Kenjiro Okazaki
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Born in Tokyo in 1955.
Kenjiro Okazaki is an artist and theorist who, since his debut in the 1980's.
has been recognized as one of the intellectual giants of the Japanese art scene.
His work employs an architectural context to explore constantly shifting realms of expression, including painting, sculpture, landscape design, and other fields.
In 2002, he was director of the Japanese pavilion at the 8th International Architecture Exhibition.
He is currently a professor at and deputy director of the Kinki University International Center for Human Sciences.
| 2007 | A-things, Tokyo |
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| 2005 | nantenshi gallery, Tokyo |
| 2002 | "Art Today 2002" Sezon Museum of Modern Art, Nagano |
| 2007 | I love my robots ［A dance work co-created with the Trisha Brown Dance Company), Montclair University Alexander Kasser Theater, New Jersey, USA and other locations on tour |
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| 2002 | Participated as an artist in and director of the Japanese Pavilion at the Venice, Italy |
| 1994-1995 | Japanese Art After 1945: Scream Against The Sky, Guggenheim Museum Soho, New York, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art |
| 1993-Ongoing | Haizuka Earthworks Projects, Hiroshima Prefecture towns of Soryo, Kisa, and Mirasaka (at present in Shobara and Miyoshi) |
| 1989 | Europaria 89 - Exhibition of Contemporary Japanese Art, S.M.A.K., Museum of Contemporary Art, Ghent, Belgium |
| 2007 | I love my robots［A dance work co-created with the Trisha Brown Dance Company), grant from Japan Foundation and Asian Cultural Council |
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| 1992 | Triangle Artists’ Workshop (Pine Plains, New York), grant from Japan Foundation |
| 1986 | Grant from Asian Cultural Council Fellowship to live and study in New York |
| Agency for Cultural Affairs Ohara Museum of Art Museum of Modern Art, Toyama Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art Setagaya Art Museum Takamatsu City Museum of Art Kitakyushu Municipal Museum of Art National Museum of Art, Osaka Chiba City Museum of Art Sezon Museum of Modern Art National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo Oita City Art Museum Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art Iwaki City Art Museum Benesse Art Site Naoshima Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo |
