Satoru Tamura

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Lives and works in Tochigi, Japan
1972

Born in Tochigi, Japan

1995

Graduated from Coll. of Art and Design of Tsukuba University

2006

Part-time lecturer at Tokyo Zokei University
Part-time lecturer at Musashino University of Art and Design

2007

Part-time lecturer at Tohoku Univeristy of Art and Design

2008

Part-time lecturer at Tsukuba University

2009Part-time lecturer at Tokyo Zokei University

2011Part-time lecturer at Nihon Univeristy College of Art

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2024

ʻDomain of Art 32, Tamura SatoruHi, Kumi. Hi, Mike.ʼ | Plaza North North Gallery, Saitama, Japan2022

ʻBecoming 1 Ton, Tamura Satoruʼ | The Tochigi City Art Museum, Tochigi, Japan
ʻDonʼt Ask Why the Crocodiles Spinʼ | TEZUKAYAMA GALLERY, Osaka
ʻDonʼt Ask Why the Crocodiles Spinʼ | MAKI Gallery [Omotesando], Tokyo
ʻSpinning Crocodiles, Tamura Satoruʼ | The National Art Center, Tokyo

2021

ʻTOKYO Machineʼ | GINZA ATRIUM, GINZA TSUTAYA BOOKS, Tokyo2019ʻKawa☆Guchi Machine (Lecturer Work Exhibition)ʼ | Kawaguchi Art Gallery ATLIA, Saitama, Japan
ʻDomain of Art 22 Satoru Tamura Exhibition: Wall to Wall (Plaza North 10th Anniversary Exhibition)ʼ |Plaza North North Gallery, Saitama, Japan
ʻSatoru Tamura Exhibitionʼ | Gallery Q, Tokyo

2018

ʻPoint of Contact #7ʼ | TEZUKAYAMA GALLERY / Viewing Room
ʻSatoru Tamura Exhibitionʼ | Gallery Q, Tokyo2017

ʻ0-9ʼ | TEZUKAYAMA GALLERYʻBan Ban Ban Ban Ban Ban Ban Ban Ban Banʼ | nap gallery, Tokyo

2015

ʻPoint of Contact #6ʼ | Lage Egal, Berlin
CONTEXT Art Miami 2015 | Miami

2014

ʻLove Machineʼ | TEZUKAYAMA GALLERYVOLTA NY | New YorkʻWonderland in Mid-Summerʼ | Tochigi Pref. Museum of Fine Arts

2013

ʻDai ichi-ki jiga ji san…ʼ | Plaza Gallery North, Saitama
ʻPoint of Contact #4ʼ | nap gallery, Tokyo
ʻPoint of Contact #5ʼ | TEZUKAYAMA GALLERYVOLTA 9 | BaselSatoru Tamura
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ART OSAKA
ʻMachineʼ | N-Mark B1, Nagoya2011

ʻAirs 006ʼ | Aomori
ʻContact for 6A214ʼ | University of Tsukuba Art Gallery, Ibaraki
ʻA Machineʼ | Takuro Someya Contemporary Art, Tokyo
ʻ100 Switches for 100 Incandescent Lampsʼ | B Gallery, Tokyo2010

ʻCatch and Releaseʼ | Art Center Ongoing, Tokyo
ʻOyama Machineʼ | Oyama Municipal Museum of Art, TochigiʻRound and Round Mother Ship Around…ʼ | Tsuruoka Art Forum2009Solo Exhibition | Tanseisha Design Gallery, Tokyo

2008

ʻDomain of Art 1ʼ | Plaza North, Saitama
ʻSolo Exhibitionʼ | Art Center Ongoing, Tokyo

2007

ʻSolo Exhibitionʼ | Takuro Someya Contemporary Art, Chiba
ʻSolo Exhibitionʼ | Plaza Gallery and Sagio, Tokyo

2006

ʻStatements from Galleries…ʼ | Gallery Q, Ginza, Tokyo

2005

ʻSolo Exhibitionʼ | Gallery Q, Tokyo
ʻSolo Exhibitionʼ | Out-lounge, Tokyo
ʻSolo Exhibitionʼ | Gallery in the Blue, Tochigi

2004

ʻSolo Exhibitionʼ | Fads Art Space, Tokyo

2002

ʻSolo Exhibitionʼ | Gallery in the Blue, Tochigi

2001

ʻSolo Exhibitionʼ | Gallery Art Soko, Tokyo

2000

ʻSolo Exhibitionʼ | Space Big Art, Kanagawa
ʻSolo Exhibitionʼ | Gallery Art Works Mishima, Shizuoka

