collection
Hiroshima City University Art Museum
Hiroshima City Asa Zoo