KAB Events - Kyoto Art Center

Kyoto Art Center - Past Events

Below is a list of all past events for Kyoto Art Center. Current and upcoming events, as well as other details, are available on the venue's page.

Calling, Attitude and Tuning: Koide Mayo－Koshino Jun
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- Media: Prints - Installation
- 2018-02-22 - 2018-04-08
Presenting the work of two Kansai-based artists. Mayo Koide’s recent work has focused on installations made with various materials including, glass, mirrors, lightbulbs, and paper scraps that evoke scenes...More »
Culture City of East Asia 2017 Kyoto: Asia Corridor Contemporary Art Exhibition
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- Media: Installation - Art Festival
- 2017-08-19 - 2017-10-15
Asia Corridor Contemporary Art Exhibition will take place at Kyoto Art Center (Registered Tangible Cultural Property) and Nijo Castle (the UNESCO World Heritage Site) this summer as part of a three-nation...More »
Judith Seng & Yusuke Taninaka “The Point in Front Is Not the Point in Front Is Not”
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- Media: Installation
- 2017-07-13 - 2017-08-13
This exhibition features the artists Judith Seng and Yusuke Taninaka, both currently based in Berlin, and reflects on the relationship between performance and sculpture. Seng stayed in Kyoto for three...More »
Inevitable Nomadism
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- Media: Photography - Installation - Performance Art
- 2017-05-25 - 2017-07-02
A group exhibition by three emerging artists, Nana Kuromiya, Kento Nito, and Kurumi Wakaki, in the hope that their insights into nomadism and the roaming of humans throughout history will stir up personal...More »
Spontaneous Beauty – An Exhibition Without Artists
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- Media: Installation - Party - Talks
- 2017-02-18 - 2017-03-26
A new type of contemporary art exhibition in which curator Kohei Sasahara explores seven sections of Kyoto, finding forgotten, discarded, and fading examples of sudden, extemporaneous beauty within its...More »
Maya Watanabe “Earthquakes”
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- Media: Artist in Residence
- 2017-01-07 - 2017-02-19
Kyoto Art Center’s Artist –in-Residence Program aims to support emerging artists and researchers who engage in creative activities through different cultures. This new partnership program is with “Videobrasil,”...More »
Yasuhiro Kiyota + Keisuke Jimba “Flesh & Veil”
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- Media: Painting - Talks
- 2016-12-03 - 2016-12-25
Yasuhiro Kiyota and Keisuke Jinba were both born in 1985 and after graduating from art universities in Kyoto, have been based in Kyoto since. The artistic practices of these two painters respond to the...More »
Meiro Koizumi “Confessions”
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- Media: Video and Film
- 2016-10-28 - 2016-11-27
A laboratory of the human psyche: two exhibits by a much-discussed visual artist that employ unique forms of narration. Meiro Koizumi explores human psychology through videos themed around inner memory...More »
Federico Leon “Las Ideas (The Ideas)”
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- Media: Performance Art
- 2016-10-28 - 2016-10-30
Born in 1975 in Buenos Aires, Federico Leon is a man of many talents: theater director, filmmaker, actor, and writer. His work has generated excitement in his native Argentina as well as all over Europe....More »
Whom Hole Travel - A Journey Through Fluctuating Space-Time
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- Media: Sculpture - Installation
- 2016-09-22 - 2016-10-15
Domani - The Art of Tomorrow Plus x Kyoto Art Center presents “Whom Hole Travel - A Journey Through Fluctuating Space-Time.” This is the first showing of works created through the Domani - the Art of...More »
Whom Hole Travel – Domani Plus × Kyoto Art Center
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- Media: Sculpture - Installation
- 2016-09-17 - 2016-10-16
Four artists who have studied or worked internationally present works on the theme of travel. This year marks nearly a half century of a government-sponsored program supporting the studies of promising...More »
KAB Kansai Art Beat 3rd Anniversary Party
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- Media: Party
- 2016-09-16 - 2016-09-16
We are happy to announce that Kansai Art Beat will celebrate its third birthday this autumn! To commemorate this, we will hold an anniversary party and talk discussion event on Friday 16th September.We...More »
An Imaginative Playground for the Senses
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- Media: Installation
- 2016-07-26 - 2016-09-11
Kyoto Art Center holds an exhibition for all generations, from children to elders, to enjoy during the summer vacation season. The exhibition presents, under the theme of “an imaginative playground for...More »
Dumb Type “Lovers”
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- Media: Video and Film - Performance Art
- 2016-07-09 - 2016-07-24
Based in Kyoto, artist collective Dumb Type continue to have a profound influence on the art scene, in particular in contemporary performing arts, through their multi-disciplinary work. Kyoto Art Centre...More »
Ryusuke Ito + Yumi Nakata “Diorama and Panorama: Diverting Realities”
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- Media: Illustration - Video and Film
- 2016-06-10 - 2016-07-18
New Incubation is a series of exhibitions which provide opportunity for veteran and young artists to meet and stimulate each other. This exhibition project is organized with the aim to grasp contemporary...More »
Yuki Hayashi “Nothing can be Seen During a Power Cut”
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- Media: Video and Film - Media Arts
- 2016-04-05 - 2016-05-22
What happens with an exhibition of video works when there is a power outage? Video artist Yuki Hayashi holds a solo exhibition at Kyoto Art Center where he presents his works with an unusual setting -...More »
Kyoto Experiment 2016 Spring Researchlight “In Search of Kappa (tentative)”
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- Media: Graphics - Architecture
- 2016-03-05 - 2016-03-27
Kyoto Experiment has continued to explore the intersections between performance and other fields. Taking this a step farther, this new project presents a “recut” of Kyoto from the perspective of design...More »
Soichiro Mihara “The World Filled with Blanks”
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- Media: Installation
- 2016-02-07 - 2016-03-06
Soichiro Mihara is an artist, adapting sounds, bubbles, radiation, rainbow, moss and microorganism to practice his artwork, which is created as an open system. This solo exhibition shows a part of his...More »
Kotaro Tategami “Dear Big Brother”
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- Media: Painting - Installation
- 2016-02-07 - 2016-03-06
Kotaro Tategami is a painter, who is based on Kyoto and actively collaborates with artists from other genre. In 2015, he appeared in the dance festival “Dance Fanfare Kyoto Vol.03” and showed his new collaboration...More »
Geibunkyo Exhibition 2016
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- Media: Photography - Painting - Prints
- 2016-01-06 - 2016-01-27
A diverse exhibition of prints, paintings, photographs and other 2D works in the theme of “light and shape.”More »
Israel Culture Weekend in Kyoto 2015
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- Media: Video and Film - Performance Art
- 2015-12-25 - 2015-12-27
The Embassy of Israel in Japan, together with the generous help of Kyoto Art Center and Kyoto City, launch a project in which Japanese public can be acquainted with Music, Art, Design, Dance, History and...More »
Utsuwa et Utsushi
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- Media: Painting - Sculpture
- 2015-12-03 - 2015-12-20
A collaborative exhibition between contemporary artists specialising in various genres, featuring works that have returned from Paris.More »
Kazuo Ohno Butoh Film Exhibition
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- Media: Video and Film - Performance Art
- 2015-11-27 - 2015-12-20
Experience of the legend of Butoh, Kazuo Ohno.More »
Ann Lislegaard “Shadow Ya Ya”
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- Media: Video and Film
- 2015-10-27 - 2015-12-25
Ann Lislegaard, Norwegian artist spotlighted at Parasophia, Kyoto International Festival of Contemporary Culture 2015 with her installation work of 3D animations, holds a solo exhibition in Kyoto. Her...More »
Ori-rhythm Exhibition
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- 2015-10-21 - 2015-11-04
Tapestry painting by a group of young artists, Ori-rhythm. Ayako Matsumura, Kanae Tsutsumi, Yuko Enomoto, Toko Hayashi, Miyuki Tatsumi, Ai Ito, Misao Watanabe, Saori Sakai [Related Event] Workshop...More »
New Incubation 7 “Parallel World or: How to Learn to Love the World”
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- Media: Video and Film
- 2015-09-09 - 2015-10-18
New Incubation is a series of exhibitions which provide an opportunity for veteran and young artists to meet and stimulate each other. This exhibition project is organized with the aim to grasp contemporary...More »
Summer Exhibition : Hypertonic Age
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- Media: Photography - Painting - Drawing - Installation
- 2015-07-20 - 2015-08-30
Kyoto Art Center provides many activities including exhibitions, tea ceremonies, traditional stage performances, concerts, dance performances, and various kinds of workshops to support young artists in...More »
Gion Matsuri Children’s Exhibition 2015
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- Media: Painting
