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Dr. Shinya Watanabe(b. 1980 – Shizuoka, JAPAN) Lives in Tokyo, Japan |
Education
| 2012 – 2017 |
Universität der Künste Berlin. Fakultät Gestaltung. Studiengang Gesellschafts- und Wirtschaftskommunikation. Promotionfach: Kommunikationswissenschaften (Dr.Phil Program) Dissertation “Searching for Eur-Asia - The Journeys of Joseph Beuys and Nam June Paik Towards the Unity of Europe and Asia” Defense Completed on June 2, 2017 Final Grade: magna cum laude (sehr gut) |
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| 2002 – 2004 | New York University. Master of Visual Art Administration MA Thesis: “The Influence of the Nation-State on Art – The Case of the Former Yugoslavian Countries” |
| 1998 – 2002 | Senshu University, Tokyo. Bachelor of Economics (Full Scholarship Student) |
| 2000 – 2001 | University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign (One Year Exchange Program) |
Work Experience
| 2018 – | Adjunct Professor of Art History, Temple University Japan |
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| 2013 – 2017 | Lecturer, Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft (HTW Berlin, The University of Applied Sciences, Berlin) |
| 2011 – 2013 | Bunkacho (Agency for Cultural Affairs) Overseas Study Program |
| 2011 | Faculty, Temple University Japan |
| 2009 – 2010 | Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture Tokyo Culture Creation Project, Section of Promoting Regional Cultural Communication (Curator) |
| 2008 – 2009 | Independent Curator, New York and Tokyo |
| 2005 – 2007 | Ethan Cohen Fine Arts. Gallery Manager (TriBeCa, New York) |
| 2003 – 2004 | Launching of Spiky Art, New York. Started Curatorial Activities |
| 2003 – 2004 | Launching of “Performa”, New York. Assistant to RoseLee Goldberg |
Film / Video Art Works
| 2021 | Shinji Ohmaki “Before and After the Horizon” (4K, Stereo, 9mins. Produce, Edit) |
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| 2021 | “Screen Test: Translating Your Own Culture” (4K, Silent, 7 mins. Director) |
| 2020 | Making Japanese Subtitle for Chris Marker’s Movie “Level Five“ |
| 2018 | “Songs of God: Chapter 1”. (4K, 5.1ch Video, 22 mins. Director, Scenario, Camera, Edit) |
| 2017 | “‘Melancholic History of Amami’ by Ikue Asazaki”. (4K Video, 23 mins. Director, Camera, Edit) |
| 2016 | Documentary Film “Soul Odyssey – In Search of Eurasia” (Amazon DVD, Blu-ray)(Director, Scenario, Edit) |
Curatorial Exhibitions
| 2023 | “OHMAKI Shinji – Before and After the Horizon” @ Hirosaki Museum of Contemporary Art |
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| 2022 | “Viktoria Sorochinski: Dreaming of Life – With Ukraine” @ Gallery TOM |
| 2021 | “Screen Test: Translate Your Own Culture” TUJ Art Gallery |
| 2018 | “Stone / Rock Carvings as Beginnings – From Ireland to Amami Islands” Tama Art University Art-Theque |
| 2016 | “Nam June Paik: Who will be laughing in 2020? +? =??” Watari Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo |
| 2014 | “When Empty Self Becomes Form” TS art project, Berlin |
| 2011 | “ART-AID Basel Project For Japan “Remembrance of the Future to Come” Former Plug-In, Basel, Switzerland |
| 2009 – 2010 | “Volcano Lovers – From Iceland and Japan” ISE Cultural Foundation, NY |
| 2008 – 2009 | “Into the Atomic Sunshine – Post-War Art under Japanese Peace Constitution Article 9” Traveled to Puffin Room, NY, Daikanyama Hillside Forum Tokyo, and Okinawa Prefectural Museum of Art |
| 2006 | “Salad Days” (Artist: Kosuke Ikeda) Artist Space, New York |
| 2006 | “Action Painting Street Battle! Ushio Shinohara vs. Ryoga Katsuma” Ethan Cohen Fine Arts, NY |
