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Born 1975 in Hyogo, Japan
Lives and works in Nagano, Japan
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2011
Tabaimo: DANDAN James Cohan Gallery, New York, USA
Tabaimo: teleco-soup, Japanese Pavilion, 54th Venice Biennale, Commissioner: Yuka Uematsu
2010
TE TE TE, Gallery Koyanagi, Tokyo, Japan
Tabaimo: boundary layer, Parasol unit foundation for contemporary art, London, England
Tabaimo: emerge as, Singapore Tyler Print Institute, Singapore
2009
TABAIMO: DANMEN, Yokahama Museum of Art, traveling to the National Museum of Art, Osaka, 2010
Moderna Museet Now: Tabaimo, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden
2008
Tabaimo: house, Gallery Koyanagi, Tokyo, Japan
Tabaimo, James Cohan Gallery, New York, NY
2006
Tabaimo, Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain, Paris France
YOROYORON Tabaimo, Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan
In the kitchen, TAKAHASHI collection, Tokyo, Japan
2005
yubibira, Gallery Koyanagi, Tokyo, Japan
TABAIMO James Cohan Gallery, New York, NY
2003
Haunted House, Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan
Japanese Little Kitchen, Gallery Koyanagi, Tokyo, Japan
HIROMI YOSHII + Gallery Koyanagi Viewing room, Tokyo, Japan
TABAIMO – yumechigae, Hara Museum ARC, Gunma, Japan
(catalogue)
Tabaimo: ODORO ODORO, Tokyo Opera Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan (catalogue)
Queta Queta of Tabaimo, Yasu Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2001
Japanese Bathhouse – Gents, Chapter, Cardiff, UK
2000
Kirin Contemporary Award '99 Grand Prize Commemoration Exhibition, Kirin
Plaza, Osaka, Japan
Japanese Zebra Crossing, Gallery 16, Kyoto, Japan
Japanese Kitchen, Gallery Iteza, Kyoto, Japan
1999
Japanese Kitchen-Tabaimo-ten, Gallery Iteza, Kyoto, Japan
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2010
Philagrafika 2010, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA (and other venues)
2008
Mobile Art Exhibition, Hong Kong / Tokyo / New York, organized by CHANEL.
Great New Wave: Contemporary Art from Japan, Art Gallery of Hamilton, traveling to Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, British Columbia, in 2010
MANGA, Japanese Images, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebaek, Denmark
2007
Goth: Reality of the Departed World, Yokohama Museum of Art, Yokohama, Japan
Geopolitics of the Animation, Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporáneo, Sevilla, Spain
Venice Biennale 52nd International Art Exhibition (Italian Pavilion), Venice, Italy
Out of the Ordinary: New Video from Japan, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (May 9 only)
Momentary Momentum: Animated Drawings, Parasol Unit, foundation for contemporary art, London, UK
2006
2006 Biennale of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
ARS 06 - Sense of the Real, Nykytaiteen museo KIASMA, Helsinki, Finland
2005
Rising Sun, Melting Moon: Contemporary Art from Japan, The Israel Museum,
Jerusalem, Israel (Dec. 15, 2005 - June 2006)
FUSION: Aspects of Asian Culture in the MUSAC Collection, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León, León, Spain
Fairy Tales Forever- Homage to H.C. Andersen, ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum, Aarhus, Denmark
Kirin Art Project 2005, Tamada Project Art Space, Tokyo / KPO Kirin Plaza Osaka, Osaka, Japan
2004
Passage to the Future: Art from a New Generation in Japan, Institute Giapponese di cultura, Rome, Italy, organized by Japan Foundation (travelling exhibition)
D-Segni Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Torino, Italy
MEDIARENA : Contemporary Art from Japan, The Govett-Brewster Art Gallery , New Plymouth, New Zealand
Living Together is Easy, Art Tower Mito Contemporary Art Gallery, Ibaraki, Japan / National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia
My Story, The Netherlands Media Art Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2003
Tabaimo x Deki Yayoi, Nippon no, nanakamura, KPO Kirin Plaza Osaka, Japan
How Latitudes Become Forms: Art in a Global Age, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, USA (traveling exhibition)
2002
ForwArt-a choice, Fine Arts Department of the Bond Beter Leefmilieu-Vlaanderen, Brussels, Belgium (catalogue)
CAFE in Mito: Communicable Action for Everybody, Art Tower Mito Contemporary Art Gallery, Ibaraki, Japan
25th Bienal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil
2001
YOKOHAMA 2001 International Triennale of Contemporary Art, Yokohama, Japan
Are You Meaning Company, Tetsuya Nakamura, Navin Rawanchikul, Tabaimo, Rice Gallery by G2, Tokyo, Japan
Stars dancing out of the Chaos 2001, Sogetsu Hall, Tokyo, Japan
Bienal de Valencia 2001, video program, Valencia, Spain
Images Festival 2001, Innis Town Hall, Toronto, Canada
Ikiro-be alive: Contemporary art from Japan – 1980 until now, Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, The Netherlands
2000
46th International Short Film Festival Oberhausen, video screening, Lichtburg Filmpalast, Oberhausen, Germany
Japanese Art Short Film : Film Showing Exhibition, Deutsches Filmmuseum, Frankfurt an Main, Germany
Retina 2000 International Film & Video Meeting, Sellye Cultural House, Sellye, Hungary
1999
Kyoto University of Art and Design Graduation Works Exhibition, Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, Japan
Kirin Contemporary Award 1999, Kirin Brewery Company, Limited Sinkawa Headquarters Bldg, Tokyo / KPO Kirin Plaza Osaka, Japan
Kobe Art Annual ’99, Kobe Art Village Center, Hyogo, Japan
EXIT Chisenhale Gallery, London, UK
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2011
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October 5, 2011
Farcug, Eumir, “Gambette!,” Codigo, Aug-Sept, 2011.
