Represented▼
Agan Harahap
AIDA Makoto
AKAMATSU Nelo
Albert Yonathan Setyawan
AMANO Yoshitaka
AOYAMA Satoru
Ari Bayuaji
Ashley YK Yeo
Budi Agung Kuswara
DU Kun
EGUCHI Ayane
Entang Wiharso
Gilang Fradika
Heri Dono
HORI Kosai
I Made Djirna
IKEDA Manabu
indieguerillas
Iwan Effendi
Jun Nguyen-Hatsushiba
KANEKO Tomiyuki
KARIYA Hiroshi
Kemalezedine
Ken + Julia YONETANI
KONDOH Akino
KUMAZAWA Mikiko
MAJIMA Naoko
MATSUKAGE
MIYANAGA Aiko
MIZUNO Rina
MORI Junichi
Namonaki Sanemasa
Nasirun
O JUN
OGINO Yuna
OKADA Hiroko
OKAMOTO Ellie
SHINTSUBO Kenshu
SONE Yutaka
TANADA Koji
TSUTSUI Shinsuke
USAMI Masahiro
Wianta, Made
YAMAGUCHI Ai
YAMAGUCHI Akira
YAMAMOTO Masao
YAMAMOTO Ryuki
©︎ Kazumi Kiuchi
TANADA Koji
1968 Born in Hyogo, Japan
Lives and works in Kanagawa, Japan
Education:
1993 Tokyo Zokei University, BFA in sculpture
1995 Tokyo University of the Arts, MFA in Sculpture
2001 Stayed seven months in Berlin with an Agency for Cultural Affairs Grant
2015-16 Stayed two months in Bandung, Indonesia
listen to the star
2023
paint on wood (camphor tree), gold leaf
43×30×8cm
photo MIYAJIMA Kei
towards the moon
2023
paint on plank of wood (camphor tree), gold leaf
60×50×8cm
photo MIYAJIMA Kei
torso - rainbow on rainbow
2023
paint on wood (camphor tree), gold leaf
76×30.5×30.5cm
photo MIYAJIMA Kei
winding girl ver.6
2023
paint on wood (camphor tree), single wood-block construction
70×41×19cm
photo MIYAJIMA Kei
I have a rose in myself
2022
paint on wood (camphor tree), lead, gold leaf, single wood-block construction
164×53.5×51cm
photo MIYAJIMA Kei
violet
2022
paint on wood (camphor tree), gold leaf, single wood-block construction
207.5×99×104cm
Collection of Itami city
photo MIYAJIMA Kei
violet
2022
paint on wood (camphor tree), gold leaf, single wood-block construction
207.5×99×104cm
Collection of Itami city
photo MIYAJIMA Kei
2020: Nuda Veritas
2021
paint on wood (camphor tree), oil, gold leaf, aluminum plate, stainless screw, newspaper
312×103×65cm
photo MIYAJIMA Kei
2020: Nuda Veritas
2021
paint on wood (camphor tree), oil, gold leaf, aluminum plate, stainless screw, newspaper
312×103×65cm
photo MIYAJIMA Kei
winding girl ver.3
2020
paint on wood (camphor tree), single wood-block construction
98×67×36cm / 台座（plinth)：H9.5cm
photo MIYAJIMA Kei
winding girl ver.3
2020
paint on wood (camphor tree), single wood-block construction
98×67×36cm / 台座（plinth)：H9.5cm
photo MIYAJIMA Kei
relief: imagining peace
2020
paint on wood (camphor tree)
123.5×127×10.5cm
photo MIYAJIMA Kei
statue of space (detail)
2020
paint on wood (camphor tree), single wood-block construction
308×95.5×39cm
photo MIYAJIMA Kei
statue of space
2020
paint on wood (camphor tree), single wood-block construction
308×95.5×39cm
photo MIYAJIMA Kei
statue of her leaving from the box
2019
statue: single wood-block construction (camphor tree), oil, silver leaf / box: wood (camphor tree), silver leaf, coach screw
204×50×61cm
photo MIYAJIMA Kei
statue of her leaving from the box
2019
statue: single wood-block construction (camphor tree), oil, silver leaf / box: wood (camphor tree), silver leaf, coach screw
204×50×61cm
photo MIYAJIMA Kei
woman with curved line
2019
single wood-block construction (camphor tree), oil, resin, sequins
159×65.5×31cm
