The Art Company of Lost Varieties

Soya Arakawa / 荒川創也

Lives and works in Krefeld, 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

SoloPerformances:

2023: Score 2-3-4, nunlasst uns am Rhein zusammen treffen, um gemeinsam zu vergessen, dass
ein Fluss auch eine Grenze sein kann, Kunst im Hafen e.V.,Düsseldorf,
Germany

2023:Bellin, AquaArtefakt,Wasserturm an der Gutenbergstraße, Krefeld, Germany

2023:Rarika Report,ÜberBrücken – Bridging #3,Hohenzollernbrücke, Cologne, Germany

2023:Langer Salon,ProduktiveRäume. Kunst und Design aus Krefeld, Haus Lange Esters,
Krefeld,Germany

2023:Ceramic,Artmust be beautiful,Weltkunstzimmer, Düsseldorf, Germany

2023:all the way to,Kreativ-HausMünster, Münster,Germany

2022:Makura. Bloom,Düsseldorf

2022:Utsukushii Mononotameni Utau, SOA,Krefeld, Germany

2020:Crystals,Market Gallery, Glasgow

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

2015:Body Health and Koku Gaku, KunstraumDüsseldorf, Germany

2014:One print for free, Gent,Belgium

ALive Comedy Activity,lecture performance at Filmwerkstatt, Düsseldorf, Germany

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

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

Collaborative/Group/Directed Performances:

2023:

TheTeacher,directed by Agnes Scherer, ArtCityBologna,Bologna,Italy

2022:

dowhite, directedby miu, FFT Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf

2021:

ZoHana Unagi/象鼻鰻,directedby Soya Arakawa, with Baptiste Bersoux, Kunsthalle Düsseldorf

Bibliopark, directedby miu, Stadtbüchereien Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf

Ghost3Butoh Soundart Performance-Parcours ll,with Yu Sonoda, Weltkunstzimmer, Düsseldorf

2020:

TheTeacher,directed by Agnes Scherer , Cabaret Voltaire , Zürich

Passacagliadella vita, directedby Spine, Simultan Halle, Cologne

2019:

Fermata,directedby miu at FFT, Düsseldorf, Germany

TagH Ex,directed by miu at FFT Düsseldorf, Germany

TheTeacher, directedby Agnes Scherer at Kinderhook & Caracas, Berlin, Germany

2018:

EmptyBalloon Society Ex, directedby miu at FFT Düsseldorf, Germany

TagH, directedby miu at FFT Düsseldorf, Germany

Erst wo die Dingesich erschöpfen, beginnt die Wirklichkeit, MuseumAlte Post, Pirmasens, Germany

Cupidand the Animals, directedby Agnes Scherer at TRAMPS (offsite BAM Fisher), New York, USA

2017:

Gebrauchsanweisungenzum Verschwinden, dance piecedirected by Chikako Kaido, Terepsichol, Tokio, Japan

EmptyBalloon Society, directedby miu at FFT, Düsseldorf, Germany

Cupidand the Animals, directedby Agnes Scherer at Museum Ludwig, Köln, Germany

Gebrauchsanweisungzum Verschwinden, dance piecedirected by Chikako Kaido at Weltkunstzimmer, Düsseldorf, Germany

Cupidand the Animals, directedby Agnes Scherer at TRAMPS (offsite Copeland Gallery), London, UK

2016:

Duoperformance with miu, c!ang#13, Düsseldorf, Germany

DieInsel, dancepiece directed by Chikako Kaido at Weltkunstzimmer, Düsseldorf,
Germany

Zahntherapie,directedby Ivan Geddert, Tanzhaus Düsseldorf, Germany

Der Meister kommt,Kunstakademie Düsseldorf,Germany
2013:

Verantwortung,Schmela Haus, Düsseldurf,Germany

Travel Log,Kunstverein Düsseldorf,Germany

Dunamis,collaborativeperformance with Daisuke Inoue, Kanazawa Bidai Art Gallery, Kanazawa,
Japan

2012:

Insidethe spaceship of VSC, collaborativeperformance with Vasileios Zarifopoulos at Asta Ausstellungsraum,
Düsseldorf, Germany

2011:

Spot,GalerieArnaud Lefebvre, Paris, France Spot, Sammlung Philara, Düsseldorf

SoloExhibitions

2016:Rat Rat, Roomwith a view, Düsseldorf, Germany

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

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

Group Exhibitions:

2023:

Score A-B-C, nunlasst uns am Rhein zusammen treffen, um gemeinsam zu vergessen, dass
ein Fluss auch eine Grenze sein kann, Kunstim Hafen e.V.,Düsseldorf, Germany

Bellin, AquaArtefakt,Wasserturm an der Gutenbergstraße, Krefeld, Germany

Langer Salon,ProduktiveRäume. Kunst und Design aus Krefeld, Haus Lange Esters,Krefeld,Germany

鏡板/Kagami-Ita,tripleis funny, but double makes the money, Kunsthalle Münster, Germany

2022:

Bonded, Bloom,Düsseldorf

Effi& Pym ,MuzeulNațional al Hărților și Cărții Vechi, Bucharest

Beatricevon Babel. Under the boat, FondazioneBevilacqua La Masa
Saladel Camino, Complesso SS. Cosmae Damiano, Venezia, Italy

Messengers:TAV & TOKAS 15th Anniversary Commemorative Exhibition , TaipeiArtist Village, Taipei, Taiwan

2021:

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

2018:

A Letter, ParkKultur, Düsseldorf, Germany

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

2016: Mary & derVulkan. Eine meteorologischePhantasmagorie, KIT, Düsseldorf, Germany

2015:

Hochdruck, GalerieSpletstößer, Kaarst, Germany

5 x 3, KunstraumDüsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany

69. InternationaleKunstausstellung, KunstmuseumSolingen, Solingen, Germany

Theintegrated short-short, KunstakademieDüsseldorf, Germany

BelievingHistory, Riverruns through it, Kloster Lorsch, Lorsch, Germany

General Exposure,Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf

Spring garden in acertain place, KunstakademieDüsseldorf

ObjectManipulating 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: VARIANTEFANTASTICO_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

KunstpunkteDüsseldorf, Kunst im Hafene.v., Düsseldorf, Germany

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

MAULWURFTREMOR,Villa Karl Marx, Viersen, Germany

Tops,SammlungPhilara, Düsseldorf

Legendof the Artist,contribution to class exhibition, Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, Germany

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

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