MAKI UMEHARA
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BIOGRAPHY
MAKI UMEHARA
Maki Umehara is a visual artist born in Aichi Prefecture, Japan. She is currently based in Aichi, Japan. She received master's degree from Kunstakademie Düsseldorf and a PhD in inter-media art from Tokyo University of the Arts, where her research was focused on collaborations in regard to certain publicly visible projects and how they developed into archives.
Selected solo exhibitions include; 'Sport in art', Museum of Contemporary Art, Shanghai; RGM the Museum of Modern Art, Nanjing; Gallery of Luxun Art Academy, Shenyang; Sichuan Fine Arts Museum, Sichuan; Today Art Museum,Beijing, China, 2007-2008.
Selected awards include; Pola Art Foundation, Overseas Research Fellowship (for Düsseldorf) , Japan, 2006-2007; The Agency for Cultural Affairs’ Japanese Government Overseas Study Programme for Artists (for Düsseldorf), Japan, 2002-2005.
RESIDENCES
2020 Tokyo Arts and Space, Japan, in cooperation with Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop, UK.
2018 Koganecho Artist in Residence, Yokohama, Japan.
2010 Kunststiftung NRW, Germany, in cooperation with Goethe-Institut Mumbai / Max Mueller Bhavan, India.
AWARDS
2010 Emerging Artists Award of the City of Düsseldorf, Germany.
2009 Graphic Award, Land of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
2008 Lexus Art Award, New Talents-Biennale Cologne, Germany, nüans.
2004 Travel Award, Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, Germany.
2000 Tobikai-sho Award, Nagoya Zokei University of Art and Design, Japan
GRANTS
2020-2022 Ministry of Culture and Science of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, project grant, nüans.
2014 Kunststiftung NRW, Germany, publication grant, nüans.
2012 Stiftung Kunstfonds, Bonn, Germany, project grant, nüans.
2010 Kunst- und Kulturstiftung der Sparkasse Düsseldorf, Germany, project grant, nüans.
2010 Kunststiftung NRW, Germany, publication grant, nüans.
2008 - 2009 Lepsien Art Foundation, Germany, studio residency.
2008 Kunststiftung NRW, Germany, project grant, nüans.
2007 Kunst- und Kulturstiftung der Sparkasse Düsseldorf, Germany, project grant, nüans.
2006 - 2007 Pola Art Foundation, Overseas Research Fellowship, Düsseldorf, Germany.
2002 - 2005 Agency for Cultural Affairs, Japanese Government Overseas Study Program for Artist, Düsseldorf, Germany.
SOLO AND TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2012 A festival of choices, Galerie Juliette Jongma, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
2010 Emerging Artist Award of the City of Düsseldorf, Kunstraum Düsseldorf, Germany.
2010 Silver sea, Galerie Markus Winter, Berlin, Germany.
2008 For the great day, di.vitrine, Düsseldorf, Germany
2006 Translate form / Transform space, with Rob Nadeau, Galerie Markus Winter, Berlin, Germany.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019 Bienvenue, Galerie Arnaud Lefebvre, Cité International des Arts, Paris, France.