- 2015-07-14 - 2015-07-24
Pupils from three elementary schools within close proximity of Gion Matsuri present their drawings themed on this popular annual festival.More »
Contemporary Noren
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- Media: Architecture - Product - Crafts
- 2015-07-10 - 2015-07-26
“Noren” are Japanese traditional textiles used for separating spaces. In this exhibition, 20 contemporary artists show their Noren works in various places in Kyoto Art Center.More »
Hiroki Yamamoto “Representation of Others or Others of Representation”
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- Media: Photography
- 2015-06-20 - 2015-07-05
Migration is a large-scale phenomenon that cannot be avoided due to the rapid progression of globalization and multiculturalism. With a new perspective on social issues, Hiroki Yamamoto awakens the senses...More »
Araya Rasdjarmrearnsook “Niranam - Those that Have No Name”
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- Media: Photography - Video and Film
- 2015-05-18 - 2015-06-14
Hailing from the ancient Thai city of Chiang Mai, Araya Rasdjarmrearnsook is a filmmaker and photographer who has enjoyed international success. She lives with her 15 dogs at her home in Chiang Mai, but...More »
“Wazazemi” Dyeing and Weaving Exhibition
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- Media: Crafts
- 2015-03-13 - 2015-03-21
This exhibition aims to craft and promote the techniques of a young generation of dyeing and weaving artists More »
Parasophia: Kyoto International Festival of Contemporary Culture 2015
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- Media: Video and Film
- 2015-03-07 - 2015-05-10
Dutch artist Aernout Mik’s works often consist of silent multi-channel videos with actors performing scenarios based on real social issues, projected in architectural settings that merge the viewer’s physical...More »
Exhibition Draft 2015: Masumi Kawamura “Birdsong”
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- Media: Photography
- 2015-03-07 - 2015-05-10
Parasophia’s Exhibition Draft program selects a publicly submitted exhibition idea to put on display. This year’s winner is Masumi Kawamura, who will present her records of people and events she encountered...More »
Moving 2015 Moving Exhibition1-5
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- Media: Installation - Video and Film
- 2015-02-06 - 2015-02-22
An exhibition by “Moving 2015,” a film festival based in Kyoto now in its second year. [Related Events] Workshop with Hiroki Kehara Date: Feb.11 (Wed / hol) From 15:00 Location: Kyoto Art Center...More »
Geibunkyo Exhibition 2015
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- Media: Crafts
- 2015-01-10 - 2015-02-01
A diverse exhibition of woodwork, lacquer, weavings, ceramics, and other works in the theme of “decoration and life.”More »
Jay Kochel “Air Studies”
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- 2014-12-20 - 2014-12-26
Artist in residence Jay Kochel presents work in progress that researches ideas of atmosphere and metaphysical energies within Japanese culture. Jay has a particular interest in the aesthetics of traditional...More »
Stolen Names
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- 2014-12-19 - 2014-12-27
An exhibition where the artworks alone can be appreciated, with the captions (title and artwork summary) removed.More »
Sachiko Kawakami “Lineament - Line and Creation, or Possibly Deconstruction”
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- Media: Drawing - Installation
- 2014-11-26 - 2014-12-07
An exhibition of line drawings and light installations by Sachiko Kawakami. [Related Event] Artists Talk Date: Nov.29 (Sat) From 16:00 Location: Kyoto Art Center Japanese-style Room “Meirin” Admission:...More »
Beastie Beats Exhibition “The Future from the Past with Russolo”
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- Media: Installation
- 2014-11-25 - 2014-11-30
An exhibition on the theme of the “Futurist Manifesto,” featuring the work of Italian futurist Luigi Russolo and his invention “Intonarumori,” consisting of a group of experimental musical instruments....More »
Motohiko Odani “Terminal Moment”
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- Media: Sculpture - Installation - Talks
- 2014-11-11 - 2014-12-14
An exhibition by Motohiko Odani, an internationally active contemporary artist born in central Kyoto. Through his moving images and large-scale installations, Odani continues to tackle sculptural issues,...More »
Taro Yasuno “New Zombie Music - Dance of Death”
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- Media: Performance Art
- 2014-11-09 - 2014-11-09
Taro Yasuno’s music project presents a concert by robots called zombies. Opening the door to zombie music through an ensemble of flute, clarinet, and sax. More »
Rendezvous— Interactions of Light and the Brain
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- Media: Media Arts
