Kunsthalle Zürich

NON-SOLO SHOW, NON-GROUP SHOW
EI ARAKAWA WITH/MIT NIKOLAS GAMBAROFF, NICK MAUSS, NORA SCHULTZ
KERSTIN BRÄTSCH & DAS INSTITUT
KLARA LIDEN
CARISSA RODRIGUEZ
NORA SCHULTZ
28 NOVEMBER 2009 – 31 JANUARY 2010

Ei Arakawa
Geboren in Fukushima, Japan, lebt und arbeitet in New York /
Born in 1977 in Fukushima, Japan, lives and works in New York

Ausbildung / Education
2006
M.F.A. in Film/Video, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson

2005–2006
Studio Program, Whitney Museum of American Arts Independent Study Program, New York

2004
B.F.A. Fine Arts, School of Visual Arts, New York

Einzelausstellungen (Auswahl) / Selected Solo Exhibitions
2009
Prochoice (with Nikolas Gambaroff), Vienna
Künstlerhaus Stuttgart (with Sergei Tcherepnin)
Sculpture Center, New York (GOS)
New Jerseyy, Basel (with Gela Patashuri and Sergei Tcherepnin)
Taka Ishii Gallery, Kyoto

2008
untitled, Front Room at Contemporary Art Museum, St. Louis
Non-solo show, Non-group show, Ei Arakawa /Henning Bohl/Nora Schultz, Franco Soffiantino Arte Contemporanea, Turin

Gruppenausstellungen (Auswahl) / Selected Group Exhibitions
Grand Openings indicated by (GOS)
2009
Tbilisi 6. Never On Sunday (with Sergei Tcherepnin), Tbilisi
IS A BOOK, IS A SHOP, IS A SHOW, The Latvian Centre for Contemporary Art, Riga (GOS)
Bridges and Tunnels: New Jerseyy at Hard Hat, Hard Hat, Geneva (GOS)
Collaborations (with Nora Schultz), Autocenter, Berlin
Bulletinboard Blvd. (with Patrick Price), Pro Choice, Vienna

2008
TBILISI 5. Wednesday was Thursday (with Sergei Tcherepnin, Gela Patashuri, and Daniel Baumann), Tbilisi
Yokohama Triennale 2008 (with Mari Mukai), Yokohama
2008 Altoids Award, New Museum, New York
Egypted, Kunsthalle Exnergasse, Vienna
Schattenspiel/Shadow Play (I) – Schatten der Dinge/Shodow of Things, Reiner Ruthenbeck, Alexandra Leykauf, Ei Arakawa, Studio Sassa Trülzsch, Berlin

2007
How to Cook a Wolf: TERRIBLE VIDEO, Kunsthalle Zürich (GOS)
TBILISI 4. Everyday is Saturday, Cumberto/Space, Tbilisi
Performa07, Japan Society Lobby, New York
Making a Home, Japan Society Gallery, New York
A screening project organized by Paul Chang and Jay Sanders (with Sergej Tcherepnin), Lyon Biennial
Syntropia, NGBK – Neue Gesellschaft für Bildende Kunst, Berlin
Various Small Fires, Royal College of Art, London
For the People of Paris, Sutton Lane, Paris

2006
Bunch Alliance and Dissolve, Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, Ohio (GOS)
TBILISI 3. Let’s Stay Alive Till Monday, Children National Gallery, Tbilisi (GOS)
Keep Passing The Open Windows, or Happiness, Galerie Gisela Capitain, Cologne
Continuous Project #8 (with Simon Baier), CNEAI, Paris/Chatou
Whitney Independent Study Studio Program Exhibition 2005–2006, Chelsea Art Museum, New York
The Dimes of March, Reena Spaulings Fine Art, New York

2005
TBILISI 2. Wednesday Calls the Future, National Art Centre, Tbilisi (GOS)
Lesser New York, organized by Fia Backstrom Production, Brooklyn

2004
Succeeding Where The Hippies Failed, LeRoy Neiman Gallery, Columbia University, New York
Don’t Think About Me, I’m Alright – Julie Becker, David Claerbout, Ei Arakawa, Greene Naftali Gallery, New York
Poets of Miniature, Office Ops, Brooklyn
Diversity + Self-Identity, Visual Arts Gallery, New York

