Kenjiro Okazaki
Exhibition at TSCA
- Kenjiro Okazaki, Harm van den Dorpel, Goro Murayama, Chinoko Sakamoto 16 July - 10 September, 2022
- Special feature exhibition | Kenjiro Okazaki, Enrico Isamu Oyama, Rafaël Rozendaal 6 March - 3 April, 2021
- Kenjiro Okazaki | TOPICA PICTUS Tennoz 31 October - 12 December, 2020
- A Decade Or So Ago・As Tears Go By | Kenjiro Okazaki 4 August - 29 August, 2020
- Kenjiro Okazaki 9 July - 24 August, 2019
- Drawing: Manner | Kenjiro Okazaki, Enrico Isamu Oyama, Aya Kawato, Hideki Makiguchi, Goro Murayama 20 April - 25 May, 2019
- Kenjiro Okazaki 10 November - 11 December, 2016
Profile |
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Awards |
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Solo Exhibitions |
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Group Exhibition |
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Publication |
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Collection |
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Others |
|
Profile
Kenjiro Okazaki | Kenjiro Okazaki (b. 1955) is a Japanese visual artist whose works span over several genres, including painting, sculpture, as well as landscape and architecture. Many of his works have been featured in public collections throughout Japan and in various exhibitions around the world. In 2002, Okazaki was selected as the director of the Japanese pavilion of the International Architecture Exhibition in Venice Biennale. His works include a collaborative performance ‘I Love my Robot’ with the choreographer Trisha Brown, premiered in early 2007. He received a Smithsonian Artist Research Fellowship at Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (HMSG) in 2014. Okazaki is an active theoretician and critic, and has authored several books, including Renaissance: Condition of Experience (Bunshun Gakugei Library, 2015) featuring his analysis of Filippo Brunelleschi, and Abstract Art as Impact: The Concrete Genealogy of Abstract Art (Akishobo, 2018) which received the Minister of Education Award for Fine Arts in 2019. |
---|
Awards
2014 | Smithsonian Artist Research Fellowship at Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (HMSG) |
---|---|
2007 | "I love my robots," Dance work co-created with the Trisha Brown Dance Company, Grant from Japan Foundation and Asian Cultural Council |
1992 | Triangle Artists’ Workshop (Pine Plains, New York), Grant from Japan Foundation |
1986 | Grant from Asian Cultural Council Fellowship to study in New York |
Solo Exhibitions
2021 | TOPICA PICTUS, galerie frank elbaz, Paris TOPICA PICTUS, Blum & Poe, Los Angeles |
---|---|
2020 | TOPICA PICTUS, Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, Aichi TOPICA PICTUS, Takuro Someya Contemporary Art, Tokyo TOPICA PICTUS, Nantenshi Gallery, Tokyo A Decade or So Ago・As Tears Go By, Takuro Someya Contemporary Art, Tokyo |
2019 | Kenjiro Okazaki - Retrospective Strata, Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, Aichi Solo exhibition, Takuro Someya Contemporary Art, Tokyo |
