Egg arakawa
Ei Arakawa ( Japanese 荒 川 医 Arakawa Ei ; * 1977 in Iwaki , Fukushima Prefecture ) is a Japanese -American performance , installation and action artist who lives in New York City and Berlin .
Arakawa studied from 2000 to 2004 at the School of Visual Arts and from 2004 to 2006 at Bard College in Annandale-on-Hudson. He graduated from the Whitney Independent Study Program in New York City in 2006 . In 2009 Ei Arakawa received a grant from the New York Foundation for the Arts and took part in the DAAD's Berlin artist program . He was artist in residence at Tokyo Wonder Site in 2011 . In 2014 Arakawa was awarded the Villa Romana Prize.
Ei Arakawa is known for her performance work, mainly with paintings, which tie in with historical models such as Fluxus , the Japanese artist group Gutai or the multimedia collective Jikken Kōbō . The improvised-looking choreographies are created in close collaboration with artist friends and leave the status of actor, audience and object open.
Exhibitions (selection)
- 2009: The SculptureCenter , New York
- 2010: Galerie Neu , Berlin
- 2012: Museum of Modern Art , New York
- 2012: Tate Gallery of Modern Art , London
- 2013: Carnegie International , Pittsburgh
- 2013: 55th Biennale di Venezia , Georgian pavilion
- 2014: Whitney Biennial , New York City
- 2016: 9th Berlin Biennale , in collaboration with Dan Poston, Stefan Tcherepnin, Berlin
- 2016: We call it Ludwig. The museum turns 40! , Museum Ludwig , Cologne
- 2017: Sculpture.Projects , Münster (Westphalia)
- 2018: Ei Arakawa - Performance People , Art Association for the Rhineland and Westphalia, Düsseldorf
Web links
- Egg Arakawa - The Tanks
- Egg Arakawa at artfacts.net
- Egg Arakawa on kunstaspekte.de
Individual evidence
- ^ Villa Romana Ei Arakawa , accessed March 13, 2017.
- ↑ spike art magazine Why do you do performances with paintings? accessed on March 12, 2017 (English)
- ↑ 9th Berlin Biennale Ei Arakawa , accessed on March 12, 2017.
- ^ Museum Ludwig Ei Arakawa , accessed on March 12, 2017.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Arakawa, egg |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 荒 川 医 (Japanese) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese-American performance, installation and action artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1977 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Iwaki , Fukushima Prefecture |