biography of Yoshitomo NARA (1959)
Personal data
Birth : 1959 - Aomori, Japan
Sex : M
Nationality/Affiliation : Japan
Address
Tokyo, JapanRepresentatives
Blum & Poe – 2754 La Cienaga Blvd – Santa Monica CA, United States
Tomio Koyama Gallery – Shinkawa 1-31-6- 1F, Chuo-Ku – Tokyo, Japan
Education
1987 : Aichi Prefectural University of Fine Arts and Music (MFA) – Aichi, Japan
1988 – 1993 : Kunstakademie Düsseldorf – Eiskellerstrasse 1 – Düsseldorf, Germany
Work
Categorie and medium
Painting : 
Sculpture-Volume : Sculpture, glass 
Drawing-Watercolor : Subject
cartoonchildhood
children
consumer society
Movements and styles
Japanese pop cultureWorks
| Fountain of Life | |
| Date of creation : 2001 Medium : Sculpture Subject : childhood | |
| Tree Pairs from Three Triplets | |
| Date of creation : 2001 Medium : Installation Subject : childhood | |
| Your Childhood | |
| Date of creation : 2001 Medium : Installation Subject : childhood | |
Solo Exhibitions (Selected)
Solo exhibitions
2004
Saint Louis Art Museum – Saint Louis MO, United States
12/03/2004 – 02/26/2005
Nothing ever happens
Contemporary Art Museum – Saint Louis MO, United States
12/03/2004 – 02/27/2005
SJMA San Jose Museum of Art – San Jose CA, United States
07/24/2004 – 10/24/2004
ICA Institute of Contemporary Art – University of Pennsylvania – Philadelphia PA, United States
01/24/2004 – 04/06/2004
2003
MOCA Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland – Cleveland OH, United States
09/12/2003 – 01/04/2004
Stephen Friedman Gallery – London, United Kingdom
05/02/2003 – 05/31/2003
2002
Saucer Tales
Marianne Boesky Gallery – New York NY, United States
2002 – 11/16/2002
Nara Yoshitomo
Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art – Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
06/14/2002 – 08/04/2002
Yoshitomo Nara
CNEAI Centre National de l’Estampe et de L’Art Imprimé – Chatou, France
06/02/2002 – 09/29/2002
Nara Yoshitomo
Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art – Hiroshima, Japan
04/07/2002 – 06/02/2002
Nara Yoshitomo
Ashiya City Museum of Art & History – Ashiya, Japan
01/19/2002 – 03/31/2002
2001
I don’t mind if you forget me
Yokohama Museum of Art – Yokohama, Japan
08/11/2001 – 10/14/2001
Drawing Days
Colette – Paris, France
06/05/2001 – 06/30/2001
Walk On, Works by Yoshitomo Nara
MCA Museum of Contemporary Art – Chicago IL, United States
04/01/2001 – 07/02/2001
1999
Blum & Poe – Santa Monica CA, United States
1999
No, They Didn¿t
Tomio Koyama Gallery – Tokyo, Japan
1999
1997
Galerie Michael Zink – Regensburg, Germany
1997
Group Exhibitions (Selected)
Art shows / fairs
2006
Frieze Art Fair
Regent’s Park – London, United Kingdom
10/12/2006 – 10/15/2006
Represented by : Marianne Boesky Gallery – 2nd floor 535 West 22nd Street – New York NY, United States
2004
Art 35 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/16/2004 – 06/21/2004
Represented by : Blum & Poe – 2754 South La Cienega Boulevard – Los Angeles CA, United States
2003
Art Basel Miami Beach
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/04/2003 – 12/07/2003
Represented by : Stephen Friedman Gallery – 25-28 Old Burlington Street – London, United Kingdom
Art Forum Berlin, n° 8
Messegelände Berlin / Exhibition Grounds Berlin – Berlin, Germany
10/01/2003 – 10/05/2003
Represented by : Galerie Zink & Gegner – Theresienstrasse 122a – Munich, Germany
Art 34 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/18/2003 – 06/23/2003
Represented by : Blum & Poe – 2754 La Cienaga Blvd – Santa Monica CA, United States
ArtBrussels – 21st Contemporary Art Fair
Brussels Expo – Brussels, Belgium
04/04/2003 – 04/08/2003
Represented by : Galerie Michael Zink – Theresienstrasse 122A – Munich, Germany
The Armory Show 2003
Piers 88 & 90 – New York NY, United States
03/07/2003 – 03/10/2003
Represented by : Blum & Poe – 2754 La Cienaga Blvd – Santa Monica CA, United States
2002
Art Basel Miami Beach
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/05/2002 – 12/08/2002
Represented by : Blum & Poe – 2754 La Cienaga Blvd – Santa Monica CA, United States
Art Forum Berlin, n° 7
Messegelände Berlin / Exhibition Grounds Berlin – Berlin, Germany
09/26/2002 – 09/30/2002
Represented by : Galerie Michael Zink – Theresienstrasse 122A – Munich, Germany
Art 33 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/12/2002 – 06/17/2002
Represented by : Stephen Friedman Gallery – 25-28 Old Burlington Street – London, United Kingdom