- 2014-10-30 - 2014-11-06
A participatory exhibition exploring the way changes in light and visitors’ brains interact. More »
Gion Matsuri Metallic Ornament Makers— The Arts and Crafts of Araretenjinyama and Hachimanyama
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- Media: Crafts
- 2014-10-22 - 2014-10-26
Gion Matsuri is one of Kyoto’s most famous festivals. This exhibition introduces several arts and crafts featured in the Gion Matsuri, including props and decorations used for the Yamaboko festival floats....More »
Kyoto Experiment 2014　Akumanoshirushi “Mon Père, Giacometti”
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- Media: Performance Art
- 2014-10-16 - 2014-10-19
A performing arts piece that aims to deconstruct the structure of theater and its unspoken assumptions. Akumanoshirushi is a unique artist collective, led by Noriyuki Kiguchi. Their new theater piece “Mon...More »
Kyoto Experiment 2014 “Maneries”
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- Media: Performance Art
- 2014-10-04 - 2014-10-11
A confrontation of body and mind by an acclaimed new talent from Argentina. Buenos Aires based Colombian choreographer, Luis Garay introduces two intellectually stirring performances for the first time...More »
Kyoto Experiment 2014 “Cubed Liquid, Metallic Memory”
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- Media: Installation
- 2014-10-04 - 2014-11-03
In his work, Teppei Kaneuji boldly explores to seek a node between performing arts and “Rimpa”, one of the major historical schools of Japanese painting, exhibiting new work from his Model of Unknown Stage...More »
Nuit Blanche Kyoto 2014
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- Media: Performance Art
- 2014-10-04 - 2014-10-04
[Oct.4 (Sat) 10:00 - 22:00] Catherine Contour (Dance) x Yuki Nakagawa (Cello) 20:30–22:00 Catherine Contour (Dancer) & Yuki Nakagawa (Cellist) Both Catherine Contour (France) and Yuki Nakagawa...More »
Sukarabe “Sell Our Body”
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- Media: Performance Art
- 2014-09-05 - 2014-09-07
A public performance by independent group Sukarabe who connect living with dancing, and strive to widen the boundaries within both. Instead of the usual theater space, these performances will take place...More »
JP-U.S. New Connection Project [Biseibutsu-Imaging Examples]
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- Media: Performance Art
- 2014-09-05 - 2014-09-28
Through visiting many places and interacting with local people, Hyslom made discoveries that raised some questions. As a young artist group, they found their own style by utilizing various mediums. In...More »
Hot Air Installation
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- Media: Photography - Video and Film - Performance Art
- 2014-09-02 - 2014-09-07
Part of “Kyoto A.I.R. Alliance Festival 2014,” this exhibition constitutes Vol. 4 of the JCDN International Dance-In-Residence U.S.-Japan Exchange Program. It presents Masaki Hirano’s photography, including...More »
Nobuya Houki + Tokuro Kojima “Cracking the Code”
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- Media: Painting - Talks
- 2014-08-22 - 2014-08-31
Specializing in oil painting and Japanese painting, Nobuya Houki and Tokuro Kojima explore forms of expression within abstract art. In order to convey the process leading up to their present expressions,...More »
Ciara Scanlan ＋ Matthew Nevin “Imitator”
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- Media: Video and Film - Talks
- 2014-08-02 - 2014-08-10
Presenting video installations by Ciara Scanlan and Matthew Nevin, two artists invited from Ireland for the Kyoto Art Center Artist-In-Residence Program. For these works, Scanlan and Nevin filmed themselves,...More »
Imagination Super Highway
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- Media: Sculpture - Installation - Talks
- 2014-07-12 - 2014-08-17
There is a definite sense of narrative in the work of artists Daisuke Inoue, Koutaro Ushijima, and Naomi Hamaguchi. In their installations, it is possible to see traces of their influences which are then...More »
New Incubation 6: Sadaharu Horio + Ryotaro Fuyuki “Making Sense Out of Nonsense”
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- Media: Painting - Installation - Talks
- 2014-05-17 - 2014-06-29
New incubation pairs an established artist with a young artist chosen according to a common theme. Its sixth exhibition introduces the works of Sadaharu Horio and Ryotaro Fuyuki, which feature simple compositions...More »
“Supernature – Collection of Centre national des arts plastiques (CNAP)”
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- Media: Photography - Talks
- 2014-04-19 - 2014-05-11
An exhibition of visual works from the photography collection of France’s CNAP (Centre National des Arts Plastiques), which contains many works of contemporary art. These works are based on the theme of...More »
