TAKEHITO KOGANEZAWA BIOGRAPHY


1974

Born in Tokyo 
Lives and works in Berlin


EDUCATION

1988

Musashino Art University, Tokyo

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2009

MIMOCA, Kagawa, Japan

2008

Kanagawa Prefectural Gallery, Yokohama, Japan

2007

Wohnmaschine, Berlin, Germany
SUPRAFICCIONS, Fundació „la Caixa“, Lleida, Spain
Dominique Fiat Gallery, Paris, France

2006

Forgetting Numbers, Hiromi Yoshii Gallery, Tokyo, Japan Takehito
Koganezawa, New Drawing Book, Nadiff, Tokyo

2005

Dancing in Your Head, Christopher Grimes Gallery, Santa Monica
Works on Paper, Wohnmaschine, Berlin
Probably Something, (Performance), Berlinische Galerie, Berlin 
Sex without Sex, Jetzt/Now, Berlinische Galerie, Berlin 

2004

Dancing In Your Head, Shiseido Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Pencils, Papers, Desk And Chair, Yoshii Gallery, Tokyo, Japan 
Haunch of Venison, London, UK 

2003

Dancing In Your Head, Inova - Institute of Visual Arts, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee 
On The Way To The Peak Of Normal (with Carsten Nicolai), permanent collection Hamburger Kunsthalle 
Dancing In Your Head, Wohnmaschine, Berlin 
Dancing In Your Head, Borromini Arte Contemporanea, Ozzano Monferrato, Italy 

2001

Some Islands, Project Rooms, ARCO Madrid 
On The Way To The Peak Of Normal ,Wohnmaschine, Berlin 
Newmen, Kunst-Station Sankt Peter, Cologne

2000

Vedanta Gallery, Chicago 
Rhodes + Mann, London 

1999

Wohnmaschine , Berlin

1998

Galerie Brutto Fonster, Malmoe Sweden

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2007

ITINERANCE, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, Spain, Mumbai, India
Museum of Modern Art, New Delhi, India
OUT OF THE ORDINARY: NEW VIDEO ART FROM
JAPAN, MOCA, Los Angels, CA
NEUE HEIMAT:INTERNATIONALE KUNST IM NEUEN
BERLIN, Berlinische Galerie, Berlin, Germany
THE COLLECTORS’ CHOICE: Collection 2, Daelim
Contemporary Art Museum, Seoul, Korea
KLANG IM BILD, Stiftung Opelvillen, Rüsselsheim, Germany

2006

Banquet: A Feast for the Senses, Pacific Asia Museum, Pasadena, CA
Flip: A Drawing Exhibition, Chung King Project, Los Angeles, CA, in conjunction
with The Drawing Room, London
VOLTAshow 02, Basel
Berlin/Tokyo, Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin, Germany
als viva, Kunst Werke, Berlin, Germany
Anstoss Berlin, Haus Am Waldsee, Berlin, Germany

2005

DRAWING, Christopher Grimes Gallery, Santa Monica, CA Yokohama Triennial,
Yokohama, Japan Ars Viva 05/06 - Identity, Kunsthalle Rostock, Rostock,
Germany *
Koganezawa/Kaltwasser, Kunstbank, Berlin, Germany
Temporary Import, Art Forum, Berlin, Germany
International Triennale of Contemporary Art, Yokohama, Japan
Wenn Kein Blatt Sich Regt, Palais für aktuelle Kunst Glückstadt, Glückstadt,
Germany
Views From Abroad (Zeitgenossicsche Kunst Aus Japan), Stadtgalerie Kiel,
Germany *

2004

Diaries And Dreams, Ursula Blickle Stiftung, Kraichtal- Unterröwisheim, Germany
Skulptur, Prekärer Realismus Zwischen Melancholie, Und Komik, Kunsthalle Wien, Wien 2004
Junge Kunst Aus Japan, Kunstallianz, Berlin 
Ma, two-person show mit Yoshihiro Suda, Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin, Ireland  
Cremers Haufen. Alltag Prozesse handlungen: Kunst der 60er, Jahre und Heute, Westfälisches Landesmuseum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte Münster, Münster
Why Not Live For Art, Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery in Tokyo

2003

Takehito Koganezawa Drawing, published by Wohnmaschine, distributed by Verlag für Moderne Kunst Nürnberg,176 pages, 140 illustrations, with texts by Hans-Ulrich Obrist, Ralf Christofori und Maïté Vissault, Design: Atsuku Kikuchi, Bluemark, Tokyo, ISBN 3-936711-00-3 

2002

Sharjah Biennal, Sharjah, United Arabic Emirates 
Videofestival, Kasseler Kunstverein, Kassel 
Berlin-London, ICA, London 
Secreciones, Jacob Karpio Gallery, San José, Costa Rica 
Translated Acts, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin 
City Vision: City Clips, Internationales Filmfest, Rotterdam 

2002

Translated Acts, Museo de Arte Carillo Gil, Mexico City 
La Biennale De Montréal, Montréal 
Manifesta 4, Frankfurt am Main 
Drawing On Space, FA Projects, London  
Contaminados, Museo des Artes & Disenao Contemporaneo, Costa Rica 
Lines / Moving , Wohnmaschine, Berlin

2001

1Site2Places, Galerie der Stadt Sindelfingen, Sindelfingen 
Odalisque, Mafuji Gallery, London 
Audible Imagery, Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago 
Translated Acts, Queens Museum, New York
Berlin-London, ICA, London 
Secreciones, Jacob Karpio Gallery,  San José, Costa Rica 
Translated Acts, Haus  der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin
City Vision: City Clips, International Filmfestival, Rotterdam 

2000

Kibou No Hikari, Sagacho Exhibit Space, Tokyo 
Electric Dreams, billbord Leicester Square, London 
media_city seoul 2000, Seoul 
Art Ponton 02, Hamburg 
Japan Medium Light, Montevideo, Amsterdam 
Interim 2000 - Art, Time and the Discovery of Slowness, Schloss, Plüschow, Germany 
Continental Shift, Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst, Aachen 
Wohnmaschine, with Eric Hattan and Beatrice Wrobel, Wohnmaschine, Berlin 

1999

Tokyo Shock, Filmhaus, Cologne 
Akihabara TV, Akihabara, Tokyo

1998

Art Is Fun 9, Hara museeum ARC, Gunma, Japan 
Über Bau, Wohnmaschine, Berlin 

1997

European Media Art Festival Osnabrück 
The 33rd Artists Today, Yokohama Civic Art Gallery, Yokohama


SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

2005

Ratner, Megan, “Takehito Koganezawa”, Frieze, Issue 91, 2005. 

2003

Shirasaka Yuri, ‘Takehito Koganezawa’, in ARTIT fall/winter 2003, vol.1 
Bonazzi, Francesco, ‘Takehito Koganezawa’, Juliet, No 114, October/November 2003, p. 53 
Tasch, Stephanie, ‘Die Leere im Zentrum des Doughnut’, Texte zur Kunst, No 50, June 2003 
Berg, Ronald, ‘Der Code der kleinen Dinge’, Der Tagesspiegel, April 12, 2003 
Hüster, Wiebke, ‘Schöner Wohnen mit Wapiti’, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, April 5, 2003 
Vissault, Maité, ‘Takehito Koganezawa: How to get closer to the hole of the donut’, etc Montréal, No 60, January/ February 2003 

2002

Lamarche, Bernard, ‘Défaut de cadre’, Le Devoir Montréal, 5./6. October 2002 
de Vries, Janneke, ‘Takehito Koganezawa’, Frankfurter Rundschau, 01. June 2002 
Buhr, Elke, ‘Orangen auf Reise’, Frankfurter Rundschau, Nr 119, 25. May 2002 
’Lines/Moving’, Zitty, Nr. 9, 25. Jahrgang, 18. April – 1. May 2002 
Heartney, Eleanor, ‘The Body East’. Art in America, Nr. 4, April 2002, S. 44-49 
Brigitte Werneburg schaut sich in den Galerien von Berlin um, die tageszeitung, 3. April 2002 