1999

ʻSolo Exhibitionʼ | Oregon Moon Gallery, Tokyo
ʻSolo Exhibitionʼ | Sony Building, Tokyo

1998

ʻSolo Exhibitionʼ | Contemporary Art Factory, Tokyo

1997

ʻSolo Exhibitionʼ | Komaba Kunstraum, Tokyo

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SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS, ART FAIRS

2023

ʻSydney Contemporary 2023ʼ | Carriageworks TEZUKAYAMA GALLERY, Sydney Australia
ʻWelcome to Crocodile's 90th Birthday Partyʼ | Daikanyama T-SITE GARDEN GALLERY TokyoʻTokyo Gendai 2023ʼ | PACIFICO Yokohama MAKI gallery, Kanagawa
ʻART Gallery FREUDE by BMW - CONNECTED THROUGH TIMEʼ| MAKI galler, Yodobashi J6 Tokyo
ʻArt Fair Tokyoʼ | MAKI Gallery, Tokyo2021

RE:FOCUS vol.5 | TEZUKAYAMA GALLERY
ʻConnect #2ʼ | MAKI Gallery [Tennoz], Tokyo

2020

Art Osaka Wall | Osaka
ʻHaru no Kaminari / Spring Lightningʼ | nap gallery, Tokyo2019

ʻMachines with a Heart againʼ | BankART Station, Kanagawa; BankART SILK, Kanagawa, Japan
ʻWe Will Showcase All Past Exhibitions! Late/Art and Society Contemporary Artists (Taro Okamoto
Museum of Art 20th Anniversary Exhibition)ʼ | Taro Okamoto Museum of Art, Kawasaki, Kanagawa
ʻWhat do you see when you look at pictures?ʼ | Tochigi Prefectural Museum of Fine Arts, Tochigi, Japan
ʻRegaining Bonds in a Connected Futureʼ | Fukushima Museum, Fukushima, Japan
ʻSAPPORO YUKITERRACE 2019ʼ | Sapporo Kita 3-jo Plaza AKAPLA, Hokkaido

2017

ʻART PROJECT TAKASAKI 2017ʼ | Otemae Jiko Street …etc, Gunma
ʻThunder and Artʼ | Gunma Museum of Art. Tatebayashi, Gunma
2D Printers | Tochigi Prefectural Museum of Fine Arts, Tochigi
INTERNATIONAL LIGHT ART AWARD 2017 | CENTRE FOR INTERNATIONAL LIGHT ART UNNA,Germany
Non-traditional Imagination | DYNASTY GALLERY, Taiwan
1. Certains Regards à Paris| Bureau de Représentation du Département du Hyôgo, Paris

2016

ART TAIPEI 2016 | Taipei World Trade Center, Taiwan
BUSAN BIENNALE 2016 | KISWIRE Suyeong Factory, Korea
ART OSAKA 2016 | Hotel Granvia Osaka, Osaka
ART CENTRAL | Hong Kong
ART16 | London

2014

NEW CITY ART FAIR | Hpgrp Gallery, New YorkAsian Contemporary Art Show 2014 | Hong Kong
The Artist of the Taro Award II Exhibition | Taro Okamoto Museum of Art, Kawasaki+PLUS-ULTRA 2014 | Spiral, Tokyo
CONTEXT | Miami

2013

ʻRe:Focusʼ| TEZUKAYAMA GALLERYNEW CITY ART FAIR | hpgrp Gallery, New YorkʻIron ∞ Manʼ | Creative Center OsakaSatoru Tamura
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ʻAir 3331 Exhibition Vol.2ʼ | 3331 Arts Chiyoda, Tokyo
ʻCoverʼ| CAS, Osaka
ʻLet There Be Light…ʼ | Tochigi Pref. Museum of Art
ʻConnected Roarʼ／ Childrenʼs Summer Vacation Museum | Kawasaki City Museum
ʻExcessive! Increase Expressionʼ | 500m Museum Sapporo
ʻHoolsʼ | Zachęta National Gallery of Art, Poland
ʻZerodate: Tsurezure Tsuzureʼ | Akita
ACM Multimedia Art Exhibition ʻEternal / Momentʼ | Todaiji Culture Center, Nara
Art Toronto | Canada

