WORKS
EXPOSITIONS
BIOGRAPHIE
Tokyo (1960). Lives and works in Brussels (B)
1981-85. Studied contemporary music at Cologne Music Academy.
1983-92. Worked as a performer and directed own pieces at TAM (Theater am Marienplatz).
1988-90. Postgraduate studio program, Jan van Eyck Academy, Maastricht.
1994-95. International studio programme, PS 1 New York.
1998. Teacher at Postgraduate programme, Jan van Eyck Academy, Maastricht.
Actually teacher at Kunst Akademie, Munster
SOLO EXHIBITION (SELECTION)
2015
Operation Theatre, A.VE.NU.DE.JET.TE – Institut de Carton, Brussels
2014
Tokonoma, Ludlow 38, Goethe Institut New York (USA) (with collaborations)
2013
Taking Place, Hidde van Seggelen Gallery, London (GB)
2011
Tokonoma (titre Provisoire) - Galerie Nadja Vilenne, Liège (B) (with collaborations)
Stick Empathy, MUDAM, Luxembourg (L)
The Right Moment at the Wrong Place, Museum De Paviljoens, Almere (NL)
Ellen de Bruijne Projects, Amsterdam (NL)
2010
COMMA 25, Bloomberg Space, London (GB)
In 10 minuten, Museum Ludwig, Köln (D) (cat)
2009
La carrière du spectateur, galerie Nadja Vilenne, Liège (B)
2008
aber auch dann fehlt ein Fehler, Kunstvereniging Diepenheim, Diepenhei (NL)
Luidspreker, Plug In#14, Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, 31/3 (NL)
2007
Ikon Gallery, Birmingham (GB)
2006
Yukkurikosso yoi, galerie Nadja Vilenne, Liège (B)
2004
Archives of Problems, Marres Maastricht. (Nl)
2002
Het moet dinsdag ochtend zijn geweest, Ellen de Bruijne Projects, Amsterdam (Nl)
Eerste huwelijk, MuHKA, Antwerpen (B)
2000
0031-43-3438746, Shiseido Gallery, Tokio (cat.). (Ja)
The Ginza Artspace, Tokio (Ja)
1999
Parallele oder Hannah wie mann sie auch nennt, Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach. (D)
1998
It’s here and there and never always, Chisenhale Gallery, London (GB)
Meaning is Moist, SMAK, Gent (cat) (B)
Statement Art 29’98 Basel, Galerie Ferdinand van Dieten - d’Eendt (Nl)
La Survivance du Passé, Galerie Ferdinand van Dieten - d’Eendt (Nl)
1997
Ab-Sätze : fragmentarisches Wetter und staubtext, Hedah, Maastricht (Nl)
Voorstelling (Performance), Van Abbe Museum, Eindhoven (cat) (Nl)
1996
Stuff, Jay Joppling/White Cube, London (GB)
Stof (Dust), De Vleeshal, Middelburg (Nl)
1992
Highway-Image n° 1, Rijksweg A2 (Nl)
Sluis, In Principio Erat Verbum, Installation for a Cloister-corridor, Steyl (Nl)
1993 Scenario, An imaginary Piece, Stadsgalerij, Heerlen (Nl)
1991
De Fabriek (Factory), De Fabriek, Eindhoven (Nl)
Open für N, Theater am Marienplatz, Krefeld (D)
GROUP EXHIBITIONS (SELECTION)
2016
Behind the curtain. Concealment and Revelation since the Renaissance. From Titian to Christo, Museum Kunstpalats, Düsseldorf
Tokonoma dans From A to K, Museum M, Leuven
Art Brussels 2016, galerie Nadja Vilenne, Brussels
2015
OFFicelle Fiac Paris, galerize Nadja Vilenne, Paris
Art Brussels 2015, galerie Nadja Vilenne, Brussels
Arco Madrid 2015, galerie Nadja Vilenne, Madrid
2014
Tussenbeelden, Schunck*, Heerlen (Nl)
Beating around the Bush Episode #1 - Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht (Nl)
Art Brussels, galerie Nadja Vilenne (BE)
Arco Madrid 2014, galerie Nadja Vilenne (ES)
2013
5th Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art - Bolshe Sveta / More Light - Manege Central Exhibition Hall , Moscow (Ru)
A Summer Walk. From Luyten to Alÿs - ECI Cultuurfabriek, Roermond (Nl)
Far from the Madding Crowd / @ Bonnefanten Hedge House - Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht (Nl)
The Cassini Cruise III - The Ridder - A House for Contemporary Art, Maastricht (Nl)
Große Gefühle - Kunsthalle Krems, Krems (D)
Here is always somewhere else, château d'Aspremont, Oud Rekem (B)
2012
Collection XXXII - Personality Test - MuHKA Museum voor Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen, Antwerp (B)
People can only deal with the fantasy when they are ready for it, Museum De Paviljoens, Almere (Nl)
Beyond Imagination - Stedelijk Museum CS, Amsterdam (Nl)
Locus Solus Domesticus, Institut de carton, Bruxelles (BE)
2011
The Hidden Life Of Things - Panta Rhei - Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht (N)
Impossible Community - Moscow museum of modern art - MMOMA, Moscow (Ru)