2018 | Solo exhibition, Galleria Finarte, Nagoya |
2017 | 'Things’ never die. It only changes its form., A-things, Tokyo |
2016 | Solo exhibition, Takuro Someya Contemporary Art, Tokyo Solo exhibition, Nantenshi Gallery, Tokyo POST / UMUM = OCT / OPUS, Kazenosawa Museum, Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan |
2015 | Solo exhibition, Galleria Finarte, Nagoya |
2014 | B-things and C-things @ A-things, A-things, Tokyo Hand painted Ceramic Tile / Painting, Nantenshi Gallery, Tokyo |
2011 | Solo exhibition, Galleria, Finarte, Nagoya |
2010 | Solo exhibition, Nantenshi Gallery, Tokyo |
2009 | MOT Collection Special Exhibition: Kenjiro Okazaki, Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo Solo exhibition, Galleria Finarte, Nagoya |
2008 | Solo exhibition, Nantenshi Gallery, Tokyo |
2007 | ZERO THUMBNAIL, A-things, Tokyo |
Group Exhibition
2021 | Kenjiro OKAZAKI & Hisao MATSUURA exhibition, Galleria Finarte, Nagoya Special feature exhibition | Kenjiro Okazaki, Enrico Isamu Oyama, Rafaël Rozendaal, Takuro Someya Contemporary Art, Tokyo |
---|---|
2020 | 5,471 miles, Blum & Poe, Tokyo -Inside the Collector’s Vault, vol.1- Takahashi Collection, WHAT museum, Tokyo |
2019 | Parergon: Japanese Art of the 1980s and 1990s, Blum & Poe, Los Angeles Abstractions in Asia: from 1960 to nowadays, Vazieux - Art Gallery Paris, Paris Drawing: Manner | Kenjiro Okazaki, Enrico Isamu Oyama, Aya Kawato, Hideki Makiguchi, Goro Murayama, Takuro Someya Contemporary Art, Tokyo |
2018 | Starting Points: Japanese Art of the '80s, 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture |
2015 | An Art Exhibition for Children: Whose place is this?, Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, Tokyo Shunsuke Imai, Kenjiro Okazaki, Enrico Isamu Oyama, Takuro Someya Contemporary Art, Tokyo |
2014 | Articulating Form, BankART1929, Kanagawa Prefecture |
2007 | Europera 5, Suntory Hall, Tokyo Painting As Forest: Artist as Thinker, Okazaki Mindscape Museum, Aichi Prefecture |
Publication
2021 | Collection of Critical Essays, vol. 1: Sensorial Eden, Akishobo |
---|---|
2020 | TOPICA PICTUS, Nanarokusha Publishing Inc. |
2018 | Abstract Art as Impact: The Analysis of Modern Art, Akishobo. |
2014 | Renaissance: Condition of Experience, Bungeishunju Ltd. |
2004 | Little Lellolello, Shogakukan Inc. |
2004 | Popahhpe Popipappu, Crayon House. |
Collection
Agency for Cultural Affairs Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art Benesse Art Site Naoshima Chiba City Museum of Art Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art Iwaki City Art Museum Kitakyushu Municipal Museum of Art Mitaka City Arts Foundation Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo Museum of Modern Art, Toyama National Museum of Art, Osaka National Museum of Modern Art,Tokyo Ohara Museum of Art Oita Art Museum Okazaki City Mindscape Museum Osaka City Museum of Modern Art Setagaya Art Museum Sezon Museum of Modern Art Taguchi Art Collection Takahashi Collection Takamatsu City Museum of Art Toyota Municipal Museum of Art | |
Faret Tachikawa(Tachikawa City) | Fukuyama City Hiroshima Prefectural Women's University Yumeooka Art Project(Yokohama City) |
Others
Art Fairs | |
---|---|
2017 | Art Basel Miami Art Stage Singapore |
2016 | Art Fair Tokyo |
2014 | Art Basel Hong Kong |
Curation | |
2019 | Kazuo Sakata: Recoup Lost Ground, Tokyo Station Gallery, Tokyo |
2017 | The Insight of Kenjiro Okazaki - Abstract Art as Impact -How Abstract Arts can become Concrete Tools, Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, Aichi Prefecture |
Kenjro Okazaki:Morikazu Kumagai Talk(Japanese) 東京国立近代美術館(竹橋)にて開催されている「熊谷守一 生きるよろこび」の関連イベントで、1月13日(土)14:00より岡﨑乾二郎が講演いたします。 ———————————— 【イベント概要】 |
|
Kenjiro Okazaki : Art Basel Miami Beach 2017(Japanese) 【Art Basel Miami Beach 2017出展のお知らせ】 |
|
Kenjiro Okazaki(Japanese) 京都市のnowakiにて、7月14日(金)~7月23日(日)おかざき乾じろと詩人・ぱくきょんみの展覧会「カイダンの女」が開催されます。 |
|
Kenjiro Okazaki: “The Insight of Kenjiro Okazaki - Abstract Art as Impact —How Abstract Arts Can Become Concrete Tools” Talk(Japanese) 豊田市美術館にて4月22日(土)〜6月11日(日)まで開催中の岡﨑乾二郎が企画監修を務めた展覧会「岡﨑乾二郎の認識 ― 抽象の力―現実(concrete)展開する、抽象芸術の系譜」にて、5月14日(日)14時より、岡﨑による講演会が行われます。 企画監修:岡﨑乾二郎(造形作家) ————————————————————————— |
|
Kenjiro Okazaki: “The Insight of Kenjiro Okazaki - Abstract Art as Impact —How Abstract Arts Can Become Concrete Tools”
“The Insight of Kenjiro Okazaki – Abstract Art as Impact —How Abstract Arts Can Become Concrete Tools,” curated by Kenjiro Okazaki, will be opening at Toyota Municipal Museum of Art (Aichi Prefecture) on Saturday, April 22nd, 2017. Aside from his active career as an artist, Okazaki has introduced innovative views on artworks and art history based on his broad knowledge of culture and art. He will examine the primal intentions of Abstract Art in this exhibition through exploring the art collection built by Toyota Municipal Museum of Art since its opening in 1995. https://www.museum.toyota.aichi.jp/exhibition/2017/special/Kenjiro_Okazaki/
Period: April 22 (Sat) – June 11 (Sun) Closed: Mondays (except May 1) |
Kenjro Okazaki:Morikazu Kumagai Talk
(Japanese)
東京国立近代美術館(竹橋)にて開催されている「熊谷守一 生きるよろこび」の関連イベントで、1月13日(土)14:00より岡﨑乾二郎が講演いたします。
————————————
【イベント概要】
講演会「モリカズについて、いま語れることの全て」
日時:1月13日(土)14:00〜15:30(開場は開演の30分前)
場所:東京国立近代美術館講堂(地下1階)
講師:岡﨑乾二郎(造形作家、批評家)
詳細:先着150名*
————————————
————————————
【展覧会概要】
「没後40年 熊谷守一 生きるよろこび」
会 場:東京国立近代美術館 1階 企画展ギャラリー
期 間:2017年12月1日(金)〜2018年3月21日(水・祝)
休 館 日:月曜日(ただし 1月8日、2月12日は開館)、年末年始(12月28日~2018年1月1日)、1月9日(火)、2月13日(火)
開館時間:10:00〜17:00(金、土曜日は20:00まで、入館は閉館30分前まで)
観 覧 料:一般 1,400円(1,000円)/大学・専門学校生 900円(600円)/高校生 400円(200円)
*( )内は20名以上の団体料金、*中学生以下、障がい者手帳等をご提示の方とその付添者(1名)は無料。
展覧会ウェブサイト:http://kumagai2017.exhn.jp
————————————
Kenjiro Okazaki : Art Basel Miami Beach 2017
(Japanese)
【Art Basel Miami Beach 2017出展のお知らせ】
Takuro Someya Contemporary Artは2017年12月7日(木)からアメリカ・フロリダ州のマイアミビーチで開催されるArt Basel Miami Beach 2017に出展いたします。
