BIOGRAPHY
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1970
• Born in Nagoya, Japan
1993
• Aichi Prefectural University of Arts
1996
• Residency at the Bemis Alternative Worksite, Nebraska
• Lives and works in Nagoya, Japan
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2009
• Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, Toyota City, Japan
• Hiroshi Sugito, Marc Foxx, Los Angeles, CA
2008
• triple mountain, Galleria Fortes Vilaça, Sao Paulo, Brazil
• Galleri Sjur Nedreaas, Bergen, Norway
2007
• Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery, New York, NY
• Passage to the Sky, Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2006
• Galerie Arndt & Partner, Zurich, Switzerland
• Focus: Hiroshi Sugito, Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, TX
• April Song, The Sculpture Garden Museum, Vangi Museo, Shizuoka, Japan
2005
• 1996-2000, Galerie Arndt & Partner, Zurich, Switzerland
• Marc Foxx Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
• Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery, New York, NY
• Bridge, Kenji Taki Gallery, Nagoya, Japan
2004
• Galleria Fortes Vilaca, Sao Paulo, Brazil
• Somewhere…, (with Yoshitomo Nara,) Galerie Zink and Gegner, Germany
• *Over the Rainbow, Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, Germany
• the birdsong, Arndt & Partner, Berlin, Germany
2003
• Marc Foxx, Los Angeles, CA
• Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery, New York, NY
2002
• Art Basel Miami Beach: Statements, Miami, FL
• Ranger, Kenji Taki Gallery, Nagoya, Japan
• Marc Foxx, Los Angeles, CA
• voyager, Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art, Nagoya, Japan
2001
• Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery, New York, NY
• Galerie Arndt & Partner, Berlin, Germany
• *in the shadow, Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2000
• Marc Foxx, Los Angeles, CA
• Galeria Gian Ferrari, Milan, Italy
1999
• Galeria Camargo Vilaça, Sao Paolo, Brazil
• Galerie Arndt & Partner, Berlin, Germany
• Kenji Taki Gallery, Nagoya, Japan
• London Projects, London, Great Britain
1998
• Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery, New York, NY
• Marc Foxx Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
• Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
• The Contemporary Art Factory, Tokyo, Japan
1997
• Anthony Meier Fine Arts, San Francisco, CA
• Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery, New York, NY
1996
• Marc Foxx, Santa Monica, CA
• Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
1993
• Stegosaurus Studio, Nagoya, Japan
1992
• Stegosaurus Studio, Nagoya, Japan
1991
• Love Collection, Nagoya, Japan
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2010
• Garden of Painting - Japanese Art of the 00s, The National Museum of Art, Osaka, Japan
2009
• title variable, Western Bridge, Seattle, WA
2008
• The 7th Gwangju Biennale Biennale Hall, Gwangju Museum of Art, Gwangju, Korea
2007
• *The Door Into Summer: The Age of Micropop, Contemporary Art Center, Art Tower Mito, Ibaraki, Japan, Curated by Midori
Matsui
• Mindscape Museum, Okazaki, Aichi, Japan
• Portrait Session, NADiff, Tokyo / Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Hiroshima, Japan
• The Bernard Vuffet Museum, Mishima, Shizuoka, Japan
• Silly Adults, Galerie Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark
2006
• March, Kenji Taki Gallery, Nagoya, Japan
• *Talking Pictures, Sammlung Goetz, Munich, Germany
• Group Exhibition, Marc Foxx, Los Angeles, CA
2005
• Works on Paper, Galerie Arndt & Partner, Berlin, Germany
• JaPan PoP, Helsinki City Art Museum, Helsinki, Finland
• Paper, Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery, New York
2004
• The Art Collection of Marunouchi Area, Tokyo Station Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
• *Real World—The Dissolving Space of Expereince, Modern Art Oxford, Oxford, UK
• Somewhere, Galerie Zink & Gegner, Munich, Germany
• Over The Rainbow, Pinakothek der moderne, Munich Germany
• The Japanese Experience—Inevitable, Museum der Moderne Salzburg, Austria (curated by Margarit Brehme)
2003
• *8th International Istanbul Biennial, organized by the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts, curated by Dan Cameron, Turkey
• Japan: Rising, curated by Michael Rush and Dominique Nahas, Palm Beach Institute of Contemporary Art, FL
• Hiroshi Sugito und Antonio Calderara, Galerie Zink & Gegner, Munich
• Group Exhibition, Marc Foxx Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
• *Interview with Painting, Foundazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Venice, Italy
2001
• Jap in the Box, Stephen Friedman Gallery, London
• Galerie Michael Zink, Munich, Germany
• Ghost, Claudia Gian Ferrari, Milan
• Reflections of Earth, The Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College, Cleveland, Ohio
• *Painting at the Edge of the World, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
• The Big Id, James Cohan Gallery, New York, NY
2000
• Yume no Ato—Was rom Traum blieb, Staatliche Kunsthalle, Baden-Baden, Germany
• Kaleidoscope of Time, Fukui Prefectual Museum of Fine Arts, Fukui, Japan
• New Works, Recent Acquisitions, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, California
• Gendai: Japanese Contemporary Art—Between the Body and Space, The Center for Contemporary Art, Ujazdowski Castle,Warsaw, Poland
• Scope, Kenji Taki Gallery, Nagoya, Japan
1999
• Art is Fun 10: Angelic, Devilish, or Both, Hara Museum ARC.