photo: MIYAJIMA Kei
woman with curved line
2019
single wood-block construction (camphor tree), oil, resin, sequins
159×65.5×31cm
photo: MIYAJIMA Kei
woman with straight line
2019
single wood-block construction (camphor tree), oil, resin, sequins
157×65.5×31.5cm
photo: MIYAJIMA Kei
woman with straight line
2019
single wood-block construction (camphor tree), oil, resin, sequins
157×65.5×31.5cm
photo: MIYAJIMA Kei
statue of lady h143
2018
single wood-block construction (camphor tree), oil, resin, sequins
143×66×36cm
photo: MIYAJIMA Kei
statue of motherhood
2018
single wood-block construction (camphor tree), oil, resin, sequins
224.5×77×43cm
photo: MIYAJIMA Kei
statue of motherhood
2018
single wood-block construction (camphor tree), oil, resin, sequins
224.5×77×43cm
photo: MIYAJIMA Kei
white torso
2018
single wood-block construction (camphor tree), oil, silver leaf
93.5×22×23cm
photo: MIYAJIMA Kei
white leaning statue
2018
paint on wood (camphor tree), single wood-block construction
223×75×45.5cm
photo: MIYAJIMA Kei
white leaning statue
2018
paint on wood (camphor tree), single wood-block construction
223×75×45.5cm
photo: MIYAJIMA Kei
red torso
2018
single wood-block construction (camphor tree), oil, silver leaf
93×21.5×23cm
photo: MIYAJIMA Kei
statue of darkness (detail)
2017
paint on wood (camphor tree), single wood-block construction, sequins
235×95×59cm
photo: MIYAJIMA Kei
statue of darkness
2017
paint on wood (camphor tree), single wood-block construction, sequins
235×95×59cm
photo: MIYAJIMA Kei
flowing darkness
2017
paint on wood (camphor tree), single wood-block construction, oil, silver leaf
90×28×27cm
photo: MIYAJIMA Kei
girl with mirror
2017
paint on wood (camphor tree), single wood-block construction, silver leaf, mirror
167×81×66cm
photo: MIYAJIMA Kei
12 appeared girls No.3 / No.9
2016
paint on wood (cypress), silver leaf
30×19.5×21.5cm / 27×22.5×17.5cm
photo MIYAJIMA Kei
12 appeared girls No.4 / No.5
2016
paint on wood (cypress), silver leaf (No.4) / paint on wood (pine) (No.5)
26.7×15.5×16.7cm / 35.5×22.5×15.5cm
photo: MIYAJIMA Kei
Pompon
2016
paint on wood (camphor tree), polyester balls
29.5×17×19cm
photo: MIYAJIMA Kei
statue of rain (detail)
2016
paint on wood (camphor tree), single wood-block construction
207×65×64cm
Collection of Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo
photo: MIYAJIMA Kei
statue of rain
2016
paint on wood (camphor tree), single wood-block construction
207×65×64cm
Collection of Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo
photo: MIYAJIMA Kei
12 Torso - No.4 girl like Bandung guardian deity of children (left) / No.8 the tree who became a boy - or, the boy who is becoming a tree (right)
2016
paint on wood (mahogany) / wood (mahogany), silver leaf
33.5×21.5×20cm / 26.5×26.5×16cm
photo MIYAJIMA Kei
12 Torso - No.2 girl from the mountain appears in the valley (left) / No.9 elder sister of girl from the mountain (right)
2016
paint on wood (mahogany)
40×25×23cm / 44.5×31.5×21cm
Collection of Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo
photo MIYAJIMA Kei
cloaked boy - Japan
2015
paint on wood (camphor tree), single wood-block construction, cloth
139×71×44cm
photo: MIYAJIMA Kei
desk boy - Sun (right) / - Moon (left) (detail)
