Takafumi Hara / biography

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1968 born in Tokyo
1990 graduated from the Painting Department of Tama Art College, Tokyo
1990-92 MA in Painting at the Tama Art College, Tokyo
2000-01 overseas study program for artists of Japanese government`s agency for cultural affairs
2000-02 studied at Weissensee Art College/ Berlin, Germany
2002-03 grant from cosmetic firm Pola-Art Foundation

 

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2010   Signs of Memory Project, MOCA / Taipei

2008

 

Signs of Memory Project, Wada Fine Arts / Tokyo

2007 Signs of Memory Project, DNA / Berlin, Germany
Signs of Memory Project, Wada Fine Arts / Tokyo

2006

Signs of Memory Project, Gallery Iseyoshi / Tokyo

2005 Signs of Memory Project, Gallery Grafica / Tokyo
Signs of Memory Project, Gallery Iseyoshi / Tokyo

2004

Signs of Memory: Project Auguststrasse, DNA / Berlin

   

 

Selected Group Exhibitions

2009   Animamix Biennial - Visual Attract&Attack, Animamix Biennial 2009-10 / Taipei
5a Bienal VentoSul - o mundo todo aqui, val mexer com voce, Bienal VentoSul / Curitiba
10. Bienal de La Habana / Havana

2008

2x Three Beauties – The Charites, General Public / Berlin
In touch with the present, Wada Fine Arts / Tokyo
Live Originality - Berlin, Unc Gallery / Seoul

2007 Das ABC der Bilder, Pergamon-Museum / Berlin
Japanese Contemporary, Gallery Sun contemporary / Seoul

2006

Singapore Biennial (Signs of Memory: City Hall Pink Windows), City Hall / Singapore
Wiesbadener Kunstsommer - Show me the way to public sphere (Signs of Memory Project), Central station and Water tower / Wiesbaden
Memory / Kunstsommer, NKV / Wiesbaden
Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial / Niigata

2005 Small Massage Noren (Signs of Memory Project), Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennal (10 days workshop) / Tokamachi-City, Niigata
HYUNDAI x Takafumi Hara / Seoul

2004

All about ... berlin 2 positions of developing painting from 5 galleries from Berlin, White Box/ Munich
The little direction-signs from Uragawara (Signs of Memory Project), Uragawara / Niigata
Projekt im Hafenviertel (Signs of Memory Project),in line with Heute hier, morgen dort..., Ausstellungshalle / Munich

2002 The House made from Sweets 1-2-3, ARX ART / Berlin
A notebook from Yokozumi with 51 pages with the1500 Windows (Signs of Memory Project), Uragawara / Niigata

2001

Five Windows for Frau Professer Inge Mahn, Thanks to Berlin 1 / Berlin
Torstr.111 with 36 Windows, Thanks to Berlin 2 / Berlin
888 Windows in Yokozumi (Signs of Memory Project ), Uragawara / Niigata

2000 Communication Box / Niigata

1998

Art now98, Sakura Museum / Chiba

1997

 

Schuhlstuhl-Projekt (Signs of Memory Projct)Uragawara / Niigata
Communication-Box (Signs of Memory Project), Uragawara / Niigata

1996 Dorf und Feuer, Workshop in Uragawara / Niigata

Public Collections

  Sculpture Uragawara Park / Niigata
Communication Box / Niigata
National Highway 253 10 Symbol tower / Niigata