Martinez, Lisander, “Entrevista a Tabaimo,” Fahrenheit, July 2011.
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Lewis, Ben, “Venice Biennale 2011”, Tate Channel, June 9, 2011
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“Japanese artist offers an introspective view of a vast world at Venice Biennale,” The Asahi Shimbun, July 8, 2011.
Lewis, Ben, “Venice Biennale 2011”, Tate Channel, June 9, 2011.
Vogel, Carol, “Old Patina Encircles Fresh Art in Venice”, The New York Times, June 5,2011.
2010
Schaefer, Owen. “Handing it to Tabaimo”, WeekenderJapan.com, September 2, 2010
Sozanski, Edward, "Art: Philagrafika: Varied Impressions," Philadelphia Inquirer, Feb 14, 2010
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2009
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2008
Ferranto, Matt, "The Turtle in the Loo: Tabaimo's Animated World," Art on Paper, Sept/Oct 2008
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Fujitaka, Kosuke, "Video Installation in Translation: an interview with Tabaimo," NY Art Beat, May 27, 2008
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Ishida, Kanta, ""Through Otaku Eyes: Exhibit hints at gnarled roots of Japan's Goths," Daily Yomiuri Online, March 7, 2008
2007
Kondo, Kenichi, "Tabaimo: Yoroyoron," ArtAsiaPacific, Winter 2007
2006
"Tabaimo at Fondation Cartier Pour L'Art Contemporain," Art Daily, December 25, 2006
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Bousteau, Fabrice and Jonathan Chauveau, "Douce Violence," Beaux Arts Magazine, November 2006
Conti, Andrew, "Yoroyoron: Tabaimo," Metropolis, July 07, 2006
Lange, Christy, "ARS06, Kiasma Helsinki, Finland," Frieze, July 28, 2006 (mention)
"Selected Recent Gifts and Acquisitions: Contemporary Art: Tabaimo," The Israel Museum
Jerusalem Magazine, issue 1/2006, Spring 2006
Mark, Christoph, "Tabaimo's Japan: Dark and Complex," The Daily Yomiuri, June 24, 2006
Kirby, Alicia, "Tabaimo: Public uncertainty, wobbly provocations," The Japan Times online, June 22, 2006
Clement, Tracey, "Bigger than Christmas," The Sydney Morning Herald, June 2, 2006
2005
Kraft, Jessica, "Tabaimo at James Cohan," contemporary, no. 76, 2005, (p.64-65)
Wei, Lilly, "Tabaimo at James Cohan," Art in America, November 2005, (p.179)
Itoi, Kay, "A Jolt to the System," Newsweek International, June 21, 2005
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2004
Ericko, Osaka and Takashi Mizuki. Living Together is Easy (exhibition catalogue). National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia, 2004
2003
_____, "On the Dark Side of Japanese Animation," Kateigaho - International Edition, Autumn 2003
Yasuda, Atsuo and Yukari Okada, ed. TABAIMO – yumechigae (exhibition
catalogue). Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan, 2003.
Miki, Akiko, "Tabaimo," Interview, Tema Celeste 97, May/June 2003
Motoaki, Hori, ed. Tabaimo: ODORO ODORO (exhibition catalogue). Tokyo
Opera City Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan, 2003.
2002
Van Bogaert, Pieter, "Japanese Interior" in ForwArt-a choice, exhibition
catalogue, Fine Arts Department of the Bond Beter Leefmilieu-Vlaanderen, Brussles, Belgium, 2002 (pp.145-148)
Lambrecht, Luk, "ForwArt," review, Flash Art, November/December 2002
Itoi, Kay, "Poking Fun at Sushi," ARTNews, March 2002
AWARDS
2008
19th Takashimaya Art Award
2007
ARS ELECTRONICA 2007 HONARARY MENTION (HYBRID ART Department)
2005
12th Award to a Promising Artist and Scholar in the Field of Contemporary Japanese Arts
2004
Incentive Prize, 23rd Kyoto Prefecture Culture Prize
2002
The Goto Memorial Prize (New Face Award, Art Category)
2001
12th Sakuya-konohana Prize (Art Category)
1999
Grand Prize, BBCC Net Art & Film Festival (Film Category)
Grand Prize, Kirin Contemporary Award
President Prize, Kyoto University of Art and Design Graduation Works Exhibition
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan
The Japan Foundation, Tokyo, Japan
National Museum of Art, Osaka, Japan
Yokohama Museum of Art, Yokohama, Japan
Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León, León, Spain
The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel
Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain, Paris, France
Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Fort Worth, Texas, USA
The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, USA