Performances
2009
Tbilisi 6. Never On Sunday (with Sergei Tcherepnin), Tbilisi
COCO, Vienna (with Nikolas Gambaroff)
Calling Out of Context (with Sergei Tcherepnin), Institute of Contemporary Art, London
Paper (a magazine) (with Nikolas Gambaroff), Künstlerhaus Wien, Vienna
Atti Democratici (with Nikolas Gambaroff), Bozen/Bolzano
White Heat, Stuttgart, in conjunction with Künstlerhaus Stuttgart (with Sergei Tcherepnin)
New Jerseyy, Basel

2008
The Color Bal l (with Scott Lyall), The Power Plant, Toronto
8864 3362 2250 Z1 CDGRT (with Nikolas Gambaroff), BaliceHertling, Paris
The Altoids Award 2008, New Museum, New York
Yokohama Triennale 2008 (with Mari Mukai), Kanagawa
Bumbershoot 08, organized by The Henry Art Gallery, Seattle Center, Seattle (GOS)
Front Room at Contemporary Art Museum, St. Louis
Finishing School at Edinburgh College of Art (with Stefan Tcherepnin), organized by Clémentine Deliss and The Embassy, Edinburgh
Nichts IST AUFREGEND. Nichts IST SEXY. Nichts IST NICHT PEINLICH, MUMOK – Museum Modern Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien, Vienna (GOS)
Non-solo show, Non-group show (Ei Arakawa/Henning Bohl/ Nora Schultz), Franco Soffiantino Arte Contemporanea, Turin
Egypted, Kunsthalle Exnergasse, Vienna

2007
BYOF, Performa07, Japan Society, New York, with Amy Sillman
“ghost/fantasma” the magazine in North Italy, International Prize for Performance – Third edition, Galleria Civica in collaboration with centrale FIES, Trento
RIOT THE 8 BARS, NGBK – Neue Gesellschaft für Bildende Kunst, Berlin
Azimi Book, One Season In Hell, organized by Nick Mauss and Ken Okiishi, Gavin Brown’s Enterprise, New York
Two Grahams, Dead Already, organized by Kim Gordon and Jutta Koether, Reena Spaulings Fine Art, New York
1979 Pink Floyd as Reconstruction Mood, Various Small Fires, Royal College of Art, London
Regard de l’Ionosphere, Sutton Lane, Paris, as Togawa Fan Club

2006
Canal into the New Century, Meerrettich On Ice, Volksbühne Sternfoyer am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz, Berlin, as Togawa Fan Club
Energy for Remodeling, Movement Research at the Judson Church “About Town”,
the Judson Church, New York, as Togawa Fan Club
performance for The Metal Magazine, Galerie Meerrettich, Berlin, Germany, with Nora Schultz
Eurovision 2006 as Reconstruction Mood, Galerie Gisela Capitain, Cologne
Grand Openings in Tsunan High School, Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial 2006, directed by Fram Kitagawa, Nigata, Japan
Grand Openings (Work In Progress from Lower East Side), magicalART ROOM, Tokyo
Grand Openings at Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson
Toward A Standard Risk Architecture, The Dimes of March, Reena Spaulings Fine Art, New York

2005
Patti’s New Mantra, Empty Space WITH Exciting Events, Artists Space, New York, with Sam Lewitt
Grand Openings, Performa05, directed by RoseLee Goldberg, Anthology Film Archives, New York
RIOT THE BAR, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson
Metropolis, Greater New York 2005, P.S.1 Center for Contemporary Art, Long Island City

2004
Mid-Yuming as Reconstruction Mood, LeRoy Neiman Gallery, Columbia University, New York
The Time at the End of This Writing, The Poetry Project at St. Marks Church, New York, with Paolo Javier
On Kawara’s Esperanto, Greene Naftali Gallery, New York
Mid-Yuming as Reconstruction Mood, Reena Spaulings Fine Art, New York