2015
paint on wood (camphor tree), single wood-block construction, acrylic yarn (Sun) / lace yarn (Moon)
139×57×37cm / 128×57×31cm
photo: MIYAJIMA Kei
desk boy - Sun (right) / - Moon (left)
2015
paint on wood (camphor tree), single wood-block construction, acrylic yarn (Sun) / lace yarn (Moon)
139×57×37cm / 128×57×31cm
photo: MIYAJIMA Kei
almanac torso - February
2015
paint on wood (camphor tree), button
142×35×27.5cm
photo: MIYAJIMA Kei
3 legged torso - 1 (left) / 3 legged torso - 2 (right)
2013
paint on wood (camphor tree), single wood-block construction
122×41×32cm / 121×42×32cm
photo: KATO Shigefumi
Takaokami (left) / Kuraokami (right) (detail)
2012
paint on wood (camphor tree), single wood-block construction
203×72×30cm / 204×59×32cm
photo: MIYAJIMA Kei
Takaokami (left) / Kuraokami (right)
2012
paint on wood (camphor tree), single wood-block construction
203×72×30cm / 204×59×32cm
photo: MIYAJIMA Kei
springing up boy (detail)
2011
paint on wood (camphor tree)
194×133×30cm / plinth：60×83×63m
photo: MIYAJIMA Kei
springing up boy
2011
paint on wood (camphor tree)
194×133×30cm / plinth：60×83×63m
photo: MIYAJIMA Kei
the girl appeared
2011
paint on wood (camphor tree), single wood-block construction, lace yarn
183×74×35.5cm
photo MIYAJIMA Kei
the boy appeared
2011
paint on wood (camphor tree), single wood-block construction, lace yarn
180×75×39cm
photo MIYAJIMA Kei
girl (detail)
2011
paint on wood (camphor tree), single wood-block construction, copper pipe
181.5×78×105cm / plinth：19×56×56cm
Collection of Kagura Salon
photo MIYAJIMA Kei
girl
2011
paint on wood (camphor tree), single wood-block construction, copper pipe
181.5×78×105cm / plinth：19×56×56cm
Collection of Kagura Salon
photo MIYAJIMA Kei
wind boy (detail)
2011
paint on wood (camphor tree), single wood-block construction, silk threads
163×62×38cm
Collection of Long Museum, Shanghai
photo MIYAJIMA Kei
wind boy
2011
paint on wood (camphor tree), single wood-block construction, silk threads
163×62×38cm
Collection of Long Museum, Shanghai
photo MIYAJIMA Kei
Nagi (left) / Nami (right)
2011
paint on wood (camphor tree), single wood-block construction
102.5×243×48cm / 102×243×43cm
Collection of Long Museum, Shanghai
photo KIOKU Keizo
house girl
2010
paint on wood (camphor tree)
38×27×19cm
photo: KUMAGAI Jun
spider's web boy
2008
paint on wood (camphor tree), lace yarn
39×49×45cm
photo: KUMAGAI Jun
boy with light shining through leaves
2008
paint on wood (Japanese torreya), single wood-block construction
139×39×33.3cm
photo: KUMAGAI Jun
fortress
2007
paint on wood (camphor tree), single wood-block construction, lace yarn
171×37×38cm
photo: MIYAJIMA Kei
a girl who weaves herself
2006
paint on wood (camphor tree), single wood-block construction
167×60×60cm
photo: KIOKU Keizo
The boy taking a stand
2005
paint on wood (Japanese walnut tree), single wood-block construction
240×54×40cm
photo: KIOKU Keizo
eldest sister - Butterfly
2004
paint on wood (camphor tree), single wood-block construction
177×72×40.5cm
photo: KIOKU Keizo
memorial
2003
paint on wood (camphor tree), mixed media
179×35×35cm / 188×55×22cm
installation view: "The Human Body in Contemporary Sculpture", Chinretsukan Gallery, The University Art Museum, Tokyo University of the Arts, 2003
