Artists
Tadashi Kawamata1953-
Tadashi Kawamata1953-
Since participating in Venice Biennale in 1982, the aritst is working as international artist. His works shows that the working process to create art is a part of the artwork. In his large installations, the artist uses woods and the newly discovered space in the work becomes the artwork. In his work, movement of the audience also plays an important role and is the process of the creation of the work. Drawings or models of his installations are not merely showing his plans, but are individual works which content each of his working process, and are becoming more popular nowadays.
- Biography
- 1953 Born in Hokkaido
1979 BA in oil painting, Tokyo University of the Arts
1999-2005 Professor at Tokyo University of the Arts
2006-2019 Professor at the Ecole des Beaux-arts in Paris - More
- Solo Exhibitions
- 2023 Open Atelier in Tsumari Archive Center / Tsumari Archive Center / Niigata
2023 Nest&Tree Hut / Gallery SAP / Korea
2023 DESTRUCTION / 非畫廊 Beyond Gallery / Taiwan
2020 BankART Life VI: Insertion into City Life / BankART Station / Kanagawa
2017 Starting Over, Under Construction, Art Front Gallery / Tokyo
2017 Tadashi Kawamata : Crossroads, Kiyotsu Warehouse Museum / Niigata
2016 Under the Water, Centre Pompidou, Metz / France
2014 Permanent Collection Asia Museum fur Angewandte Kunst(MAK)/ Wien(Austria)
2013 44th Basel Art Fair / Swiss
2012 BankArt Studio NYK / Yokohama
2011 Hokkaido in progress / Hokkaido (’12, ’13)
2010 Tokyo in Progress / Tokyo (’11, ’12, ’13)
2009 Coal Mine Project, Meguro Museum of Art / Tokyo
2008 Tree Hut / New York / Florida / Paris
2008 Gandamaison / Versailles
2008 Walkway, Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo
2008 Tadashi Kawamata: after Under Construction, Hillside Forum / Tokyo
2007 Observatoire, Estuaire2007 / Nante, France
2005-6 Memory in Progress, Saint Thelo
2004 Work in Progress Toyota, / Toyota
2004 Wooden Terrace Beach, / Basel
2003 Kawamata Coal Mine Project Tagawa 2003, / Tagawa
2001 Daily News, Art Tower Mito Contemporary Art Gallery / Mito
2000 Trench and Bridge, / Middelheim
2000 Lodging London, / London
2000 Sur la voie, / Evreux
1998 Haus der Kunst, Staatsgalerie Moderner Kunst,/ M?nchen
1998 Les Chaises de Traverse, H?tel Saint-Livier
1997 Le passage de chaises, Chapelle Saint-Louis de la Salp?tri?re / Paris.
1996 Side Walk, Wiener Neustadt
1993 Frauenbad, Limmat River and Helmhaus / Zurich
1992 Project on Roosevelt Island, / New York
1984 Under Construction, Hillside Terrace / Tokyo - More
- Group Exhibitions
- 2024 BankART Life7 'UrbanNesting: Nesting in the City Once Again' / Kanagawa
2023 ROKKO MEET ART 2023 beyond / Hyogo
2023 SUMMER FESTIVAL from the Taguchi Art Collection / Kagoshima City Museum of Art / Kagoshima
2023 Tokyo Gendai / Pacifico Yokohama / Kanagawa
2023 Anatomy of the Museum Collection Ⅱ : Featuring the Works from the Years after the 1970’s / Meguro Museum of Art / Tokyo
2022 ART HANKYU 2022 / Hankyu Umeda Main Store / Osaka
2022 Is the Door Open?ー Tracing the 40-year History of MOMAS and Its Collection / Museum of Modern Art, Saitama / Saitama
2021 Artists’ Breath / Ichihara Lakeside Museum / Chiba
2021 Art Fair Tokyo 2021 / Tokyo International Forum / Tokyo
2021 ART BOOK / ART GOODS / BankART KAIKO / Kanagawa
2019 HILLSIDE TERRACE 1969-2019 / Hillside Forum / Tokyo
2019 Weavers of Worlds-A Century of Flux in Japanese Modern / Contemporary Art- / Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo / Tokyo
2018 Selected Art Fair 2018 SHU SHU SHU SHOW / Spiral Garden / Tokyo
2018 Culture City of East Asia 2018 Kanazawa: Altering Home / ishikawa
2018 Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale 2018 / Niigata (’03, ’06, ’09, ’12, ’18)
2010 Setouchi Art Triennale / Kagawa
2003 Valencia Biennnale
2002 Busan Biennale
2002 4th Shanghai Biennale
1998 11th Sydney Biennale
1997 3rd Sculptureproject in Munster
1987 19th Sao Paulo Biennnale
1987 Documenta9 / Kassel (’92)
1982 40th Venezia Biennnale - More
- Awards
- 2013 win the Culture Minister‘s prize from Cultural Affairs Agency
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- Collection / Public Art
- National Museum of Modern Art , Tokyo
National Musrum of Art, Osaka
Toyota Municipal Museum of Art
Takamatsu City Museum of Arts
Meguro Museum of Art
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston - More