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curriculum vitae

1971 born in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
lives and works in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan

Education

2008
1996
1994      

Winter Intensive Study Program, C. G. Jung Institute, Zurich.
M.F.A mural painting, Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music.
B.A. oil painting, Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music.

Selected Solo Exhibition

2011
2010
2009
2006
         
2003
1998
         
1996
1995

“Ash & Cheeks: Decorative Plates”, perfprmance at Dieter Runge's studio, Kaneohe, Hawaii
“Heart Mountain / The 4th Story and Anecdotes”, SPICA art, Tokyo
“Heart Mountain / The 3rd Story”, SPICA art, Tokyo
“An Invitation as well as a Question”, Tohoku University of Art and Design, Yamagata.
“Flesh of Ghosts”, Galerie Omotesando, Tokyo.
“A Path of the Dreaming”, the artist’s atelier, Kanagawa.
“Weekly-Mansion Project”, Weekly-Mansion Kibabotan West Part in 40, Tokyo.
“I moved”, Galerie Sol, Tokyo.
“On the North Shore”, Gallery 360°, Tokyo.
“A Journey to the Original Spring”, Awajicho Gallery, Tokyo.

Selected Group Exhibitions

2011
2010
2009


2007
2005
2004
         
2003
         
2002
         
2001
2000
1999
         
         
         
1997

“Kioku no Junkan”, Tarumae Municipal Elementary School, Tomakomai, Hokkaido.
“It is not an art center”, HAPPA, Tokyo.
“Contemporary Art Trial”, Sagamihara Cultural Hall, Kanagawa.
“Art in Parks 2009: Connecting Green and Urban Space”, Zenpukuji Park, Tokyo.
“Yamaguchi Valley Section 5am”, ART in Kimachi Project “Tsunagu” '09, Yamaguchi.
“trails", Akiyoshidai International Art Village, Yamaguchi.
“After the News”, Video Art Screening: Tokyo Vol. 5, Bank Art 1929, Yokohama.
“trans05”, Akiyoshidai International Art Village, Yamaguchi.
“Password: a Danish/Japanese Dialogue”, Center for Contemporary Graphic Art, Fukushima.
“Close to You Japan/Denmark”, Café Line + Canolfan, traveling video art screening, Japan.
“Vernacular Spirit”, Aomori Contemporary Art Centre, Aomori.
“Your Memorabilia”, Video Art Screening: Tokyo Vol. 1, NICAF 2003, Tokyo International Forum.
“Blind Date: a Danish/Japanese Dialogue”, Odense City Museum, Odense, Denmark.
“Rhizome and Water”, Galerie Omotesando, Tokyo.
“Yokohama Triennale 2001”, Pacifico Yokohama, Yokohama.
“Screening Japan”, Rum 46, Aarhus, and Hallo!, Copenhagen, Denmark.
“KO-AN”, Galeria Rasen, Tokyo.
“Izunagaoka Spa. Art Project”, Shizuoka.
“Laboratory of the Senses”, Sakura City Museum, Chiba.
“Contemporary East Asian Letter Arts”, Seoul Arts Center Calligraphy Hall, Seoul, South Korea.
“Artist in Residence Project”, Chongwu-Town, Hui’an-District, Qainzhou-City, Fujian-Province, China.
"the other exiles", Galeria Rasen, Tokyo.

Other Exhibitions

2010

"Letters of Pikas and 12 Children", Furano Municipal Library, NPO Nakiusagi No Nakusato Zukuri Project, Furano, Hokkaido.

Artist in Residence

2011
2010
2008
         
2007
2006
2005
2003

INTERSECTIONS, University of Hawai'i at Manoa, Hawai'i, U.S.A.
WATARASE Art Project, Tochigi.
ILIRI: Imagining the Land International Research Institute (College of Fine Arts, University of New South Wales), Fawler’s Gap, NSW, Australia.
Broken Hill Art Exchange, Broken Hill, NSW, Australia.
7 Stock, Dresden, Germany.
Tohoku University of Arts & Design, Yamagata.
Akiyoshidai International Art Village.
Aomori Contemporary Art Centre, Aomori.

Grants and Awards

2007-2008
         
2001-2002
         

“Poetic Places and Dream Time : Research on Community Arts in Europe and Australia”,
supported by Japanese Overseas Study Program for Artists, Agency for Cultural Affairs, Japan.
“Research on Japanese American Community and its Artists in Los Angeles”,
supported by Grants for Oversea Study by Young Artists, Pola Art Foundation, Japan.

