Shiro Masuyamahttp://www.shiromasuyama.com/
Expositions à tinbox:
                          "I studied architecture at university, and I came to be interested in the common field of architecture and art rather than in the orthodox architecture.
I carried out a project called "Tama River Project" to raise an issue towards very conventional education of the university, in which we are taught with less practical. I placed compartments for couples at regular distance at the bank of Tama River where couples usually sit keeping some distance each other. The wall of the compartment has pictograms of man and woman clipped and encloses a bench for 2 people. I placed 5 and a week later I even found a used condom there.
After that project, I got more interested in involving people I come across in the city into my work. I have been putting my works in the middle of the city from a viewpoint of affordance, by reading the context of the site by architectural technique. I think some tactics are necessary for involving people just passing. It is why I have used motifs such as money, sex, office worker, mass media and cigarette that are popular and familiar to the public, as traps to draw attentions of passersby. I always think out about all the components of a project, from the plot and the situation to details of invitation cards. I also make my project functional, which is very architectural, to let people feel easy to use or try it.
It is only when people are involved that I consider my work to be completed. To make the devices is only preliminary for me to a completed work. I think my work is different from peaceful one that is common in so-called "communication art" or conventional "interactive art", as it puts people trapped to use in the work. It creates a reverse of standpoints of the viewer and the artist; the artist watches the viewer and the viewer is watched. After all, the viewer comes to face himself.
I mean I don't just present my work on the media. I create a fourdimensional situation, involving the viewers in the work, and take it as a media."
Née en 1971 à Tokyo Vit et travaille à Berlin et à Tokyo
Formation Solo Exhibitions 2010 "Borderline" - Tenderpixel Gallery, London
Shiro Masuyama - Intervention - Water and Sculpture Hills, Ichihara, Chiba
"Shiro MASUYAMA 2004-2010", Contemporary Art Factory, Tokyo
"Intervention", Tinbox Contemporary Art Gallery, Bordeaux, France
2009 "Hotel Plaroom", Playroom, Mito, Japan (Curated by Tohru Nakazaki+Mizuki Endo) 2006 "Love Bench Project", Irish Museum of Modern Art "Love Bench Project" (Museum's Courtyard & The Process Room), Dublin "Intervention", ADN Galeria, Barcelona 2005 "Get away to art without the scene at BEAMS, the place to be!! "Big Escape from Arty Museums Show!", BEAMS JAPAN, Tokyo(featuring STEQI) "Parky Party", Kuenstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin "10 Years Project" (3rd Triennial of Photography Hamburg 2005), "10 Years Project" CAI Contemporary Art International, Hamburg, Germany 2004 "Shinjuku Kabukicho Project Document",Gallery TEZZ, Tokyo(Curated by Yoshiaki Kaihatsu) 2002 "Shiro Masuyama 1996-2003" Contemporary Art Factory, Tokyo 2001 "Media-Dominated World" the Gallery SAATCHI & SAATCHI, Tokyo (Curated by Hitomi Hasegawa) 2000 "Legal Parking" Gallery GEN & the Parking on the street, Tokyo Solo Performances 2006 "Parky Party "(Museum NIight), Stadtgalerie, Kiel , Germany (Curatied by Wolfgang Ziegerer)
"Parky Party "(MAK NIGHT), "Parky MAK - Austrian Museum of Applied Arts / Contemporary Art, Vienna (Curated by Andreas Kristof) Group Exhibitions 2010 "Bordeaux Block Party", Tinbox Mobile, Bordeaux, France
2009 "CREAM - International Festival for Arts and Media Yokohama", Shinko Pier Exhibition Hall, Yokohama(Curated by Mizuki Endo)
"The 1st Tokorozawa Biennial of Contemporary Art", SEIBU Railway Co.,LTD., Tokorozawa, Japan "Dark room / Homme made", Daneyal Mahmood Gallery, New York(Curated by Avi Feldman) 2008 "CAMP HIROSHIMA", The old branch office of the Bank of Japan, Hiroshima(Directed by Yukinori Yanagi)
"World Open Art Festival", Seoul Museum of Art (Gyeonghuigung Annex), Seoul, Korea "Open Studio 4 ", The National Art Studio Goyang, Goyang, Korea "Continuing Power of Asia", Hankuk Art Museum, Korea "Outsiders", The National Art Studio Goyang, Goyang, Korea "Pre-Exhibition Tokorozawa Biennial of Contemporary Art - SIDING RAILROAD",SEIBU Railway Co.,LTD., Tokorozawa, Japan "2008 Kim Hwan-Ki International Art Festival",Gwangju / Seoul, Korea (Curated by Nam-Suck Oh) "2008 Changwon Asian Art Festival",Changwon, Korea(Directed by KIM Sung-Ho) "Five is only a number! ", ADN Galeria, Barcelona "SWAB International Contemporary Art Fair Barcelona",Drassanes Reials de Barcelona, Barcelona "RECORDING", IG Bildende Kunst, Vienna(Curated by Dagmar Hoess, Knack Hartwig) "CAMP BERLIN ", The old centralfactory of the BVG, Berlin(Directed by Yukinori Yanagi) 2007 "Open Studios", GlogauAIR, Berlin(Curated by Kterina Valdivia Bruch) "PREVIEW BERLIN ", Tempelhof Airport, Hangar 2, Berlin(Represented by ADN Galeria) "Artemiade - kunstimgarten ", Cologne, German(Produced by Galerie ARTicles) "HATSU YUME ", Kakoii, Berlin 2006 "Strangers",1a Space, Hong Kong (Curated by Shiro MASUYAMA) "VISIT" (Artists' Studio '06), Irish Museum of Modern Art(Studio14), Dublin "03 BERLINER KUNSTSALON", Arena, Berlin (Represented by CAI Contemporary Art International) "Episodes of Summer #1", CAI Contemporary Art International, Hamburg "DING DONG! ", The former building of the KARSTADT, Hamburg (Produced by Senseo art initiative) 2005 "Black Light Gallery", U3 station & Tunnel, Potsdamer Platz, Berlin "Open Bethanien ", Kuenstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin "CURIOSITES", Para/Site Art Space, Hong Kong "Open Studios 2005 ", Kuenstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin2004 "Time Line", www.time-line.tv 2004 "Time Line" & Contemporary Art Museum Val-de-Marne, Paris (Produced by Window 42 & The Store)
"de luxe at belle e'tage", Liechtensteinstrasse 8/1, Vienna (Curated by Sylvia Wagner-Weger) 2003 "SHINXUS multiple", Gallery TEZZ, Tokyo(Curatied by Yoshiaki Kaihatsu) "Moving Japanese-Interfacial Spaces", Kulturhuset, Stockholm(Curated by Hitomi Hasegawa) "Coming!- How long do you intend to stay?", Arkitekturmuseet, Stockholm(Produced by Raketa Institute) "Landmines Exhibition 2", FADs art space, Tokyo(Produced by FADs Art Space & Dragged Out Studio) "BABA - Festival de Nous Creators", FAD, Barcelona "Hangar Obert Estiu 2003", Hangar, Barcelona 2002 "ISCP Open Studios", ISCP, New York "ISCP Open Studios"(International Studio & Curatorial Program) "Asian Contemporary Art Week", ISCP, New York "Kyoto Art Map 2002", Gallery16, Kyoto "Philip Morris K.K. Art Award 2002", Tokyo International Forum, Tokyo(Selected by Yuko Hasegawa & Klaus Biesenbach) 2001 "What's the difference between....?", Kunstbuero,Futuregarden "What's the difference between....?" & Kunsthalle 8, Vienna (Curatied by Hitomi Hasegawa) "Sukima Project 02", www.commandN.net(Produced by Command N) "Landmines Exhibition", FADs art space, Tokyo(Produced by FADs Art Space & Dragged Out Studio) "Clinic", H.I.S.co.,Ltd., Tokyo(Curated by Hiroko Tsuchida) 2000 "ITAZURART2000"(Sukima Project), SCAI THE BATHHOUSE, Tokyo 1998 "The 3rd Mogami Environmental Art Festival", Shinjyo, Japan 1997 "The 2nd Mogami Environmental Art Festival", Shinjyo, Japan Residenceies 2009 Flaxart Studios, Belfast, Northern Ireland