2003
Nemo Has No Name 1 - 5, The Club in the Shadow, Kenny Schachter ConTEMPorary, New York, with Nick Alexander

Andere Beteiligungen / Other Contributions
2009
The Art of Making Dances, props for the performance by Chase Granoff, The Kitchen, New York
Papar (with Nikolas Gambaroff), Vienna
Wahre Könige Magazine (no.1, January 2009), Ed. by Armin Lorenz Gerold and Manfred Hubmann, Vienna
Art Premiere, Taka Ishii Gallery at Basel Art Fair, Basel (GOS)
Ei Arakawa Presents the Works of Manfred Pernice's Objekt Bildhauerei Class From the Exhibition Dr. Fragenstein After the Film Screening and During the Closing of Jos De Gruyter & Harald Thys at Pro Choice, Pro Choice, Vienna
Unnamable Books, New York, as Ouroboros
John Clair Night, Roulette, New York, as Ouroboros
Shinkoyo Circus:Improv/Comp, Roulette, New York, as Ouroboros

2008
Ouroboros Concert, The Tank, New York, as Ouroboros
As if Scale (with Nora Schultz), Reena Spaulings Fine Art, New York
Novel (one), Berlin-London, Edited by Alun Rowlands and Matt Williams, London
Reena Spaulings Fine Art at Frieze Art Fair, London
Taka Ishii Gallery at Frieze Art Fair, London, with Daniel Baumann (GOS)
11 sessions (with Nicolás Guagnini), Organized by Karin Schneider, John Miller and Matt Keegan, Orchard, New York

2007
Illust, Matrose, edited by Nadira Husain, Francesca Lacatena, Megan Sullivan, Berlin, Germany, as Togawa Fan Club
Radio Danièle, organized by John Kelsey and Christopher Williams, Radio LoRa in conjunction with Kunsthalle Zurich, Switzerland, as RIOT THE BAR
Radio Danièle, organized by John Kelsey and Christopher Williams, Citta Del Capo Radio Metropolitana in collaboration with GAM Galleria d’Arte Moderna, Bologna, Italy, as RIOT THE BAR

2005
North Drive Press #2 (with Richard Aldrich), ed. by Matt Keegan, New York
New Labor, conceived by Eric Angles, LeRoy Neiman Gallery, Columbia University, New York
Etc., organized by Matt Keegan, Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York
Abschied von den Eltern, Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Art Cologne – Open Space, Cologne
LTTR 22nd Street Block Explosion, Printed Matter, Inc., New York

2004
The Time at the End of This Writing (with Paolo Javier), The Poetry Project at St. Marks Church, New York
Illust, TOUS LES CHEVAUX DU ROI 5, Reena Spaulings Fine Art, New York

2002
Sunday New Genre, The Web, New York (interdisciplinary events)

Biographie / Bibliography
2009
“Project X”, Art Aisa Pacific, New York, no. 66, November/December 2009.
Baumann, Daniel, “Ei Arakawa & others”, spike ART QUARTERLY (no. 21), Vienna
“TOP 100 EMERGING ARTISTS”, Flash Art International (October, 2009), Milan, Italy, p. 52
Kitamura, Katie, “Ei Arakawa & Sam Lewitt”, Frieze Magazine (Issue 125, September 2009), London, UK, p. 139 – 140
Busta, Caroline, SWITCH (Summer 2009), published by The Power Plant, Toronto, Canada
Hara, Hisako, Studio Voice (Vol. 403, July 2009), Tokyo, Japan
Maerkle, Andrew, “Collectors pleased with Art 40 Basel fair”, The Japan Times Online (June 19), Tokyo, Japan
Illust, May No.1 (06/2009), edited by Catherine Chevalier and Eva Svennung, Paris, France (GOS)
Bell, Kirsty, “Confiscating”, Mousse Magazine (Issue 19, June – July 09), Milan, Italy
Huberman, Anthony, “Frantic: the performative instability of Ei Arakawa”, Mousse Magazine (Issue 19, June – July 09), Milan, Italy, p. 37 – 39
The Younger Than Jesus Artist Directory, New Museum, 2009, NY, p. 22
Kleinman, Adam, “CRISIS MANUALS”, Texte zur Kunst (Issue No. 73, March 2009), Berlin, Germany, p. 178
“Toward a Standard Risk Architecture Video”, with Nick Stillman, Bomb magazine online, http://bombsite.powweb.com/Videos/TSRA.mov
New York Artists Dictionary, Flash Art International (March – April 2009), Milan, Italy, p. 67
Strau, Josef, “Ei Arakawa: A Non-Administrative Performance Mystery”, Parkett (Issue 84, Spring 2009), Zurich/NY, p.158
Koether, Jutta, “Entspannt IN DEN KONJUNKTUREN DER SYMPATHIE”, SPEX (#318, 01-02, 2008), Berlin, Germany
New York Artists Dictionary, Flash Art International (January – February 2009), Milan, Italy, p. 74

