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Born 1977 in Ishikawa, Japan
Lives and works in London
EDUCATION
2003 M.F.A. Sculpture, Slade School of Fine Art, University College, London.
2000 B.F.A. (Honors), Sculpture Course, University of East London.
1997 University of East London, Fine Art Foundation Course
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS AND SCREENINGS
2010
Hiraki Sawa,Void, Derry, N. Ireland
2009
Hiraki Sawa,IUFM, Dijon, France
Hiraki Sawa,Galeria Maisterravalbuena, Spain
Hiraki Sawa,Yu-un, Tokyo, Japan
Hiraki Sawa,Ota Fine Arts, Tokyo, Japan
2008
Hiraki Sawa, Colby College Museum of Art
Hiraki Sawa, Faux Mouvement Art Contemporain, Metz, France
Hiraki Sawa, Bund 18, Shanghai, China
2008
Hiraki Sawa, Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, TN
2007
Hako, Chisenhale Gallery, London, Uk, traveling to Centro de Arte Caja de Burgos, Burgos, Spain
2006
Hiraki Sawa, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia
Hiraki Sawa,James Cohan Gallery, New York, NY
Hiraki Sawa: Certain Places, Firstsite Contemporary Art Centre, Essex, UK
2005
Hiraki Sawa, Going Places Sitting Down, Hayward/Bloomberg Commission for Waterloo Sunset Pavillion at Hayward Gallery, London, UK
Hiraki Sawa, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington D.C., USA
Slow Down, Pilar Parra & Romero Gallerie de arte, Madrid Spain
Hiraki Sawa, Ota Fine Arts, Tokyo, Japan
New Media Series – Migration, Saint Louis Art Museum, Saint Louis, MO, USA
Hammer Projects – Hiraki Sawa, UCLA Hammer Museum of Art, Los Angeles,
Criterium 63, Mito Art Tower, Japan
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2010
Elsewhere, Animac: Mostra Internacional de Cinema d'Animació de Catalunya, Spain
Reflection, Art Tower Mito, Ibaraki, Japan
Smoke + Mirrors/Shadows + Fog, Hunter College/Times Square Art Gallery, New York, NY
2009
Voyages, Japanese Cultural Center, Paris and the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Tokyo
The 6th Asian-Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Australia
Automatic Cities: The Architectural Imaginary in Contemporary Art, curated by Dr. Robin Clark, The Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, CA
Big in Japan: The Contemporary Japanese Art Exhibition, curated by Renata Dubinskaite and Kestutis Kuizinas, Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius, Lithuania
Parades and Processions: Here come everybody, Parasol Unit, London, UK
Neoteny Japan: Contemporary Artists after 1990s – From Takahashi Collection, The Ueno Royal Museum, Tokyo, Japan
Mi Vida. From Heaven to Hell. Life experiences in art from MUSAC Collection, curated by Agustín Pérez Rubio and Zsolt Petrányi, Mücarnok Kunsthalle, Budapest
Incidental Affairs, Suntory Museum, Osaka, Japan
Fact and Fiction: Recent works from the UBS Art Collection, Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou, China
Curious Cars and Miniature Movers, Ipswich Art Gallery, Australia
2008
Best of Discovery, ShContemporary, Shanghai, China
Promenades Insomniaques, Petach Tikva Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, Israel
IMPLANT, UBS Art Gallery, New York, NY
2007
Love and Politics, in a minor key, Istanbul Museum of Modern Art, Istanbul, Turkey
2006
Fast Futures: Asian Video Art, Japan Society Gallery, Japan Society, New York, NY
Broken Romanticism, curated by Stephen Walter, Standpoint Gallery, London,UK
Margulies Collection at the Warehouse, Margulies Warehouse, Miami, FL
2005
Experimenta: Vanishing Point, Margaret Lawrence Galleries at VCA, Melbourne, Australia
Xanadu Variation, Museum of Contemporary Art, Taipei, Taiwan
Sculpture, James Cohan Gallery, New York, NY, USA
Art Circus: Jumping from the Ordinary, Yokohama Triennial, Yamashita Pier, Yokohama, Japan
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2009
De Weck Ardalan, Ziba, ed., Parades and Processions: Here comes everybody, Parasol Unit, Foundation for Contemporary Art, Koenig Books, London, 2009
2008
Kuumola, Leena, "Asien det Enda som Förenar," Hufvudstadsbladet, January 3, 2009
Palomäki, Bronwen Scott, "Defying Gravity," Blue Wings, January 2009
Nikula, Sanna, "Vauhdilla Muuttuva Yhteiskunta Inspiroi Aasialaistaiteilijoita" Uutispäivä Demari, October 31, 2008
Vanhala, Jari-Pekka, "Asia Flew to Kiasma," Kiasma, Vol. 11, 40. 2008
"One to Watch," ArtKrush.com, September 3, 2008
Garcia, Cathy Rose A., "doArt Seoul Reopens With 'Alliance,'" The Korea Times, June 16, 2008
Hako, published on the occasion of the exhibition Hiraki Sawa: Hako at Centro de Arte Caja de Burgos, organized in collaboration with Chisenhale Gallery, London, Centro de Arte Caja de Burgos, Burgos, Spain, 2008.
ARTiT, Winter/Spring 2008
2006
Hiraki Sawa, firstsite gallery, published on the occasion of the exhibition Certain Places by Hiraki Sawa, Cornerstone publications, Colchester, UK: March 2006.
"Hiraki Sawa at James Cohan Gallery," Artinfo, April 2006
Dance, Paul, "Firstsite Gallery Showcases Contemporary Art Trio," 24 Hour Museum, April 11, 2006
2005
"Wunderkammer: The Artificial Kingdom," The Collection: Art and Archaeology in Lincolnshire, UK: October 2005, p. 43.
Kendzulak, Susan, "Curators take over MoCA," Taipei Times, August 18, 2005
Frank, Peter, "Hiraki Sawa," LA WEEKLY, June 17, 2005
Johnson, Ken, "Sculpture," The New York Times, The Listings, Art, Galleries: Chelsea, May 20, 2005
Bonetti, David, "Art Museum Opens Video Gallery," Saint Louis Post-Dispatch, March 20, 2005, p. C-2
Gale, Iain, "Behind Closed Doors," Scotland on Sunday, March 27, 2005
2004
Hornung, Peter Michael, "Når billedet dvæler", Politiken, November 9, 2004
"Spike Island Presents Spin Cycle", artdaily.com, October 5, 2004
Dollar, Steve, "Playful Fantasy Clips In a New York Minute", Newsday.com, January 18, 2004
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC
Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León, León, Spain
21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Japan
Arts Council Collection, Hayward Gallery, London, UK
Saint Louis Art Museum, Saint Louis, MO, USA
The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, TX, USA