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Yoshitomo Nara Biography
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1959 |
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Born: Hirosaki, Japan
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1985 |
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Studied at Aichi Prefectural University of Fine Arts and Music, B.F.A, Nagakute Aichi, Japan
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1985 - 1987 |
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Studied Fine Arts, Aichi Prefectural University of Fine Arts and Music, Nagakute Aichi, Japan
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1987 |
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Studied at Aichi Prefectural University of Fine Arts and Music, M.F.A, Nagakute Aichi, Japan
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1988 - 1993 |
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Studied at Kunstakademie Dusseldorf, Germany
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2000 |
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Moved to Tokyo, Japan
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Lives and works in Tokyo, Japan
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2012
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Yokohama Museum of Art, Yokohama, Japan (solo)
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2010
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Yoshitomo Nara: Nobody's Fool", Asia Society, New York,, NY (solo)
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2010
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Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo, Japan (solo)
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2010
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Figuratively Speaking: A Survey of the Human Form, Bellagio Gallery of Fine Art, Las Vegas, NV
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2010
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"The Library of Babel / In and Out of Place," 176 Zabludowicz Collection, London, England
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2009
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Rites de Passage", Schunck Glaspaleis, Heerlen, Netherlands
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2009
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"Walking in My Mind," The Hayward Gallery, London, England
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2009
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The 6th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Australia
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2009
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Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
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2009
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"Crated Rooms for Iceland—Nara + Graf," Reykjavik Art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland (solo)
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2008
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Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, CA (solo)
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2008
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"Yoshitomo Nara + Graf," BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead, England (solo)
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2008
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Galerie Meyer Kainer, Vienna, Austria (solo)
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2008
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"Yoshitomo Nara + graf," Cemeti Art House, Jakarta, Indonesia (solo)
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2008
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"Encounters," Pace Beijing, Beijing, China
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2008
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"The Masked Portrait,"curated by Midori Nishizawa, Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York, NY
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2008
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Selections from the Hara Museum's Permanent Collection, Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan
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2007
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GEM, Den Haag, The Netherlands
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2007
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"Sympathy for the Devil: Art and Rock and Roll Since 1967," Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
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2007
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"Pretty Baby," The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Fort Worth, TX
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2007
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"Disorder in the House," Vanhaerents Art Collection, Brussels, Brussles
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2007
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"NARA + GRAF," Centro de Arte Contemporáneo de Málaga, Málaga, Spain (solo)
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2006
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Yoshitomo Nara + graf: A to Z, Yoshii Brick Brew House, Aomori, Japan
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2005
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Yoshitomo Nara+graf HOME, Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
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2005
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Kiss Kiss, Atle Gerhardsen, Berlin, Germany
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2005
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Yoshitomo Nara- From the Depth of My Drawer, Rodin Gallery, Seoul, Korea
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2004
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Yoshimoto Nara – Nothing Ever Happens, ICA-Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA
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2004
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Nowhere Land, Johnen & Schöttle, Cologne, Germany
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2004
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Ficton.Love- Ultra New Vision in Contemporary Art, MOCA Taipei, Taipei, Taiwan
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2004
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Strips & Characters/Kunst unter dem Einfluss von Comics Kunstverein, Wolfsburg, Germany
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2003
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The Japanese Experience Museum der Moderne, Salzburg Rupertinum, Salzburg, Austria
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2003
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Yoshitomo Nara, Stephen Friedman Gallery, London, UK
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2002
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Drawing Days, Galerie Zink & Gegner, Munich, Germany
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2002
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Drawing Now: Eight Propositions, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
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2001
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Superflat, MOCA THE PACIFIC DESIGN CENTER, West Hollywood, CA
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2000
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Dark Mirrors of Japan, De Appel, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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2000
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Yoshitomo Nara – Lullaby Supermarket, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA
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2000
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Walk On, Works by Yoshimoto Nara, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Chicago, IL
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| Literature |
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2004
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Von Doris Krystof, H. and Bernhart Schwenk, Yoshitomo Nara, Hiroshi Sugito : over the rainbow. Ostfildern-Ruit : Hatje Cantz, 2004
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2003
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Wada, K. Birth and present : a studio portrait of Yoshitomo Nara. Corte Madera, Calif. : Gingko, 2003
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