ArtBrussels – 20th Contemporary Art Fair
Brussels Expo – Brussels, Belgium
05/02/2002 – 05/06/2002
Represented by : Johnen + Schöttle – Maria-Hilf-Strasse 17 – Cologne, Germany
The Armory Show 2002
Piers 88 & 90 – New York NY, United States
02/22/2002 – 02/25/2002
Represented by : Marianne Boesky Gallery – 2nd floor 535 West 22nd Street – New York NY, United States
2001
Art Basel Miami Beach: cancelled
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/13/2001 – 12/16/2001
Represented by : Blum & Poe – 2754 La Cienaga Blvd – Santa Monica CA, United States
Art Forum Berlin, n° 6
Messegelände Berlin / Exhibition Grounds Berlin – Berlin, Germany
10/03/2001 – 10/07/2001
Represented by : Galerie Michael Zink – Theresienstrasse 122A – Munich, Germany
Art 32 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/13/2001 – 06/18/2001
Represented by : Stephen Friedman Gallery – 25-28 Old Burlington Street – London, United Kingdom
ArtBrussels – 19th Contemporary Art Fair
Brussels Expo – Brussels, Belgium
04/20/2001 – 04/24/2001
Represented by : Galerie Michael Zink – Theresienstrasse 122A – Munich, Germany
The Armory Show 2001
Piers 88 & 90 – New York NY, United States
02/23/2001 – 02/26/2001
Represented by : Blum & Poe – 2754 La Cienaga Blvd – Santa Monica CA, United States
ART2001 – The 13th London Contemporary Art Fair
Business Design Centre – London, United Kingdom
01/17/2001 – 01/21/2001
Represented by : James Hyman Fine Art Limited – 39 Belsize Square – London, United Kingdom
1999
Art Cologne, n° 33
Cologne, Germany
11/07/1999 – 11/14/1999
Represented by : Johnen + Schöttle – Maria-Hilf-Strasse 17 – Cologne, Germany
Group exhibitions
2004
De leur temps, collections privées Françaises
Musée des Beaux-Arts – Tourcoing, France
10/06/2004 – 12/06/2004
2003
My Reality : Contemporary Art and the Culture of Japanese Animation
Norton Museum of Art – West Palm Beach FL, United States
2003
My Reality : Contemporary Art and the Culture of Japanese Animation
Huntsville Museum of Art – Huntsville AL, United States
10/13/2003 – 01/04/2004
M_Ars Art and War
Neue Galerie Graz – Graz, Austria
01/10/2003 – 03/26/2003
2002
My Reality : Contemporary Art and the Culture of Japanese Animation
Akron Art Museum – Akron OH, United States
09/21/2002 – 01/05/2003
My Reality : Contemporary Art and the Culture of Japanese Animation
The Chicago Cultural Center – Chicago IL, United States
07/13/2002 – 09/08/2002
My Reality : Contemporary Art and the Culture of Japanese Animation
Tampa Museum of Art – Tampa FL, United States
04/21/2002 – 06/23/2002
My Reality : Contemporary Art and the Culture of Japanese Animation
CAC Contemporary Arts Center – Cincinnati OH, United States
01/24/2002 – 03/31/2002
2001
My Reality : Contemporary Art and the Culture of Japanese Animation
BMA Brooklyn Museum of Art – Brooklyn, New York NY, United States
07/28/2001 – 10/03/2001
My Reality: Contemporary Art and the Culture of Japanese Animation
Des Moines Art Center – Des Moines IA, United States
02/10/2001 – 05/06/2001
2000
The Darker Side of Playland : Childhood Imagery from the Logan Collection
SFMOMA San Francisco Museum of Modern Art – San Francisco CA, United States
09/01/2000 – 01/02/2001
Dark Mirrors from Japan
De Appel – Amsterdam, Netherlands
06/02/2000 – 08/06/2000
Superflat
Parco Gallery – Tokyo, Japan
04/28/2000 – 05/29/2000
Yoshitomo Nara, Jim Shaw
Johnen & Schöttle – Cologne, Germany
03/24/2000 – 04/29/2000
Continental Shift
Bonnefanten Museum – Maastricht, Netherlands
2000
Bibliography (Selected)
On the artist
Books
2003
Cream 3
Publisher: Phaidon Press – Regent’s Wharf – London, United Kingdom
06/2003
ISBN : 0714843113
2002
Art Now
Publisher: Taschen – Hohenzollernring 53 – Cologne, Germany
Author: Grosenick Uta – Cologne, Germany
Author: Riemschneider Burkhard
2002
ISBN : 382281444X
Vitamin P – New Perspectives in Painting
Publisher: Phaidon Press – Regent’s Wharf – London, United Kingdom
Author: Collectif
2002
ISBN : 071484246X
Periodicals
2003
KITAMURA Katie – Reviews
in: Contemporary n° 52 p. 77
London, United Kingdom
2003
2002
LAVRADOR Judicaël – Nouveaux talents / New artists
in: Qu’est-ce-que l’art ? What is art ? (today) – Beaux Arts Magazine p. 57
Paris, France
05/2002
ISBN : 07572271
2001
Guía de bolsillo para el coleccionista reciente
in: El Periodico del Arte n° 47 p. 43
Madrid, Spain
08/2001-09/2001
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