2001

Lippincott, E.E., Violent & Eerie, ‘Translated Acts’ Not For The Weak Of Art, Queens Chronicle, 
Interview im Saarländischen Rundfunk, 3. March 2001 

2000

Czöppan, Gabi, ‘Rivalen am Rhein,’ Focus, Nr. 44, 30. Oct. 2000, S.152 
Duursma, Mark, ‘Japanese beeldkunst die meer will zijn dan mooi,’
NRC Handelsblad, Niederlande, July, 2000

1999

Reindl, Uta M., ‘Tokyo Shock,’ Kunstforum, Bd. 148, Dez. 1999 - Jan. 2000           Hergeth, Andreas, ‘Synchronkurbeln im Minutentakt,’ Tagesspiegel, Berlin, 20. Nov. 1999, ill. 
’Stecker Draussen,’ Tip, Berlin, Nr. 23/99, Okt., 1999, S. 106, ill. 
’Blumen aus Fernost,’ Tagesspiegel-Ticket, Berlin, Okt. 1999, S. 24 
Ruthe, Ingeborg, ‘Lilien sterben schön,’ Berliner Zeitung, 23. Okt. 1999, ill. 
Reissner, Katja, ‘Japanische Positionen,’ Tagesspiegel, 26. Sep. 1999 
’Tokyo Shock,’ Tokyo Journal, Nr. 213, Feb.1999, suppl. S. 11, ill.

1998

’Reflections on Art is Fun 9,’ Hara Museum Review, Tokyo, Herbst 1998


CATALOGUES

2004

Takehito Koganezawa – Dancing In Your Head, exh. cat., Masaki Higuchi (ed.), publ. by Shiseido Corporate Cultural Department, Tokyo 2004 
Diaries And Dreams, exh. cat. Ursula-Blickle-Stiftung, Dornbirn 2004, pp. 218 - 232 
Skulptur – Prekärer Realismus Zwischen Melancholie Und Komik, exh. cat. Kunsthalle Wien, Wien 2004,  pp. 152 – 155 
So Weit Japan, Allianz Versicherungs-AG, Berlin (ed.), Berlin 2004 
Ma, John Hutchinson, Ali Davey (ed.), publ. by The Douglas Hyde, Gallery Dublin, 2004 
Cremers Haufen. Alltag, Prozesse, Handlungen:
Kunst Der 60er Jahre Und Heute, Maïté Vissault (ed.), Bielefeld 2004 

2003

Takehito Koganezawa Drawing, published by Wohnmaschine, distributed by Verlag für Moderne Kunst Nürnberg,176 pages, 140 illustrations, with texts by Hans-Ulrich Obrist, Ralf Christofori und Maïté Vissault, Design: Atsuku Kikuchi, Bluemark, Tokyo, ISBN 3-936711-00-3 

2002

Drawing On Space, published by The Drawing Room, Mary Doyle, Kate Macfarlane, Katharine Stout, Grant Watson (ed.), London 2002, S. 54-57, ill. 

2001

A Little Bit Of History Repeated, KunstWerke Berlin, Text by Jens Hoffmann, Edition Valerio, 
Translated Acts – Performance And Body From East Asia 1990-2001, Yu Yeon Kim 

2000

Media_City Seoul 2000, S. 228 - 231, Seoul, Korea, 2000 
Knut Ebeling, Continental Shift, S. 34-35 Ludwig Forum Aachen, 2000 
Musashino Art University Press, Nr. 116, Artistnote , S. 100 - 105, Tokyo, 2000

1999

Command N, Akihabara TV, Tokyo, 1999

1998

Art Is Fun 9, Hara Museum ARC, Gumma, Japan


AWARDS

1999

Scholarship POLA Foundation, Tokyo 

2001

 Scholarship Japanese Department of Art and Culture



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