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Painter/ Unusual Space Director

Lives and works in Osaka Prefecture. Kotakeman regularly exhibits his works at art galleries and club events and sometimes directs music videos. As a member of a painters group VIRGINTRYHARD, he perfomed live paintings at rooms (Tokyo) organized by H.P.FRANCE, and HEP FIVE (Osaka). He supplied his works for fashion such as DIESEL, ,k-swiss and BEAMS.

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)

Artist Information

Ichiro Endo was born in Shizuoka, Japan. He travels across the country in his car named the “Mirai-e-go” (GO FOR FUTURE vehicle) on which he encourages people to write down their hopes and dreams. In addition to painting, performance, and video work, his activities include being a musician, DJ, and designer. Recent exhibitions include For Love, Peace and the Future (2010) at Art Tower Mito, Japan, TWIST and SHOUT: Contemporary Art from Japan (2009) at BACC, Bangkok, and Mixed Bathing World: Beppu Contemporary Art Festival (2009) in Oita, Japan. Following the March 11 earthquake/tsunami, the artist has begun organizing projects in the disaster-stricken Tohoku region, including the Yappeshi Festival and the GO FOR FUTURE Bus project in which he transports people between Yokohama, Shibuya, and the cities of Ishinomaki and Ofunato.

Official Website : GO FOR FUTURE / 遠藤一郎 Ichiro Endo