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Born 1975 in Hyogo, Japan
Lives and works in Tokyo
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2008
Solo Exhibition, James Cohan Gallery, New York
2006
Tabaimo, Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain, Paris France
Yoroyoron: Tabaimo, Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan
2005
yubibira, Gallery Koyanagi, Tokyo, Japan
James Cohan Gallery, New York, NY
2003
Japanese Little Kitchen, Gallery Koyanagi, Tokyo, Japan
Tabaimo: ODORO ODORO, Tokyo Opera Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan (catalogue)
Queta Queta of Tabaimo, Yasu Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
TABAIMO – yumechigae, Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan
(catalogue)
2001
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
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2008
Great New Wave: Contemporary Art from Japan, Art Gallery of Hamilton, traveling to Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, British Columbia, in 2010
Mobile Art, organized by Chanel, mobile Zaha Hadid Pavilion, traveling to Hong Kong, Tokyo, New York, Los Angeles, London, Moscow and Paris
2007
GOTH, Yokohama Museum of Art, Yokohama, Japan
Think with the Senses – Feel with the Mind. Art in the Present Tense, Italian Pavillion at the 52nd International Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
Momentary Momentum, Parasol unit foundation for contemporary art, London, UK
2006
Meditations in an Emergency, MOCAD, Detroit, Michigan (Oct. 28, 2006 - April 29, 2007)
Zones of Contact: 15th Biennale of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
ARS 06 - Sense of the Real, Museum of Contemporary Art, KIASMA, Helsinki, Finland
2005
Rising Sun, Melting Moon: Contemporary Art from Japan, The Israel Museum,
Jerusalem, Israel (Dec. 15, 2005 - June 2006)
Hans Christian Andersen: Fairy Tales Forever, ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum, Denmark
Blooming: A Summer Garden for the Picking, Carl Solway Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2004
Living Together is Easy, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia (catalogue)
2003
How Latitudes Become Forms, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, USA. Traveled to: Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo Per L'Arte, Turin Italy ; ARC/Musée d'Art Moderne de la ville de Paris, France. In 2004, traveling to: Kiasma, Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki, Finland (January); Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, USA (July); Museo Rufino Tamayo, Mexico City, Mexico (October). In 2005, traveling to: Museo de Arte Contemporaneo, Monterrey, Mexico (January); Art Gallery of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada (May)
2003
Nippon-no Nana-kamura – Tabaimo x Yayoi Deki (two-person show), Kirin Plaza
Osaka, Osaka, Japan (catalogue)
2002
ForwArt-a choice, Fine Arts Department of the Bond Beter Leefmilieu-Vlaanderen, Brussels, Belgium (catalogue)
Café in Mito, Art Tower Mito, Ibaraki, Japan
Sao Paulo Biennale, Sao Paulo, Brazil
2001
International Triennale of Contemporary Art, Yokohama, Japan
Rice Gallery by G2, Tokyo, Japan
Asia Promenade, Tokyo, Japan
2001
Konton kara deta Hoshi tachi, Tokyo, Japan
Valencia Biennale, program of video movie, Valencia, Spai
Images Festival of Independent Film and Video, Toronto, Canada
Ikiro-be alive, Kröller-Müller, Otterlo, The Netherlands
2000
Retina Festival, Retina, Hungary
Japanese Art Short Film-film Showing Exhibition, Frankfurt Film Museum, Germany
Oberhausen International Short Film Festival, Germany
1999
Graduation Works Exhibition, Kyoto University of Art and Design, Kyoto City
Art Museum, Japan
Kirin Contemporary Award '99 Prize-Winning Works Exhibition, Kirin Beer
Head Office, Shinkawa, Tokyo; Kirin Plaza, Osaka, Japan
Kobe Art Annual '99, Kobe Village Center, Hyogo, Japan
Exit, Chisenhale Gallery, London, UK
1998
Synthesis Project-wayfarer exhibition, Gallery Ishisu, Kyoto, Japan
1997
Tokyo Selected Exhibition-Information Design Course, Space 21, Tokyo, Japan
1996
Kofuku-ten, Gallery Raku, Kyoto, Japan
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2007
Kondo, Kenichi, "Tabaimo: Yoroyoron," ArtAsiaPacific, Winter 2007
2006
"Tabaimo at Fondation Cartier Pour L'Art Contemporain," Art Daily, December 25, 2006
Sherwin, Skye, "Reality Bites," Art Review, December 2006
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
Mack, Joshua, "Tabaimo," Modern Painters, May 2005 (p. 108)
Wise, Kit, "Living Together is Easy," frieze.com, Reviews, March 31, 2005
_____, "Tabaimo," metro, Wednesday Picks from Time Out New York,
Entertainment, Art, March 30, 2005
_____, "Tabaimo," The New Yorker, Art, Galleries, Chelsea, March 28, 2005
Goodbody, Bridget L., "Tabaimo," Time Out New York, Art Reviews, March 24-30, 2005 (p. 54)
_____, "Tabaimo," TimeOut New York, Art, Don't Miss, March 17-23, 2005
Maerkle, Andrew, "Tabaimo," Flavorpill, March 15-21, 2005
Vartanian, Ivan. Drop Dead Cute. San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 2005
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
2002
The Goto Memorial Prize (Art department)
2001
Sauya-konohana Prize (Art department)
1999
BBCC Net Art and Film Festival, Grand Prize (Film Department)
Kirin Contemporary Award, Grand Prize
Kyoto University of Art and Design graduation works exhibition, President Prize
1997
The 36th Kyoto Design and Art Prize Competition, Honorable Mention
1996
The 4th Fukui International Media Art Festival (International Department) BeAccepted
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
International Museum of Art, Osaka, Japan (Japanese Kitchen)
Yokohama Museum, Yokohama, Japan (Japanese Kitchen)