photo: YAMAMOTO Tadasu
Domination and Submission
1999
wood, FRP, mixed media
145×40×40cm
photo: HAYAKAWA Koichi
Baby and Shark
1999
wood, FRP
168×135×8cm / 220×430×14cm
installation view: "Destruction and Construction", Chinretsukan Gallery, The University Art Museum, Tokyo University of the Arts, 1999
photo: HAYAKAWA Koichi
child
1997
wood, FRP, stainless steel
252×26×22cm
photo: HAYAKAWA Koichi
flower
1997
wood, FRP, mixed media, luminous paint
195×70×60cm
photo: HAYAKAWA Koichi
fish
1997
wood, FRP, stainless steel
168×120×250cm
photo: HAYAKAWA Koichi
fish / flower / child
1997
installation view: "Rise", Nerima Art Museum, Tokyo, 2012
photo: MIYAJIMA Kei
Solo and Two-Person Exhibitions:
2024
“Join and Jump”, Mizuma Art Gallery, Tokyo
2023
“Give breadth to boundary, Love to space”, Ibara Municipal Denchu Art Museum, Okayama
“Look up at the sky”, Art Gallery X, Nihombashi Takashimaya, Tokyo
2022
“Apart, From Here On”, Mizuma Art Gallery, Tokyo
2020
“This, for There”, void+, Tokyo
2019
“At the Entrance of Enshrined Forest”, Gallery Ohrin, Ibaraki
2018
“Unclothed and Clothed”, Mizuma Art Gallery, Tokyo
2017
“O JUN x TANADA Koji: Semegu”, Itami City Museum of Art , Hyogo
2016
“Bandung Sketches”, Mizuma Art Gallery, Tokyo
“Nasirun & TANADA Koji From Koyasan to Borobudur”, Mizuma Gallery, Singapore
2013
“Yomi to Kagenmi”, Noh Box, Sendai, Miyagi
2012
“Rise”, Nerima Art Museum, Tokyo (2013 traveled to Itami City Museum of Art, Hyogo)
2011
“○ & 一”, Spiral Garden, Tokyo
“springing up boy”, Mizuma Art Gallery, Tokyo
2009
“girl tying”, Mizuma Art Gallery, Tokyo
2008
“Eleven boys, one girl”, The Vangi Sculpture Garden Museum, Shizuoka
2006
“Koji Tanada”, void+, Tokyo, Japan
“Koji Tanada”, Mizuma Art Gallery, Tokyo
2004
“Koji Tanada”, Mizuma Art Gallery, Tokyo
2000
“Koji Tanada”, Mizuma Art Gallery, Tokyo
1999
“Domination & Submission”, Mizuma Art Gallery, Tokyo
1997
“Leisurely toward Affirmation”, GalleryαM,Tokyo
1996
Atagoyama Gallery, Tokyo
1994
Gallery MYU, Tokyo
Group Exhibitions
2024
“ZIPANGU: Contemporary artists who have run through the Heisei era”, Saga Prefectural Art Museum (travelled to Hiroshima Museum of Art)
“[VOID+STOCK] exhibition: part2”, Mizuma Art Gallery, Tokyo
2023
“Denchu Strut”, Kodaira Hirakushi Denchu Art Museum, Tokyo
“Jinan International Biennale – A World of Coexistence”, Jinan Art Museum, Jinan, China
2022
“HOMETOWN AND AFAR”, JIA Art, Chengdu, China
“Architecture / Sculpture for Itami City Hall: Kengo Kuma, Atsuhiko Misawa and Koji Tanada”, Itami City Museum of Art, History and Culture, Hyogo
“Re: Freshers – New Acquisitions”, Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art
“Vangi Sculpture Garden Museum 20th Anniversary: Flowers of Life”, Vangi Sculpture Garden Museum, Shizuoka
2021
“Omni-Sculptures: The Scene of Emergence”, Musashino Art University Museum, Tokyo
“Meiji Jingu Forest Festival of Art: Kiinseido – Hirakushi Denchu and Works Connecting Tradition with the Future”, Homotsuden Treasure Museum, Meiji Jingu, Tokyo
2020
“Timeless Conversations 2020: Voices from Japanese Art of the Past and Present”, The National Art Center, Tokyo
2019
