biography of On KAWARA (1932-2014)
Personal data
Birth : 1932 - Kariya Aichi, Chubu, Japan
Sex : M
Nationality/Affiliation : Japan - United States
Address
New York NY New York, United StatesProfessional data
Work and Life
1970:He has exhibited widely in Europe and later all around the world.
1965:Settled in New York NY, USA.
1959:Lives and works in Mexico city, Mexico.
Prizes
1992
1992 : Kunstpreis Aachen – Aachen, Germany
1991
1991 : Carnegie Prize – Pittsburgh PA, United States
Awarded by : Carnegie Museum of Art – 4400 Forbes Avenue – Pittsburgh PA, United States
Work
Categorie and medium
Painting : Acrylic/canvas
Sculpture-Volume : Installation - Object
Photography :
Movements and styles
Conceptual ArtWorks
One Million (Future) Years for the Last One | |
Date of creation : 1980-1992 Medium : Object Size : 29 x 24 x 8 cm | |
Untitled | |
Date of creation : 1980 Medium : Acrylic/canvas | |
Sept. 26, 1978 | |
Date of creation : 1978 Medium : Assemblage Size : 21 x 26 cm | |
I Got Up At | |
Date of creation : 1974-1975 Medium : Installation Size : 3 x 5 inch | |
Date Paintings | |
Date of creation : 1965 Medium : Acrylic/canvas | |
Vietnam | |
Date of creation : 1965 Medium : Acrylic/canvas | |
Thanatophanies | |
Date of creation : 1955 Medium : Photograph Subject : portrait | |
Bathroom | |
Date of creation : 1953-1954 Medium : Photograph | |
Solo Exhibitions (Selected)
Solo exhibitions
2005
Collège de France – Paris, France
2005 – 06/25/2005
Galerie Micheline Szwajcer – Antwerp, Belgium
2005 – 04/23/2005
2002
Ikon Gallery – Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom
11/20/2002 – 01/05/2003
1977
MNAM Musée National d’Art Moderne – Centre National d’Art et de Culture Georges Pompidou – Paris, France
1977
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 Art & Public – 35 rue des Bains – Geneva GE, Switzerland
2004
FIAC Foire Internationale d’Art Contemporain, n°31
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/21/2004 – 10/25/2004
Represented by : Galerie Micheline Szwajcer – Verlatstraat 14 – Antwerp, Belgium
Art 35 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/16/2004 – 06/21/2004
Represented by : Konrad Fischer Galerie – Platanenstrasse 7 – Düsseldorf, Germany
2003
Art Cologne, n° 37
Cologne, Germany
10/29/2003 – 11/02/2003
Represented by : Schönewald Fine Arts – Xanten, Germany
FIAC, n°30
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/09/2003 – 10/13/2003
Represented by : Galerie Yvon Lambert – 108 rue Vieille du Temple – Paris, France
Art 34 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/18/2003 – 06/23/2003
Represented by : Galerie Hauser & Wirth – Galerie Hauser & Wirth Limmastrasse 270 – Zürich ZH, Switzerland
ArtBrussels – 21st Contemporary Art Fair
Brussels Expo – Brussels, Belgium
04/04/2003 – 04/08/2003
Represented by : Galerie Hauser & Wirth – Galerie Hauser & Wirth Limmastrasse 270 – Zürich ZH, Switzerland
The Armory Show 2003
Piers 88 & 90 – New York NY, United States
03/07/2003 – 03/10/2003
Represented by : David Zwirner, Inc – 525 West 19th str. – New York NY, United States
2002
Art Basel Miami Beach
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/05/2002 – 12/08/2002
Represented by : Galerie Hauser & Wirth – Galerie Hauser & Wirth Limmastrasse 270 – Zürich ZH, Switzerland
Art 33 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/12/2002 – 06/17/2002
Represented by : Galerie Art & Public – 35 rue des Bains – Geneva GE, Switzerland
The Armory Show 2002
Piers 88 & 90 – New York NY, United States