2019 Nakanojo Biennale 2019, Nakanojo, Japan.
2018 A Playful Distance, Koganecho Studio 1-1G, Yokohama, Japan.
2016 Klassentreffen, Schloss Reuschenberg, Neuss, Germany.
2015 Doctoral Program Final Exhibition 2016, The University Art Museum, Tokyo University of the Arts, Tokyo,Japan.
2015 Turtle –Dedicated to Michael Shamberg, Galerie Arnaud Lefebvre, Paris, France.
2015 Transmigration, Alang Alang House, Ubud, Bali, Indonesia.
2015 The beloved companion, with nüans, Vice Versa Distribution, Berlin, Germany.
2014 HAYY, with nüans, Künstlerverein Malkasten Düsseldorf, Germany
2014 HAYY Preview, Quadriennale Düsseldorf, with nüans, Klüngel & Arena, Düsseldorf, Germany.
2014 Atlas, Tokyo University of the Arts, Toride, Ibaragi, Japan.
2013 Paths to recreation, with nüans, A.R.T. / The Dog House, Konnoh Hachimangu Shrine, Tokyo, Japan.
2013 The Hayy residency, with nüans, asansörsüz, Istanbul, Turkey.
2013 La storia di Hayy, with nüans, Guardiola Contemporanea, Piraino (Sicily), Italy.
2012 Calm heaven on earth, Galerie Sherin Najjar, Berlin, Germany.
2012 Oar or ore?, with nüans, Galerie Max Mueller, Max Mueller Bhavan / Goethe Institut Mumbai, India.
2012 Pola Museum Annex 2012, Pola Museum Annex, Tokyo, Japan.
2012 The self-taught musical, with nüans, SMART Project Space, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
2012 Turtle salon, Hardy Tree Gallery, London, UK.
2012 Revolutionary sympathies, Böhm Kobayashi, Kunstverein Malkasten, Düsseldorf, Germany
2011 Every day is Friday, with nüans, Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Germany
2011 Cikte!, with nüans, Polistar, Istanbul, Turkey
2011 Comfort isolates, with nüans, JB Jurve, Los Angeles, USA.
2011 Island chose you, with nüans, ISCP, New York, USA.
2011 Soramame, Hans-Peter Zimmer Stiftung, Düsseldorf, Germany.
2011 We will never know for sure, W139, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
2011 Turtle salon, Galerie Arnaud Lefebvre, Paris, France.
2010 Talking to rocks, with Paolo Emilio Antognoli and nüans, Villa Romana, Florence, Italy.
2010 Schwarz | Weiss, Kunstverein Germersheim, Germersheim, Germany.
2010 Aichi art no mori, Horikawa project, Nagoya, Japan.
2009 Trendwände, Kunstraum, Düsseldorf, Germany.
2009 Sommerakademie, with nüans, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
2009 Graphic Award, Land of North Rhine-Westphalia, Ehemaligen Reichabtei Kornelimünster, Aachen, Germany.
2009 Position 09, Seewerk, Moers, Germany.
2008 New Talents –Biennale Cologne 2008: Junge Biennale Köln, with Alti Aylik and nüans, facts+fiction, Rheinauhafen Köln, Cologne, Germany.
2008 We, with nüans, Lisabeth Oliveria Gallery, Los Angeles, USA.
2008 On produceability, with nüans, Asmali Mescit Mah, Alti Aylik, Istanbul, Turkey.
2008 Paramount, Beletage, Cologne, Germany.
2008 Line me up, Beletage, Cologne, Germany.
2008 Sport in art, RGM the Museum of Modern Art, Nanjing. Gallery of Luxun Art Academy, Shenyang. Sichuan Fine Arts Museum, Sichuan. Today Art Museum,Beijing, China.
2007 Sport in art, Museum of Contemporary Art, Shanghai. Art Museum of Guangzhou Art Academy, Guangzho, China.
2007 Turtle, with Michael H. Shamberg, Woburn Studios, London, UK.
2004 TIPP, Barcsay Gallery, Budapest, Hungary.
2004 Futureways: The Middelburg Triennal 2304, De Vleeshal, Middelburg, The Netherlands. (Curated by: Rita McBride, Glen Rubsamen, Rutger Wolfson)
2003 Vor der Arbeit, Kultur Bahnhof Eller, Düsseldorf, Germany.
2002 Hofstettenstrasse 2002, Kunstmuseum Thun, Thun, Switzerland.
CURATORIAL WORKS/ART PROJECTS
2015 5 x 3, Kunstraum Düsseldorf, Germany
2008 Documental, with nüans, Guggenheim Gallery, Los Angeles, USA.
2008 Documental, with nüans, Malkasten Park, Düsseldorf, Germany.
2008 Documental, with nüans, Pilot Projekt für Kunst e.V, Düsseldorf, Germany.
2008 On produceability, with nüans and alti aylik, Asmali Mescit Mah, Istanbul, Turkey.
2008 Tasogare doki, with nüans Ballhaus, Düsseldorf, Germany.
2007 PROP, with nüans, Stedefreund, Berlin, Germany.
2007 PROP, with nüans, Bonner Kunstverein, Bonn, Germany.
2007 PROP3, with nüans, Kölnerstraße, Düsseldorf, Germany.
2007 PROP2, with nüans, Vierwände Festival, Hofgarten, Düsseldorf, Germany.
2007 PROP, with nüans, Malkastenpark, Düsseldorf, Germany.
2007 Gemeinschaft und Gesellschaft, “nüans”, Düsseldorf, Germany.
2007 The Fit, with Micheal H. Shamberg, Turtle, “nüans” and diverse places in Düsseldorf, Germany.
2006 Love, cables and voices, “nüans”, Düsseldorf, Germany.
2006 Straight stories, “nüans”, Düsseldorf, Germany.
2006 First 3 sec., “nüans”, Düsseldorf, Germany.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
MONOGRAPHS AND EXHIBITION CATALOGUES
2019 Nakanojo Biennale 2019, Nakanojo Biennale Organization Committee, Japan.
2015 5 x 3, City of Düsseldorf, Germany.
2012 Calm heaven on earth, Galerie Shrin Najjar, Germany.
2011 Malkasten: Blätter Revolutionary Sympathies, Das Ausmalbuch, Künlsterverein Malkasten Düsseldorf, Germany
2011 Soramame, Hans-Peter Zimmer Stiftung, Revolver Publisher, Germany.
2010 Homes in Mum-Bay, Kulturamt Düsseldorf, Germany.
2010 Aichi art no mori, Aichi art no mori Organizing Committee, Japan.
2009 Lepsien Art Foundation, Germany.
2009 Position 09, Germany.
2008 TEXT-Revue Nr.6: Interview, Revolver Publisher, Germany.
2007 Sport in Art, Shanghai Literature and Art Publishing House, Baijia Publishing House, China.
2004 Futureways, Printed Matter, inc., Whiteny Museum of American Art, USA.
MONOGRAPHS AND ARTIST BOOKS (By nüans)
2014 Hayy, Revolver Publisher, Germany.
2012 The Self-Taught Musical.
2011 APOGEE –A compilation of solitude, ecology & recreation, Revolver Publisher, Germany.
2010 Comfort Isolates.
2010 The Island Found You!
2008 On Produceability, New Talents –Biennale Cologne 2008, Germany.
2007 PROP –proud to be a V.I.P., Germany.
COMISSION WORKS
2009 The State of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
2008/2009 Lepsien Art Foundation, Germany.
2007 Adidas, China.
PUBLIC COLLECTION
Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, Germany.
Lepsien Art Foundation, Germany.