biography of Kazuo SHIRAGA (1924-2008)
Personal data
Birth : 1924 - Amagasaki, Japan
Sex : M
Nationality/Affiliation : Japan
Education
Osaka Art University – Osaka, Japan
1942 – 1948 : Kyoto College of Art – 2-116 Uryuyama Kitashirakawa – Kyoto, Japan
Professional data
Work and Life
1952:Organized Zero-kai group with Akira Kanayama, Saburo Murakami and Atsuko Tanaka, Japan
Work
Categorie and medium
Painting : Mixed media/canvas - Oil/canvas
Drawing-Watercolor : Indian ink
Solo Exhibitions (Selected)
Solo exhibitions
2001
Annely Juda Fine Art Gallery – London, United Kingdom
2001
Hyogo Prefectural Museum – Kobe, Japan
2001
2000
Tokyo Gallery – Tokyo, Japan
2000
1999
Galerie Georg Nothelfer – Berlin, Germany
04/1999 – 05/1999
1994
Tokyo Gallery – Tokyo, Japan
1994
Group Exhibitions (Selected)
Art shows / fairs
2004
Art 35 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/16/2004 – 06/21/2004
Represented by : Galerie Georg Nothelfer – Uhlandstrasse 184 – Berlin, Germany
2003
FIAC, n°30
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/09/2003 – 10/13/2003
Represented by : Galerie Georg Nothelfer – Uhlandstrasse 184 – Berlin, Germany
Art 34 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/18/2003 – 06/23/2003
Represented by : Galerie Georg Nothelfer – Uhlandstrasse 184 – Berlin, Germany
2002
FIAC, n°29
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/24/2002 – 10/28/2002
Represented by : Galerie Georg Nothelfer – Uhlandstrasse 184 – Berlin, Germany
Art 33 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/12/2002 – 06/17/2002
Represented by : Galerie Georg Nothelfer – Uhlandstrasse 184 – Berlin, Germany
2001
Art Basel Miami Beach: cancelled
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/13/2001 – 12/16/2001
Represented by : Annely Juda Fine Art Gallery – 23 Dering Street off New Bond Street – London, United Kingdom
1999
Art Cologne, n° 33
Cologne, Germany
11/07/1999 – 11/14/1999
Represented by : Galerie Georg Nothelfer – Uhlandstrasse 184 – Berlin, Germany
Group exhibitions
2002
Samadhi: The Contemplation of Space
CAM Chelsea Art Museum – New York NY, United States
11/13/2002 – 03/15/2003
2000
The Memorial of Earthquake Disaster
Hyogo Prefectural Museum – Kobe, Japan
2000
1999
Out of Actions: Between Performance and the Object, 1949-1979
MOT Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo – Tokyo, Japan
1999
1998
Aspects of Line
The National Museum of Art – Osaka, Japan
1998
Out of Actions: Between Performance and the Object, 1949-1979
MOCA at California Plaza – Los Angeles CA, United States
1998
The Painted Vision: Selections from the Hara Museum Permanent Collection
Hara Museum of Contemporary Art – Tokyo, Japan
1998
1997
The Ohashi Collection
The National Museum of Art – Osaka, Japan
1997
1996
From Abstract to Contemporary
Museum of Modern Art – Saitama, Japan
1996
1960s Retrospective Exhibition
Chiba City Art Museum – Chiba, Japan
1996
Japanese Art in 1964
MOT Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo – Tokyo, Japan
1996
Contemporary Japanese Artists
Nabio Museum – Osaka, Japan
1996
1995
Trace of Culture after 1945
Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art – Hiroshima, Japan
1995
Genbi Artists
Hyogo Prefectural Museum – Kobe, Japan
1995
1994
Japanese Art After 1945 Scream Against the Sky
Yokohama Museum of Art – Yokohama, Japan
1994
Japanese Art After 1945 Scream against the sky
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum – New York NY, United States
1994
1993
Aperto 93 – 45° Biennale di Venezia
Giardini di Castello / Arsenale – Venice VE, Italy
1993
1992
Gutai
Ashiya City Museum of Art & History – Ashiya, Japan
1992
Reviving Out-door Sculptures
Ashiya Park – Ashiya, Japan
1992
The 20th Anniversary Exhibition
Gallery Kasahara – Osaka, Japan
1992
Gutai Artists
Miyagi Museum of Art – Sendai, Japan
1992
1989
The Visionary Yamamura Collection
Hyogo Prefectural Museum – Kobe, Japan
1989
1987
Japon Art Vivant
Centre La Vieille Charité – Marseille, France
1987
1986
The Ohara Museum Collection
Tsukashin Hall – Amagasaki, Japan
1986
le Japon des Avants-gardes
MNAM Musée National d’Art Moderne – Centre National d’Art et de Culture Georges Pompidou – Paris, France
1986
1985
Reconstructions: Avant-Garde in Japan 1945-1965
MOMA Museum of Modern Art – Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
1985
40 Years of Japanese Contemporary Art
TNM Tokyo National Museum – Tokyo, Japan
1985
Grupo Gutai – Pintura y Accion
Museo Español de Arte Contemporáneo – Madrid, Spain
1985