Tentoumushi Project 05 - New Home
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- Media: Installation - Talks
- 2014-04-11 - 2014-05-11
Bringing hands on fun to Kyoto Art Center with the 5th volume of Tentoumushi Project, this time led by artists Akira Higashi and Hiroki Kehara. [Related Event] Artist Talk - Akira Higashi + Hiroki...More »
Exhibition Draft 2015— Curatorial Courses
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- Media: Talks
- 2014-03-29 - 2014-03-30
This two-day course series on creating exhibitions invites participants to come up with plans for shows starting in March, 2015 in association with “Parasophia: Kyoto International Festival of Contemporary...More »
Ideas on the Move #3 “Lessons in Imagination— The Beginnings of documenta”
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- Media: Talks
- 2014-03-23 - 2014-03-23
This “class” of sorts invites participants to imagine a large international art festival of the past that no one has ever been to. Based on the first session of documenta, the German exhibition of modern...More »
“Curator’s Talk: Suzanne Landau”
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- Media: Talks
- 2014-03-16 - 2014-03-16
Chief curator of Israel’s Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Suzanne Landau presents a lecture on her career as a curator and working with the world’s leading artists. Date: 3/16(Sun) 18:00-20:00 Venue: Kyoto...More »
Stephanie Comilang “The Act of Flirting”
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- Media: Media Arts
- 2014-03-15 - 2014-04-06
The KAC artist in residence program offers support to young artists and researchers in an encounter of cultural exchange with gives rise to new artistic expressions. Canada based Stephanie Comilang took...More »
World Independent Animation 2014 in Kansai
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- Media: Media Arts - Talks
- 2014-02-22 - 2014-02-22
Following the popular acclaim of last year’s event, the A-AIR (Animation Artist in Residence) program returns to Kyoto and Kobe with screenings of three major short animations and presentations on new...More »
“Aritsts Draft 2014”
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- Media: Sculpture - Video and Film - Talks
- 2014-02-08 - 2014-03-09
“Artists Draft” is an ongoing series of exhibitions which aim to uncover emerging young artistic talent through an open call for proposals. This year architect Jun Aoki took on the role of juror and in...More »
Ideas on the Move #1: Art Audience Creativity
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- Media: Talks
- 2014-01-25 - 2014-01-25
The “Ideas on the Move” series searches for sources of ideas for the future while re-enacting, referencing, and examining the past. In its first installment, “Art Audience Creativity,” artist Kohei Takahashi...More »
“Cria”
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- Media: Painting - Sculpture - Crafts
- 2014-01-15 - 2014-02-01
In the 14th volume of this ongoing series 17 artists selected by the Kyoto City Art Association presented an eclectic range of work, including nihonga, oil painting, print making, sculpture, ceramics,...More »
Megumi Nakamura “Inner Garden”
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- Media: Talks - Performance Art
- 2013-12-20 - 2013-12-22
Kyoto Art Center presents choreographer and dancer Megumi Nakamura’s new performance, “Inner Garden,” the culmination of a research project started in 2012. Performers: Megumi Nakamura and Rei Watanabe Venue:...More »
Kamomeza Cleansed Project 04 “Viva Death”
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- Media: Performance Art
- 2013-12-13 - 2013-12-14
Presenting Tomoko Kawaguchi’s vision for English playwright Sarah Kane’s last work, of which Kane left only a title. “Viva Death” deals with long-past rejections, the words of a poet that defile the earth,...More »
“Artist Development - Talk Event”
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- Media: Talks
- 2013-12-08 - 2013-12-08
This talk event creates a platform from which to discuss the challenges of artist development and the support which may be offered by the people and environment which surround them, debating the very definition...More »
Yu Hanabusa Exhibition
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- Media: Installation - Talks
- 2013-11-29 - 2013-12-14
An exhibition of work by Yu Hanabusa. Venue: Kyoto Art Center, Japanese room “Meirin” [Related Event] Tea Ceremony Date: December 8th (Sun) 13:00-, 15:00- Admission: ￥300 (reservations required) *For...More »
“The Room of F# - A Sound Installation of the Voice”
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- Media: Performance Art
- 2013-11-29 - 2013-12-01
In a social installation experiment dependent upon the voice, Yu Wakao presents a 3 day long humming chorus at the pitch of F#. The continuance of this piece is dependent upon the contribution of visitors...More »
