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Biography |
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1937 |
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Born in Yokohama, Japan / Real name: Katsuhiko Akasegawa |
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1952 - 1954 |
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Asahigaoka High School, Art Course, Nagoya |
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1955 - 1956 |
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Musashino College of Art, Tokyo |
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1963 |
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Showed Enlarged Thousand-Yen Note and wrapped objects at 15th Yomiuri Independant Exhibition, Formed Hi Red Center group with Jiro Takamatsu and Natsuyuki Nakamishi |
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1965 |
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Indicted for on charges of counterfeiting because of the reproductions of thousand-yen notes used in art works (convicted in final trial by Supreme Court in 1970) |
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1970 |
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Began teaching a course at Bigakko Art School, started writing a series of art reviews for the Asahi Journal, "Yajiuma Gaho" (bystander's art report). From the fourth installment on the title was changed to "Sakura Gaho" |
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1979 |
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Wrote under the pen name Katsuhiko Otsuji. Received the Chuo Koron New Writer's Prize for a novel"Hadazawari" under the name of |
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1986 |
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Formed the "Rojo Kansatsu Gakkai"(Street Observation Academy |
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1989 |
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Helped write script for the film "Rikyu" on the life of a tea master, directed by Hiroshi Teshigawara |
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Awards |
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1981 Akutagawa Prize for a novel "Father Has Disappeared" |
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Exhibitions |
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2001 |
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"Baba Akira and artists of Sato gallery" Museum of Modern Art, Akita |
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2001 |
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"Revolution of Eyes" Shoto Art Museum, Tokyo |
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2001 |
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"Facts of Life" Hayward Gallery, London |
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2001 |
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"Mega-Wave/Yokohama Triennale 2001 " Pacifico Yokohama, Yokohama |
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2001 |
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"Century City" Tate Modern, London |
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2001 |
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"Posters" Poster Haris Gallery, Tokyo (solo) |
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2001 |
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"Paintings and drawings - Across the border" SCAI THE BATHHOUSE, Tokyo (solo) |
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2001 |
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" Youth of the " Nagoya City Art Museum, Nagoya (solo) |
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2000 |
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"Leica Association/Paris Liberation" Chukyo University C-Square, Nagoya |
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1999 |
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"Leica Town in Kyobashi-ku" Inax Gallery, Tokyo |
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1999 |
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"Worthless" Moderna Galerija Ljublijana |
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1999 |
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"Global Conceptualism" Queens Museum of Art, New York |
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1999 |
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Contemporary Art Tokyo, Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles |
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1997 |
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"A Cat's Day" SCAI THE BATHHOUSE, Tokyo (solo) |
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1995 |
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"Adventures of Genpei Akasegawa- Majo Action for Development of Cerebral Resort" Nagoya City Art Museum, Nagoya (solo) |
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1992 |
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"Stereo Photographs - Journey to Mexico for Total Eclipse of the Sun" Photo Interform, osaka (solo) |
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1988 |
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"Tomason Apocalypse-The 8th Exhibition Homage to Shuzo Takiguchi", Satani Gallery, Tokyo (solo) |
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1987 |
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"Genpei Akasegawa Data Exhibition with assistance from Katsuhiko Otsuji", Kinokuniya Gallery, Tokyo (solo) |
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1983 |
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"The World of Genpei Akasegawa" NAF Gallery, Nagoya (solo) |
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1971 |
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"Three-Dimentional SakuraGaho" Kyoto Shoin, Kyoto (solo) |
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