Selected Workshops/lectures/teachings

2011



2010
2010-
2010
2007-2009
2007
         
2006
         
2006-
2005
2002
2001
1996-1999

Public lecture “Living in Story”, Intersections, University of Hawai'i at Manoa, Hawai'i, U.S.A.
Lecture “Japanese Art from 90's -The Deep-”, Japanese Art History Class, University of Hawai'i at Manoa, Hawai'i, U.S.A.
Lecture+workshop “Ash & Cheeks”, Post Graduate Performance Art Class, University of Hawai'i at Manoa, Hawai'i, U.S.A.
Workshop “Drawing Dishes”, Palolo elementary School, Japan-America Sociery of Hawai'i, U.S.A.
Workshop “Picturebook making on Pika”, Yamabe Municipal Primary School, Furano-shi, Hokkaido.
Assistant Professor, Hokkaido University of Education, Kushiro Campus, Hokkaido.
Workshop "Lving in Story -Reconnection to Nature of Heart-", Nakiusagi No Naku Sato Zukuri Project, Furano Municipal Library, Hokkaido.
Part-time lecturer, KIDI PARSONS, Kanazawa, Ishikawa.
Lecture+workshop “Body Work & Tea Ceremony”, Tromsø Art Academy, Norway.
Lecture “Art after Work 1: Toshiaki Tomita gives reading of Spring in Desert”, YNKB, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Workshop “Story Telling Evening”, Tohoku University of Arts & Design, Yamagata.
“On Folklorist’s Journey & Artist’s Journey”, public lecture by folklorist Norio Akasaka X Toshiaki Tomita, Tohoku University of Arts & Design, Yamagata.
Visiting lecturer, Hokkaido University of Education, Iwamizawa Campus, Hokkaido.
Workshop “An Alternation”, ARCUS Community Art Program, Moriya City Oono Primary School, Moriya, Ibaraki.
Workshop “Story Telling Evening”, Art High School of Ærø Island, Søby, and the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Denmark.
Workshop “Spring in Desert”, Sagamihara Shiritsu Oonodai Primary School, Sagamihara.
Part-time lecturer, Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, Tokyo.

Selected Bibliography

CCD Platform, gsgp, 2011
Contemporary Art Trial
, (Exhibition Catalogue), 2010
Art in Parks 2009,
(Exhibition Catalogue), Trolls in the Park Organizing Committee/Youkobo Art Space, 2010
Password: a Danish/Japanese Dialogue
, (Exhibition Catalogue), CCGA Center for Contemporary Graphic Art, Fukushima, 2004
Artist-in-Residence Program 2003/Autumn, (Report), Aomori Contemporary Art Centre, Aomori, 2004
Your Memorabilia, (Exhibition Catalogue), NICAF 2003, Tokyo, 2003.
Rhizome and Water, (Exhibition Catalogue), Omotesando Gallery, Tokyo, 2002.
Blind Date: a Danish/Japanese Dialogue, (Exhibition Catalogue), Odense City Museum, Odense, Denmark, 2002.
Yokohama Triennale 2001, (Exhibition Catalogue), Yokohama Triennale, 2001.
Screening Japan, (Exhibition Catalogue), Rum 46, Aarhus, and Hallo!, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2000.
Laboratory of the Senses, (Exhibition Catalogue), Sakura City Museum, Chiba,1999.
Contemporary East Asian Letter Arts, (Exhibition Catalogue), Seoul Arts Center Calligraphy Hall, Seoul, South Korea, 1999.

Own Writing

Toward an Ecological Practice of Art - About Emi Toko "UKO UK" a live performance + Talk + workshop- by Toshiaki Tomita.
Hokkaido University of Education Journal, 2011.

Analytic Visualization - Being Applied to Elementary School Teacher Training Course-
by Toshiaki Tomita.
Hokkaido University of Education Journal, 2011.

Storytelling in Art Education -Direct Experience and Sharing of Personal Images According to C. G. Jung’s Individuation-
by Toshiaki Tomita.
Society of Art education in University, The Journal for Society of Art education in University, no. 42, 2010.

DOUBLOGUE, (Artist Book), private edition, Toshiaki Tomita, 2004.

SPRING IN DESERT, (Artist Book), CCGA Center for Contemporary Graphic Art, Fukushima, 2001.

The Island of Imagination, (Art work for art magazine), Special Feature on Bijutsu Techo Art Magazine, July Issue, Bijutsu Shuppansha Press, Tokyo, 1997.

Public collection

Tohoku University of Art and Design, Yamagata.





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