2011

Osaka Canvas | Osaka
ʻTeratotera Festival ʻPost”| Tokyo
ʻOgawa contemporary art strollʼ | Four locations around Ogawa-machiv
ʻBranch Pointʼ | Saitama Pref. Citizenʼs Activities Centre
ʻEssential Ongoing ‒ Madness & Silenceʼ | Shinko Pier、Kanagawa
ʻDaylily Art Circusʼ | Various locations in Japan
Tokorozawa Biennial ʻService Wireʼ 2011 | Tokorozawa Lifelong Learning Center
Zerodate / Odate 5th Anniversary Exhibition 2011 | Akita

2010

City-o-Rama Hong Kong | Hong Kong
Aichi Triennale 2010 | Aichi
ʻBranch Pointʼ, Contemporary Art Exhibition 2010 | Saitama Pref. Citizenʼs Activites General Centre,Saitama｢…Canʼt Go On Like This!」| MIACA + Map Oﬃce | Hong Kong
ʻStoryʼ Dish… Dish… Dish…ʻ | Shizuoka

2009ʻViewing Weekʼ | Takuro Someya Cont. Art, Tokyo
ʻSwaying Life…ʼ | Koriyama City Museum of Art
ʻSummer Vacation for Me and Artʼ | Ichihara City Museum of Water and Sculptures
ʻThe 12th Taro Okamoto Award for Cont. Artʼ | Taro Okamoto Museum of Art
ʻThe Concentrationʼ Gallery Q | Ginza, Tokyo
ʻWedding Partyʼ | Oya, Tochigi
Spring Festival Spin Crocodile Garden | Plaza North, Saitama
ʻSummer Festival Shaking Sharkʼ | Plaza North2008

Liverpool Biennial 2008 | St Jamesʼ Gardens, Liverpool
ʻYokohama Art & Home Collectionʼ | Yokohama, Kanagawa
ʻCET08 Time / Space / Transformʼ | Bakurocho, Tokyo
ʻAkihabara TV & Tokyo Rabbit Paradiseʼ Screening | Kanda, Tokyo
ʻSound & Vision Vol.3 Reﬂect ‒ Itʼs a Sunny Dayʼ | Zaim, Kanagawa

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TSCA collection ʻNight Watchʼ | Takuro Someya Contemporary Art, Chiba
ʻMontblanc de la Culture Arts Patronage Award…ʼ | Tsunamachi Mitsui Club, Tokyo
ʻOngoing Movie Festʼ | Art Center Ongoing, Tokyo
ʻEsquire Cafe 08/SS- Artʼ | Uncafe, Tokyo
2007

ʻNo Tatami Spotʼ | Theatre Natinal de Chaillot, Paris, FranceʻConstructions of Natureʼ | Uppsala Konstmuseum, Sweden
ʻThe Partyʼ | Gallery Q, Tokyo
ʻJyugemuj 2007- DocuARTʼ | Art by Xerox Gallery, Tokyo

2006

ʻNew Passat Meets Cont. Art in Marunouchiʼ| Maru Building, Tokyo
ʻJapanese Art Will Entertain You!ʼ | Donna Beam Fine Art Gallery, U.S.A.
ʻStatements from Galleries- Exhibition of Small Worksʼ | Gallery Natsuka, TokyoʻWeekend Art Utsunomiyaʼ Hat | Utsunomiya, Tochigi

2005

ʻPicture In Motion De Luxeʼ| Tochigi Pref. Museum of Fine Art
ʻMeta-Visual ‒ The History and the Futurescape of Visual Mediaʼ Centre Des Arts | Enghien-Les-Bains,France
ʻThe Art of Breathing in the Art World and Respirationʼ| Kawamura Mem. Museum of Art & Sakura City
Museum of Art
ʻIimawashiʼ Merz Gallery | Edinburgh, Scotland
ʻMeta-Visual ‒ The History and the Futurescape of Visual Mediaʼ | Tokyo Metropolitan Museum ofPhotography, Tokyo
ʻThe 8th Exhibition of the Taro Okamoto Memorial Award for Contemporary Artʼ | Taro Okamoto
Museum of Art Kawasaki
ʻLast Spurt 2005ʼ | Gallery Q, Tokyo
ʻSPIcafe2ʼ | Spica Art, Tokyo

2004

ʻA Clockwork Summer Orangeʼ Gallery Natsuka | Tokyo
ʻTokyo Rabbit Paradise at Careof Milanoʼ Careof | Milano, Italy
ʻAutonom ist Noch Nicht Einmal der Mondʼ/ Even the Moon is Not Autonomousʼ| ACC gallery, Germany
ʻAlmanac #03 with Depositors Meeting #02ʼ | Art and River Bank, Tokyo
ʻWedding Exhibition 37 Creatorsʼ | Space Force, Tokyo
ʻOngoing Vol.03ʼ | Asahi Junior High School, Tokyo
ʻArt Walkʼ | Tochigi

