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“Every single pine needle, every grain of sand at the beach, every fog in the dark woods…,” 2016, Acrylic on canvas, H 210 x W 210 x D 7 cm
“‘Who is it, and what have you come here for.’ The mountain stream water slipping quietly through the mossy crag was always cool and clear,…,” 2016, Acrylic paint on canvas, H 235 x W 201.5 x D 7 cm
“I suspect you will dry out this water, or otherwise drink it down. But the water will absolutely not perish. The water simply changed form and moved on…,” 2016, Acrylic on canvas, H 210 x W 260 x D 7 cm
“Broom of empty space/ Aufheben,” 2016, Acrylic on canvas with wooden frame, H 25 x W 18 x D 3 cm
Installation view from solo exhibition “Kenjiro Okazaki,” 2016, Takuro Someya Contemporary Art, Tokyo
“Logos / Beat ice in the quest for fire, point to heaven to receive fish,” 2016, Acrylic on canvas with wooden frame, H 18 × W 23 × D 6.5 cm
“Ten figures borne from the navel / Vishnu,” 2016, Acrylic on canvas with wooden frame, H 18 × W 23 × D 6.5 cm
“Tieholtsodi ’s back / Moon and sun still in the swamp,” 2016, Acrylic on canvas with wooden frame, H 29.5 x W 22 x D 6.5 cm
“Land of Po pay / Old man’s clay,” 2016, Acrylic on canvas with wooden frame, H 22 × W 29.5 × D 6.5 cm
“Nestle in the mistletoe (your first shave),” 2016, Acrylic on canvas with wooden frame, H 18 × W 25 x D 6.5 cm

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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

2022	The Minister of Education Award for Fine Arts in 2019
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

2022	「TOPICA PICTUS Revisited: Forty Red, White, And Blue Shoestrings And A Thousand Telephones」Blum & Poe, Tokyo
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

2022	TOPICA PICTUS, Iwanami shoten
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

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.

Kenjiro Okazaki

Awards

2022	The Minister of Education Award for Fine Arts in 2019
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

2022	「TOPICA PICTUS Revisited: Forty Red, White, And Blue Shoestrings And A Thousand Telephones」Blum & Poe, Tokyo
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

