KAWAMATA Tadashi Born 1953 in Mikasa, Hokkaido, Japan Lives and works in Paris, France Selected Solo Exhibitions 2018 Over Flow, Museum Art Architecture Technology, Lisbon, Portugal 2017 Early Works, MISA SHIN GALLERY, Tokyo, Japan Crossroads, Kiyotsu Warehouse Museum, Niigata, Japan The Shower, Made in Cloister, Naple, Italy 2016 Under The Water-Metz, Centre Pompidou-Metz, Metz, France 2015 Kawamata Maquettes 1983-2015, kamel mennour, Paris, France 2014 Stairs, Annely Juda Fine Art, London, UK Box construction II, Gallery 604, Busan, Korea Project Document TOKYO IN PROGRESS 2010-2013, MISA SHIN GALLERY, Tokyo, Japan Prekaere Konstruktionen, Kunstmuseum Thurgau, Switzerland 2013 Scheiterturm / Log Tower, Kunstmuseum Thurgau, Switzerland HORIZONS: Project Les Sentiers de l'eau ,en Camargue, Musee de la Camargue, France Collectie Folie, Parc la Villette, Paris, France 2012 Expand BankART, BankART Studio NYK, Kanagawa, Japan Box construction Daegu, Daegu Art Museum, Daegu, Korea Box construction, Gallery 604, Busan, Korea 2011 Under the water, Kamel Mennour, Paris, France 2010 The Tree Hut in Masan, Masan Moonshin Art Museum, Masan, Korea Tree Hut, Carton Workshop, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France 2009 Cabinet Archives, Chateaux d’avigon, Avignon, France 2008 Gandamaison, center d’art contemporarin La Mareshalerie, Versailles, France Walkway, Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, Japan 2006 Elevage en fut, Fraisse des Corbiere, France 2004 Work in Progress: Project in Toyota City, Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, Aichi, Japan Wooden Terrace Beach, Museum Tinguely, Basel, Switzerland 2003 Bridge and Archives, Stifung Museum Schloss Moyland Sammlung van der Grinten Joseph Beuys Archiv, Bedburg-Hau, Germany 2002 Ideas for Projects, Annely Juda Fine Art, London, UK 2001 Daily News, Art Tower Mito Contemporary Art Gallery, Mito, Japan 2000 Canal Boat, Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, UK 1997 Relocation, Annely Juda Fine Art, Serpentine Gallery, London, UK 1996 Kunsthaus Zug,Zug, Switzerland 1993 Frauenbad, Limmat River and Helmhaus, Zürich, Switzerland 1988 From Destruction to Construction, Storefore for Art and Architecture, New York, USA 1 1983 Project Work in Saitama, Shape and Sprit in Wood Work Exhibition, The Museum of Modern Art, Saitama, Urawa, Japan Selected Group Exhibitions 2018 EGON SCHIELE The Jubilee Show RELOADED, Leopold Museum, Vienna, Austria Culture City of East Asia 2018 Kanazawa Altering Home, 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Japan Art on the Road-Three Traveling Exhibitions from the Hara Museum, Hara Museum Arc, Gunma, Japan 2017 Japanorama – new vision on arts in Japan since 1970, Centre Pompidou-Metz, France OpenART Biennale 2017, Örebro, Sweden JAPAN ALPS ART FESTIVAL 2017, Omachi, Nagano Prefecture, Japan 2016 KNOCK ON WOOD, Magda Danysz,Paris,France Culture City of East Asia 2016, Nara, Daianji Temple, Nara, Japan 2015 Tsumari Diorama, Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale, Niigata, Japan Triennale Brugge 2015, Bruges, Belgium Collection Becoming, Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, Japan 2014 La Chaire, Kibe Project, Kunisaki Art Festival 2014,Kunisaki City, Oita, Japan MAK-Permanent Collection Asia (China-Japan-Korea), MAK-Austrian Museum of Applied Arts/Contemporary Art,Vienna, Austria Japon, Centre d’art contemporain (cac), Meymac, France 2013 Unstable Territoy, Center for Contemporary Culture Strozzina, Plazzo Strozzi, Florence, Italy Garden Tower in Toronto, Toronto Nuit Blanche 2013, Canada SITE- Place of Memories, Spaces with Potential, Hiroshima City Museum of Modern Art, Hiroshima, Japan 2012 Chairs for Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi Art Fair, UAE Exchange Library, FIAC, Paris, France Echigo Tsumari Art Triennale, Niigata, Japan 2010 Mukaijima Project The Island Made by the Island, Setouchi International Art Festival, Kagawa, Japan Walkway and Tower, EMSCHERKUNST 2010, Essen, Germany 2009 Coal mine project (Chikuhou, Sorachi, Ruhr), Meguro Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan Foot Path, Evento 2009, Bordeaux, France Berlin Tree Huts, Asia Pacific Weeks Berlin 2009, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, Germany CIAN : Center for Interlocal Art Network, Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale 2009, Tokamachi, Japan Observatoire, ESTUAIRE 2009, Nantes, France Chemin de bois, melle 2009, Biennale internationale d'art contemporain de Melle, France Tree huts, Donjon de Vez, France 2 2008 Tree Hut In Miami, Art Basel Miami Beach, Miami South Beach, Florida, USA Tree Hut In Paris, FIAC, Tuilerie Park, Paris, France 2007 Tree huts in Trondheim, GENERATOR 9, Trondheim, Norway View point terrace in Paderborn, Tatort Paderborn, Paderborn, Germany Tree huts in Basel, Art unlimited, Art Basel, Basel, Switzerland Observatoire, ESTUAIRE 2007, Nante, France 2003 Observation Balcony, Expo02, Neuchâtel, Switzerland Absent Racetrack, Tokachi International Art Exhibition: Demeter, Obihiro,Japan Fayuca, Temporary Existence Exhibition, Ex-Teresa Arte Actual, Mexico City, Mexico Republic of Korea-Japan Coal Mine Houses Exchange Project, Busan Biennale, Korea Baroquitos, Bienal de Valencia, Valencia, Spain Bamboo Construction, Shanghai Biennale, Shanghai, China 2001 6th Kitakyushu Biennale+Kawamata Coal Mine Tagawa Joint Project, Boat Project, Tagawa,Wakamatsu Bay, Japan 2000 Trench and Bridge, Middelheimmuseum, Middelheim, Belgium As it is, Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, UK 1999 The Site of Archeology, Art Focus 3: International Biennale of Contemporary Art, Jerusalem, Israel Tree Hut, Zeit Wenden, Kunstmuseum Bonn, Germany 1998 Garden Sheds, 11th Biennale of Sydney, Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney, Australia Haus der Kunst, Staatsgalerie Moderne Kunst, Munich, Germany 1996 Bridge Walkway, Mirades, Museu d’ Art Contemporani, Barcelona, Spain 1995 Catwalk, Art in Japan Today, Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan Bunker, Kunsthalle, Recklinghausen, Germany 1994 Prefabrication in Hiroshima, Asian Art Now, Hiroshima, Japan 1992 People's Garden, Documenta 9, Kassel, Germany 1991 Favela in Ottawa, A Primal Sprit, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Canada Favela in Ushimado, The 4th Biennale Japan Ushimado Art Festival, Ushimado, Japan 1989 Bazaar, Japan’89, Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Gent, Belgium 1987 Construction site project, La Maison des Squatters, Japon Art Vivant ’87, Grenoble, France Destroyed Church, Documenta 