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Motomasa Suzuki

  • “Living Dead (ACAC edition),” 2018, Acrylic on clay, H 260 x W 247 x D 228 cm, Photo by Ken Kato

  • Installation view from “Dynamic Garden in Full Motion,” 2018, Aomori Contemporary Art Centre (ACAC), Photo by Ken Kato

  • Installation view from “MOD,” 2017, LIXIL Gallery, Tokyo

  • “untitled,” 2014, Acrylic on wood, H 2000 x W 1820 x D 1820 cm, Art Kurabiraku Fujiyoshida

  • “Necromancy for images,” 2011, Acrylic paint and watercolor on wood, H 150 x W 240 x D 240 cm

  • “Necromancy for images,” 2011, Acrylic paint and watercolor on wood, H 150 x W 240 x D 240 cm

  • “Gas station,” 2011, Lambda print, H 60.7 x W 110 cm, Framed, H 75.7 x W 119 x D 5 cm

  • Installation view from The Okamoto Taro Memorial Award, 2008, Courtesy of The Taro Okamoto Museum of Art

  • Installation view from solo exhibition “World is Yours,” 2010, Takuro Someya Contemporary Art

  • “Misc,” 2010, Oil on wood

  • Installation view from solo exhibition “World is Yours,” 2010, Takuro Someya Contemporary Art, Photo by Keizo Kioku

  • Installation view from solo exhibition “World is Yours,” 2010, Takuro Someya Contemporary Art

  • “Untitled,” 2010, Acrylic paint on wood (camphor laurel), H 26 x W 25 x D 25 cm

  • Installation view from Jeans Factory Art Award, 2006, Photo by Atsushi Sato

Profile
2004 Graduated BA, Musashino Art University, Department of Sculpture
1981 Born in Shizuoka, Japan

Awards
2017 Vision of Contemporary Art (VOCA) 2017 (Ueno Royal Museum, Tokyo)
2010 The 10th Gunma Biennale for Young Artists (The Museum of Modern Art, Gunma)
2007 The 11th Okamoto Taro Memorial Award
2006 Semi-Grand Prix Art Award from Jeans Factory
2003 "ARTISTS BY ARTISTS"

Solo Exhibitions
2021 CADAN x ISETAN MEN'S : Seasonal Cohabit～Winter & Spring～, Isetan Men's Store Shinjuku 1F, Tokyo
2019 TSCA Collection | Foresights and Flow, Takuro Someya Contemporary Art, Tokyo
2017 Motomasa Suzuki exhibition MOD, LIXIL Gallery, Tokyo
2016 wall, roof, window, Takuro Someya Contemporary Art, Tokyo
Honest Place, Plaza North, Saitama
2013 Cinematic Orchestra, LIXIL Gallery, Tokyo
2012 Eyes / The form / An image, Takuro Someya Contemporary Art, Tokyo
2010 World is Yours, Takuro Someya Contemporary Art, Tokyo
2007 Motomasa Suzuki, Muramatsu Gallery, Tokyo
2005 Motomasa Suzuki, Seika Gallery, Tokyo
Motomasa Suzuki, Gallery ES, Tokyo

Group Exhibition
2023 “MEMORIES 03” selected by Hozu Yamamoto, CADAN YURAKUCHO, Tokyo
2022 Playground for the Senses, ANB Tokyo, Tokyo
2020 Room and Garden - The Form of Distance, Musashino Art University, Tokyo
CADAN: GENDAI BIJUTSU, Warehouse TERRADA B&C HALL, Tokyo
2019 TSCA Collection | Foresights and Flow, Takuro Someya Contemporary Art, Tokyo
2018 Dynamic Garden in Full Motion, Artist-in-Residence at Aomori Contemporary Art Centre (ACAC), Aomori
2017 Vision of Contemporary Art (VOCA) 2017, Ueno Royal Museum, Tokyo
2016 MEGURURI ART SHIZUOKA 2016, Shizuoka Prefectural Museum of Art, Shizuoka
Ryuta Iida, Motomasa Suzuki, Mai Yamashita + Naoto Kobayashi, Yoshitaka Yazu | Group Exhibition, Takuro Someya Contemporary Art, Tokyo
2015 sculpture, Hagiwara Projects, Tokyo
2013 Setouchi Triennale 2013, Artist-in-Residence Project at the Soy Sauce Warehouse, Shodoshima, Kagawa
2012 TSCA Rough Consensus - Motomasa Suzuki and Takahiro Kamimura, HOTEL ANTEROOM KYOTO Gallery9.5, Kyoto
2011 Sunlit Boulevardiers, Mr. Kamimura’s House, Tokyo
2010 The 10th Gunma Biennale For Young Artists 2010, The Museum of Modern Art, Gunma, Gunma Prefecture, Japan
2008 Taro Okamoto Memorial Award, Taro Okamoto Memorial Museum, Kanagawa, Japan
2007 Open studio, Mirai Kobo, Tokyo
Ura Urara, Sawako Kanai, Motomasa Suzuki, Bunka Institute of Language in Maebashi, Gunma, Japan
2006 Jeans Factory Art Award 2006, Kochi City Culture-Plaza Cul-Port, Kochi, Japan
2004 MOMOTAROU NOW ON SALE, Seika Gallery, Tokyo
2003 Artists by Artists, Mori Museum, Tokyo
2002 Kodaira Outdoor Art Exhibition, Kodaira central park, Tokyo
2001 t.t.town, Omotesando Gallery, Tokyo

Publication

Collection

Others
Art Fair
2012 Art Stage Singapore, Marina Bay Sands Convention and Exhibition Centre, Singapore
2011 Art Fair Tokyo, Tokyo National Forum, Tokyo

Profile

2004 Graduated BA, Musashino Art University, Department of Sculpture
1981 Born in Shizuoka, Japan

Awards

2017 Vision of Contemporary Art (VOCA) 2017 (Ueno Royal Museum, Tokyo)
2010 The 10th Gunma Biennale for Young Artists (The Museum of Modern Art, Gunma)
2007 The 11th Okamoto Taro Memorial Award
2006 Semi-Grand Prix Art Award from Jeans Factory
2003 "ARTISTS BY ARTISTS"

Solo Exhibitions

2021 CADAN x ISETAN MEN'S : Seasonal Cohabit～Winter & Spring～, Isetan Men's Store Shinjuku 1F, Tokyo
2019 TSCA Collection | Foresights and Flow, Takuro Someya Contemporary Art, Tokyo
2017 Motomasa Suzuki exhibition MOD, LIXIL Gallery, Tokyo
2016 wall, roof, window, Takuro Someya Contemporary Art, Tokyo
Honest Place, Plaza North, Saitama
2013 Cinematic Orchestra, LIXIL Gallery, Tokyo
2012 Eyes / The form / An image, Takuro Someya Contemporary Art, Tokyo
2010 World is Yours, Takuro Someya Contemporary Art, Tokyo
2007 Motomasa Suzuki, Muramatsu Gallery, Tokyo
2005 Motomasa Suzuki, Seika Gallery, Tokyo
Motomasa Suzuki, Gallery ES, Tokyo

Group Exhibition

2023 “MEMORIES 03” selected by Hozu Yamamoto, CADAN YURAKUCHO, Tokyo
2022 Playground for the Senses, ANB Tokyo, Tokyo
2020 Room and Garden - The Form of Distance, Musashino Art University, Tokyo
CADAN: GENDAI BIJUTSU, Warehouse TERRADA B&C HALL, Tokyo
2019 TSCA Collection | Foresights and Flow, Takuro Someya Contemporary Art, Tokyo
2018 Dynamic Garden in Full Motion, Artist-in-Residence at Aomori Contemporary Art Centre (ACAC), Aomori
2017 Vision of Contemporary Art (VOCA) 2017, Ueno Royal Museum, Tokyo
2016 MEGURURI ART SHIZUOKA 2016, Shizuoka Prefectural Museum of Art, Shizuoka
Ryuta Iida, Motomasa Suzuki, Mai Yamashita + Naoto Kobayashi, Yoshitaka Yazu | Group Exhibition, Takuro Someya Contemporary Art, Tokyo
2015 sculpture, Hagiwara Projects, Tokyo
2013 Setouchi Triennale 2013, Artist-in-Residence Project at the Soy Sauce Warehouse, Shodoshima, Kagawa
2012 TSCA Rough Consensus - Motomasa Suzuki and Takahiro Kamimura, HOTEL ANTEROOM KYOTO Gallery9.5, Kyoto
2011 Sunlit Boulevardiers, Mr. Kamimura’s House, Tokyo
2010 The 10th Gunma Biennale For Young Artists 2010, The Museum of Modern Art, Gunma, Gunma Prefecture, Japan
2008 Taro Okamoto Memorial Award, Taro Okamoto Memorial Museum, Kanagawa, Japan
2007 Open studio, Mirai Kobo, Tokyo
Ura Urara, Sawako Kanai, Motomasa Suzuki, Bunka Institute of Language in Maebashi, Gunma, Japan
2006 Jeans Factory Art Award 2006, Kochi City Culture-Plaza Cul-Port, Kochi, Japan
2004 MOMOTAROU NOW ON SALE, Seika Gallery, Tokyo
2003 Artists by Artists, Mori Museum, Tokyo
2002 Kodaira Outdoor Art Exhibition, Kodaira central park, Tokyo
2001 t.t.town, Omotesando Gallery, Tokyo

Publication

Collection

Others

Art Fair
2012 Art Stage Singapore, Marina Bay Sands Convention and Exhibition Centre, Singapore
2011 Art Fair Tokyo, Tokyo National Forum, Tokyo
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