Michiko Nakatani

1981 born in Tokio, Japan
2001-2005 studied sculpture at Tama Art University in Tokyo, Japan
2005 moving to germany
2006 Guest student at the Academy of Fine Arts, Dresden
2007-2010 study under Prof. Martin Honert at the HfBK Dresden, Diploma
2010 VOCA Encouragement Prize of the Ueno Royal Museum, Tokyo, Japan
2012-2014

Graduate studies under Prof. Martin Honert at the HfBK Dresden
Japanese Government Overseas Study Programme for Artists

Solo Exhibitions ( selection )

2019

In Their Own Little Cosmos, Mie Prefecture Art Museum, Mie, Japan
Mask in the Bright Day / Harden the Night, Art Front Gallery, Tokyo
beyond  the sea, voice calling for a boat, Kabinett in Galerie Ursula Walter,Dresden

2018

the ship carrying water, Akiyama Gallery, Tokyo
Whwn I get old, Omuro Private Museum, Mie

2017 North Gallery, Saitama City, Japan
2015 From a dark place to a bright place, Maki Fine Arts, Tokyo
2014 Souzou no yoroi, Galerie Rothamel, Frankfurt
Souzou no Kage, Tama Art University, Gallery of Sculptur building, Tokyo
2013 Tōhoku, (with Hans-Christian Schink), Galerie Rothamel, Erfurt
2012 Impression, Maki Fine Art, Tokyo
2011 Ganz nahe der Vorstellung, (with Katja Wiechmann), Galerie Rothamel, Frankfurt
2005 Michiko Nakatani, Gallery b, Tokyo

Group Exhibitions (selection)

2019

Art Karlsruhe, Galerie Rothamel
Beyond Unevenness, Musee Hamaguchi Yozo: Yamasa Collection,Tokyo
Portrait, Spiral, Tokyo

2018

Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial, Niigata-ken Japan
20th Domani -the Art of Tomorrow, the National Art Center, Tokyo, Japan

2016

All living things, The Vangi Sculpture Garden Museum, Shizuoka Japan
Rediscovering Three-Dimentional Art in Japan,
 Gunma Museum of Art, Tatebayashi, Gunma
Trick, Trick, Hat trick, The Hiratsuka Museum of Art

2014

Transparency, Maki Fine Arts, Tokyo
New Masters - So Far, Kunsthaus Dresden
Between places/je näher desto ferner, geh8 Kunstraum, Dresden
Wuchernde Wiederholungen - Vorüberziehende Gedanken, Japanisches Kulturinstitut, Köln 
Winter Show, Maki Fine Arts, Tokyo

2013

Dollhouse, Galerie Rothamel, Erfurt
Light & Blindness, Maki Fine Art, Tokyo

2011 Winter Show, Maki Fine Art, Tokyo
2010 Dresden Deine Musennester, Galerie Rothamel, Erfurt
Voca Art Award, Ueno Royal Museum, Tokio
Soko ni aru image, Morioka Shoten, Tokio
Our House is Your House, Galerie Dolmen, Prag
Back to the Drawing Board, geh8 Kunstraum, Dresden
Diplomausstellung, HfBK, Dresden
2009 Unser Haus ist euer Haus, Domagk Ateliers, München
nichts mit -ung, Villa Eschebach, Dresden
Haut, HfBK Dresden
Beautiful Fish, Bank ART Yokohama, Mini Galerie, Yokohama
nei loro occhi, Palazzo Albrizzi, Venedig
2008 Animals, Pögehaus, Leipzig
Mensch und Tier, geh8 Kunstraum, Dresden
Global Generation, Freiburg
woher wir kommen und wohin wir gehen, geh8 Kunstraum, Dresden
Jahresausstellung, HfBK, Dresden
Gehäus, Delikatessenhaus, Leipzig
2007 Achtung Kunst, Gartenbaumuseum, Erfurt
Teens, Kunstraum DD , Dresden
Signale, Ostrale, Dresden
Jahresausstellung, HfBK, Dresden
Wie wir einfach so verschwinden könnten, Regionalbüro Grünland, Dresden
2005 Über eine Emotion, Gallery B, Tokio
2004 White, Tama Art University, Tokio
2003 Imomusi, Tama Art University, Tokio
2002 Gespräch durch Holz, St. Luke Hospital, Tokio

 

 

SCHOLARSHIPS / PRICES

 

2014

 Catalogue Funding, Landeshauptstadt Dresden

2012-2014

Program of Overseas Study for Upcoming Artists
Agency for Cultural Affairs, Japan

2010

VOCA Encouragement Prize,The Vision of Contemporary Art 2010, Tokyo