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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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        I'll see you there

        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

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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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        2015: Believing History, Kloster Lorsch, Lorsch, Germany
        River runs through it
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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/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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