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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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      • Up Coming Shows and Exhibitions

        I'll see you there

        Mar 26-Sep 10 ,2023

        Produktive Räume. Kunst und Design aus Krefeld

        Haus Lange Esters,Krefeld, Germany

        feb 18-Apr 16,2023

        Opening Feb 17 from 19:00

        Ausstellung:

        Triple is funny, but double makes the money

        Kunsthalle Münster, Münster Germany

        Feb 11 ,2023 14:45

        opening Feb 4

        Performance: Ceramic

        art must be beautiful

        Weltkunstzimmer

        Düsseldorf, Germany

        Feb 03&04 ,2023

        The Teacher

        directed by Agnes Scherer

        Museo d’Arte Moderna Bologna

        Bologna, Italy

        Nov 25,2022 19:00

        Makura

        Solo Performance with the Score

        Bloom Düsseldorf, Germany

        Nov 25 - Dec 17,2022

        Bonded

        Exhibition with Artistbooks and Editions

         

        Bloom Düsseldorf, Germany

        Oct 19 & 21 & 22,2022

        Do White

        regie miu

        FFT Düsseldorf

        Düsseldorf, Germany

        Sep 17 & 18,2022

        Performance at the Exhibition Effi & Pym

        Muzeul Național al Hărților și Cărții Vechi

        Bucharest, Romania

        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

      • Works and more

         

        River runs through it
        2021: 友達と – „tomodachito“. Mit Freund*innen, Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf Foto:Katja Illner
        Das Zentraal Theater - Bokuha Unagi da
        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
        River runs through it
        River runs through it
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      • Performance Scores

        MaKura

        Performance Score with task

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        Krefeld, NRW, Germany
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        soya@tacolv.org
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        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

        Performance and Exhibition

         

        SoloPerformances:

         

        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:

        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

         

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