Artist Information

Born in Tokushima prefecture in 1965. Contemporary artist. Kinoshita has taught in elementary school and junior high school before becoming an illustrator. He debuted as a cartoonist in a cartoon anthology magazine called “GARO.” Since then he has been active as a contemporary artist and a cartoonist. He is also known as a performance artist, especially in his guerrilla style at international art festivals. He spends more time with elementary school children’s workshop than his art exhibitions. He investigates education and art. A member of “The Group 1965.” Participated in Art Setouchi 2013.

Artist Information

1974 born in Osaka.1995-1999   Musashino Art University majoring in the Department of Architecture
Since 1995: Intensification of site-specific artworks in a collaborative use of outdoor or architectural space.

Official Website：Takayoshi Kitagawa Website

Solo Exhibition:

1997: “zando project”, extracurricular art gallary at Musashino Art Univercity,Tokyo
2005: “contour of uchi (chamber)” ,Toride Satelite Gallary,Ibaraki
2007: “Twilightzone urban – sleep “, 4K studio ,Tokyo
2012: “Takayoshi Kitagawa exhibition Floor Landscape: Opening, Connecting, Closing”, Asahi Art Square, Tokyo. 

Group Exhibition:

1995/1996/1998 Kodaira Outdoor Exhibition, at Kodaira Central Park, Tokyo
1997: Urbanart #6, PARCO Gallery, Tokyo
1998: Contemporary Art Exchange Exhibition between Musashino Art University and Kunstakademie Dusseldorf; ‘terminal’, Musashino Art University, Tokyo
1999: Contemporary Art Exchange Exhibition ‘DJ’ between Kunstakademie Dusseldorf and Musashino Art University, at Kunstakademie Dusseldorf, Germany
2000: Mt. Fuji Project, at the former site of Aum Shinrikyo satian in Kamikuisshiki village, Yamanashi 
: SUKIMA Project,command N,Tokyo
: Toride art project2000″House/Suburban Residence”Toride City,ibaraki Prefecture
2001: Mukoujima Expo 2001 “Artlogy”MUKOUJIMA Area in Sumida Ward,Tokyo
2002: Toride art project2002″Take Me to the River”Toride City,ibaraki Prefecture
    : Musashino Public Art Project”Green Library”on the site of former Musashino-shi Libary,Tokyo
2003: Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial 2003,Toukamachi City,Niigata Prefecture 
2004: ikifune　Dispatch　　alongside of Hikifune Stattion in Sumida Ward Tokyo
2006: Toride art project2006″Apocalypse of the Terminal Processing Project”Toride City,ibaraki 
2007: Hiroshima art project”turning waste inclnaration plant into art center”Hiroshima City,Hiroshima 
      “Open House exhbition in Sogabe(MIKANGUMI) house”,Yokohama city, Kanagawa
“Selected proposal exhibition for awara city environmental art”,Awara city ,Fukui
2008: art advance adachi 20008 theater 1010 gallery,Kitasenjyu ,Tokyo
   : Koganecho Bazaar,Yokohama city
    : BankART Life 2” roof top paradise”,BankART NYK,Yokohama city
    : Tamagawa art line Project, Denen chou-fu seseragi Park, Tokyo  
    : Horoshima Art Project 2008,Yoshijima Boat Park, Horoshima city
    : Aosandou art project, Aoyama ,Tokyo
2009: Lcamp Hatsune-studio koganechou Yokohama city
   : spin off   bazaar community  Yokohama city
    : Niigata Water and Land Art Festival 2009 ,Niigata-city
    : BOKUTO MACHI MISE 2009,Sumida-ku ,Tokyo
2010: Kogane chou　artist  art forum azamino, Yokohama city
   : Aichi  Triennial 2010,Chouja-town ,Nagoya-City,Aichi Prefecture 
    : Rokko meets art , Rokko mountain , Kobe-city 
    : 10 Anniversary of Sendai Mediatheque “HOW BARRIER IS”, Sendai Mediatheque. Sendai-city
2011: “Koganecho Bazaar”, Hachiban-kan, Kanagawa.
: “Rokko meets art”, Rokko mountain, Hyogo. 
2012: “Takayoshi Kitagawa exhibition Floor Landscape: Opening, Connecting, Closing” Asahi Art Square ,Tokyo
   “[cloud/crowd]~I’m here~exhibition”,CPUE 2012,Tokyo
    : ”Storyteller – Units of Recognition”,Aomori Contemporary Art Centre,Aomori
    : “Mary of Shingoi”Aoyama Satoru+Kitagawa Takayoshi ,Midori Art Center(MAC), Aomori
2013: ”Oya creators in residence”、Yabu-city,Hyogo

Architecture project:

2001-2005: Yahiro House project (self-renovation) ,Tokyo
2002: U-building project (up-grade renovasion proposal),Kyoto 
2012: hitonoma gallery ,Tokyo (BUGHAUS)

Collaborative work:

2006: Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial 2006,Toukamachi City,Niigata Prefecture (professor temporary, faculty of Musashino Art Univercity)