Takafumi Hara / biography


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, Taipei
2008		Signs of Memory Project, Wada Fine Arts / Tokyo, Japan
2007		Signs of Memory Project, DNA / Berlin, Germany Signs of Memory Project, Wada Fine Arts / Tokyo, Japan

2006		Signs of Memory Project, Gallery Iseyoshi / Tokyo, Japan

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

2004		Signs of Memory: Project Auguststrasse, DNA / Berlin, Germany


Selected Group Exhibitions
2009		Animamix Biennial - Visual Attract&Attack, Animamix Biennial 2009-10 / Taipei, Taipei 5a Bienal VentoSul - o mundo todo aqui, val mexer com voce / Bienal VentoSul, Curitiba 10. Bienal de La Habana / Havana, Kuba
2008		2x Three Beauties – The Charites, General Public / Berlin, Germany In touch with the present - Wada Fine Arts, Tokyo Live Originality - Berlin, Unc Gallery / Seoul, Korea

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

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, Germany Memory / Kunstsommer, NKV / Wiesbaden, Germany Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial / Niigata, Japan

2005		Small Massage Noren (Signs of Memory Project), ECHIGO-TSUMARI ART TRIENNAL (10 days workshop), Tokamachi-City, Niigata, Japan HYUNDAI x Takafumi Hara, Seoul, South Korea

2004		All about ... berlin 2 positions of developing painting from 5 galleries from Berlin, White Box/ Munich, Germany The little direction-signs from Uragawara (Signs of Memory Project), Uragawara, Niigata, Japan Projekt im Hafenviertel (Signs of Memory Project),in line with Heute hier, morgen dort..., Ausstellungshalle/ Munich, Germany

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

2001		Five Windows for Frau Professer Inge Mahn, Thanks to Berlin 1 / Berlin, Germany Torstr.111 with 36 Windows, Thanks to Berlin 2 / Berlin, Germany 888 Windows in Yokozumi (Signs of Memory Project ), Uragawara, Niigata, Japan

2000		Communication Box, Niigata, Japan

1998		Art now98, Sakura Museum / Chiba, Japan

1997		Schuhlstuhl-Projekt (Signs of Memory Projct),Uragawara, Niigata, Japan communication-Box (Signs of Memory Project), Uragawara, Niigata, Japan

1996		Dorf und Feuer, workshop in Uragawara, Niigata, Japan

Public Collections

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