TAKASHI AZUMAYA

Independent Curator, Art Critic

AZUMAYA Takashi

C.V.

Occupation: independent curator, art critic
Date of birth: March 21, 1968
Born in Yokkaichi City, Mie Prefecture, Japan
Nationality: Japan

Education
MFA. Tokyo National University of the Arts, 1994
Professional Experience
Setagaya Art Museum, Tokyo, 1994-1999
Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery, Tokyo, 1999
"YOKOHAMA 2001 ,"2000-2001 (Performing arts Dept.)
Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, 2003-2004 (Associate curator)
Selected Exhibitons
"Jio SHIMIZU: Elements," Misa Shin Gallery, Tokyo, 2012
"2010 Busan Biennale," Busan Museum of Art, Busan Yacht Center, Gwangalli Beach, etc, Busan, Korea, 2010 (artstic director, 72 artists)
"identity, body it," nca | nichodo contemporary art, Tokyo, 2010
"GUNDAM Generating Futures," Suntory Museum, Osaka, The Royal Museum Ueno. Tokyo, and others, 2005 - 2007(22 aritsts)
"Mitsuru TOKUTOMI: plus, minus, infinity," Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo, 2006
"KUSAMA Yayoi: Kusamatrix," Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, 2004
"MURAYAMA Ruriko: Collective Charms," NADiff Gallery, Tokyo, and other, 2002
"OP Trance!," KPO Kirin Plaza, Osaka, 2001 (6 artists, Curated with SAWARAGI,Noi: Art critic)
"Shinro OHTAKE: Dub-Kei," KPO Kirin Plaza, Osaka, 2000
"Hanayo Utushi Yume Kuni," Parco Gallery, Tokyo, 2000
"Yuichi HIGASHIONN: Hina Gata," NADiff Gallery, Tokyo, 2000
"Art / Domestic / Temperature of the Time," Setagaya Art Museum, Tokyo, 1999 (7 artists)
Curation in Team
"2008 Busan Biennale Contemporary Art Exhibition: Expenditure," Busan Museum of Contemporary Art, Korea, 2008
"Roppongi Crossing 2004," Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, 2004 (group show)
Commissioned
"Tangible Sound," Total Museum, Seoul, 2000
"Media City Seoul 2002," Seoul City Museum, 2002