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Mamoru Tsukada mamoru.tsukada@gmail.com www.mamorutsukada.com Mamoru Tsukada, male, born in Japan, 1962 Lives and works in Osaka, Japan and Berlin, Germany EDUCATIONS 2002-2005 History of art and theory, Art Studium/Kinki University, Tokyo 1991-92 International Center of Photography, New York SELECTED EXHIBITIONS 2018 “The exhausted sky”, Matsumoto City Museum of Art, Japan 2017 “The exhausted sky”, Evans Contemporary, Peterborough/Canada 2015 "Beyond Hiroshima: The Return of the Repressed WW2 memory in Contemporary Japanese Photography”, Tel Aviv University Gallery, Tel Aviv 2014 “Distant Observations, Fukushima in Berlin”, organized and participated, Kunstraum Kreuzberg / Bethanien, Berlin "Thanatos kann Phönix", Greusslich Contemporary, Berlin 2013 “Eine Konstellation”, Lutherkirche, Cologne “V”, Sprout, Tokyo 2012 “Frieze Art Fair”, Tomio Koyama Gallery, London “Reason & Emotion” Rothendal, Norway "Warte mal, ich überlege noch … – Fotografische Methoden über innere Haltung", Greusslich Contemporary, Berlin 2011 “Fukushima- Opening doors with Compassion”, organized and participated, Lutherkirche, Cologne “Island Never Found”, curated by Lorand Hegyi, Musée d’art moderne de Saint-Étienne, 2010 “Island Never Found”, Palazzo Ducale, Genoa, State Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki “Reality/Illusion”, curated by Kentaro Ichihara, Emerson Gallery, Berlin “We are the Islands, Japanese artists in Berlin”, organized and participated, Bethanien, Berlin 2009 “A solo show”, Tomio Koyama Gallery, Kyoto “Involvement”, curated by Lorand Hegyi, director at Musée d’art moderne de Saint-Étienne, Galarie Heike Curtze, Berlin 2008 “Mediation”, Poznan Biennale, curated by Lorand Hegyi, Poznan “Singular”, Luxe Gallery, New York “Ecosophy/Felix Guattari”, Eye of Gyre, Tokyo 2007 “Landscape”, Luxe Gallery, New York “Portrait Session”, Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Hiroshima “Ritual”, Tokyo Wonder Site, Tokyo 2006 “Specter”, solo show, Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo 2005 “Site Graphics”, Kawasaki City Museum, Kanagawa “Zone-Poetic Moment”, Tokyo Wonder Site, Tokyo “A Few Things We Know About Photography”, Gallery Objective Correlative, Tokyo 2003 “The Fact We Are Compelled To Look Out Beyond Our Sensible Representations ”, solo show, Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo ART FAIRS Art Basel, Armory Show, Frieze Art fair and others, since 2003 SELECTED PUBLICATIONS 2014 “Fukushima in Berlin” Open Call introductory text by Mamoru Tsukada 2012 “Reason & Emotion” exhibition catalogue by Randi Nygard 2011 “Fukushima-Opening Doors with Compassion” text by Mamoru Tsukada 2010 “Island Never Found”, exhibition catalogue, by Lorand Hegyi, Musée d’art moderne de Saint-Étienne 2009 Frieze Magazine May Issue, solo show review by Katie Kitamura 2008 “Mediation Poznan Biennale”, exhibition catalogue, by Lorand Hegyi “After the Reality”, work and article in book, by Kentaro Ichihara 2007 “Ritual”, work catalogue, Tokyo Wonder Site Team 07 “Portrait Session”, exhibition catalogue, Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art 2006 “Emerging 100 Japanese Artists”, Bijutsu Techo 2005 “Diane Arbus and ‘ça a été”, Art Studium web article, by Mamoru Tsukada “Zone Poetic Moment”, exhibition catalogue, by Kentaro Ichihara, Tokyo Wonder Site 2003 Exhibition Review, Bijutsu Techo 2002 “The Fact We Are Compelled To Look Out Beyond Our Sensible Representations”, photography book by Mamoru Tsukada ARTIST IN RESIDENCES and GRANTS 2007 Grant from the Tokyo Metropolitan Government for the residency program 2008 Hangar, Barcelona, Spain, Moks Residency, Estonia 2007 Bangalore Artist Center, India 2005 Banff Centre For Art, Canada