Tatsumi Orimoto / biography

biography
works
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1946 born in Kawasaki City
1969 studied at Institute of Art, California
1972 Assistant of Nam June Paik
1977 returned to Japan, lives and works in Kawasaki City

Selected Group Exhibition

2011

 

 

 

2010

  

 Drawing in relation / DNA, Berlin                                                                        The Art of Caring: A Look at Life through Photography / Museum of Art Fort    Lauderdale, Fort Lauderdale, FL                                                                            Der Zweite Blick / Galerie Lichtblick, Cologne                                                        Alles wandelt sich / DNA, Berlin

To-Be. Tokyo+Berlin Communication Art [2], Freies Museum Berlin / Berlin, Germany
Live in Translation, The Exchange / Penzance, UK
Live in Translation, A Foundation / Liverpool, UK
Oil Cans, Gallery 4A, The Asia-Australia Arts Centre / Sydney, Australia
Itumo, Shizukani Waratteiru, Museum od Modern Art / Ibaraki, Mito, Japan

2009

  

Tatsumi Orimoto, Para-Site Art Space / Hong Kong, China
Drawings, DNA / Berlin, Germany

2008

Tatsumi Orimoto, Retrospective, MASP / São Paulo, Brazil
Punishment, DNA / Berlin, Germany
Finger Dolls, Kawasaki City Museum / Kawasaki, Japan

2007

Bread Man, C/O / Berlin, Germany
Art Mama, Sala 1 / Rome, Italy
Bread Man, Keusman Gallery / Seoul, Korea
2005-06 Mother and son, DNA Gallery / Berlin, Germany

2004

Kawasaki City Museum / Kawasaki City, Japan
Academie / Den Haag, Netherlands
2003 ARTicle Galerie & Edition / Cologne, Germany
Gallery 21 + Yo / Tokio, Japan
Boxing Partner, DNA Gallery / Berlin, Germany

2002

Catalyst Arts / Belfast, UK
Kawasaki City Museum / Kawasaki City, Japan
DNA Galerie / Berlin, Germany
2001 Center for Contemporary Art / Fukushima, Japan

2000

Hara Museum / Tokyo, Japan
Fotogalerie / Vienna, Austria
Kunstihoone Galerii / Tallin, Estonia
Museum für Photographie / Braunschweig, Germany
Gallery 21 + Yo / Tokyo, Japan

Selected Solo Exhibitions
 
2011   LIFE + REALITY, New works / DNA, Berlin

2010

  

Live in Translation / A foundation, Liverpool, England                                             Live in Translation / The exchange, Penzance, Cornwall, England                               Last Words Phase 2-  4a centre for contemporary Asian Art, Sydney, NSW    To+Be Tokyo+Berlin-Art 2010 / Freies Museum, Berlin
Photography group show, Galerie Van der Mieden / Antwerp, Belgium               Itumo, Shizukani Waratteiru / Museum of Modern Art, Ibaraki, Mitto, Japan 
Reflection, DNA / Berlin, Germany

2009

  

Performance III - Gender, Politics, Social Issues and Intercultural Studies, Fotografie Wien / Wien, Austria
PerformIC - Innsbruck Contemporary, Kunstraum Innsbruck / Innsbruck, Austria
Haengung # 4 - Querschnitt, Sammlung Alison and Peter W. Klein / Eberdingen-Nussdorf, Germany
The Art of Caring, New Orleans Museum of Art / New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

    

2008

  

Leben im Karton, Staedtische Galerie Villa Zanders / Bergisch Gladbach, Germany
Loss of Control - Grenzgaenge zur Kunst. Von Félicien Rops bis heute, MaRTa Herford / Herford, Germany
2007 Flashes from the Archives of Oblivion, Chapter / Cardiff, UK
Heyri Asia Project II, Japanese Contemporary Art Festival / Paju-City, Korea
Wunder der Prärie, International Festival for Theater, Performance, Dance, Art, Zeitraumexit e.V. / Mannheim, Germany
Art Mama - the existence of my mother is art, Festival Internazionale di Roma, Centro Internazionale di Arte Contemporanea / Rome, Italy

2006

2. Bukarest Biennale / Bulgaria
Made in Kawaski, Kawasaki City Museum / Kawasaki City, Japan
Wunder der Prärie, International Festival for Theater, Performance, Dance, Art, Festivalzentrum L1 / Mannheim, Germany
2005 Fukushima Museum / Fukushima, Japan
Skulpture Hus / Stockholm, Sweden
National Museum of Ethnology / Osaka, Japan
City Gallery / WHITE CUBE OSAKA, Osaka, Japan
Gallery 21 + Yo / Tokyo, Japan

2003

Sharjah International Art Biennale, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Nagasaki Brick Hall, Nagasaki, Japan
ALBION art museum, Nara, Japan
Towada Exhibition, Towada City, Japan
2002 Biennale / Sao Paulo, Brazil
Busan Bienale / Busan, Korea
BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art / Gateshead, UK
Bunker / Berlin, Germany

2001

49th Venice Biennial / Venice, Italy
Triennale / Yokohama, Japan
Naoshima Contemporary Art Museum / Naoshima, Japan
1994 Performance Festival, S.F. Georghe

1992

Museum City Tenjin / Fukuoka, Japan

1991

  

Biennale / Sao Paulo, Brazil

1989

P.S.I. Museum / New York, USA

1988

Biennale / Sydney, Australia