TODO1969-

There are always stories of "Time" behind Todo's artworks. The artist structured his style centered with various forms of things collected by walking on the theme of "uniqueness of place." The most representative artwork would be the ones he made during his stay in German, and the cutting stone artworks from historical sites in various countries around the world, with polishing and embedding laminated glass between them. The Basalt series uses the lined pillar made of basalt for installation which the artist got inspiration from Joseph Beuys's project 7000 Eichen (7000 Oaks) and basalt installation that he saw at Documenta 7. Moreover, his book series include books of western philosophy, novel, bible and hymns to create artworks by two methods: inserting glasses between books or solidifying the pages with resin. Todo's works are very much demanded both inside and outside of Japan, being a combination of what he felt intimately about Western European civilization during his staying at Düsseldorf for more than 10 years and of Japanese aesthetics. Having moved back to Japan on Great East Japan Earthquake, Todo is creating artworks using debris from famous architecture demolished in the course of urban metabolism of the society, or cultured pearls fostered in his hometown of Uwajima .

Biography

1969　born in Tokyo
1997　MFA in Sculpture, Tama Art University
1999　Academy of Fine Arts Düsseldorf
2003　Meisterschüler of Professor Daniel Buren

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Solo Exhibitions

2020　Chikuho-Coal, ART FRONT GALLERY / Tokyo
2020　NADiff Window Gallery / Tokyo
2017　Bau / Bau, LOKO GALLERY / Tokyo
2016　Debris, ART FRONT GALLERY / Tokyo
2015　The Capital Room - 50 Säulen, Gallery αM / Tokyo
2011　7000 Basalt, ART FRONT GALLERY / Tokyo
2008　Silent History, Eurohypo / Eschborn, Germany
2005　Berlin / New York / Yogyakarta, plan.d. / Düsseldorf, Germany

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Group Exhibitions

2023　Taipei Dangdai 2023, Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center / Taiwan
2023　Dystopia: Transition from Memory, Art Front Gallery / Tokyo
2022　ART HANKYU 2022, Hankyu Umeda Main Store / Osaka
2022　Echigo Tsumari Art Field 2022 / Niigata
2021　Survival Nature, GINZA TSUTAYA BOOKS / Tokyo
2021　Art Fair Tokyo 2021, Tokyo International Forum / Tokyo
2021　ART BOOK / ART GOODS, BankART KAIKO / Kanagawa
2020　artTNZ produced by AFT with APCA, TERRADA ART COMPLEX Ⅱ / Tokyo
2020　Drawings 16 Artists, LOKO GALLERY / Tokyo
2018　Kumi-So, MA2 gallery / Tokyo
2017　2D Printers, Tochigi Prefectural Museum of Fine Arts
2017　KAAT EXHIBITION 2017: THE POETRY, KAAT Kanagawa Arts Theatre
2014　Collection exhibition, Urawa Art Museum / Saitama
2013　Book - Chapter 1, MA2 gallery / Tokyo
2009　Everyday life Another space, Kanagawa Prefectural Gallery / Kanagawa
2007　30ｘ40, Orangerie Schloss Benrath / Düsseldorf, Germany
2005　Im Volumen glaube ich an Gegengewicht, Kunstraum Düsseldorf / Düsseldorf, Germany

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Collection / Public Art

Urawa Art Museum / Saitama
RAG Deutsche Steinkohle AG / Herne, Germany
Palace Hotel Tokyo
The Ritz-Carlton Taijin
Four Seasons Hotel Kyoto
HOSHINOYA Okinawa, and others

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