PRESS RELEASE 2016.10.17.

Rikako KAWAUCHi Solo Exhibition / ART TAIPEI 2016
Duration : 11/12, Sat. - 11/15, Tue., 2016
Time : 11am - 7pm (Last day till 6pm)
VIP Preview : 11/11, Fri. 3pm - 9pm (Invitation Only)
Vernissage : 11/11, Fri. 6:30pm - 9pm (Invitation Only)
Venue : Taipei World Trade Center, Exhibition Hall 1
Address : No.5, Hsin-Yi Rd., Sec 5, Taipei City 11011, Taiwan, R.O.C.
Entrance Fee : NT$ 300
URL : http://www.art-taipei.com
Booth # : Y-2 (FUTURE Section)
Exhibiting Artist : Rikako KAWAUCHI (Solo Exhibition)
WAITINGROOM is pleased to announce our participation in ART TAIPEI 2016 through November 12th to 15th, in theFUTURE section (Booth# Y-2) with a solo exhibition by Rikako KAWAUCHI (b.1990). KAWAUCHI is an emerging artist
who works in various mediums including painting, drawing, neon sculpture and wire works, using a simple form which is a“line”. The exhibition includes all brand new works inspired by an England children’s song “London Bridge”, including
30-40 drawings, several paintings, 3 neon sculptures and 3 wire works. This is KAWAUCHI’s fair debut and it is her firsttime in an international art fair.

《bridge》2016, oil on canvas, 910×727mm《difficult to move》2016, watercolor and pencil on paper, 410 x 315 mm

About the artist: Rikako KAWAUCHI
Rikako KAWAUCHI (b. 1990 in Tokyo). A current graduate student in Department of Painting, Tama Art University with focus on oilpainting. She is an emerging artist following being selected in ART IN THE OFFICE, the open call program held by MONEX Inc, andsolo exhibition at Shiseido Art Egg which was awarded. Her recent exhibitions include a solo exhibition “Back is confidential space.
Behind=Elevator” (2015, WAITINGROOM, Tokyo), solo exhibition ”Collector and Artist: Rikako Kawauchi Exhibition" (2015, T-Art
Gallery, Tokyo), "The 1st CAF, Winning Awards Exhibition (Kenjiro Hosaka Award)" (2014, TABLOID GALLERY, Tokyo) and manyothers.

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Rikako KAWAUCHI1990 Born in Tokyo, Japan
Currently lives and works in Tokyo.
EDUCATION
2015 Tama Art University, Bachelor’s degree, Oil Painting
2015- Tama Art University, Master’s degree, Oil Painting
SOLO EXHIBITIONS《Collector and Artist : Rikako KAWAUCHI Exhibition》2015
installation view (T-Art Gallery, Tokyo) Photo by Ujin Matsuo

2016 “Back is confidential space. Behind=Elevator”, WAITINGROOM, Tokyo
2015 “Collector and Artist : Rikako KAWAUCHI Exhibition”, T-Art Gallery, Tokyo“SHISEIDO ART EGG vol.9 : Go down the throat”, Shiseido Gallery, TokyoGROUP EXHIBITIONS
2016 “Stereotypical”, GALLERY PARC, Kyoto
2015 “Dead Henge / Aesthetic”, HIGURE 17-15 cas, Tokyo
2014 “The 1st CAF Award - Winning Award Exhibition -, TABLOID GALLERY, Tokyo“That I shall say goodnight till it be morrow, Shinjuku Ganka Garo, Tokyo
2013 “凸 Exhibition”, TKP Theater Kashiwa, Art Line Kashiawa 2013, Chiba“Home Made Family”, CASHI Refregilater, Tokyo“Sleep No More”, Tama Art University Art Festival, Tokyo
2012 “OTHER PAINTING XI”, Pepper’s Gallery, Tokyo“凸 Exhibition”, Sogo Kashiwa, Art Line Kashiwa 2012, Chiba“Hole without donuts”, Tama Art University Art Festival, Tokyo
AWARDS2015 SHISEIDO ART EGG
2014 The 1st CAF Award, Kenjiro Hosaka Award
2014 ART IN THE OFFICE 2014 (Organized by MONEX Inc.)CATALOGUES AND BROCHURES《SHISEIDO ART EGG vol.9 : Go down the throat》2015
installation view (Shiseido Gallery, Tokyo) Photo by Ken Kato

Stereotypical – Minako NISHIYAMA & Rikako KAWAUCHI, March 15th 2016, Kyoto Seika University Contemporary Art Project Executive
Committee
The 9th shiseido art egg exhibition catalogue, May 29th 2015, Shiseido Inc.
ARTICLES
Hiroyasu Yamauchi, “ART&TRUTH (vol.3)”, GOETHE, June Issue, No.123, June 1st 2016, p17, Gentosha
Chiaki Noji, “In the swaying body and relation. Rikako Kawauchi’s Solo Exhibition in Ebisu”, bitecho, Dec.23rd 2015
http://bitecho.me/2015/12/23_645.html
Chiaki Noji, “Rikako Kawauchi Interview. In the swaying body and relation”, Bijutsu Techo, NO.1032, Jan. 2016, ART NAVI p.9, Bijutsu
Shuppan Sha“Rikako Kawauchi expresses human existence and relationship by depicting line”. Latest Solo Exhibition, CINRA.NET, Dec. 14th 2015, http://www.cinra.net/news/20151214-kawauchirikako
Taisuke Shimanuki, “Rikako Kawauchi Interview. I want to shake off uncomfortable life”, CINRA.NET, Jan 14th 2015, http://www.cinra.net/interview/201501-kawauchirikako*Inquiry about the work and artistWAITINGROOM (Owner / Director: Tomoko Ashikawa)
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