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        • The Art Company of Lost Varieties

          since 2008

        • Soya Arakawa/荒川創也

          Soya Arakawa (* 1984 in Hamamatsu-shi,japan, lives and works in Krefeld,Germany) works in the fields of sculpture, drawing, painting, installation and performance - including solo performances on his own and collaborations in various fields, in which he works as a singer, dancer and instrumentalist acts. His works often play with ideas of cultural appropriation, fiction, and self-mythology.
           
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          Jun 25-Jul 24,2022

          Messengers: TAV & TOKAS 15th Anniversary Commemorative Exhibition

          Taipei Artist Village,Taiwan

          April 20 – May 20 2022

          Beatrice von Babel. Under the boat

          Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Venezia, Italy

           

          OCt 24,2021 17:oo

          象鼻鰻 / Zo Hana Unagi

          performance with Baptiste BERSOUX

          Kunsthalle Düsseldorf

          Düsseldorf, Germany

          Aug 21-Oct 24,2021

          友達と – „tomodachito“. Mit Freund*innen

          Kunsthalle Düsseldorf

          Düsseldorf, Germany

          Jun 28-30 ,2021

          Bibliopark

          Central Library Düsseldorf

          Düsseldorf, Germany

          Jun 11,2021

          GHOST3 Butoh Soundart Festival

          Weltkunstzimmer

          Düsseldorf, Germany

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          River runs through it
          2021: 友達と – „tomodachito“. Mit Freund*innen, Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf Foto:Katja Illner
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          River runs through it
          Das Zentraal Theater - Bokuha Unagi da
          River runs through it
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          2015: Believing History, Kloster Lorsch, Lorsch, Germany
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          Soya Arakawa / 荒川創也

          Lives and works in Krefeld / ´Münster, Germany

          1984 born in Hamamatsu-shi, Japan

           

          2011- 2015: Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, Germany, class of Prof. Rita McBride (Akademiebrief, Meisterschüler)

          2009-2011: Guest student, Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, class of Prof. Rita McBride

          2003-2007: Kanazawa College of Art, Japan (MA in sculpture)

           

          Prizes and Residencies:

           

          2022: Residence NRW+

          2015: 69. Internationale Bergische Kunstausstellung (Shortlist)

          2014: Hogan Lovells Kunstförderpreis (2. Preis)

          2008: Artist in Residence, Taipei Artist Village, Taipei, Taiwan

          Performance and Exhibition

          Solo Performances:

           

          2022: Utsukushii Mononotameni Utau, SOA, Krefeld, Germany

          2020: Crystals, Market Gallery, Glasgow

          2018: Salon Story, as part of the exhibition Es dauert, es ist riskant at Hans Arp Museum, Rolandseck, Germany

          2015: Body Health and Koku Gaku, Kunstraum Düsseldorf, Germany

          2014: One print for free, Gent, Belgium

          A Live Comedy Activity, lecture performance at Filmwerkstatt, Düsseldorf, Germany

          2013: Nashinamure, Herz Jesu Kirche, Wuppertal, Germany Ceramic, Malkasten, Düsseldorf, Germany

          2008: Decomposing Soya Arakawa, Barry Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan Praising Booth, TAV, Taipai, Taiwan

           

          Collaborative Performances:

           

          2021:

          Zo Hana Unagi / 象鼻鰻, with Baptiste BERSOUX , directed by Soya Arakawa, Kunsthalle Düsseldorf

          Bibliopark, directed by miu, Stadtbüchereien Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf

          Ghost3 Butoh Soundart Performance-Parcours ll, with Yu Sonoda, Weltkunstzimmer, Düsseldorf

          2020:

          The Teacher, directed by Agnes Scherer , Cabaret Voltaire , Zürich

          Passacaglia della vita, directed by Spine, Simultan Halle, Cologne

          2019:

          Fermata, directed by miu at FFT, Düsseldorf, Germany

          Tag H Ex, directed by miu at FFT Düsseldorf, Germany

          The Teacher, directed by Agnes Scherer at Kinderhook & Caracas, Berlin, Germany

          2018:

          Empty Balloon Society Ex, directed by miu at FFT Düsseldorf, Germany

          Tag H, directed by miu at FFT Düsseldorf, Germany

          Erst wo die Dinge sich erschöpfen, beginnt die Wirklichkeit, Museum Alte Post, Pirmasens, Germany