2022	TOPICA PICTUS, Iwanami shoten
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）

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

	Kenjiro Okazaki: Kunitsukami as Chthonius Installation view, Kunitsukami as Chthonius, 2024, photo by Shu Nakagawa ©Kenjiro Okazaki Exhibition Period: Sunday, March 10, 2024 – Sunday, May 12, 2024 We are pleased to announce Kenjiro Okazaki’s solo exhibition Kunitsukami as Chthonius. This exhibition offers a preview of new sculptures and will be open until Sunday, May 12. Takuro Someya Contemporary Art was involved in planning this collaborative exhibition. These new sculptures are the culmination of a quarter-century period during which the artist prepared to resume their production and will soon be widely exhibited. In the lead-up to their public unveiling, we hope to provide an opportunity to reflect on and renew our understanding of the significance of Okazaki’s sculptures, as well as the inherent power and presence of the medium of sculpture itself. This exhibition also aims to foster synergy across the various elements of Okazaki’s diverse endeavors as he continues to expand his practice, both domestically and internationally. In Kunitsukami as Chthonius, Okazaki offers a glimpse into his vision of sculpture-making for the first time since his presentation of ceramic sculptures twenty-five years ago. This exhibition features sculptures that adhere to the original dimensions of the artist’s handmade forms as well as those that, through enlargement, demonstrate the presence of volume as a major element of sculpture. Each work confronts us with the dynamism born from the fusion of form and material. Translation by Eriko Ikeda Kay Installation view, Kunitsukami as Chthonius, 2024, photo by Shu Nakagawa ©Kenjiro Okazaki Kenjiro Okazaki \| Kunitsukami as Chthonius Exhibition Period: Sunday, March 10, 2024 – Sunday, May 12, 2024 This exhibition is by appointment only. To schedule a visit, please contact us at gallery@tsca.jp.
	Kenjiro Okazaki: Viewing Program Vol. 7 Appointment: https://calendar.app.google/pBEP6quhMAKMmumg9 Kenjiro Okazaki: Viewing Program Vol. 7 Venue: TSCA Viewing space｜Takuro Someya Contemporary Art Exhibition Period: Friday, December 22, 2023– Tuesday, January 30, 2024 Open: Tue – Sat 11:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. Closed: Sun, Mon and National Holidays Winter Holiday: Thursday, December 26, 2023 – Monday, January 8, 2024 Takuro Someya Contemporary Art 3F TERRADA Art Complex Ⅰ 1-33-10 Higashi-Shinagawa Shinagawa-ku Tokyo 140-0002 Japan TEL ＋81 (0)3-6712-9887 ｜FAX ＋81 (0)3-4578-0318 ｜E-MAIL: gallery@tsca.jp
	Kenjiro Okazaki: Zero Thumbnail Viewing Vol. 6 Appointment: hhttps://calendar.app.google/GsWrCYXcDka8uEjJ6 Kenjiro Okazaki: Zero Thumbnail Viewing Vol. 6 Venue: TSCA Viewing space｜Takuro Someya Contemporary Art Exhibition Period: Thursday, September 14, 2023– Saturday, October 14, 2023 Open: Tue – Sat 11:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. Closed: Sun, Mon and National Holidays Takuro Someya Contemporary Art TSCA 3F TERRADA Art Complex Ⅰ 1-33-10 Higashi-Shinagawa Shinagawa-ku Tokyo 140-0002 Japan TEL 03-6712-9887 ｜FAX 03-4578-0318 ｜E-MAIL: gallery@tsca.jp
	Kenjiro Okazaki: Zero Thumbnail Viewing Vol. 5 Appointment: https://calendar.app.google/vzgPq9N6wKwYjea26 Kenjiro Okazaki: Zero Thumbnail Viewing Vol. 5 Venue: TSCA Viewing space｜Takuro Someya Contemporary Art Exhibition Period: Thursday, September 14, 2023– Saturday, October 14, 2023 Open: Tue – Sat 11:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. Closed: Sun, Mon and National Holidays Takuro Someya Contemporary Art TSCA 3F TERRADA Art Complex Ⅰ 1-33-10 Higashi-Shinagawa Shinagawa-ku Tokyo 140-0002 Japan TEL 03-6712-9887 ｜FAX 03-4578-0318 ｜E-MAIL: gallery@tsca.jp
	Kenjiro Okazaki: Zero Thumbnail Viewing Vol. 4 Appointment: https://calendar.app.google/srfW8N9r8brEGHxh8 Kenjiro Okazaki: Zero Thumbnail Viewing Vol. 4 Venue: TSCA Viewing space｜Takuro Someya Contemporary Art Exhibition Period: Wednesday, July 19th – Wednesday, August 30th Summer Holiday: Wednesday, August 9 – Wednesday, August 16 Open: Tue – Sat 11:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. Closed: Sun, Mon and National Holidays Takuro Someya Contemporary Art TSCA 3F TERRADA Art Complex 1-33-10 Higashi-Shinagawa Shinagawa-ku Tokyo 140-0002 Japan TEL 03-6712-9887 ｜FAX 03-4578-0318 ｜E-MAIL: gallery@tsca.jp
	Kenjiro Okazaki: Zero Thumbnail Viewing Vol. 3 Appointment: https://calendar.app.google/nHG3C9dWE7NzV3dw9 Kenjiro Okazaki: Zero Thumbnail Viewing Vol. 3 Venue: TSCA Viewing space｜Takuro Someya Contemporary Art Exhibition Period: Saturday, June 3rd –Saturday, July 8th Open: Tue – Sat 11:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. Closed: Sun, Mon and National Holidays Takuro Someya Contemporary Art TSCA 3F TERRADA Art Complex 1-33-10 Higashi-Shinagawa Shinagawa-ku Tokyo 140-0002 Japan TEL 03-6712-9887 ｜FAX 03-4578-0318 ｜E-MAIL: gallery@tsca.jp
	Kenjiro Okazaki: Zero Thumbnail Viewing Vol. 2 Appointment: https://calendar.app.google/6bBTxtnfTK5rafD3A Kenjiro Okazaki: Zero Thumbnail Viewing Vol. 2 Venue: TSCA Viewing space｜Takuro Someya Contemporary Art Exhibition Period: Saturday, April 14th – Saturday, May 27th Open: Tue – Sat 11:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. Closed: Sun, Mon and National Holidays Takuro Someya Contemporary Art TSCA 3F TERRADA Art Complex 1-33-10 Higashi-Shinagawa Shinagawa-ku Tokyo 140-0002 Japan TEL 03-6712-9887 ｜FAX 03-4578-0318 ｜E-MAIL: gallery@tsca.jp
	Kenjiro Okazaki: Zero Thumbnail Viewing Vol. 1 Appointment: https://calendar.app.google/HtT5t2aXGXbPGqLQ6 Kenjiro Okazaki: Zero Thumbnail Viewing Vol. 1 Venue: TSCA Viewing space｜Takuro Someya Contemporary Art Exhibition Period: Saturday, February 14th – Friday, March 10th Open: Tue – Sat 11:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. Closed: Sun, Mon and National Holidays Takuro Someya Contemporary Art TSCA 3F TERRADA Art Complex 1-33-10 Higashi-Shinagawa Shinagawa-ku Tokyo 140-0002 Japan TEL 03-6712-9887 ｜FAX 03-4578-0318 ｜E-MAIL: gallery@tsca.jp
	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)