Niyoko Ikuta + Tomoe Sasaki “New Incubation 5: Twosome Times— Imaginations and Realization”
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- Media: Painting - Sculpture
- 2013-11-22 - 2013-12-26
A veteran artist and a young creator come together to explore contemporary art from a variety of angles in the fifth installment of “New Incubation.” Niyoko Ikuta, an experienced artist, creates structures...More »
Dwell— Toshiro Ikegami
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- 2013-11-01 - 2013-11-17
As environmental issues such as climate change and other problems affect not only humans but all life forms, we face the question of “How to live?” on a global scale. Encompassing architecture, urban planning,...More »
Tadasu Takamine “Japan Syndrome -Berlin version”
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- Media: Installation - Video and Film - Talks
- 2013-09-28 - 2013-10-27
Tadasu Takamine ‘Japan Syndrome’ series explores perspectives on the Fukushima disaster. In the film version of the series, produced in several Japanese cities and Berlin, Takamine interviews people in...More »
Billy Cowie “Art of Movement and Dark Rain : Kyoto Experiment 2013”
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- Media: Video and Film
- 2013-09-28 - 2013-10-27
Billie Cowie redefines the concept of a live performance and questions the singularity of stage performance and the relationship between technology and humankind in his installation combining both live...More »
Dreamscape - La porte de l’écume
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- Media: Installation
- 2013-08-03 - 2013-09-16
Artists Yasuaki Onishi and Yuko Matsuzawa want to lead visitors into another world. Will you join them? Yasuaki Onishi creates large suspended sculptures, built by draping plastic over stacked boxes,...More »
Zon Ito + Tomohiko Ogawa + Atsushi Nishijima “Kei Fu Shu Jo”
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- Media: Installation - Performance Art
- 2013-06-14 - 2013-07-14
Group exhibition by three artists seeking to convey the presence of “間” (ma) — roughly translated as space or void — in their installations, with a focus on four Chinese characters:“景” (kei) meaning panorama...More »
"Wazazemi" Exhibition
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- Media: Crafts - Talks - Art Competition
- 2008-07-01 - 2008-07-13
*Exhibiting at the 4F Japanese Room "Meirin" Talk: July 6th (Sun) 16:30-17:30 Workshop: July 5th (Sat) 14:00-15:30 Workshop July 6th (Sun) 10:30-16:00More »
Loic Sturani "The Taste of the Gods"
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- Media: Video and Film - Party
- 2008-06-27 - 2008-07-13
"What if 2000 years ago the Roman Empire had expanded its domains further and come to invade Japan? Japanese culture and Roman culture - how would they be different?" Loic Sturani, artist-in-residence...More »
"Passage 3: Art that Crosses Boundaries" Exhibition
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- Media: Installation - Video and Film - Talks
- 2008-06-20 - 2008-07-13
Part I: June 20th - June 26th Yoshiaki Inatsugi *Exhibiting at the Gallery North Part II: June 29th - July 13th Gary-Ross Pastrana Bea Camacho *Exhibiting at the Gallery North Lecture: June 27th...More »
virtual/actual "Creation - Change - Flow"
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- Media: Installation - Performance Art
- 2008-05-20 - 2008-06-08
virtual/actual is a media art project that works with the theme of life's latent diversification that can pass through the boundaries of people and nature. This exhibition will measure the brain waves...More »
"Thinking Print vol.2-Alternative Ways of Photography" Exhibition
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- Media: Photography - Prints - Talks
- 2008-04-11 - 2008-05-11
The Thinking Print exhibition series explores the reproductive role of art in current society. In 2006, the first exhibition took place focusing on silkscreen prints. This exhibition is the second of...More »
"hana2008 MA" Exhibition
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- Media: Talks
- 2008-04-03 - 2008-04-08
The exhibition's theme is "ma"(something that is between things, negative space), and young Ikebana artists and sculptors have collaborated in making works. "Ma" is an essential element in the traditional...More »
"Foreign Winds Arriving in Kyoto" Exhibition
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- 2008-03-23 - 2008-03-29
The exhibition is held in celebration of Kyoto Seikatsu Kogeikan Mumeisha's 20th anniversary since its foundation. *Exhibiting at Large Hall More »
Johannes Lenhart "Concha"
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- Media: Drawing - Sculpture - Talks
- 2008-03-08 - 2008-03-26
For this year's artist in residence program, Johannes Lenhart from Dusseldorf, Germany, was selected. Beginning February 18th, the artist will build the sculptural piece "Concha (Seashell)" with cardboard....More »
