Biography
Taiyo Kimura
1970
Born in Kamakura-city, Japan
1999-2000
Stay in Germany, granted by Gotoh Memorial Foundation
2002-2003
Stay in Germany, granted by Pola Art Foundation
Education
1995
Graduated from Sokei Academy of Fine Art and Design, Tokyo
Solo Exhibitions
2008
“Taiyo Kimura, Propagation” Branch Gallery,North Carolina,USA
2007
“Japanada: A Cross-Cultural Curatorial Exchange, Part One Taiyo Kimura” (curator: Kevin Eiichi deForest) Art Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba, Canada
2005
“TAIYO KIMURA”(curator: Naoko Sakurai) Yokohama portside Gallery, Yokohama, Japan
2004
“TAIYO KIMURA – Unpleasant Spaces”(curator:Dr. Andrea Jahn) Wuerttembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart, Germany
1997
“TAIYO KIMURA”(curator: Toichi Kimura) Gallery Point Kunitachi, Tokyo, Japan
1996
Gallery Yamaguchi, Tokyo, Japan
1994
Kunitachi Art Hall, Tokyo, Japan
Group Exhibitions
2011
“MONANISM Opening Exhibition” Museum of Old and New Art,Tasmania, Australia
“OAP 2011″ ART COURT GALLERY, Osaka, Japan
“Teleporters :Katsuhiro Saiki/ Taiyo Kimura” Maki Fine Arts,Tokyo
“The RECORD:Contemporary ART and VINYL” The Institute of Contemporary Art/ Boston, USA
“3 artists show” Kobayashi Gallery
“Identity VII – curated by Fumihiko Sumitomo-” nca | nichido contemporary art, Tokyo
2010
“The Gotoh Memorial Foundation 20th Anniversary Exhibition Stream of Art” Bunkamura The Museum, Tokyo
“The RECORD:Contemporary ARTand VINYL” Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, North Carolina, USA
“The Big Wave / August In Art 2010″ Varna City Art Gallery, Varna, Bulgaria
“Sense of Reality” Water and Sculpture ICHIHARA, Chiba, Japan
“0 gms” whitesp ce g llery, Bankok, Thai
“0 gms drawer / Ivan Moudov” Stiftung Binz39, Zürich, Swiss
2009
“Every life Another space” Kanagawa Prefecture Hall Gallery, Yokohama, Yokohama, Japan
“EMPORIUM” Museo Nazionale della Scienza e della Tecnologia “Leonardo da Vinci,” Milano, Italy
“Urban Sensitivity” M Wakasa Presents, New York, USA
“From Home to the Museum:Tanaka Tsuneko Collection” The Museum of Modern Art, Wakayama, Wakayama, Japan
“The 28th Biennial of Graphic Arts,Ljubljana” International Centre of Graphic Arts (MGLC), Ljubljana, Slovenia
“The view from elsewhere /Small acts” Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane, Australia
“Hundred Stories About Love” 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa
“The view from elsewhere / Small acts” Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation, Sydney
“Yebisu International Festival for Art & Alternative Visions” Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Tokyo, Japan
“one room 9″ Club Box – Kyoto Saga University of Arts, Kyoto, Japan
“αM project Taiyo Kimura×Pol Malo” Art Space Kimura, Tokyo, Japan
2008
“YESTERDAY – TODAY – TOMORROW” Galerie Hans Mayer, Dusseldorf, Germany
“Tanaka Tsuneko Collection vol.3″ Art court gallery, Osaka, Japan
“Laughing in a Foreign Language” (curator: Mami Kataoka) Hayward Gallery, London, UK
2007
“Collection II” 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art Kanazawa, Kanazawa, Japan
“10th Istanbul Biennial”(curator: Hou Hanru) İstanbul Foundation For Culture and Arts, İstanbul, Turkey
“Global Players in Sapporo”(curator: Satoshi Hata) CAI Contemporary Art Institute, Sapporo, Japan
“The Party” Gallery Q, Tokyo, Japan
“Floating World” Branch Gallery, Durham, North Carolina, USA
“Vital Signs”(curator: Hikaru Harada) Yokosuka Museum of Art, Yokosuka, Japan.
