Artist's arttributes:
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Most exhibitions in:
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| Japan | 16 |
| France | 15 |
| Germany | 13 |
| Belgium | 8 |
| Switzerland | 8 |
Most exhibitions held at:
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Mulier Mulier Gallery, Belgium |
5 |
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Art Tower Mito ATM, Japan |
5 |
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Kunsthaus Zug, Switzerland |
4 |
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Galerie Kamel Mennour, France |
4 |
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Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial, Japan |
3 |
Biography: 
1953 Born in Mikasa, Hokkaido (JP)
1979 - 1984 studies at Tokyo Geijutsu Daigaku
(Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music)
since 1986 Tadashi Kawamata has worked on many projects in collaboration with the Dutch photographer Leo van der Kleij (born 1954), who documents Kawamata's work in photographs
since 1999 professor for "Inter Media Art", at Tokyo Geijutsu Daigaku
Lives and works in Tokyo (JP) and various places
External links:
| | Public exhibitions (Selection) 94 
Solo shows 30
2011
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| Tadashi Kawamata - Under the Water - Galerie Kamel Mennour, Paris |
2010
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| Tadashi Kawamata - Kunsthalle Recklinghausen, Recklinghausen |
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| Recent projects - Mulier Mulier Gallery, Knokke-Heist |
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| Tadashi Kawamata - Carton Workshop - Centre Pompidou - Musée National d´Art Moderne, Paris |
2009
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| Tadashi Kawamata - Berliner Baumhäuser - Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin |
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| Tadashi Kawamata - Donjon de Vez, Vez |
2008
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| Gandamaison - La Maréchalerie - Centre d´Art Contemporain, Versailles |
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| Tadashi Kawamata: Tree huts - Galerie Kamel Mennour, Paris |
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| Tadashi Kawamata - Museum of Contemporary Art - Kagoshima, Tokyo |
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| Tadashi Kawamata - walkway - Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo (MOT), Tokyo |
2007
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| Tadashi Kawamata - Mulier Mulier Gallery, Knokke-Heist |
2005
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| Tadashi Kawamata - Le Creux de l´enfer - centre d´art contemporain, Thiers |
2004
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| Tadashi Kawamata - Wooden Terrace Beach. Process and Documents - Museum Tinguely, Basel |
2003
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| Tadashi Kawamata - Bridge and Archives - Photos by Leo van der Kleij - Museum Schloss Moyland, Bedburg-Hau |
2002
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| Tadashi Kawamata - Ideas for Projects - Annely Juda Fine Art, London (England) |
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| Installation Spui & Photo Archives 1986-2002 - 32 projects by Leo van der Kleij - Stroom Den Haag, The Hague |
2001
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| Tadashi Kawamata - Daily News - Art Tower Mito ATM, Mito |
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| Tadashi Kawamata: Projects and instalation 1979-2002 - Centre for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw |
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| Tadashi Kawamata: Boston Project, Part 1 - Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, Cambridge, MA |
2000
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| Tadashi Kawamata - Middelheim Museum, Antwerp |
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| Tadashi Kawamata - Canal Boat - Ikon Gallery, Birmingham (England) |
1999
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| Projekt Sammlung (4) Tadashi Kawamata - Work in Progress in Zug - Kunsthaus Zug, Zug |
1998
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| Les chaises de traverse - Centre d’art contemporain la Synagogue de Delme, Delme |
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| Tadashi Kawamata - Artpace - San Antonio, San Antonio, TX |
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| Im Zwischenraum - Tadashi Kawamata - Kunsthaus Zug, Zug |
1997
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| Tadashi Kawamata - field work - Sprengel Museum Hannover, Hannover |
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| Tadashi Kawamata - relocation - Serpentine Gallery, London (England) |
1996
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| Tadashi Kawamata. Work in Progress in Zug - Kunsthaus Zug, Zug |
1995
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| Tadashi Kawamata - Kunsthalle Recklinghausen, Recklinghausen |
1988
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| From Destruction to Construction - Storefront for Art and Architecture, New York City, NY |
Group shows 64
2012
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| ar(t)chitecture - Mulier Mulier Gallery, Knokke-Heist |
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| Construction - Frederico Seve Gallery - Latincollector, New York City, NY |
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| Track - SMAK Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Gent |
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| 2012-1 Building: Art in Relation to Architecture - Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Hiroshima |
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| Blabla et Chichi sur un bateau - Galerie Hussenot, Paris |
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| Façade 2012 - CBK - Centrum Beeldende Kunst Zeeland, Middelburg |
2011
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| Vis A Vis - Es Baluard Museu d’Art Modern, Palma de Mallorca |
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| Arts et Natures 2011 - Domaine de Chaumont-sur-Loire - Centre d’Arts et de Nature, Chaumont-sur-Loire |
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| Architecture Dessins Utopies - National Museum of Contemporary Art (MNAC), Bucharest |
2010
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| Edition 5 Erstfeld - Haus für Kunst Uri, Altdorf |
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| Emscher Kunst 2010 - Emscher Kunst, Essen |
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| The Impossible Library - Centro per l´Arte Contemporanea Luigi Pecci, Prato, PO |
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| Nouveaux Commanditaires en France - Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst - GfZK, Leipzig |
2009
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| 90 Jahre Baumhaus - ACC Galerie Weimar, Weimar |
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| evento 2009 - Evento, Bordeaux |
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| 10 springs in the fall - Galerie Kamel Mennour, Paris |
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| Contemporary art is just easy as pie. - Art Tower Mito ATM, Mito |
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| 4. Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial 2009 - Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial, Niigata-ken |
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| Biennale internationale d’art contemporain de Melle 2009 - Biennale internationale d’art contemporain de Melle, Melle |
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| Estuaire 2009 - Estuaire - Nantes <>Saint Nazaire, Nantes |
2008
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| feelgood things - curated by guillaume bijl - Mulier Mulier Gallery, Knokke-Heist |