2008 IASK, The National Art Studio Goyang, Goyang, Korea (Run by The National Museum of Contemporary Art, Korea)
2006 Japan & Hong Kong Exchange Project"Strangers", Hong Knong Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin 2004-2005 Kuenstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin 2004 A.I.R.-Vienna, Vienna 2003 Hangar, Barcelona 2002-2003 ISCP (International Studio & Curatorial Program), New York Art Projects 2009 "Artist Refugee ", SEIBU Railway Co.,LTD., Tokorozawa, Japan
2008 "Moving from Kanagawa to Hiroshima", "Sagamihara, Kanagawa - The old branch office of the Bank of Japan, Hiroshima "Moving from Sagamihara to Kawasaki", "Moving from Sagamihara to Sagamihara, Kanagawa - Kawasaki, Kanagawa "Sea Line", Shin-An, Korea "Moving from Vienna to Krems", "Moving IG Bildende Kunst, Vienna - AIR Artist -In-Residence Krems, Krems 2007 "Moving from Berlin to Hamburg ", "Moving Berlin - CAI Contemporary Art International, Hamburg 2006 "Love Bench Project", Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin "10 Years Project ", (TAMAKAN Farewell Party), "10年プロジェクト",Tama welfare center, Kawasaki, Japan 2005 "10 Years Project ", (3rd Triennial of Photography Hamburg 2005), "10年プロジェクト" CAI Contemporary Art International, Hamburg 2004 "Shinjuku Kabukicho Project", Shinjuku Kabukicho Park, Tokyo 2002 "IKEMOKU", Shibuya Station,Tokyo 1998 "IKEMOKU", Shibuya Station, Tokyo 1997 "Shinjuku Kabukicho project", Ohkubo Park, Tokyo 1996 "Tama River Project", Tama River , Tokyo Workshop 2009 "Togabi Art Project 2009",Togura-kamiyamada Junior High School, Nagano,
2006 "TAMAKAN Farewell Party", Tama welfare center, Kawasaki,
2004 "Togabi Art Project", Togura-kamiyamada Junior High School, Nagano,
Video Screening 2007 "Open Video Libraary 2 ", ZAIM, Yokohama (Produced by MIACA)
2005 "Espai Video", ADN Galeria, Barcelona 2004 "Festival BABA2004", Estacion de Francia, Barcelona "Uchiage!", Porgy & Bess, Vienna 2003 "Coming!", Video Forum, Stockholm "1HOUR - Legal Parking", VOID - Sala Zelig, Barcelona Lecture 2009 ART No.11, Kawasaki
2008 Musashino Art University, Tokyo Bar and Cafe Nakanchu, Hiroshima (Produced by Hiroshima Art Project 208, Osaka 2007 ZAIM, Yokohama "Pecha Kucha Night Vol.7", Tape Gallery, Berlin Contemporary Art Factory, Tokyo ART No.11, Kawasaki "AIT ARTISTS TALK #28", AIT, Tokyo 2006 1a space, Hong Kong Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin MACBA-The Museum of Contemporary Art of Barcelona, Barcelona(Produced by CASA ASIA) 2005 "AIRs Vol.1", Youkobo Art Space, Tokyo Para/Site Art Space, Hong Kong 2003 Kulturhuset, Stockholm IASPIS, Stockholm (Produced by Raketa Institute) 2002 Gallery 16, Kyoto Contemporary Art Factory 2001 Futuregarden, Vienna Curation 2008 "The residency in the residency ", The National Art Studio Goyang, Korea 2006 "Strangers",1a Space, Hong Kong Awards&Grants 2009-2010 Grant from The Pollock-Krasner Foundation, New York 2009 Garnt from The Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation, United Kingdom 2008 Garnt from Asia Pacific Fellowship Program, Korea 2006 Garnt from The Ashahi Simbun Foundation, Japan Garnt from The Nomura Cultural Foundation, Japan Garnt from The Japan Foundation, Japan 2004-2005 Grant from Bunkacho, Agency for Cultural Affairs, Japan 2002-2003 Grant from Pola Art Foundation, Japan 1998-1999 Judge's Special Prize, The 3rd Mogami Environmental Art Festival 1997 2nd Prize, The 2nd Mogami Environmental Art Festival Video Communication Award, The 20th Tokyo Video Festival Education 1998-1999 B-semi Schooling System, Yokohama (Completed a coursework in contemporary art) 1997 Master of Architecture , Meiji University, Tokyo 1995 Bachelor of Architecture , Meiji University, Tokyo |
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