Kenjiro Okazaki: Kunitsukami as Chthonius

Installation view, Kunitsukami as Chthonius, 2024, photo by Shu Nakagawa

©Kenjiro Okazaki

Exhibition Period: Sunday, March 10, 2024 – Sunday, May 12, 2024

We are pleased to announce Kenjiro Okazaki’s solo exhibition Kunitsukami as Chthonius. This exhibition offers a preview of new sculptures and will be open until Sunday, May 12. Takuro Someya Contemporary Art was involved in planning this collaborative exhibition.

These new sculptures are the culmination of a quarter-century period during which the artist prepared to resume their production and will soon be widely exhibited. In the lead-up to their public unveiling, we hope to provide an opportunity to reflect on and renew our understanding of the significance of Okazaki’s sculptures, as well as the inherent power and presence of the medium of sculpture itself. This exhibition also aims to foster synergy across the various elements of Okazaki’s diverse endeavors as he continues to expand his practice, both domestically and internationally.

In Kunitsukami as Chthonius, Okazaki offers a glimpse into his vision of sculpture-making for the first time since his presentation of ceramic sculptures twenty-five years ago. This exhibition features sculptures that adhere to the original dimensions of the artist’s handmade forms as well as those that, through enlargement, demonstrate the presence of volume as a major element of sculpture. Each work confronts us with the dynamism born from the fusion of form and material.

Translation by Eriko Ikeda Kay

Installation view, Kunitsukami as Chthonius, 2024, photo by Shu Nakagawa

©Kenjiro Okazaki

Kenjiro Okazaki | Kunitsukami as Chthonius
Exhibition Period: Sunday, March 10, 2024 – Sunday, May 12, 2024

This exhibition is by appointment only.
To schedule a visit, please contact us at gallery@tsca.jp.

Kenjiro Okazaki: Viewing Program Vol. 7

Appointment:

https://calendar.app.google/pBEP6quhMAKMmumg9

Kenjiro Okazaki: Viewing Program Vol. 7
Venue: TSCA Viewing space｜Takuro Someya Contemporary Art
Exhibition Period: Friday, December 22, 2023– Tuesday, January 30, 2024

Open: Tue – Sat 11:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Closed: Sun, Mon and National Holidays
Winter Holiday: Thursday, December 26, 2023 – Monday, January 8, 2024

Takuro Someya Contemporary Art
3F TERRADA Art Complex Ⅰ 1-33-10 Higashi-Shinagawa
Shinagawa-ku Tokyo 140-0002 Japan

TEL ＋81 (0)3-6712-9887 ｜FAX ＋81 (0)3-4578-0318 ｜E-MAIL: gallery@tsca.jp

Kenjiro Okazaki: Zero Thumbnail Viewing Vol. 6

Appointment:

hhttps://calendar.app.google/GsWrCYXcDka8uEjJ6

Kenjiro Okazaki: Zero Thumbnail Viewing Vol. 6

Venue: TSCA Viewing space｜Takuro Someya Contemporary Art
Exhibition Period: Thursday, September 14, 2023– Saturday, October 14, 2023

Open: Tue – Sat 11:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.