今回、アーティストのキャリアを問わず3年以内に制作された作品を発表するセクションのNova Sectorにて、岡﨑乾二郎の個展形式で新作絵画を発表いたします。
———————————–
Art Basel Miami Beach 2017
一般公開:
12月7日(木)15:00〜20:00(ベルニサージュ:11:00〜15:00 *招待制)
12月8日(金)12:00〜20:00
12月9日(土)12:00〜20:00
12月10日(日)12:00〜18:00
会場:
Miami Beach Convention Center
1901 Convention Center Drive
Miami Beach, FL 33139
ブース番号:
N24
Art Basel Miami Beach 2017 Official Website:
https://www.artbasel.com/miami-beach
Kenjiro Okazaki
(Japanese)
京都市のnowakiにて、7月14日(金)~7月23日(日)おかざき乾じろと詩人・ぱくきょんみの展覧会「カイダンの女」が開催されます。
———————————
「カイダンの女」
整 形:おかざき乾じろ
テキスト:ぱくきょんみ
会 期:2017年7月14日(金) – 7月23日(日)
時 間:11:00 – 19:00
会 場:nowaki
〒606-8386 京都府京都市左京区川端通仁王門下ル新丸太町49-1
Kenjiro Okazaki: “The Insight of Kenjiro Okazaki - Abstract Art as Impact —How Abstract Arts Can Become Concrete Tools” Talk
(Japanese)
豊田市美術館にて4月22日(土)〜6月11日(日)まで開催中の岡﨑乾二郎が企画監修を務めた展覧会「岡﨑乾二郎の認識 ― 抽象の力―現実(concrete)展開する、抽象芸術の系譜」にて、5月14日(日)14時より、岡﨑による講演会が行われます。
講演会「抽象の力―現実(concrete)展開する、抽象芸術の系譜」
講師:岡崎乾二郎(本展監修者、造形作家)
会場:美術館1階講堂(定員172名、先着順、聴講無料)
日時:5月14日(日) 14:00-(開場は13:30-)
美術館1階講堂(先着172名)事前申込不要
また、本展覧会について福永信氏によるレビューが関西圏のカルチャーイベントに関するウェブマガジン「REALKYOTO」(下記リンク)にてご覧いただけます。
http://realkyoto.jp/review/abstract-art-as-impac/
戦前から現代までの「抽象芸術」の歴史を俯瞰した本展覧会をわかりやすく紐解いた内容となっております。
—————————————————————————
【展覧会概要】
「岡﨑乾二郎の認識 ― 抽象の力―現実(concrete)展開する、抽象芸術の系譜」
http://www.museum.toyota.aichi.jp/…/20…/special/okazaki.html
会 場:豊田市美術館 展示室1~4
期 間:4月22日(土)〜6月11日(日)
休 館 日:月曜日(5月1日は開館)
開館時間:10:00~17:30(入場は17:00まで)
主 催:豊田市美術館
観 覧 料:一般800円(700円)/高大生500円(400円)/中学生以下無料 *( )内は20名以上の団体料金、*障がい者手帳をお持ちの方(介添者1名)、豊田市内在住・在学の高校生、豊田市内在住の75歳以上は無料(要証明)
企画監修:岡﨑乾二郎(造形作家)
—————————————————————————
Kenjiro Okazaki: “The Insight of Kenjiro Okazaki - Abstract Art as Impact —How Abstract Arts Can Become Concrete Tools”
“The Insight of Kenjiro Okazaki – Abstract Art as Impact —How Abstract Arts Can Become Concrete Tools,” curated by Kenjiro Okazaki, will be opening at Toyota Municipal Museum of Art (Aichi Prefecture) on Saturday, April 22nd, 2017. Aside from his active career as an artist, Okazaki has introduced innovative views on artworks and art history based on his broad knowledge of culture and art. He will examine the primal intentions of Abstract Art in this exhibition through exploring the art collection built by Toyota Municipal Museum of Art since its opening in 1995.
—————————————————————————
“The Insight of Kenjiro Okazaki – Abstract Art as Impact —How Abstract Arts Can Become Concrete Tools”
https://www.museum.toyota.aichi.jp/exhibition/2017/special/Kenjiro_Okazaki/
Period: April 22 (Sat) – June 11 (Sun)
Closed: Mondays (except May 1)
Hours: 10 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. (entrance until 5 p.m.)
Organized by: Toyota Municipal Museum of Art
Admission Fees: Adults ¥800; High school and university students ¥500
*Free for elementary and junior high school students, high school student (live in Toyota City),
senior (75 and over) and mentally or physically disabled people with one attendant.
Curated by: Kenjiro Okazaki (Artist)