2008
Busta, Caroline, “On The Ground - New York”, Artforum International (December 2008), NY, p. 98
Tingyi, Chu, Artco Monthly (October 9, 2008), China
Kato, Emiko, Studio Voice (Vol. 395, November 2008), Tokyo, Japan, p. 132 – 133
Maerkle, Andrew, “Yokohama Triennale curators puzzle locals”, The Japan Times Online (September 18), Tokyo, Japan
Strau, Josef, “Grand Openings in Vienna”, TOP TEN, Artforum International (September 2008), NY
“Anthony Huberman interviewed by Nicola Trezzi”, Flash Art Performance, FlashArtOnline.com, http://www.flashartonline.com/interno.php?pagina=onweb_det&id_art=309&det=ok&titolo=ANTHONY-HUBERMAN
“Ei Arakawa Henning Bohl Nora Schultz”, Art e Critica (Anno 15, Numero 55, giugno-agosto 2008), Rome, Italy
Bildstrecke, Texte Zur Kunst (Issue 70, June 2008), Berlin, Germany
Carrion-Murayari, Gary, “Production Anxiety”, Domus (June 2008), Milan, Italy, p. 98
Coburn, Tyler, Ones to Watch, Art Review (Issue 20, March 2008), London, UK, p. 106
Tomii, Reiko, Art on Papers (Vol.12, No. 4, Mar/Apr 08), NY
Busta, Caroline, “Actor’s Studio”, Artforum International (Feburuary 2008), NY

2007
Licata, Christine, Degree Critical, NY, http://artcriticism.sva.edu/degreecritical/?p=66
Buffa, Patricia, “SPOTLIGHT: Performance a Trento”, Flash Art Italia (December – January 2007/2008), Milan, Italy
Junco, Marcel, VIEW, UOVO/15 Achromatic - Interviews, Conversations, Collaborations, Torino, Italy, p. 336 - 337
Trezzi, Nicola, Flash Art Performance, FlashArtOnline.com, http://www.flashartonline.com/OnWeb/EI%20ARAKAWA.html
Carlson, Benjamin, “Introducing”, Modern Painters (December –January 2007/2008), NY, p. 74 – 75
Morgan, Robert C., “Making a Home: Japanese Contemporary Artists in New York”, The Brooklyn Rail (November 2007), NY
Rosenberg, Karen, “Willingly or Unwillingly, Calling New York Their Home”, The New York Times (November 9th), NY
Cotter, Holland, “Art Is Brief. You Just Have to Be There.”, The New York Times (November 9th), NY
Clapham, Rachel Lois, “Please Note: This is Not a Traditional Ikebana Workshop” (www.writingfromliveart.co.uk), “A Live Art UK initiative”, (Novebmer 8th)
Cotter, Holland, “Hula Hoops, Marathon Piano, Revisited Happenings: Artists, Start Your Concepts”, The New York Times (November 2nd), NY
Tomii, Reiko, “Dictionary of Ei Arakawa”, exhibition catalogue Making a Home, Japan Society Gallery, NY, p. 74-75
Ammirati, Domenick, “Underdogs and Also-rans”, Modern Painters (July-August 2007), NY, p. 37-38
Mears, Emily Speers, “Gallery Walks London”, Texte zur Kunst (Issue No. 66, June 2007), Berlin, Germany, 82 of 2nd book
Herbert, Martin, “Various Small Fires”, Time Out London (April 4-10, 2007), London, UK, p. 40
Lee, Adrian, Artvehicle (issue 13), London, UK, http://www.artvehicle.com/ArtvehicleMailer/issue13/index.html
Parry, Fiona, “Architectural Doubts”, exhibition catalogue Various Small Fires, Royal College of Art, London, UK