2003

ʻFirst Steps: Emerging Artists from Japanʼ | P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, New YorkʻNo Talent Showʼ Contemporary Art Factory | Tokyo
ʻLandmines Exhibition 2ʼ Fads Art Space | Tokyo
ʻMoving Japaneseʼ Kulturhuset | Stockholm, Sweden
ʻJapan Video Nightʼ Filmform the Artﬁlm | Stockholm, Sweden
ʻI am a Curatorʼ | Chisenhale Gallery, London
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Shinxus Multipleʼ | Gallery Tezz, Tokyo
2002

ʻLucky Sevenʼ www.so-net/gallery | Tokyo
ʻArt Scholarship 2001ʼ Selected by Shioda Juniti | MOT, Tokyo
Exhibit Live- Selected by Sawaragi Noi (Art Critic) | Tokyo
ʻPhilip Morris K.K. Art Awardʼ | Tokyo International Forum, Tokyo
ʻNew Media New Face 02ʼ | NTT InterCommunication Center, Tokyo
ʻBox Artʼ | Gallery in the Blue, Tochigi
ʻPerformance Stage- Summit Meeting -ʻ Space Big Art | Kanagawa
ʻStudio Big Art Movie Festa Vol.3ʼ Space Big ART | Kanagawa

2001

ʻDoor to Millenniumʼ | Tochigi Pref. Museum of Fine Arts
ʻStudio Big Art Movie Festa Vol.2ʼ Space BIG ART | Kanagawa
ʻTokyo Rabbit Paradise Project [Tokyo/Life] | Selfriges, London
ʻNeo-Tokyoʼ | Sydney Comtemporary Art Museum, Australia
ʻBatofar…Seeking Tokyoʼ | Batofar, France
ʻBest 12ʼ Contemporary Art Factory | Tokyo
ʻYokohama Eastan Rallyartʼ | Kanagawa
ʻArt of Object Art of Mediaʼ | Tokoha Museum of Arts, Shizuoka
ʻKyozonʼ Kamloops Art Gallery, Canada2000

ʻStudio Big Art movie Festa Vol.1ʼ | Kanagawa
ʻShunsuke Mitamura and Artists…ʼ | Ibaraki Prefectural Tsukuba Museum of Art
ʻScreening Japan Halloʼ | Denmark
ʻScreening Japan Rum46ʼ | Denmark
ʻDaejeon Media Artʼ | Daejeon Municipal Museum of Art, South Korea

1999

ʻArt in Livingroomʼ | Contemporary Art Factory Tokyo
Art Competition | Shinkiba SOKO Gallery TokyoʻKirin Contemporary Awardʼ| Kirin Brewery Shinkawa HQ/ Kirin Plaza OsakaʻBiennale 1 Atamiʼ | Shizuoka

1998ʻArt Walk 1998ʼ | Tochigi

1997

Stage Set Production | Tokyo DomeArt Competition | Shinkiba SOKO Gallery TokyoʻKomabakuansutraumʼ | Tokyo

1996

ʻArt Business Auditionʼ| Laforet Harajuku Museum & Osaka Tempozan Museum

1995

ʻArt Business Auditionʼ | Laforet Museum Tokyo

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AWARDS1996

Art Business Audition 1996: Kamei Anima Prize

1997

Art Competition 1998: Prize

1999

Art Competition 2000: Jury PrizeʻKirin Contemporary Award 1999ʼ Award

2002

Art Scholarship 2001 First Contemporary Art Award:
Shioda Junichi Department Selection & Critic Selection
ʻPhilip Morris K.K. Art Award 2002 : The First Moveʻ P.S.1 Award2005

8th Taro Okamoto Award Art Exhibition: Selected2009

12th Taro Okamoto Award Art Exhibition: Special Award

2017

International Light Art Award 2017: First Prize

WORKSHOPS2012

ʻConnected Roarʼ | Kawasaki City Museum2010

ʻChildrenʼs Summer Vacationʼ | Gunma Pref. Museum of Mod. Art

2009

ʻTo Create a Spinning Crocodileʼ | Saitama Plaza North
ʻTo Create a Vibrationʼ | Saitama Plaza North
ʻTo Create 100gʼ | Koriyama City Museum of Art, FukushimaʻEat, Weigh, Delicious Artʼ | Tsuruoka Art Forum, Yamagata
ʻTo create 100gʼ | Tochigi Prefectural Museum of Art

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