Biography

Taro Izumi
Born in 1976, Nara, Japan
Lives and works in Tokyo, Japan
2002

MFA, Tama Art University, Tokyo

Selected Solo Exhibitions
2024

Dreamland, Nara Prefecture Historical and Artistic Culture Complex, Nara

2023

Sit, Down. Sit Down Please, Sphinx., Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery

2022

Ahetsukuri, CAPSULE, Tokyo
Kodoku Experiment, Take Ninagawa, Tokyo

2021

Electrical Outlet, CAPSULE, Tokyo

2020

ex, Museum Tinguely, BaselThe Dawn of Compact Structure, Take Ninagawa, Tokyo
TOMBO, Minatomachi POTLUCK BUILDING, Nagoya, Japan2019

Slow Starter by Self-guidance, Art & Design Center, Nagoya University of Arts, Aichi, Japan2018

Art-Theque Gallery, Tama Art University, Hachioji Campus, TokyoMy eyes are not in the centre, White Rainbow, London

2017

A Child Suddenly, 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Japan←contact, Take Ninagawa, Tokyo
Night Lie, Galerie Georges-Philippe & Nathalie Vallois, Paris
Pan, Palais de Tokyo, Paris2015

Wa Ra Doki Po kai No Jyutu, Art Center Ongoing, Tokyo

2014

The Combine PI, The Liberty PO, Take Ninagawa, Tokyo
No Night, Day Neither: Follow Fluxus 2014, Nassauischer Kunstverein, Wiesbaden, Germany

2013

contact→, HIGURE 15-17 cas, Tokyo
Dizzy Footing / Eel Getting Close to Numbed Legs, hiromiyoshii roppongi, Tokyo
CSLab Exhibition vol.2 Taro Izumi: Kaizuka to Seikatsu, Tokyo Zokei University CS-Lab, Tokyo
Check, Arts Initiative Tokyo (AIT), Tokyo
The Source of Wrinkles, Galerie Georges-Philippe & Nathalie Vallois, Paris

2011

Taro Izumi, Sprout curation, Tokyo
Brave Yawn, hiromiyoshii, Tokyo
cloud, looks like a spider, NADiff Window Gallery, Tokyo
The In/conveniences of Immovable Forests, Tamagawa Art Gallery,Tamagawa University, Tokyo

2010

Kneading, Kanagawa Prefectural Gallery, Yokohama, Japan

Manhunt & Sneak Dating, hiromiyoshii, Tokyo
Hide in a Whale’s Stomach, Mouse, Asahi Art Square, Tokyo2009

My Attempt to Build a Mountain Ended up with a Hole Wide Open, NADiff a/p/a/r/t, Tokyo
Helsinki, Galerie Georges-Philippe & Nathalie Vallois, Paris

2008

Magician’s Bread, Solar Eclipse, hiromiyoshii, Tokyo
junglebook, gallery stump Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan

2007

Game pedestal (warehouse), buro013 by hiromiyoshii, Tokyo

2006

Trolly, hiromiyoshii, Tokyo2005

Genius Episode 1&2, Hiromi Yoshii Five, Tokyo

2003

Zilent, Kojimachi Gallery, Tokyo

2002

Bargain (Fictitious), Pepper's Loft Gallery, Tokyo

Selected Group Exhibitions
2024

FAIRE CORPS, Villa Datris Foundation, L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue, France
Endeavours and Masterpieces, Frac Sud - Cité de l’art contemporain, Marseille, France

2023

Yamanashi International Art Triennale: Yatsugatake Art Ecology 2023, Yamanashi, Japan
Cat’s Narrow Road, Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, Aichi

2021

Try the Video-Drawing, TAV Gallery, Tokyo

2020

Collection1: Transgressing Lines, The National Museum of Art, Osaka

2019

15th Anniversary Exhibition: Where We Now Stand - In Order to Map the Future [2],21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, JapanNow, it’s time to play, Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo(as a member of team Hamburg)
Weavers of Worlds - A Century of Flux in Japanese Modern/Contemporary Art -,Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo

2018

Stop and Go, Hara Museum ARC, Gunma, Japan
Visions of Exchange: Mercedes-Benz Art Scope Award 2009-2017,
Daimler Contemporary, Berlin
10th Anniversary, Take Ninagawa, Tokyo
Par amour du jeu 1998-2018, Magasins généraux, Pantin, France

