since 2008
Soya Arakawa/荒川創也
Up Coming Shows and Exhibitions
I'll see you there
feb 18-Apr 16,2023
Feb 11 ,2023 14:45
Feb 03&04 ,2023
Nov 25,2022 19:00
Nov 25 - Dec 17,2022
Oct 19 & 21 & 22,2022
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
OCt 24,2021 17:oo
Aug 21-Oct 24,2021
Jun 28-30 ,2021
Full CV
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/Group/Directed 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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