Kawamata Tadashi

Kawamata Tadashi Tree Hut in the Place Vendome, Paris 2013

BIOGRAPHY

Kawamata Tadashi　川俣正
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Born in 1953 in Mikasa, Hokkaido, Japan
Lives and works in Paris, France

– Education –

1981	MFA, Tokyo National University of the Arts, Tokyo, Japan

– Selected Solo Exhibitions –

2020	Construction, Japan House Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
	Insertion into City Life, BankART Station, BankART Temporary, Bashamichi station, Yokohama
	Shiseido window installation, Shiseido the Store, Tokyo
2019	Destruction, kamel mennour, Paris, France
	Destruction / Reconstruction,, Annely Juda Fine Art, London, UK
2018	Over Flow, Museum Art Architecture Technology, Lisbon, Portugal
2017	Early Works, MISA SHIN GALLERY, Tokyo
	Crossroads, Kiyotsu Warehouse Museum, Niigata
	The Shower, Made in Cloister, Naple, Italy
	Starting Over, Under Construction, Art Front Gallery, Tokyo
2016	Under the water, Centre Pompidou-Metz, Metz, France
2015	Kawamata Maquettes 1983-2015, kamel mennour, Paris, France
2014	Stairs, Annely Juda Fine Art, London, UK
	Box construction II, Gallery 604, Busan, Korea
	Project Document TOKYO IN PROGRESS 2010-2013, MISA SHIN GALLERY, Tokyo, Japan
	Prekaere Konstruktionen, Kunstmuseum Thurgau, Switzerland
2013	Scheiterturm / Log Tower, Kunstmuseum Thurgau, Switzerland
	HORIZONS: Project Les Sentiers de l’eau ,en Camargue, Musee de la Camargue, France
	Collectie Folie, Parc la Villette, Paris, France
2012	Expand BankART, BankART Studio NYK, Yokohama, Japan
	Box construction Daegu, Daegu Art Museum, Daegu, Korea
	Box construction, Gallery 604, Busan, Korea
2011	Under the water, Kamel Mennour, Paris, France
2010	The Tree Hut in Masan, Masan Moonshin Art Museum, Masan, Korea
	Tree Hut, Carton Workshop, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France

– Selected Group Exhibitions –

2020	Vladivostok International Biennale of Visual Arts, Vladivostok, Russia (upcoming)
	Helsinki Biennial 2020, Helsinki, Finland
	Drawings, MISA SHIN GALLERY, Tokyo
2019	Weavers of Worlds – A Century of Flux in Japanese, Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, Tokyo
	on sculpture – between line and figure, MISA SHIN GALLERY, Tokyo
	The Nature Rules: Dreaming of Earth Project, Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo
	Multiples, MISA SHIN GALLERY, Tokyo
2018	EGON SCHIELE The Jubilee Show RELOADED, Leopold Museum, Vienna, Austria
	Culture City of East Asia 2018 Kanazawa Altering Home,21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Japan
	Art on the Road-Three Traveling Exhibitions From the Hara Museum, Hara Museum Arc, Gunnma, Japan
2017	JAPAN ALPS ART FESTIVAL 2017,Shinano-city, Niigata prefecture, Japan
	OpenART Biennale 2017, Örebro, Sweden
	JAPAN ALPS ART FESTIVAL 2017, Omachi, Nagano Prefecture, Japan
2016	KNOCK ON WOOD, Magda Danysz, Paris,France
2015	Tsumari Diorama, Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale, Niigata, Japan
2014	Triennale Brugge 2015, Bruges, Belgium
	Collection Becoming, Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, Japan
	La Chaire, Kibe Project, Kunisaki Art Festival 2014,Kunisaki City, Oita, Japan
	MAK-Permanent Collection Asia (China-Japan-Korea), MAK-Austrian Museum of Applied Arts/Contemporary Art,Vienna, Austria
	Japon, Centre d’art contemporain (cac), Meymac, France
2013	Unstable Territoy, Center for Contemporary Culture Strozzina, Plazzo Strozzi, Florence, Italy
	Garden Tower in Toronto, Toronto Nuit Blanche 2013, Canada
	Tree hut in the Place Vendome, FIAC 2013, Paris, France
	SITE- Place of Memories, Spaces with Potential, Hiroshima City Museum of Modern Art, Hiroshima, Japan
	Favela Cafe, Art Basel, Switzerland
2012	Chairs for Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi Art Fair, UAE
	Exchange Library, FIAC, Paris, France
	Echigo Tsumari Art Triennale, Niigata, Japan
2010	Mukaijima Project The Island Made by the Island, Setouchi International Art Festival, Kagawa, Japan
	Walkway and Tower, EMSCHERKUNST 2010, Essen, Germany

– Selected Projects –

2020	Sendai in Progress, Sendai, Miyagi
2019	Belvedere de l’hermitage, Nantes, France
	Project in Tremblay-en-France, Tremblay-en-France, France
2018	Hokkaido in Progress (Iwamizawa Project 2018), Iwamizawa, Hokkaido
2017	Tokyo in Progress (Shioiri Tower) Closing Event, Tokyo
2017	Hokkaido in Progress (Iwamizawa Project 2017), Iwamizawa, Hokkaido
2015	Guangzhou project, Guangzhou, China
2014	Tront Lamp Post,Waterfront Tront, Tront, Canada
	Hokkaido in Progress (Mikasa project 2014), Mikasa, Hokkaido, Japan
2013	Tree hut in the Place Vendome, FIAC 2013, Paris, France
	Camarguve boat tour, Arles, France
	ESCALE” et “DECISE, Arles, France
	Project Les Sentiers de l’eau ,en Camargue HORIZONS, Musee de la Camargue, France
	Au fil de la SAONE, Lyon, France
	Tokyo in Progress Closing Event, Tokyo, Japan
	Hokkaido in Progress (Mikasa project 2013), Mikasa, Hokkaido, Japan
2012	Corner Structure, Bonn, Germany
	Favela in Gent, Track, Gent, Belgium
	Tokyo in Progress (Toyosu Dome), Tokyo, Japan
	Tokyo in Progress (Tsukuda Terrace), Tokyo Culture Creation Project, Tokyo
	Hokkaido in Progress (Mikasa project 2012), Mikasa, Hokkaido, Japan
2011	Workshop Camargue, Les Sentiers De L’eau- Water Path 2, Marseille-Provence Musee de Camargue, Franceance
	Workshop at Bergloon, Belgium, Z33- huis voor actuele kunst, Hasselt, Belgium
	Cergy Pontoise Art commission work, Cergy Pontoise, France
	Chaumont sur Loire Project Chateau de Chaumont, Chaumont sur Loire, France
	Hokkaido in Progress (Mikasa project 2011), Hokkaido, Japan
	Tokyo in Progress (Shioiri Tower), Tokyo, Japan
2010	Drift Structure, Uster, Switzerland
	Tokyo in Progress, Tokyo, Japan