2017

In Focus: Contemporary Japan, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minnesota
Japanorama - A new vision on art since 1970, Centre Pompidou-Metz, Metz
Japanese Connections, Nikolaj Kunsthal, Copenhagen
Mercedes-Benz Art Scope 2015-2017: Wandering to Wonder,
Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo

2016

Une Forme olympique, Campus HEC, ParisParadoxa. Japanese Art Today, Casa Cavazzini, Udine, Italy
Paris Champ & Hors Champ, Galerie de l'Alliance Française, Mendoza; Recife; João Pessoa;
Medellin; Pereira; Manizales

2015

Paris Champ & Hors Champ, Galerie de l'Alliance Française, Buenos Aires; Cordoba
In Our Time: Art in Post-industrial Japan, 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art,Kanazawa, Japan

2014

Paris Champ & Hors Champ, Galerie des bibliothèques de la Ville de Paris, Paris
Collection 2, The National Museum of Art, Osaka
Twentieth Anniversary Special MOT Collection: Chronicle 1995-,Museum of Contemporary Art, TokyoJapon, Contemporary Art Center, Meymac, France
Portrait de 3/4, Galerie Georges-Philippe & Nathalie Vallois, Paris

2013

Double Message, SCAI the Bathhouse, Tokyo
Roppongi Crossing 2013: Out of Doubt, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo
Rokko Meets Art 2013, Mount Rokko National Park, Hyogo, Japan
Humor and Leap of Thought, Okazaki Mindscape Museum, Aichi, Japan
Identity IX, nca | nichido contemporary art, Tokyo
MOT Collection, Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, Tokyo
Why not live for Art? II - 9 collectors reveal their treasures,Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery, Tokyo
Dea Syuturumu (The Storm, Der Sturm) - The Storm for Art and Popular Culture,
Nagoya Citizens Gallery Yada, Nagoya, Japan2012

But Freash, Tokyo Wondersite Hongo, Tokyo
Voice of Images, Palazzo Grassi - Francois Pinault Foundation, Venice
The Echo 2012 Berlin, Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien, Projektraum, Berlin
Real Japanesque: The Unique World of Japanese Contemporary,
The National Museum of Art, Osaka
Humour, parodie et vidéos: créations vidéo du Japon contemporain,Maison de la Culture du Japon, ParisVeranda, Tightrope Walking, Compulsive Plot, Talion Gallery, TokyoMarsupials, Talion Gallery, Tokyo (curated by Taro Izumi)
Koganei Artfull-Jack! Bermuda Triangle, Chateau Koganei, Tokyo

2011

Omnilogue: Alternating Currents - Japanese Art After March 2011,
Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts (PICA), PerthYokohama Triennale 2011: Our Magic Hour - How Much of the World Can We Know? -,NYK Waterfront Warehouse, Yokohama, Japan
Invisibleness Is Visibleness: International Contemporary Art Collection of a Salaryman Daisuke Miyatsu, Museum of Contemporary Art, Taipei
Silent Narrator: On Plural Stories, Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo
JAPANCONGO: Carsten Hollers double-take on Jean Pigozzi’s collection, Centre nationald’art contemporain, Grenoble; Moscow Centre for Contemporary Art, Moscow;
Palazzo Reale di Milano, Milan
Shifting Surfaces: Experience, Perspectives and Media, Artsonje Museum,Gyeongju, South Korea
Violence and Universe, island, Chiba, Japan2010

Trust: Media City Seoul, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul
MOT Collection: Enter Here - What do you see?, Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, Tokyo
CITY 2.0: The Evolutionary Theory of City on the Web Generation, Eye of Gyre, Tokyo