Aiko Miyanaga "Soho"
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- Media: Installation - Talks - Art Competition
- 2008-02-08 - 2008-02-26
The "Art Contest at Kyoto Art Center 2008" attempts to find and introduce young artists. This exhibition features one of the two artists that were selected out of a pool of 107 by Akira Tatehata, the director...More »
Nobuyuki Osaki "Meltdown"
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- Media: Installation - Talks - Art Competition
- 2008-02-08 - 2008-02-26
The "Art Contest at Kyoto Art Center 2008" attempts to find and introduce young artists. This exhibition features one of the two artists that were selected out of a pool of 107 by Akira Tatehata, the director...More »
"CRIA" Exhibition
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- Media: Painting - Sculpture - Crafts
- 2008-01-08 - 2008-01-27
*Exhibiting at Gallery North, Gallery South and Big HallMore »
18th Kyoto City University of Arts International Students Exhibition
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- Media: Painting - Sculpture - Video and Film
- 2007-12-02 - 2007-12-09
This exhibition features works by international students attending the masters program at Kyoto City University of Arts. *Exhibiting at Gallery North and South.More »
"4th Talking Byobu" Exhibition
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- 2007-12-01 - 2007-12-07
This exhibition contains a collaboration between traditional beauty and contemporary sensibility. A reproduction of Okyo Maruyama' byobu will be exhibited as well. *Exhibiting at Big HallMore »
Minako Nishiyama "Livelihood"
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- Media: Painting - Performance Art
- 2007-11-06 - 2007-11-27
Nishiyama has been creating works that explore the sexuality of girls from different perspectives. Past works include tiara and rose motifs made of sugar, a doll house installation "The Pink House (1991)",...More »
"The Distance Called Prints" Exhibition
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- Media: Prints
- 2007-10-05 - 2007-10-28
[Image: Asako Tanaka "tea in a pool" (2007)]More »
Takahiro Kondo "Metamorphose"
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- Media: Ceramics - Talks
- 2007-09-01 - 2007-09-24
Takahiro Kondo was born into the Kondo family that has passed down the tradition of Sometsuke to the contemporary. His grandfather and father have depicted nature, and compared to them, Kondo shows his...More »
"Kawaiokamurama: Summertime Blues Animation" Exhibition
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- Media: Video and Film
- 2007-08-05 - 2007-08-26
Video artist group Kawaiokamura present their much awaited exhibition in Kyoto. For this exhibition, works from the year 2000 and on will be on display. In 2006, they released the video "Hekohyon Nine,"...More »
Workshop "Face Talk on TV"
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- Media: Media Arts - Talks
- 2007-07-21 - 2007-07-22
The people who are on TV are not necessarily talking to the camera, the cameraman or the interviewer. They are talking to that "someone" beyond the lens. They are talking to an invisible "someone." What...More »
Kenji Kataoka + Go Watanabe "incubation07"
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- Media: Painting - Installation
- 2007-07-01 - 2007-07-29
By approaching his most intimate subject, Kenji Kataoka draws by devouring the distance. Go Watanabe, on the other hand, pastes together the textures of human skin and creates a non-human non-object. The...More »
"the other side of Kyoto Art Map 2007" Exhibition
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- Media: Painting - Drawing - Sculpture - Installation - Party - Performance Art
- 2007-06-05 - 2007-06-24
The exhibition is a joint event including various galleries in Kyoto (Art Space Niji, Voice Gallery psf/w, Gallery Artislong, Gallery Keifu, Gallery Sanjo, Gallery 16, Gallery Suzuki, Gallery Nakamura,...More »
"The Shogon of May" Exhibition
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- Media: Painting - Sculpture - Installation
- 2007-05-03 - 2007-05-27
The exhibition displays the works by professors and selected graduate students of Kyoto City University, Kyoto Saga University　of Arts and Kyoto University of Art and Design. The word "shogon (dignity)",...More »
"Changing Traditions: Creating Contemporary Art from Tradition -Featuring Japanese and Australian Contemporary Artists" Exhibition
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- Media: Product
- 2007-04-14 - 2007-04-30
The exhibition, previously displayed in Australia, will feature works by contemporary textile artists who are influenced by traditional kimono techniques. The exhibition has two themes, "shibori" and "embroidery"....More »

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