Tadashi Kawamata

Tadashi Kawamata
Tadashi Kawamata
	Tadashi Kawamata at Emscherkunst.2010
Born	July 24, 1953; Mikasa city, Hokkaido, Japan
Nationality	Japanese
Known for	Contemporary art

Tadashi Kawamata (Japanese: 川俣正 / born July 24, 1953)[1] is a Japanese artist, born in Mikasa City / Hokkaido, who lives and works in Paris.[2][3]

Biography

Born in Mikasa City / Hokkaido, Kawamata graduated from Hokkaido Iwamizawa Higashi High School in 1972. In 1982, at the age of 28. In 1984 he obtained a doctorate from the Tokyo University of the Arts.[3] he was chosen to take part in the Venice Biennale and, in 1987, he took part in Documenta in Kassel.

He has been involved in numerous international exhibitions and has performed internationally; and was the director of the Yokohama Triennial in 2005. Professor at the Tokyo University of the Arts from April 1999 to March 2005, he has been teaching since 2007 at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris.[3] He has also been invited teacher at the École Nationale Supérieure d'Architecture de Versailles -ENSAV-

Scheiterturm ("tower") at the Kunstmuseum Thurgau, Warth-Weiningen, Switzerland
Steg ("step") at the Stadtpark Uster, Uster, Switzerland
Kawamata (right corner) working at the Walkway and Tower, Recklinghausen Germany

gollark: I finally managed to fix the automatic routing algorithm, yay.

gollark: It might just be nanoscale bees.

gollark: Unfortunately, it isn't.

gollark: This is *meant* to be an autorouted rail system.

gollark: Well, the powered rails might work via ??? magnets, and I can make the control system eject the pig somewhere.

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