2006
Illust, “. . . “, Gareth James, John Kelsey, Josef Strau, Portikus, Frankfurt, Germany, p. 122 -123
“Alternative Recommend”, Quest, No. 32, (November 2006), Tokyo, Japan, p. 29
webcasting of “Eurovision 2006 as Reconstruction Mood,” TRANSMISSIONS, SHOWstudio, London, UK, http://www.showstudio.com/projects/transmissions/transmission.php/14716
Mears, Emily Speers, “On The Verge Of The Audience”, Texte Zur Kunst (September 2006), Berlin, Germany
Stillman, Nick, “An Art Brand”, Flash Art International (May-June, 2006), Milan, Italy, p. 96
Cotter, Holland, “Whitney Independent Study Program”, The New York Times (May 12th), NY
Burlap, Toni, “The Euclidean Triangle,” catalog, Whitney Biennial 2006 Day For Night, NY, p. 36
Maine, Stephen, "Report from New York - Down East", Art in America (May 2006), p. 65 - 71
Stillman, Nick, “The Dimes of March,” Artforum.com, New York Critics’s Pick, http://www.artforum.com/archive/id=10681
Illust, Cotter, Holland, “The Collective Conscious”, The New York Times (March 5th), NY
webcasting of “Grand Openings,” TRANSMISSIONS, SHOWstudio, London, UK, http://www.showstudio.com/projects/transmissions/section.php/5208/5426
Iles, Chrissie, “Cabaret License”, Artforum International (January 2006), NY, p. 95

2005
Scott, Andrea K., “The best and worst of 2005”, Time Out New York (December 28 January 4, 2005), NY, p. 66
Cotter, Holland, “Visions From Nigeria and India and a Van Searching for Utopia”, The New York Times (December 25th ), NY
Kelsey, John, BEST OF 2005, Artforum International (December 2005), NY, p. 252-253
Mauss, Nick, The Artists’ Artists, Artforum International (December 2005), NY, p. 108
Rimanelli, David, On the Ground/New York, Artforum International (December 2005), NY, p. 222
Illust, BEST OF 2005, Artforum International (December 2005), NY, p. 263
“1960s Japan: Art Outside the Box”, The Review of Japanese Culture and Society (December 2005), Inter-Cultural Society and Education of Josai University, Tokyo, Japan, p. 116
Rabinowitz, Cay Sophie, “Ei Arakawa’s Six Degrees of Subtlety,” Art Papers (September/October 2005), Atlanta, USA, p. 25-27
Fujimori, Manami, Bijyutsu Techo (September 2005), Tokyo, Japan, p. 107

2004
Chan, Lynne, “Succeeding Where the Hippies Failed – Review”, School of the Arts at Columbia University, NY, http://wwwapp.cc.columbia.edu/art/app/arts/visual_arts/viewNews.jsp?news=135
Tomii, Reiko, “Genzai-Tsushin from New York”, The Shin-Bijutsu Shimbun (October 2004), Tokyo, Japan
Tomii, Reiko, “Sobyo”, The Shinano Shimbun (October 2004), Nagano, Japan
Harris, Jane, “The very idea”, Time Out New York (August 5 – 12, 2004), NY, p. 15
Koether, Jutta, “„Ich Will Eine Stadtkünstlerin Seinm””, Texte Zur Kunst (June 2004), Berlin, Germany, p. 74
Tomii, Reiko, “Genzai-Tsushin from New York”, The Shin-Bijutsu Shimbun (May 2004), Tokyo, Japan

Auszeichnungen und Atelieraufenthalte / Grants, Awards, and Residency
2009
DAAD Artist-in-Residency, Berlin, Germany
Kunstzeitraum, Ottmann GmbH & Co Südhausbau KG and PIN. Freunde der Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, Germany
Artists’ Fellowship (Interdisciplinary Work), New York Foundation for the Arts, NY

2008
The Altoids Award 2008, New Museum, NY
Randolph Cliff, Organized by Clémentine Deliss and Charles Asprey, Edinburgh College of Art and the National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh, UK

2007
The Honorable Mention, International Prize for Performance – Third Edition, Galleria Civica di Arte Contemporanea, in collaboration with centrale FIES, Trento, Italy

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