Tomorrow is the Question - SMAK Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Ghent (B)
localhost - Kunsthalle Münster, Münster (D)
Le modèle a bougé BAM, Mons (B)
2010
Ein Performanceprojekt, KUB Arena of Kunsthaus Bregenz, Bregenz (AUT)
Fiac Paris, galerie Nadja Vilenne, Paris, (F)
If I Can't Dance, I Don't Want To Be Part Of Your Revolution, Masquerade, Stedelijk museum, Eindhoven (Nl)
Today Art Museum, Beijing (China)
2009
GAGARIN The Artists in their Own Words, Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst (SMAK), Gent, (BE)
Jeugdzonde. Over opus één en opus min één, Hedah, Maastricht, (NL)
Site of Silence ,Ausstellungshalle zeitgenössische Kunst Münster (AZKM), Münster, (DE)
If I Can’t Dance, I Don’t Want To Be Part Of Your Revolution, Project Arts Centre, Dublin, (GBR)
All that is solid melts into air, Museum voor Hedendaagse Kunst, Antwerpen, (BE)
Art Brussels, galerie Nadja Vilenne, Bruxelles, (BE)
Fiac 09, projet extérieur, galerie Nadja Vilenne, (BE)
2008
If I Can´t Dance I Don´t To Be Part Of Your Revolution , Sala Rekalde, Bilbao, (ES)
If I Can’t Dance, I Don’t Want To Be Part Of Your Revolution Edition III, Masquerade, De Appel, Amsterdam, (NL)
Translocalmotion, 7th Shanghai Biennale, (CHN)
Playground, Live Art Festival 2008, STUK Arts Centre, Leuven, (BE)
Art Brussels, galerie Nadja Vilenne, Bruxelles, (BE)
2007
Capricci, Le Casino, forum d'art contemporain, Luxembourg (L)
Art Brussels 07, galerie Nadja Vilenne, Bruxelles (BE)
8e biennale de Sharjah (Dubaï, Emirats Arabes Unis)
Jubilee Muhka 2007-1887, musée des Beaux Arts d'Anvers (BE)
Aimez-vous les cocktails VIP ? galerie Nadja Vilenne, Liège (BE)
Volta Show 07, galerie nadjaVilenne, Basel (CH)
Munster 07, Munster (DE)
Art Forum Berlin 07, galerie nadjavilenne, Berlin (DE)
Paul Thek. Werkschau im Kontext, ZKM | Zentrum fˆºr Kunst und Medientechnologie Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, (DE)
Status Questionis, Galerie Annie Gentils, Antwerpen, (BE)
Kunstakademie Münster, with Henk Visch, Mˆºnster, (DE)
A for Alibi, De Appel, Amsterdam, (NL)
Art Forum Berlin 07, galerie Nadja Vilenne, Berlin (DE)
2006
ArtBrussels, galerie Nadja Vilenne, Bruxelles (BE)
Rai 06, galerie Nadja Vilenne, Amsterdam(Nl)
Fiac 06, galerie Nadja Vilenne, Paris (F)
Zomerzone, Stedelijk Museum Het Domein, Sittard, (NL)
De Kleine Biennale, Fort ‘t Hemeltje, Houten, (NL)
GuestRoom#4, Atelier Rijksbouwmeester, Museum Het Domein Sittard, (NL)
Traveling Light, Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht, (NL)
2005
Ravenstein-galleries, galerie Nadja Vilenne, part I, Bruxelles (BE)
Sous les ponts, Le Casino, Luxembourg (L)
Fiac 05, galerie Nadja Vilenne, Paris (F)
2004
Adaptive Behaviour, New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York.(USA)
2002
Spring, Galerie Nadja Vilenne, Liege. (BE)
Inside an Empty House, Wako Works of Art, Tokio (JA)
2001
Szenarien - Der Hang zum Theater, Bonner Kunstverein, Bonn (cat.) (D)
2000
Territory: contemporay art from Netherland, Tokyo Opera city Art gallery (cat)
1999
Carnegie International, Piisburgh (USA)
1998
Stedelijk Van Abbe Museum, Eindhoven (cat) (Nl)
Biennale Sidney (AUS)
1997
Biennale Johannesburg, South Africa
Truce : Echoes of art in an Age of Endless Conclusions, Site, Santa Fé, USA (cat)
Zeno X Gallery, Antwerp (BE)
1996
z.t. (Untitled), CBK, Groningen, The Netherlands (solo)
z.t. (Untitled), Münchener Künstverein, Munich
Under Capricorn, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
Manifesta 1, Rotterdam (Nl)
1995
Reisbureau (Travel Agency), in La valise du célibataire,Central Satation, Maastricht (Nl)
Politics of Perception, Galerie Ferdinand van Dieten-d’Eendt, Amsterdam (Nl)
Among Others / Onder Andere , Sans Francesco della Vigna, Biennale Venezia (cat) (I)
Achterhuis, Kunstcentrum De Begane Grond, Utrecht (Nl)
4th International Istanbul Biennial : Orientation, Istambul (cat) (Tu)
1994
This is the show and the show is many things, Museum voor Hedendaagse Kunst, Gent (cat) (BE)
Wall-piece, PS 1 Institute, New York (USA)
Grenspost/Grenzpost (Border Crossing-Point), Kotten-Oeding, The Netherlands/Germany
Exchange, Amsterdam-Moscow
1992
Huid in Hout (Skin in Wood), Fodor Museum, Amsterdam
Tafel 2 (Table 2), 40 prepared slide-viewers, De Appel, Amsterdam