• Shibukawa, Gumma, Japan
• Survey of Japanese Paintings, Tokyo Station Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
• Noontime Meditation, Tochigi Prefectual Museum of Fine Arts,Tochigi, Japan
• Prefectural Museum of Fine Arts, Utsunomiya, Tochigi, Japan
• *MOT Annual 1999: Modest Radicalism, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan
1998
• *Hanging, curated by Marcia Fortes (catalogue), Galeria Camargo Vilaça, Sao Paolo, Brazil, travels to: Paco Imperial, Rio de Janeiro, Fundacao Cultural do Distrito Federal, Brasilia, Brazil
• *The 5th VOCA Awards Exhibition, The Ueno Royal Museum, Tokyo, Japan
• The New Museum's 21st Anniversary Benefit Gala & Art Auction, New York, NY.
• Audiello Fine Art Inc., New York, NY
• Innocent Minds, Space X and Forum Space, Aichi Arts Center, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
1997
• The Best of the Season: Selected Work from 1996-97 Gallery Exhibitions, The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT
• Alive & Well new painting, Elizabeth Harris Gallery, NY, NY
• Gallery Artists, Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
• Untitled Group Show, Marc Foxx, Santa Monica, CA
1996
• Kind of Blue, Hakuto-Sha, Nagoya, Japan
• Nagoya Contemporary Art Fair, Nagoya City Gallery, Nagoya, Japan
1995
• Two-person Show, Kenji Taki Gallery, Nagoya, Japan
1994
• Aichi Art Center, Nagoya, Japan
*Catalogue
GRANTS/FELLOWSHIPS/PRIZES
2000
• Nagoya City Artistic Creation Prize
1997
• Japan VOCA Encouragement Prize
1996
• Bemis Alternative Worksite Foundation, Nebraska
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2007
• Kojima, Yayoi, "Hiroshi Sugito: Passage to the Sky, ARTiT," Spring/Summer
• Hirano, Mayumi, "The Door into Summer: The Age of Micropop, Frieze," May
• Matsui, Midori, The Age of Micropop: The New Generation of Japanese Artists, Parco: Tokyo, Japan
2005
• Levin, Kim, "Voice Choices: 'Paper,' Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery," The Village Voice, February 16-22.
• Real World, Published by Modern Art Oxford, Essays by Michael Archer and Suzanne Cotter, September 25 - November 28, pp. 4, 9-10, 22-26.
2003
• Ellis, Patricia, Interview with Painting, Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa Galleria, Piazza San Marco, Italy.
• McGee, John, "Time of My Life: Art with a Youthful Spirit," Metropolis, December.
• Chasin, Noah, "Reviews: Hiroshi Sugito", Time Out NY, May 1.
• Worman, Alex, "L. A. Confidential", Artnet.com, April 11.
2002
• Brehm, Margrit, "The Inevitable Japanese Experience," Hatje Cantz, p.11, p.25, pp.150-163, p. 193.
• Meyers, Terry R. Vitamin P, Phaidon, pp316-317.
2001
• Frankel, David, Artforum, September, pp194-195.
• Grabner, Michelle, "Painting at the Edge of the World," Freize, Summer, p.116.
• "Poetry and Criticism," Eureka, published in Japan, January (cover).
2000
• Matsui, Midori, "Japanese Innovators," Flash Art, January/February.
1999
• Martin, Herbert, Time Out NY, May 12.
• Spring, Justin, "Hiroshi Sugito," Artforum, April.
• Bruce Hainley, "Hiroshi Sugito," Frieze, March/April.
• D'Souza, Aruna, "Hiroshi Sugito at Nicole Klagsbrun," Art in America, March.
• Forgacs, Eva, "Hiroshi Sugito," Art Issues, January/February 1999
1998
• Saltz, Jerry, "War and Peace—Hiroshi Sugito," The Village Voice, December 8.
• Johnson, Ken, "Art in Review—Hiroshi Sugito," The New York Times, December 4.
• Bijutsu Techo Magazine, "Hiroshi Sugito", November.
• Ise, Claudine, "Different Looks Explores Power in seeing, Being Seen," Los Angeles Times, October 30.
• Irmas, Deborah, "Summer Surf: Report from Los Angeles," Artnet.com, July 28.
• Bijutsu Techo Magazine, "Artist's Interview—Hiroshi Sugito", September
1997
• Cameron, Dan, "Global Warming—on the Endless Biennial," Artforum, December.
• Cotter, Holland, "Also of Note," New York Times, March 14.
1996
• Pagel, David, "Galleries," Los Angeles Times, November 14.