          Cupid and the Animals, directed by Agnes Scherer at TRAMPS (offsite BAM Fisher), New York, USA

          2017:

          Gebrauchsanweisungen zum Verschwinden, dance piece directed by Chikako Kaido, Terepsichol, Tokio, Japan

          Empty Balloon Society, directed by miu at FFT, Düsseldorf, Germany

          Cupid and the Animals, directed by Agnes Scherer at Museum Ludwig, Köln, Germany

          Gebrauchsanweisung zum Verschwinden, dance piece directed by Chikako Kaido at Weltkunstzimmer, Düsseldorf, Germany

          Cupid and the Animals, directed by Agnes Scherer at TRAMPS (offsite Copeland Gallery), London, UK

          2016:

          Duo performance with miu, c!ang #13, Düsseldorf, Germany

          Die Insel, dance piece directed by Chikako Kaido at Weltkunstzimmer, Düsseldorf, Germany

          Zahntherapie,directed by Ivan Geddert, Tanzhaus Düsseldorf, Germany

          Der Meister kommt, Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, Germany

           

          2013:

          Verantwortung, Schmela Haus, Düsseldurf, Germany

          Travel Log, Kunstverein Düsseldorf, Germany

          Dunamis, collaborative performance with Daisuke Inoue, Kanazawa Bidai Art Gallery, Kanazawa, Japan

          2012:

          Inside the spaceship of VSC, collaborative performance with Vasileios Zarifopoulos at Asta Ausstellungsraum, Düsseldorf, Germany

          2011:

          Spot, Galerie Arnaud Lefebvre, Paris, France Spot, Sammlung Philara, Düsseldorf

           

          Solo Exhibitions

           

          2016: Rat Rat, Room with a view, Düsseldorf, Germany

          2015: I’m a boy, Te-te, Kunstraum für bewegte Ideen, Düsseldorf, Germany

          2011: Eine spektakuläre Einzelausstellung - die Antwort in meinen 30ern, SHaus, Krefeld, Germany

           

          Group Exhibitions:

           

          2022: Beatrice von Babel. Under the boat, Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa
          Sala del Camino, Complesso SS. Cosma e Damiano, Venezia, Italy

          2021:

          友達と – „tomodachito“. Mit Freund*innen, Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf

          2018:

          A Letter, Park Kultur, Düsseldorf, Germany

          2017: Room with a view, Room with a view, Düsseldorf, Germany

          2016: Mary & der Vulkan. Eine meteorologische Phantasmagorie, KIT, Düsseldorf, Germany

          2015:

          Hochdruck, Galerie Spletstößer, Kaarst, Germany

          5 x 3, Kunstraum Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany

          69. Internationale Kunstausstellung, Kunstmuseum Solingen, Solingen, Germany

          The integrated short-short, Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, Germany

          Believing History, River runs through it, Kloster Lorsch, Lorsch, Germany

          General Exposure, Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf

          Spring garden in a certain place, Kunstakademie Düsseldorf

          Object Manipulating Economy / Economy Manipulating Object (Installation: Ten thousand leaves and a big fish at the former laundry shop August Fröhls), Mönchengladbach, Germany

          2014: Erkenntnis, Galerie M29, Köln

          2013: VARIANTE FANTASTICO_endloser Heimweg, Nashinamure, Herz Jesu Kirche, Wuppertal, Germany

          Sportsgeist, Malkasten, Düsseldorf, Germany

          Project Cicciolino, Kanazawa Bidai Gallery, Kanazawa, Japan

          Project Cicciolino, Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany

          2012: Dokumentation, MEM, Wuppertal

          Kunstpunkte Düsseldorf, Kunst im Hafen e.v., Düsseldorf, Germany

          2011: Kunstpunkte Düsseldorf, Kunst im Hafen e.v., Düsseldorf, Germany

          MAULWURFTREMOR, Villa Karl Marx, Viersen, Germany

          Tops, Sammlung Philara, Düsseldorf

          Legend of the Artist, contribution to class exhibition, Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, Germany

          2010: I will be a big star!, contribution to group exhibition at Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, Germany

          2009: I wanna be a big star!, contribution to group exhibition at Tokyo Wonder Site Hongo, Tokyo, Japan

           

           

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