8, Kassel, Germany Construction site project, Nove de Julho Cacapava, The 19th Sao Paulo International Biennale Exhibition, Sao Paulo, Brazil 1983 Apartment project, Otemon, Wada-So, Materials and Spaces Exhibition, Fukuoka City Museum of Art, Japan 1982 The 40th Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy Selected Projects 2017 Tokyo in Progress (Shioiri Tower) Closing Event, Tokyo, Japan 2015 Guangzhou project, Guangzhou, China 3 2014 Tront Lamp Post,Waterfront Tront, Tront, Canada Hokkaido in Progress (Mikasa project 2014), Mikasa, Hokkaido, Japan 2013 Tree hut in the Place Vendome, FIAC 2013, Paris, France Camarguve boat tour, Arles, France ESCALE" et “DECISE, Arles, France Project Les Sentiers de l'eau ,en Camargue HORIZONS, Musee de la Camargue, France Au fil de la SAONE, Lyon, France Tokyo in Progress Closing Event, Tokyo, Japan Hokkaido in Progress (Mikasa project 2013), Mikasa, Hokkaido, Japan Favela Cafe, Art Basel, Switzerland 2012 Corner Structure, Bonn, Germany Favela in Gent, Track, Gent, Belgium Tokyo in Progress (Toyosu Dome), Tokyo, Japan Tokyo in Progress (Tsukuda Terrace), Tokyo Culture Creation Project, Tokyo Hokkaido in Progress (Mikasa project 2012), Mikasa, Hokkaido, Japan 2011 Workshop Camargue, Les Sentiers De L’eau- Water Path 2, Marseille-Provence Musee de Camargue, France Workshop at Bergloon, Belgium, Z33- huis voor actuele kunst, Hasselt, Belgium Cergy Pontoise Art commission work, Cergy Pontoise, France Chaumont sur Loire Project Chateau de Chaumont, Chaumont sur Loire, France Hokkaido in Progress (Mikasa project 2011), Hokkaido, Japan Tokyo in Progress (Shioiri Tower), Tokyo, Japan 2010 Drift Structure, Uster, Switzerland Tokyo in Progress, Tokyo, Japan 2009 Okotori Basket, Tour, France Open café Project, Le Centquatre, Paris, France Coalmine project in Mikasa, Mikasa, Hokkaido, Japan 2008 Tree Hut In New York, Madison Square Park, New York, USA 2006 Memory in Progress, Maison des Toiles, Saint Thélo, France Xiringuito a Mataro, Can Xalant, Centre de Creacio, Spain 2005 Détour des Tours, Le Creux de l'Enfer, Thiers and Le Château des Adhémar, Montélimar, France Memory in Progress, Saint Thélo, France 2004 Wooden Terrace Beach, Kleinblasler Rheinufer, Basel, Switzerland Memory in Progress, Saint Thélo, France Construction Fence, 5éme Biennale d'Art Contemporain d'Enghien-les-Bains, Enghien Kawamatata Coal Mine Project Tagawa 2004: Project Reconsideration, Project Site in Jodoji Park, Tagawa, Fukuoka, Japan 2003 Matsunoyama Project, Matsunoyama, Niigata (1999-), Japan Kawamata Coal Mine Project Tagawa 2003: Summer Seminars, Project Site in Jodoji Park, Tagawa (1996-), Japan 4 Busan, and Kawamata Coal Mine Project Tagawa (1996-), Project Site, Tagawa, Fukuoka 2001 Lodging Tokyo, Haneda, Tokyo, Japan Plan in Progress, Boston, USA 2000 Viewpoint Terrace, Competition Kunst am Kanal at Mittellandkanal, Hannover, Germany Sur la voie, Évreux, France Matsunoyama Project, Matsunoyama, Niigata (1999-), Japan Work in Progress: Project in Toyota City, Toyota (2000-), Japan Lodging London, London, UK 1999 Matsunoyama Project, Matsunoyama, Niigata, Japan 1998 Working Progress: Boat Travelling, Alkmaar, Zaandam, Purmerend, Haarlem and Beverwijk, Netherlands Les Chaises de traverse, Hôtel Saint-Livier, Metz et Sinagogue de Delme, France Tokyo