biografia di Takashi MURAKAMI (1962)
Personal data
Birth : 1962 - Tokyo, Japan
Sex : M
Nationality/Affiliation : Japan - United States
Address
Tokyo, JapanRepresentatives
Blum & Poe – 2754 La Cienaga Blvd – Santa Monica CA, United States
Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin – 30 rue Louise Weiss – Paris, France
Marianne Boesky Gallery – 2nd floor 535 West 22nd Street – New York NY, United States
Tomio Koyama Gallery – Shinkawa 1-31-6- 1F, Chuo-Ku – Tokyo, Japan
Education
1986 – 1993 : Tokyo National University of Arts and Music (Graduated Department of Japanese Traditional Painting, MA, PhD) – Tokyo, Japan
Professional data
Work and Life
Lives and works in Tokyo, Japan
Lives and works in New York, USA
Artist in residence
1995
1994-1995 : P. S. 1. Contemporary Art Center Studio Program – New York NY, United States
Awarded by : P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center – 22-25 Jackson Avenue at 46th Avenue – Long Island NY, United States
Other professions
Producer
Hiropon Factory – Asaka, Japan
1998 : Professor
Department of Art – UCLA University of California Los Angeles – 405 Hilgard Avenue – Los Angeles CA, United States
Work
Categorie and medium
Painting : 
Sculpture-Volume : 
Drawing-Watercolor : Subject
Traditional culturecartoon
games
music
sexuality
Movements and styles
Abstract ExpressionismPop Art
Nihon-ga
Japanese pop culture
Works
| Jellyfish Eyes Nega | |
| Date of creation : 2001 Medium : Acrylic/canvas | |
| Mushroom Painting | |
| Date of creation : 1999 Medium : Painting | |
| My Lonesome Cowboy | |
| Date of creation : 1998 Medium : Sculpture | |
| Hiropon | |
| Date of creation : 1997 Medium : Sculpture | |
| And then and then and then and then and then | |
| Date of creation : 1996-1997 Medium : Acrylic/canvas | |
| Mr. DOB | |
| Date of creation : 1995 Medium : Plastic | |
| Fall in Love | |
| Date of creation : 1995 Medium : Light installation | |
Solo Exhibitions (Selected)
Solo exhibitions
2003
Superflat Monogram
Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin – Paris, France
2003 – 06/06/2003
Superflat Monogram
Marianne Boesky Gallery – New York NY, United States
04/11/2003 – 05/10/2003
2002
Kaikai Kiki
Fondation Cartier pour l’Art Contemporain – Paris, France
06/27/2002 – 10/27/2002
2001
Mushroom
Marianne Boesky Gallery – New York NY, United States
2001
Kai Kai Ki Ki2
Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin – Paris, France
2001
Takashi Murakami – Summon monsters? Open the door? Heal? Destroy?
MOT Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo – Tokyo, Japan
08/25/2001 – 11/04/2001
Takashi Murakami: Made in Japan
Museum of Fine Arts – Boston MA, United States
04/25/2001 – 09/03/2001
2000
Second Mission Project ko²
P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center – New York NY, United States
09/2000 – 11/2000
Kai Kai Ki Ki
Issey Miyake Men – Tokyo, Japan
2000
1999
The Meaning of the Nonsense of the Meaning
Center for Curatorial Studies Museum – Bard College – Annandale-on-Hudson NY, United States
1999
Super Flat
Marianne Boesky Gallery – New York NY, United States
1999
DOB in the Strange Forest
Parco Gallery – Tokyo, Japan
1999
1998
Back Beat – Super Flat
Tomio Koyama Gallery – Tokyo, Japan
1998
Feature Inc. – New York NY, United States
1998
1997
Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin – Paris, France
1997
1996
Feature Inc. – New York NY, United States
1996
1995
Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin – Paris, France
1995
1993
A Very Merry Unbirthday !
Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art – Hiroshima, Japan
1993
1991
Hosomi Gallery – Tokyo, Japan
1991
Art Gallery – Tokyo National University of Arts and Music – Tokyo, Japan
1991
Roentgen Art Institute – Tokyo, Japan
08/23/1991
1989
Gallery Surugadai Ginza – Tokyo, Japan
1989
Group Exhibitions (Selected)
Art shows / fairs
2006
Frieze Art Fair
Regent’s Park – London, United Kingdom
10/12/2006 – 10/15/2006
Represented by : Marianne Boesky Gallery – 2nd floor 535 West 22nd Street – New York NY, United States
2004
Art 35 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/16/2004 – 06/21/2004
Represented by : Blum & Poe – 2754 South La Cienega Boulevard – Los Angeles CA, United States
2003
Art Basel Miami Beach
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/04/2003 – 12/07/2003
Represented by : Blum & Poe – 2754 La Cienaga Blvd – Santa Monica CA, United States
FIAC, n°30
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/09/2003 – 10/13/2003
Represented by : Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin – 30 rue Louise Weiss – Paris, France
Art 34 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/18/2003 – 06/23/2003
Represented by : Blum & Poe – 2754 La Cienaga Blvd – Santa Monica CA, United States
The Armory Show 2003
Piers 88 & 90 – New York NY, United States
03/07/2003 – 03/10/2003
Represented by : Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin – 30 rue Louise Weiss – Paris, France
2002
Art Basel Miami Beach
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/05/2002 – 12/08/2002
Represented by : Blum & Poe – 2754 La Cienaga Blvd – Santa Monica CA, United States
FIAC, n°29
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/24/2002 – 10/28/2002
Represented by : Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin – 30 rue Louise Weiss – Paris, France
The Armory Show 2002
Piers 88 & 90 – New York NY, United States
02/22/2002 – 02/25/2002
Represented by : Marianne Boesky Gallery – 2nd floor 535 West 22nd Street – New York NY, United States
2001
Art Basel Miami Beach: cancelled
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/13/2001 – 12/16/2001
Represented by : Blum & Poe – 2754 La Cienaga Blvd – Santa Monica CA, United States
ARTissima – Arte Contemporaneo a Torino, n° 8
Palazzo del Lavoro – Turin TO, Italy
11/15/2001 – 11/18/2001
Represented by : Pinksummer – Via Lomellini 2-3 – Genoa GE, Italy
FIAC, n°28
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/10/2001 – 10/15/2001
Represented by : Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin – 30 rue Louise Weiss – Paris, France
Art 32 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/13/2001 – 06/18/2001
Represented by : Tomio Koyama Gallery – Shinkawa 1-31-6- 1F, Chuo-Ku – Tokyo, Japan
The Armory Show 2001
Piers 88 & 90 – New York NY, United States
02/23/2001 – 02/26/2001
Represented by : Blum & Poe – 2754 La Cienaga Blvd – Santa Monica CA, United States
Group exhibitions
2005
Translation
Paris, France
06/23/2005 – 09/18/2005
2004
De leur temps, collections privées Françaises
Musée des Beaux-Arts – Tourcoing, France
10/06/2004 – 12/06/2004
2003
My Reality : Contemporary Art and the Culture of Japanese Animation
Norton Museum of Art – West Palm Beach FL, United States
2003
Spalt Boom Pow!
CAMH Contemporary Arts Museum Houston – Houston TX, United States
2003 – 06/29/2003
On the Wall
Fabric Workshop and Museum – Philadelphia PA, United States
2003 – 2004
Happiness
Mori Art Museum – Tokyo, Japan
10/18/2003 – 01/18/2004
My Reality : Contemporary Art and the Culture of Japanese Animation
Huntsville Museum of Art – Huntsville AL, United States
10/13/2003 – 01/04/2004
Mariko Mori, Takashi Murakami
Centre des arts – Enghien-les-Bains, France
04/24/2003 – 05/04/2003
2002
My Reality : Contemporary Art and the Culture of Japanese Animation
Akron Art Museum – Akron OH, United States
09/21/2002 – 01/05/2003
My Reality : Contemporary Art and the Culture of Japanese Animation
The Chicago Cultural Center – Chicago IL, United States
07/13/2002 – 09/08/2002
My Reality : Contemporary Art and the Culture of Japanese Animation
Tampa Museum of Art – Tampa FL, United States
04/21/2002 – 06/23/2002
My Reality : Contemporary Art and the Culture of Japanese Animation
CAC Contemporary Arts Center – Cincinnati OH, United States
01/24/2002 – 03/31/2002
2001
Works on paper from Acconci to Zittel
Victoria Miro Gallery – London, United Kingdom
2001
Let’s entertain
Miami Art Museum – Miami FL, United States
09/14/2001 – 11/18/2001
My Reality : Contemporary Art and the Culture of Japanese Animation
BMA Brooklyn Museum of Art – Brooklyn, New York NY, United States
07/28/2001 – 10/03/2001
SITE Santa Fe’s Fourth International Biennial – Beau Monde : Toward a Redeemed Cosmopolitanism
Site Santa Fe – Santa Fe NM, United States
07/14/2001 – 01/06/2002
Public Offerings
MOCA Museum of Contemporary Art at California Plaza – Los Angeles CA, United States
04/20/2001 – 07/29/2001
Let’s entertain
Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg – Wolfsburg, Germany
03/16/2001 – 07/15/2001
Painting at the edge of the World
Walker Art Center – Minneapolis MN, United States
02/10/2001 – 05/06/2001
My Reality: Contemporary Art and the Culture of Japanese Animation
Des Moines Art Center – Des Moines IA, United States
02/10/2001 – 05/06/2001
Superflat
MOCA at the Pacific Design Center – Los Angeles CA, United States
01/14/2001 – 05/27/2001
2000
Au delà du Spectacle / Let’s entertain
MNAM Musée National d’Art Moderne – Centre National d’Art et de Culture Georges Pompidou – Paris, France
11/22/2000 – 01/08/2001
Let’s entertain
Portland Art Museum – Portland OR, United States
07/07/2000 – 09/17/2000
Partage d’exotismes – 5ème Biennale d’Art Contemporain de Lyon
Halle Tony Garnier – Lyon, France
06/27/2000 – 09/24/2000
Superflat
Parco Gallery – Tokyo, Japan
04/28/2000 – 05/29/2000
Let’s entertain
Walker Art Center – Minneapolis MN, United States
02/12/2000 – 04/30/2000
Murakami & Manetas
Newsantandrea – Savona, Italy
2000
1999
New Modernism for a New Millennium: Works by Contemporary Asian Artists from the Logan Collection
SFMOMA San Francisco Museum of Modern Art – San Francisco CA, United States
1999
Something Warm and Fuzzy/ Children and Contemporary Art
Des Moines Art Center – Des Moines IA, United States
1999
Ground Zero Japan
ATM – Art Tower Mito – Mito, Japan
11/20/1999 – 01/23/2000
Carnegie International 1999/2000, n°53
Carnegie Museum of Art – Pittsburgh PA, United States
11/06/1999 – 03/26/2000
1998
50 Years of Japanese Lifestyle Postwar Fashion & Design
Utsunomiya Museum of Art – Utsunomiya, Japan
1998
Abstract Painting Once Removed
Contemporary Arts Museums – Houston TX, United States
10/03/1998 – 12/06/1998
1997
Super Body
Tomio Koyama Gallery – Tokyo, Japan
1997
Flying Buttress Please
Torch Gallery – Amsterdam, Netherlands
1997
Cities on the Move, n°1
Wiener Secession – Vereinigung bildender Künstler – Vienna, Austria
11/26/1997 – 01/18/1998
1996
2nd Asia-Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art
Queensland Art Gallery – Brisbane QLD, Australia
1996
1995
Campo – 46° Biennale di Venezia
Ca’Giustinian San Marco 1316 – Venice VE, Italy
06/11/1995 – 10/15/1995
1994
VOCA ’94 The Vision of Contemporary Art
The Ueno Royal Museum – Tokyo, Japan
1994
Bibliography (Selected)
On the artist
Books
2002
Art Now
Publisher: Taschen – Hohenzollernring 53 – Cologne, Germany
Author: Grosenick Uta – Cologne, Germany
Author: Riemschneider Burkhard
2002
ISBN : 382281444X
Art Tomorrow
Publisher: Editions Terrail – Paris, France
Author: Lucie-Smith Edward – London, United Kingdom
2002
ISBN : 2879392497
Vitamin P – New Perspectives in Painting
Publisher: Phaidon Press – Regent’s Wharf – London, United Kingdom
Author: Collectif
2002
ISBN : 071484246X
2000
Fresh Cream
Publisher: Phaidon Press – Regent’s Wharf – London, United Kingdom
11/2000
ISBN : 0714891142
Periodicals
2004
MATTICK Paul – Takashi Murakami at Marianne Boesky
in: Art in America n° 1 p. 107
New York NY, United States
01/2004
2003
NAKAMURA Marie-Pierre – Takashi Murakami
in: Art Actuel n° 29 p. 82
Paris, France
11/2003-12/2003
STEWART Amy Smith – Reviews
in: Contemporary n° 52 p. 76
London, United Kingdom
2003
2002
DE MARTRIN Maïa – Délire Murakami et Planète Coloriage
in: Art Actuel n° 21 p. 14
Paris, France
07/2002-08/2002
2001
RUBINSTEIN Raphael – In the Realm of the Superflat
in: Art in America p. 110
New York NY, United States
06/2001
Guía de bolsillo para el coleccionista reciente
in: El Periodico del Arte n° 47 p. 43
Madrid, Spain
08/2001-09/2001
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