“sculpture and sketch exhibition to draw line in space”, The Hiratsuka Museum of Art, Kanagawa (travelling to Ashikaga Museum of Art, Tochigi / Hekinan City Tatsukichi Fujii Museum of Contemporary Art, Aichi / Kuma Museum of Art, Ehime)
“Grand Reopening Exhibition MOT Collection: Pleased to meet you. New Acquisitions in recent years”, Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo
2018
“Masterpieces of The National Museum of Art, Osaka: Clues for Art Appreciation”, Fukuoka Art Museum (2019 traveled to Toyohashi City Museum of Art and History, Aichi)
“Sculpted in Time – Narrative Existence”, The University Museum, Tokyo University of the Arts
“Denchu Strut – Good Vibration”, Kodaira Hirakushi Denchu Art Museum, Tokyo
“Contemporary Wood-Carved Netsuke”, The Japan Foundation Center for Cultural Exchange in Vietnam, Hanoi
2017
“Modern Representations of Human Figures – From the Collection of The National Museum of Art, Osaka”, The Museum of Oriental Ceramics, Osaka
“Denchu Strut”, Kodaira Hirakushi Denchu Art Museum, Tokyo
“Vangi Sculpture Garden Museum in Clematis no Oka 15th Anniversary: Tree of Life”, Vangi Sculpture Garden Museum, Shizuoka
“IMAYŌ – Connecting Past and Present”, The Shoto Museum of Art, Tokyo
2016
“IMAYŌ: JAPAN’S NEW TRADITIONISTS”, The Art Gallery at the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa / Honolulu Museum of Art, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
“Rediscovering! Three-Dimentional Art in Japan”, Gunma Museum of Art, Tatebayashi, Gunma (2017 traveled to Shizuoka Prefectural Museum of Art, Mie Prefectural Art Museum)
“IMPACTS!”, Gallery Ohrin, Ibaraki
2015
“New Work from Old Studio #10”, Chinretsukan Gallery, The University Art Museum, Tokyo University of The Arts
“88”, FEI ART MUSEUM YOKOHAMA, Kanagawa
“No Museum, No Life? － Art-Museum Encyclopedia to Come From the Collections of the National Museum of Art”, The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
“Unveiling Fundamentals in Contemporary Art Through Asia”, OHD Museum, Magelang, Indonesia
2014
“IMPACTS!”, ZANE BENNETT Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, U.S.A.
2013
“2013 International Exchange Exhibition of Wood Sculpture”, Sanyi Wood Sculpture Museum, Sanyi, Taiwan
2012
“ZIPANGU: The Surge of Japanese Contemporary Art”, The Niigata Bandaijima Art Museum, Niigata (2013 traveled to Takasaki Museum of Art, Gunma / Hachinohe City Museum of Art, Aomori / Akita Museum of Modern Art, Akita
“The 35th Anniversary of the National Museum of Art, Osaka: Allure of the Collection”, National Museum of Art, Osaka
2011
“TDW-ART Elpis -Sky of Hope”, Meiji Jungu Gaien Environmental Design Tent, Tokyo
“ZIPANGU -31 spirited artists cutting through new territories of Japanese contemporary art”, Takashimaya Nihonbashi, Tokyo (traveling to Takashimaya Osaka, Takashimaya Kyoto)
2010
“SO + ZO”, Bunkamura The Museum, Tokyo
“Collection 2”, The National Museum of Art, Osaka
“Currents in Japanese Contemporary Wood Sculpture”, Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, Hokkaido
2009
“Style & Jaguar”, JAGUAR AOYAMA, Tokyo
“Essential Experiences”, Museo Regionale d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Palermo, Italy
“HAIKU -Sculpture 2009”, Okinawa Prefectural Arts University Library and Art Museum, Okinawa
