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Shiro Kuramata Biography
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2012 - 2013
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Shiro Kuramata. Design Museum Gent, Gent, Belgium
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2010 - 2012
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The Essence of Things, Traveling exhibition: Grassi Museum, Leipzig, Germany; Design Museum, Gent, Belgium; Museum August Kestner, Hannover, Germany; Vitra Design Museums, Weil am Rhein
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2011
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Postmodernism: Style and Subversion 1970-1990. Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England
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2011
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Shiro Kuramata and Ettore Sottsass. 21_21 Design Sight, Tokyo, Japan
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2011
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Modern by Design. High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA
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2010
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Revisited. The Gallery Mourmans, Knokke-Heist, Belgium
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2003
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Moins et Plus. Musée d’art Moderne de Saint-Etienne Métropole, Franc
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1999
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Musée des Arts Decoratifs, Paris, France, October-December
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1999
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Österreichisches Museum fur Angewandte Kunst, Vienna, Austria January-March
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1999
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National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, Japan, June – August
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1996 - 1999
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Shiro Kuramata 1934-1991. Traveling exhibition: Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan, June-September
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1998
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Grey Art Gallery, New York University, New York, New York, June-September
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1998
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Musée des Arts Decoratifs, Montreal, Canada, October-December
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1997
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Centro Cultural, Mexico City, Mexico, April-June
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1997
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Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, California, August-December
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1997
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Designed for Delight. Alternative aspects of twentieth-century decorative arts. Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull, Quebec, Canada; Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, OH; Montreal Museum of Decorative Arts, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Musee des Arts Decoratifs, Paris, France
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1995
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Japan Today, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebaek, Denmark
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1994
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Collection: Chairs of the 20th Century, Museum of Modern Art, Toyama, Japan
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1994
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Japanese Design—A Survey Since 1950, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
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1994
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Images du Futur—’94 Japon, Old Port of Montreal, Montreal, Canada
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1993
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Electronic Surface—Liquid Structure, O Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
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1991
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Il Dolce Stilnovo della Casa, Palazzo Strozzi, Florence, Italy
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1991
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Design Connection—Shiro Kuramata Memorial, Porte de Versailles, Paris, France
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1991
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TAPIS, Galerie Yves Gastou, Paris, France
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1991
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Sealing of Dreams, Gallery MA, Tokyo, Japan
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1990
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Salone del Mobile, Milan, Italy
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1990
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Il Palazzo and Six Designers, Gallery MA, Tokyo, Japan
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1990
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I Spiritelli, Museo Alchimia, Milan, Italy
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1989
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Memphis & Transavanguardia, Touko Museum of Contemporary Art, Aoyama, Tokyo; Fukuyama Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan
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1989
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Uny Group. Bi ! Kujira, Yatai at World Design Exposition ’89, Nagoya, Japan
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1989
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Europalia 1989 Japan, Brussels, Belgium
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1989
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Shiro Kuramata, Galerie Yves Gastou, Paris, France
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1988
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Petits Architectures Nomades (Little Nomad Architecture), Galerie Yves Gastou, Paris, France
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1988
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KAGU Tokyo Designer’s Week ’88, Axis Gallery Annex, Tokyo, Japan
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1988
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Image Up Project Exhibition for Furniture from Shizuoka. Axis Gallery, Tokyo; Shizuoka Isetan Department Store, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan
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1988
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Craft Council, Sydney, Australia
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1988
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In*Spiration Lighting Design Exhibition, Tokyo, Japan; Paris, France; Milan, Italy
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1987
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The 1987 Vitra International Exhibition, Musée Rath, Geneva, Switzerland
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1987
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IDÉE Shiro Kuramata Exhibition, IDÉE Shop, Tokyo, Japan
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1987
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Milano Furniture Salon Exhibition, Zeus Hall, Milan, Italy
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1987
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Intellectual Interior, Shibuya PARCO Part 3, Space Part 3, Tokyo, Japan
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1987
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Exhibition Commemorating the 80th Anniversary of the Establishment of the Tokyo High School for the Arts, Tokyo High School for the Arts, Tokyo, Japan
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1987
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Memphis Vol. 8, Milan, Italy
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1987
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Shiro Kuramata Exhibition, Gallery Gallery, Kyoto, Japan
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1986
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Kagu—Mobilier, The Royal Monastery of Fontainebleau, France
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1986
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Chairs, San Francisco Airport Gallery, San Francisco, CA
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1986
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1910—1970 Japon des Avant-Gardes, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
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1986
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Cappellini Presents the Furniture by Shiro Kuramata, Museum of Milan, Milan, Italy
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1986
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Project K3, Axis Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
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1986
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Tokyo: Form and Spirit, Axis Gallery (1985), Walker Arts Center and other cities in the USA
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1986
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Shiro Kuramata, Galerie Yves Gastou, Paris, France
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1985
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Contemporary Landscape: From the Horizon of Postmodern Design, National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto; National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Japan