Media Landscape, Zone East, Contemporary Urban Centre, Liverpool
2009

Everyday Life, Another Space, Kanagawa Prefectural Gallery, Yokohama, Japan
Twist & Shout: Contemporary Art form Japan, Bangkok Art and Culture Centre, Bangkok
Extra/Ordinary: Video Art from Asia, University of Kansas, Spencer Museum of Art, Lawrence
POST. O: The Reverse of TOPOS, Garden City Space of Art, Taipei
CREAM International Festival for Arts and Media Yokohama 2009, Nogeyama Animal Park,Yokohama, Japan
Summer Museum for All Ages: Art Everyday!!, Museum of Modern Art, Gunma, Japan
Winter Garden: Exploration of the Micropop Imagination in Contemporary Japanese Art,Champasri Art Gallery, Mahasarakham University, Talat; Koala space, Tianjin; 53 ArtMuseum, Guangzhou; Hong Kong Arts Centre, Hong Kong; Kaohsiung Cultural Center,Kaohsiung; University Malaya Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur; Muzium & Galeri Tuanku Fauziah,Penang; Omani Society Fine Arts, Muscat; M16 Artspace, Canberra; Gallery Central, Perth;Metropolitan Museum of Manila, Manila; Yongdusan Gallery, Busan; Lotte Gallery, Anyang,Anyang; Jeju Museum of Art, Jeju; Public Information & Cultual Center Embassy of Japan inSeoul, Korea, Seoul; The Exhibition House, Ho Chi Minh City Labour Culture Palace, Ho Chi
Minh; Vietnam Fine Arts Museum, Hanoi; Sintra Modern Art Museum, Sintra; Museum
University of Alicante, Alicante; Theocharakis Foundation Museum, Athens; Malmitalo,Helsinki; Gezira Art Center, Cairo; Tkachi, St.Petersburg; National Center for Contemporary
Arts, Moscow; Ernst Museum, Budapest; University Museum of Chopo, Mexico City; JapanFoundation, Tronto; Japanese American Cultual and Community Center, Los Angeles;
Aberystwyth Arts Centre, Aberystwyth; Japan Cultural Institute in Rome, Rome; Japan
Cultural Institute in Cologne, Cologne; Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo- 2016
Re:Membering - Next of Japan, Alternative Space LOOP, Seoul
Waiting for Video: Works from the 1960s to Today,
The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
Unlimited, A+, Tokyo2008

Between Art and Life: Performativity in Japanese Art, Centre d’Art Contemporain, Geneve
Tokyo Nonsense, Scion Installation, Los Angeles, California
The Echo, ZAIM, Yokohama, Japan
Landmark project 3: Let’s Cross Route 16←Let’s Go to Noge!, Yokohama, Japan
Food and Conteporary Art 2008, BankART1929, Yokohama, Japan2007

Techniques of Storytelling - speaking of unspeakable, SSamzie Space, Seoul
Out of the Ordinary: New Video from Japan, Museum of Contemporary Art,Los Angeles, California
Collector’s Choice: Collection 2, Daelim Contemporary Art Museum, Seoul
The Door into Summer - The Age of Micropop, Contemporary Art Gallery,Art Tower Mito, Japan2006

After The Reality, Daitch Project, New YorkFukutakehouse in Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial 2006, Niigata, Japan
Theory of Everything: Videoart form Tokyo, Caochangdi Workstation Art Center, Beijing;tank.tv; Location One, New York; New York University, New York2005

The World is Mine, Hiromi Yoshii Five, Tokyo

2004

Field of Dreams, Project Room, Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo

2001

Gallery LE DECO, TokyoOthers
2014

JINS Art Project, JINS Kichijyoji, Tokyo

2013

hubn’t, Art Center Ongoing, Tokyo [participated as a member of Orrorin]
Walking Roof, Roppongi Art Night, Tokyo [participated as Taro Izumi + Orrorin]

2012

campfire, blanClass, Yokohama, Japan
Sumida River Art Project, Asashi Art Square, Tokyo (with Zakuro Yamaga)

2010

Azumabashi Dance Crossing, Asashi Art Square, Tokyo

2008

Performance with Zakuro Yamaga, Toyota Choreography Award 2008, Tokyo

2007

Performance with Zakuro Yamaga, Harajuku Performance+, Laforet Harajuku, Tokyo

Scholarships & Residencies
2018

Delfina Foundation, London

2017

SAM Art Projects, Paris2015

Merdedes-Benz Art Scope 2015-2017, Berlin

2014

The Follow Fluxus - After Fluxus Grant, Nassauischer Kunstverein, Wiesbaden, Germany

2013

The Japan - UK Residency Exchange Programme 2013, Cove Park, Helensburgh

Selected Public Collections
Dallas Museum of Art, Texas
Le Fonds départementale d'art contemporain de la Seine-Saint-Denis (FDAC), Saint-Denis
Le Fonds municipal d'art contemporain de la ville de Paris (FMAC), Paris
François Pinault Foundation
Japan Foundation
Jean Pigozzi Collection
JINS, Tokyo
Kadist Art Foundation, Paris and San Francisco
Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo
M+, Hong Kong
The National Museum of Art, Osaka
Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence
21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Japan