“November Steps -Susan Phillipsz & Gallery Artists-“, Mizuma Art Gallery, Tokyo
2008
“The Artists of the TARO Award 1”, Taro Okamoto Museum of Art Kawasaki, Kanagawa
“Off the Rails”, Mizuma & One Gallery, Beijing, China
2007
“Sculpture From Stories”, Chinretsukan Gallery, The University Art Museum, Tokyo University of The Arts, Tokyo
“The Field of Memories -a gap in the fact and fiction”, Tokyo Zokei University Yokoyama Memorial Manzu Museum, Tokyo
“The Friendship Exhibition of Sculpture between Mexico and Japan”, Paseo de Montejo, Merida, Mexico
2006
“New Work From an Old Studio”, Hirakushi Denchu House, Tokyo
“Life”, Contemporary Art Center, Art Tower Mito, Ibaraki
“DOMANI 2006”, Sompo Japan Museum of Art, Tokyo
2005
“Since 1994 -10th Anniversary Exhibition”, Mizuma Art Gallery, Tokyo
“The 8th Taro Okamoto Memorial Award for Contemporary Art”, Taro Okamoto Museum of Art Kawasaki, Kanagawa
2004
“TOKYO STYLE”, MILLIKEN Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
2003
“Skin Body Communication -Physical”, Joshibi Art Museum, Kanagawa
“The Human Body in Contemporary Sculpture”, Chinretsukan Gallery, The University Art Museum, Tokyo University of The Arts, TokyoThe University Art Museum, Tokyo University of the Arts, Tokyo
2002
“Chigasaki Art Now: The Four Rooms -Body’s Reality”, Chigasaki City Museum of Art, Kanagawa
2001
“Sex and Consumerism: Contemporary Art in Japan”, University of Brighton Gallery, Brighton (traveled to: Aberystwyth Arts Centre, Aberystwyth / Stanley Picker Gallery, London / Hot Bath Gallery, Bath, U.K.)
“FLAGSHIP 2001 Tour”, Exhibition Space, Tokyo
“S(h)iting in the mirror”, Mizuma Art Gallery, Tokyo
2000
“13th Materials – Emerging Visions”, Masuda Studio, Tokyo
1999
“Destruction and Construction”, Chinretsukan Gallery, The University Art Museum, Tokyo University of The Arts, Tokyo
“Art Expansion + Sign’ 99”, Tsukuba Art Museum, Ibaraki
“12th Materials – Emerging Visions”, Masuda Studio, Tokyo
1998
“Young Art International ‘ 98”, Overbeck-Gesellschaft, Lubeck, Germany
“Holy Gift vol.2”, Mizuma Art Gallery, Tokyo
“11th Materials – Emerging Visions”, Masuda Studio, Tokyo
1997
“Morphe ’97 -transmission-“, Ohara Center of Tokyo, Tokyo
“Potential of Sculpture”, Art Gallery of Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, Tokyo
“Artists Toward Tomorrow, Kanagawa Art Annual ’97”, Kanagawa Prefecture Gallery, Kanagawa
Awards
2022
The 30th Hirakushi Denchu Award
2010
The 20th Takashimaya Art Award
2005
Special Prize, The 8th Taro Okamoto Memorial Award for Contemporary Art
Public Collection
Ibara Municipal Denchu Art Museum, Okayama
Itami City, Hyogo
Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art
Japan Foundation, Tokyo
Itami City Museum of Art, History and Culture, Hyogo
Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, Tokyo
Takamatsu City Museum of Art, Kagawa
Long Museum, Shanghai, China
The National Museum of Art, Osaka
Vangi Sculpture Garden Museum, Shizuoka
The University Art Museum, Tokyo University of The Arts, Tokyo
Public Art
Itami City Hall
Kiyose, Tokyo
NTT DoCoMo Kawasaki Building
Publications
2012
Rise (Seigensha Art Publishing, Inc.)
2008
Eleven Boys, One Girl (NOHARA Co., Ltd.)