“All About Laughter”(curator: Mami Kataoka) Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
2006
“Real Utopia”(curator: Daisuke Murata) 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art Kanazawa, Kanazawa, Japan
“FIX・MIX・MAX”(curator: Satoshi Hata) Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, Sapporo, Japan
Ube Art Project(curator: Hiroshi Fujii), Yamaguchi, Japan
“Beautiful Game”(curator: Torevor Schoonmaker) Roebling Hall Gallery, New York, USA
“Global Players” Ludwig Forum, Aachen, Germany
2005
“Living for the city” (curator: BICA) Centre International d’e Expocision de Larouche, Canada
“15th Anniversary of Gotoh Memorial Foundation” Bunkamura Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
“Global Players” Bankart, Yokohama, Japan
“Living for the City” (curator: BICA) Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, USA
“Psionic Distortion” (curator: Tim Evans) Plum Blossoms Gallery, New York, USA
2004
“Psionic Distortion”(curator: Tim Evans) Tokyo, Japan
“Jahresgabe” Wuerttembergischer Kunstverein Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
2003
“Kagegi Metaphor”(curator: Tim Evans) Link Art Gallery, San Francisco, USA
2002
“Kagegi Metaphor”(curator: Tim Evans) Stux Gallery, New York, USA
“Summer Show” Stux Gallery, New York, USA
“Weiche Brueche Japan”(curator: Dr. Markus Neuwirth) Kunstraum Innsbruck, Austria
2001
“Collection of 21st Century of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa”, Kanazawa City Hall, Kanazawa, Japan
“Am Ort des Anderen” Japanisches Kulturinstitut, Cologne, Germany
Gallerie Mueller, Schutz & Rohs, Cologne, Germany
2000
“Sagacho 2000″ (curator: Atsuki Kikuchi) Sagacho Exhibit Space, Tokyo, Japan
“10th Anniversary of Gotoh Memorial Foundation” Bunkamura Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
“Box Project” Museum Of Installation, London, UK
“Land/mind/body–scapes in the Age of Cold Burn, MOT Annual 2000″ (curator: Keiko Okamura) Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan
1998
“Philip Morris Art Award 1998: Final Selection” Tokyo International Forum, Tokyo, Japan
“Kanagawa Art Annual ’98″ Kanagawa Prefectural Hall Gallery, Yokohama, Japan
1997
“Art Expansion: Sign ’97″ Tsukuba Museum of Art, Ibaraki, Japan
1996
“Morphe ’96″ Cosmos Aoyama, Tokyo, Japan
1995
“BAD-NICE / Contemporary Artists Center” Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
Awards / Fellowship Grants
2002
Pola Art Foundation Scholarship
1999
Gotoh Memorial Foundation Most Promising Talent Prize
Artist in Residencies
2004
Gedok, Stuttgart, Germany
2002
Kunstleratliers Schloss Buchsenhausen, Innsbruck, Austria
Screening
2012
“Presentation 0gms (Sofia) in CUBE – FESTIVAL FÜR EXTENSIVE KUNST ” Wien
2011
“Nightmare Before Christmas – ALL TOMORROW’S PARTIES “ Butlin’s Holiday Centre, Minehead, UK
“In Focus: The Humorous Recent Video Art from Israel, Japan and Mexico” Redcat, Los Angels
Public Collection
21st Century of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Japan
Museum of Old and New Art Tasmania, Australia
Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, USA
Exhibition Catalogues
“From Home to the Museum:Tanaka Tsuneko Collection” The Museum of Modern Art, Wakayama, Wakayama, Japan, 2009
“The 28th Biennial of Graphic Arts,Ljubljana” International Centre of Graphic Arts (MGLC), Ljubljana, Slovenia, 2009
“The view from elsewhere / Small acts” Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation, Sydney / Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane, Australia, 2009
“Yebisu International Festival for Art & Alternative Visions” Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Tokyo, Japan, 2009
“αM project Taiyo Kimura×Pol Malo” Tokyo, Japan, 2009
“Laughing in a Foreign Language”Hayward Gallery, London, UK, 2008
“10th Istanbul Biennial”,Istanbul,Turkey 2008
“Vital Signs” Yokosuka Museum of Art, Yokosuka, Japan, 2007
“All About Laughter” Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan, 2007
“Real Utopia” Daisuke Murata, 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art Kanazawa, Kanazawa, Japan, 2006
“FIX・MIX・MAX” Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, Japan, 2006
“Ube Art Project” Yamaguchi, Japan, 2006
“Global Players” Bankart, Yokohama, Japan, 2005
“Taiyo Kimura New Works 2005″ Motoaki Hori, Yokohama Portside Gallery, Yokohama, Japan, 2005
“Taiyo Kimura Unpleasant Spaces” Dr. Andrea Jahn, Wuerttembergischer Kunstverein Stuttgart, Germany, 2004
“Collection of 21st Century of Contemporary Art,Kanazawa” 21st Century of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Japan, 2003
“Weiche Brueche Japan” Kunstraum Innsbruck, Austria, 2002
“Am Ort des Anderen” Japanisches Kulturinstitut, Cologne, Germany, 2001
“10th Anniversary of Gotoh Memorial Foundation” Bunkamura Gallery, Tokyo, Japan, 2000
“Land/mind/body–scapes in the Age of Cold Burn, MOT Annual 2000″ Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan, 2000
“Tokyo Shock” Peter V.Brinkemper、1999
“Philip Morris Art Award 1998: Final Selection” Tokyo International Forum, Tokyo, Japan, 1999
“Kanagawa Art Annual ’98″ Kanagawa Prefectural Hall Gallery, Yokohama, Japan, 1998
“Art Expansion: Sign ’97″ Tsukuba Museum of Art, Ibaraki, Japan, 1997
“BAD-NICE / Contemporary Artists Center” 1995