biography of Miwa YANAGI (1967)

Personal data


Birth : 1967 - Kobe, Japan
Sex : F
Nationality/Affiliation : Japan

Address

Kyoto, Japan

Representatives

Galerie Almine Rech – 127 rue du Chevaleret – Paris, France


Education

1991 : Kyoto University – Yoshida-Honmachi – Kyoto, Japan

Work


Categorie and medium


Photography : C print - Cibachrome print - Digital image - Photograph in colors

Works

Ayumi
Date of creation : 2001
Medium : Plastic
Technical data : plexi, dibon
 
Hiroko
Date of creation : 2001
Medium : Plastic
Technical data : plexi, dibon
 
Mie
Date of creation : 2000
Medium : Plastic
Technical data : plexi, dibon
Size : 120 x 160 cm
 
Minami
Date of creation : 2000
Medium : Plastic
Technical data : plexi, dibon
Size : 133 x 180 cm
 
Yuka
Date of creation : 2000
Medium : Plastic
Technical data : plexi, dibon
Size : 160 x 160 cm
 
Elevator Girl House
Date of creation : 1997
Medium : Photograph in colors
 
Looking for the Next for the West Story II
Edition n° : 15
Medium : Cibachrome print
Size : 24 x 73 cm
 

Solo Exhibitions (Selected)


Solo exhibitions

2004

Deutsche Guggenheim Berlin – Berlin, Germany
01/31/2004 – 03/21/2004

2003

Grandmothers
Galería Leyendecker – Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
01/17/2003 – 02/2003

2002

My Grandmothers
Galerie Almine Rech – Paris, France
01/26/2002 – 03/02/2002

2000

Galerie Almine Rech – Paris, France
2000

1999

Kodama Gallery – Osaka, Japan
1999

1998

Art Space Niji – Kyoto, Japan
1998

1997

Criterium 31
ATM – Art Tower Mito – Mito, Japan
11/01/1997 – 11/23/1997

1994

Looking for the next story
Sowaka Gallery – Kyoto, Japan
1994

1993

The White Casket
Art Space Niji – Kyoto, Japan
1993

Group Exhibitions (Selected)


Art shows / fairs

2006

Frieze Art Fair
Regent’s Park – London, United Kingdom
10/12/2006 – 10/15/2006
Represented by : Galerie Almine Rech – 127 rue du Chevaleret – Paris, France

2003

FIAC, n°30
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/09/2003 – 10/13/2003
Represented by : Espace II – Galerie Almine Rech – 11 rue Louise Weiss – Paris, France

Art Forum Berlin, n° 8
Messegelände Berlin / Exhibition Grounds Berlin – Berlin, Germany
10/01/2003 – 10/05/2003
Represented by : Galerie Wohnmaschine – Tucholskystrasse 35 – Berlin, Germany

The Armory Show 2003
Piers 88 & 90 – New York NY, United States
03/07/2003 – 03/10/2003
Represented by : Galerie Almine Rech – 127 rue du Chevaleret – Paris, France

2002

The Armory Show 2002
Piers 88 & 90 – New York NY, United States
02/22/2002 – 02/25/2002
Represented by : Galerie Almine Rech – 127 rue du Chevaleret – Paris, France

2001

Art Basel Miami Beach: cancelled
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/13/2001 – 12/16/2001
Represented by : Rhona Hoffman Gallery – 118 North Peoria Street – Chicago IL, United States

Paris Photo, n°5
Carrousel du Louvre – Paris, France
11/15/2001 – 11/18/2001
Represented by : Galerie Almine Rech – 127 rue du Chevaleret – Paris, France

FIAC, n°28
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/10/2001 – 10/15/2001
Represented by : Galerie Almine Rech – 127 rue du Chevaleret – Paris, France

The Armory Show 2001
Piers 88 & 90 – New York NY, United States
02/23/2001 – 02/26/2001
Represented by : Kodama Gallery – 4-2-10 Bingomachi Chuo-ku – Osaka, Japan

2000

Paris Photo, n° 4
Carrousel du Louvre – Paris, France
11/16/2000 – 11/19/2000
Represented by : Galerie Almine Rech – 127 rue du Chevaleret – Paris, France


Festivals

2002

Femeninos – PhotoEspaña
Madrid, Spain
06/12/2002 – 07/14/2002


Group exhibitions

2002

Chameleon Dreams: trans/forming identity in contemporary Japanese photography
Julia Friedman Gallery – Chicago IL, United States
03/2002 – 04/17/2002

(The World May Be) Fantastic – Biennale of Sydney n°13
Sydney NSW, Australia
05/15/2002 – 07/14/2002

2001

M. Yanagi, U. Rondinone, R. Bournigault, I. van Lamsweerde, Ph. di Corsia, S. Comte
Musée de la Photographie – Mougins, France
2001 – 09/12/2001

Mega Wave : Towards a New Synthesis – Yokohama International Triennale of Contemporary Art
Yokohama, Japan
09/02/2001 – 11/11/2001

Surface Lisse
Musée de la Photographie – Mougins, France
06/30/2001 – 09/12/2001

Connivence – 6ème Biennale d’Art Contemporain de Lyon
Lyon, France
06/23/2001 – 09/23/2001

2000

Elysian Fields : une Proposition du Purple Institute
MNAM Musée National d’Art Moderne – Centre National d’Art et de Culture Georges Pompidou – Paris, France
05/24/2000 – 07/24/2000

1999

Looking for a place – SITE Santa Fe’s Third International Biennial
Site Santa Fe – Santa Fe NM, United States
1999

Fancy Dance
SMCA Sonje Museum of Contemporary Art – Kyongju, Kyongsang-pukto, South Korea (Republic of Korea)
1999

Vision of the Body
Museum of Contemporary Art – Kyoto, Japan
1999

Cities on the Move, n°4
Louisiana Museum for Moderne Kunst – Humlebæk, Denmark
1999

Cities on the Move, n°6
Bangkok, Thailand
10/09/1999 – 10/30/1999

Signs of Life – 1st Melbourne International Biennial
The Ian Potter Museum of Art – Melbourne VIC, Australia
05/14/1999 – 06/27/1999

Cities on the Move, n°5
Hayward Gallery – London, United Kingdom
05/13/1999 – 06/27/1999

1998

Cities on the Move, n°3
P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center – New York NY, United States
1998

Site of Desire – Taipei Biennial
TFAM Taipei Fine Art Museum – Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
1998

Cities on the Move, n°2
CAPC Musée d’Art Contemporain de Bordeaux – Bordeaux, France
1998

1997

Cities on the Move, n°1
Wiener Secession – Vereinigung bildender Künstler – Vienna, Austria
11/26/1997 – 01/18/1998

1996

Prospect 96
Schirn Kunsthalle – Frankfurt, Germany
1996

Bibliography (Selected)


On the artist


Books

2000

Fresh Cream
Publisher: Phaidon Press – Regent’s Wharf – London, United Kingdom
11/2000
ISBN : 0714891142


Exhibition catalogues

2002

Biennale of Sydney 2002
Publisher: Biennale of Sydney – 43-51 Cowper Wharf Road – Woolloomooloo, Sydney NSW, Australia
2002
ISBN : 0958040303

2001

Connivence, 6ème Biennale d’art contemporain de Lyon
Publisher: RMN Réunion des Musées Nationaux – 49 rue Etienne Marcel – Paris, France
2001
ISBN : 2711842592

Legals