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1985
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Tokyo: Its Shape and Substance Tokyo in Tokyo, A collaboration with Tadao Ando, Axis Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
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1985
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Time Piece, Axis Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
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1985
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Time Machine, Gallery 911, New York, NY
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1985
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Prints by Twenty Top International Artists, Laforet Museum Akasaka, Tokyo and Kyoto International Conference Hall, Japan
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1985
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A Panorama of Contemporary Art in Japan—Design of Daily Life, Museum of Modern Art, Toyama, Japan
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1985
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Japan Creative Exhibition, Seibu Department Store, Tokyo, Japan
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1985
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Clock: Five Artists, Tokyo, Japan and New York, NY
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1985
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Shiro Kuramata Smal, Cassina Japan Showroom, Tokyo, Japan
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1984
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Japanese Designers—Tradition and the Present, Central Hall of the Soviet Artists Alliance, Moscow, Russia
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1984
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Phoenix / New Attitudes in Design, Queen’s Quay Terminal, Toronto, Canada
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1983
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From Spoons to Cities: One Hundred Designers at Work, Milan, Italy
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1983
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Memphis Vol. 4, Milan, Italy
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1983
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Tokyo International Lighting Design Competition 1983, Livina Yamagiwa, Tokyo, Japan
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1983
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Design Gallery Exhibition No. 302 Terrazzo Shiro Kuramata, Matsuya Ginza Design Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
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1982
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Memphis Vol. 3, Milan, Italy
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1982
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Casa Italia—Memphis Group Exhibition, Seibu Department Store, Ikeukuro, Tokyo, Japan
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1981
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Memphis Vol. 2, Milan, Italy
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1981
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Small Small Exhibition, Ao Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
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1981
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M.T.I. ‘Furniture by Architects,’ Cambridge, England
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1981
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Three Designers Exhibition, Ina Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
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1981
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Metal Sculpture Exhibition, Mikimoto Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
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1981
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Design Forum ’81, Matsuya Ginza, Tokyo, Japan
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1981
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Lighting Exhibition, Mikimoto Hall,Tokyo, Japan
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1981
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System Monopoll, Matsuya Ginza Design Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
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1978
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Design and Art of Modern Chairs, The National Museum of Art, Osaka, Japan
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1978
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MA Espace-Temps du Japon, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, France
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1977
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Isu (chair), Tokyo Designers Space, Tokyo, Japan
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1977
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Small Small Exhibition, Ao Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
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1977
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Art Today ’77—Structure of Visuality, Seibu Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan
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1976
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Wonderland, Ao Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
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1976
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One Day One Show, Tokyo Designers Space, Tokyo, Japan
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1975
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Wall Paper Design by Ten Designers, Kawakichi, Tokyo, Japan
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1975
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Negation of Form, Kirony Interior In, Tokyo, Japan
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1975
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Akari (Light) Exhibition, Ao Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
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1975
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Experiment Work, Matsuya Ginza Design Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
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1973
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A Glimpse of Kuramata’s Work, Matsuya Ginza Design Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
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1972
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The Modern Living Interior Exhibition, Maison du Meuble, Tokyo, Japan
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1972
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Tokyo International Lighting Design Competition 1972, Matsuya Ginza, Tokyo, Japan
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1972
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Acrylic Lamps, Gallery Fujie, Tokyo, Japan
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1971
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The 11th São Paulo International Biennale. São Paulo, Brazil
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1970
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Seibu New Form Interiro Show IE No. 2, Seibu Department Store, Tokyo, Japan
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1970
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Good Design Exhibition ’70, Matsuya Ginza, Tokyo, Japan
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1970
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Shaggy Art Exhibition, Detzi Building, Tokyo, Japan
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1968
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DESIGN FOR LIVING, Matsuya Ginza, Tokyo, Japan
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| Selected Public Collections |
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Museum of Fine Art, Boston, MA
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Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. TX
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Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
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National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto
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San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
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Toyama Prefectural Museum of Modern Art, Toyama City, Japan
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Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK
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Vitra Design Museum, Basel, Switzerland
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Centre National d’Art et de Culture Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
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Fonds national d'art contemporain, France
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High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA
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Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel
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Kunstgewerbemuseum Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Berlin, Germany
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Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
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Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
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Musée des Arts Décoratifs de Montréal, Quebec, Canada
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Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, France
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Museum für Angewandte Kunst, Frankfurt, Germany
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