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| 10 sorings in the fall - Galerie Kamel Mennour, Paris |
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| Japan : Tracing this world - Mulier Mulier Gallery, Knokke-Heist |
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| From Place to Site: from Christo to Kawamata - Art Front Gallery, Tokyo |
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| guess who's coming - Mirta Demare, Rotterdam |
2007
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| La città che sale - ARCOS - Museo di Arte Contemporanea del Sannio, Benevento |
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| l’Emprise du Lieu, Expérience Pommery # 4 - Domaine Pommery, Reims |
2006
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| 20 Art Works in this 20 years - Museum of Contemporaray Art, Sapporo, Sapporo, Hokkaido |
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| Shift - Im Spiegel der Verunsicherung - - Galerie Grita Insam, Vienna (closed, 2011) |
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| 3. Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial 2006 - Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial, Niigata-ken |
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| Sammlung - Projekt Sammlung - Projekt Museum - Kunsthaus Zug, Zug |
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| Nouvelles Collections - Kunsthaus CentrePasquArt - Centre d'Art, Biel/Bienne |
2005
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| Sous les ponts, le long de la rivière II - Casino Luxembourg - Forum d'art contemporain, Luxembourg |
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| Chikaku - Camera Austria, Graz |
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| Chikaku - Kunsthaus Graz, Graz |
2003
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| Happiness - A Survival Guide for Art and Life - Mori Art Museum, Tokyo |
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| 2. Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial 2003 - Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial, Niigata-ken |
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| II Bienal de Valencia - La Ciudad Ideal - Bienal de Valencia, Valencia |
2002
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| 4th Shanghai Biennale - Urban Creation - Shanghai Biennale, Shanghai |
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| Twelve Japanese Artists from the Venice Biennale 1952-2001 - Art Tower Mito ATM, Mito |
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| Busan Biennale 2002 - The Busan Biennale, Busan |
2001
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| Vision - Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, Toyota Aichi |
2000
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| Idées de paysage, paysages d'idées - Musée d´art contemporain de Montréal, Montreal, QC |
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| as it is - Ikon Gallery, Birmingham (England) |
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| Around 1984 - A Look at Art in the Eighties - MoMA PS1, New York City, NY |
1999
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| 1. Skulptur-Biennale 1999. „Rennbahn“ oder „Three by Three“ - Skulptur Biennale Münsterland, Warendorf |
1998
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| 11th Biennale of Sydney 1998 - Biennale of Sydney, Sydney, NSW |
1997
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| Skulptur. Projekte in Münster 1997 - Skulptur Projekte Münster, Münster |
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| Art Scene 90-96--Contemporary Art Center, ATM Second Phase - Art Tower Mito ATM, Mito |
1996
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| Die Schrift des Raumes. Kunst Architektur Kunst - Kunsthalle wien project space karlsplatz, Vienna |
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| Miradas (sobre el Museo) - Museu d´Art Contemporani de Barcelona - MACBA, Barcelona |
1995
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| Haus-Geburt - OK Offenes Kulturhaus OÖ, Linz |
1994
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| Jedes Haus ein Kunsthaus - Museum für Gestaltung Zürich, Zurich |
1993
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| Inside Out - Centro per l´Arte Contemporanea Luigi Pecci, Prato, PO |
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| In Transit - New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York City, NY |
1992
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| documenta 9 - Documenta, Kassel |
1990
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| The Game of Manners--Japanese Art in 1990 First Phase - Art Tower Mito ATM, Mito |
1989
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| Europalia Japan - SMAK Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Gent |
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| Drawing as itself - NMAO National Museum of Art Osaka, Osaka |
1988
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| Porkkana - kokoelma: nykytaiteen museon puolesta - Kiasma - Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki |
1987
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| 19° Bienal de Sao Paulo - Bienal de Sao Paulo, São Paulo |
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| documenta 8 - Documenta, Kassel |
1983
1982
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| La Biennale di Venezia : Settore Arti Visive : 1982 - La Biennale di Venezia, Venice |
Dealer Directory 5 |
Austria
Belgium
| | Mulier Mulier Gallery, Knokke-Heist
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France
| | Galerie Kamel Mennour, Paris
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Italy
| | Galleria d'Arte Niccoli, Parma
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United Kingdom
| | Annely Juda Fine Art, London (England)
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Collections 21

Belgium
| | SMAK Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Gent
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Canada
| | National Gallery of Canada - Musée des beaux-arts du Canada, Ottawa, ON
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France
Germany
| | Museum Villa Haiss, Zell a.H.
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Japan
| | Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Hiroshima
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| | Itami City Museum of Art, Itami
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| | Iwaki City Art Museum, Iwaki
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| | Kitakyushu Municipal Museum of Art, Kitakyushu
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| | NMAO National Museum of Art Osaka, Osaka
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| | Shizuoka Prefectural Museum of Art, Shizuoka
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| | Tagawa Museum of Art, Tagawa city, Fukuoka
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| | Takamatsu City Museum of Art, Takamatsu
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| | Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo
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| | Meguro Museum of Art, Tokyo
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| | Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo (MOT), Tokyo
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| | Setagaya Art Museum, Tokyo
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| | Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, Toyota Aichi
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Netherlands
| | Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, The Hague
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Switzerland
USA
| | MFA - Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA
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