02/22/2002 – 02/25/2002
Represented by : Galerie Art & Public – 35 rue des Bains – Geneva GE, Switzerland
2001
Art Basel Miami Beach: cancelled
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/13/2001 – 12/16/2001
Represented by : Galerie Hauser & Wirth – Galerie Hauser & Wirth Limmastrasse 270 – Zürich ZH, Switzerland
Art 32 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/13/2001 – 06/18/2001
Represented by : Galerie Art & Public – 35 rue des Bains – Geneva GE, Switzerland
ArtBrussels – 19th Contemporary Art Fair
Brussels Expo – Brussels, Belgium
04/20/2001 – 04/24/2001
Represented by : Galerie Micheline Szwajcer – Verlatstraat 14 – Antwerp, Belgium
The Armory Show 2001
Piers 88 & 90 – New York NY, United States
02/23/2001 – 02/26/2001
Represented by : Galerie Art & Public – 35 rue des Bains – Geneva GE, Switzerland
1999
Art Cologne, n° 33
Cologne, Germany
11/07/1999 – 11/14/1999
Represented by : Galerie Micheline Szwajcer – Verlatstraat 14 – Antwerp, Belgium
1998
ARCO – Feria Internacional de Arte Contemporáneo, n°17
Parque Ferial Juan Carlos I – Madrid, Spain
1998
Represented by : Galerie Yvon Lambert – 108 rue Vieille du Temple – Paris, France
Group exhibitions
2006
Message personnel
Galerie Yvon Lambert – Paris, France
03/18/2006 – 04/22/2006
2003
Le Manuscript trouvé dans une bouteille
CRAC Centre Régional d’Art Contemporain Alsace – Altkirch, France
01/2003 – 03/2003
Fin des Histoires ?
Chambéry, France
11/07/2003 – 02/09/2004
2002
Sans commune mesure
Musée d’Art Moderne Lille Métropole – Villeneuve d’Ascq, France
09/22/2002 – 01/19/2003
Documenta XI
Kunsthalle Fridericianum – Kassel, Germany
06/08/2002 – 09/15/2002
Sens giratoire
Passages Centre d’Art Contemporain – Troyes, France
06/06/2002 – 08/23/2002
P_A_U_S_E – Kwangju Biennale, n°4
Kwangju, South Korea (Republic of Korea)
03/29/2002 – 06/29/2002
Zwischenzeit
MMK Museum für Moderne Kunst – Frankfurt, Germany
03/11/2002 – 09/01/2002
2001
Au fur et à mesure, une collection, un point de vue
Espace de l’Art Concret – Mouans-Sartoux, France
12/01/2001 – 03/03/2002
EGOFUGAL : Fugue from Ego for the Next Emergence – 7th International Istanbul Biennial
Istanbul, Turkey
09/22/2001 – 11/17/2001
1999
Les Coups
FRAC Fonds Régional d’Art Contemporain Bourgogne – Dijon, France
11/20/1999 – 12/30/1999
Bibliography (Selected)
On the artist
Books
2003
Cream 3
Publisher: Phaidon Press – Regent’s Wharf – London, United Kingdom
06/2003
ISBN : 0714843113
2001
Art Contemporain : un choix de 200 oeuvres du Fonds national d’art contemporain, (1985-1999)
Participant: Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication – 3 rue Valois – Paris, France
Participant: DAP Délégation aux arts plastiques – 27, avenue de l’Opéra – Paris, France
Participant: FIACRE Fonds d’Incitation à la Création – Centre National des Arts Plastiques – Département du soutien à la création et à la diffusion 27 avenue de l’Opéra – Paris, France
Publisher: Editions du Chêne – 43 quai Grenelle – Paris, France
10/2001
ISBN : 2842773373
2000
Collection Lambert en Avignon – Beaux-Arts Collection
Paris, France
06/2000
ISBN : 2842783492
Exhibition catalogues
2001
7th International Istanbul Biennial
Istanbul, Turkey
2001
ISBN : 9757383227
1991
Date Paintings in 89 cities
Publisher: Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen – Museumpark 18-20 – Rotterdam, Netherlands
Author: Rorimer Anne
Author: Schampers Karel
Author: O’Connor Teresa
1991
Monographies
1992
On Kawara : Again and Against
Author: Faust Wolfgang Max – Germany
1992