Closed: Sun, Mon and National Holidays

Takuro Someya Contemporary Art

TSCA 3F TERRADA Art Complex Ⅰ 1-33-10 Higashi-Shinagawa

Shinagawa-ku Tokyo 140-0002 Japan

TEL 03-6712-9887 ｜FAX 03-4578-0318 ｜E-MAIL: gallery@tsca.jp

Kenjiro Okazaki: Zero Thumbnail Viewing Vol. 5

Appointment:

https://calendar.app.google/vzgPq9N6wKwYjea26

Kenjiro Okazaki: Zero Thumbnail Viewing Vol. 5

Venue: TSCA Viewing space｜Takuro Someya Contemporary Art
Exhibition Period: Thursday, September 14, 2023– Saturday, October 14, 2023

Open: Tue – Sat 11:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.

Closed: Sun, Mon and National Holidays

Takuro Someya Contemporary Art

TSCA 3F TERRADA Art Complex Ⅰ 1-33-10 Higashi-Shinagawa

Shinagawa-ku Tokyo 140-0002 Japan

TEL 03-6712-9887 ｜FAX 03-4578-0318 ｜E-MAIL: gallery@tsca.jp

Kenjiro Okazaki: Zero Thumbnail Viewing Vol. 4

Appointment:

https://calendar.app.google/srfW8N9r8brEGHxh8

Kenjiro Okazaki: Zero Thumbnail Viewing Vol. 4

Venue: TSCA Viewing space｜Takuro Someya Contemporary Art Exhibition

Period: Wednesday, July 19th – Wednesday, August 30th

Summer Holiday: Wednesday, August 9 – Wednesday, August 16

Open: Tue – Sat 11:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.

Closed: Sun, Mon and National Holidays

Takuro Someya Contemporary Art

TSCA 3F TERRADA Art Complex 1-33-10 Higashi-Shinagawa

Shinagawa-ku Tokyo 140-0002 Japan

TEL 03-6712-9887 ｜FAX 03-4578-0318 ｜E-MAIL: gallery@tsca.jp

Kenjiro Okazaki: Zero Thumbnail Viewing Vol. 3

Appointment:

https://calendar.app.google/nHG3C9dWE7NzV3dw9

Kenjiro Okazaki: Zero Thumbnail Viewing Vol. 3
Venue: TSCA Viewing space｜Takuro Someya Contemporary Art

Exhibition Period: Saturday, June 3rd –Saturday, July 8th
Open: Tue – Sat 11:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Closed: Sun, Mon and National Holidays
Takuro Someya Contemporary Art
TSCA 3F TERRADA Art Complex 1-33-10 Higashi-Shinagawa Shinagawa-ku Tokyo 140-0002 Japan
TEL 03-6712-9887 ｜FAX 03-4578-0318 ｜E-MAIL: gallery@tsca.jp

Kenjiro Okazaki: Zero Thumbnail Viewing Vol. 2

Appointment:

https://calendar.app.google/6bBTxtnfTK5rafD3A

Kenjiro Okazaki: Zero Thumbnail Viewing Vol. 2
Venue: TSCA Viewing space｜Takuro Someya Contemporary Art

Exhibition Period: Saturday, April 14th – Saturday, May 27th
Open: Tue – Sat 11:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Closed: Sun, Mon and National Holidays
Takuro Someya Contemporary Art
TSCA 3F TERRADA Art Complex 1-33-10 Higashi-Shinagawa Shinagawa-ku Tokyo 140-0002 Japan
TEL 03-6712-9887 ｜FAX 03-4578-0318 ｜E-MAIL: gallery@tsca.jp

Kenjiro Okazaki: Zero Thumbnail Viewing Vol. 1

Appointment:

https://calendar.app.google/HtT5t2aXGXbPGqLQ6

Kenjiro Okazaki: Zero Thumbnail Viewing Vol. 1
Venue: TSCA Viewing space｜Takuro Someya Contemporary Art

Exhibition Period: Saturday, February 14th – Friday, March 10th
Open: Tue – Sat 11:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Closed: Sun, Mon and National Holidays
Takuro Someya Contemporary Art
TSCA 3F TERRADA Art Complex 1-33-10 Higashi-Shinagawa Shinagawa-ku Tokyo 140-0002 Japan
TEL 03-6712-9887 ｜FAX 03-4578-0318 ｜E-MAIL: gallery@tsca.jp

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。

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【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＊
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【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
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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。
　
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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。
　

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「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。
　
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【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）

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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.

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“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)