| 2005 | “Another Expo – Beyond the Nation-States” Travelled from the Gallery Level1, Gallery Soap, Former 130 Bank Gallery in Kitakyushu, Japan to White Box, Chelsea, New York |
Publications
| 2023 | “Beyond beginnings and endings – Ohmaki Shinji’s horizon joining ‘two’ into ‘one’” Hirosaki Museum of Contemporary Art |
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| 2022 | “Imagination of the Seaside Transcending Borders – On ‘Blessing Beyond the Borders’” The Museum of Modern Art, Saitama |
| 2022 | “The Influence of Joseph Beuys on Gerhard Richter”. Eureka, June 2022. Special issue: Gerhard Richter |
| 2022 | “Joseph Beuys and Yukio Mishima – ‘Cultural Defense Theory’ of the Two Who Lived in the Same “Post-War” Period. Toyota Municipal Museum of Art |
| 2021 | “Ponyo CODE: Hayao Miyazaki’s Code Hidden in “Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea” Sangensha. |
| 2021 | Catalogue essay: “Invisible but Important Things – For Narumi Sasaki’s Solo Exhibition ‘●’”. Contributed for Sasaki Narumi’s Artist Book ‘●’ |
| 2020 | 「On Ekstase: Nam June Paik and Joseph Beuys in the Scope of Shamanism」 The National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea |
| 2020 |
“Searching for EUR-ASIA: Joseph Beuys and Nam June Paik’s Life Long Collaboration” Japanese Edition, Sangensha. |
| 2017 |
Magazine Contribution: “Lighting up the outside world with inner light: On Genpei Akasegawa’s Photoenlarger”. BT, June 2017 Edition. |
| 2016 | Writer. Exhibition Catalog “Nam June Paik: Who will be laughing in 2020? +? =??” at Watari Museum of Contemporary Art (Heibonsha, ISBN:978-4582206890) |
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“Joseph Beuys and Nam June Paik: A Life Long Collaboration”. Galerie Thomas Modern. February 2016. |
| 2015 | Exhibition Catalog Text: “Let There Be Sound! – On Joanna Przybyła’s Sound of Architecture”. The National Museum, Poznań Poland. |
| 2010 | Editor. Yanagi Yukinori’s artist book “Inujima Note” (ISBN:978-4-9903847-2-2) |
| 2009 | Editor. Exhibition catalogue “Kazuo Shiraga” McCaffrey Fine Art (ISBN:978-0-9790484-4-9) |
| 2009 | “Volcano Lovers – From Iceland and Japan” Exhibition Catalogue (ISBN:978-1-61623-969-5) |
| 2008 | Interview with Shinya Watanabe “Shinya Watanabe’s New York and Tokyo Exhibition on Post-War Art Under Article 9” by Jean Downey, Japan Focus (Cornell University) |
| 2007 | “Into the Atomic Sunshine” Exhibition Catalogue (ISBN:978-1-60461-966-9) |
| 2007 | Catalogue Text for the exhibition “Making a Home,” Japan Society, NY |
| 2007 | Catalogue Text on Pamela Rosenkranz for the exhibition “Portrait Session,” Hiroshima City Contemporary Art Museum, Japan |
| 2006 | Contribution of the essay “Cogito ergo Europe – New European Identity and Its Limitations” for the Project “Europory” by Dejan Kaludjerovic, Citta d’Arte, Italy |
| 2005 | “Another Expo – Beyond the Nation-States” Exhibition Catalogue |
| 2004 | “Interview with Marina Abramovic: Think about the native country former Yugoslavia and her friend Susan Sontag” Kyoto Art & Design University Press Butai-Geijyutu |
Fellowships and Awards
| 2016 | International Award of Excellence, Story Award at International Film Festivals for Peace, Inspiration, and Equality (IFFPIE) (for “Soul Odyssey” – In Search of Eurasia”) |
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| 2014 | Jury Prize, Japan Media Arts Festival |
| 2011-13 | Bunkacho (Agency for Cultural Affairs) Overseas Study Program |
| 2009 | The Kao Foundation for Arts and Sciences (Exhibition Support for Volcano Lovers) ISE Cultural Foundation Program for Emerging Curator Award (Volcano Lovers) |
| 2008 | Exhibition Support from Nomura International Cultural Foundation, Asahi Newspaper Foundation, The Kao Foundation for Arts and Science (Into the Atomic Sunshine) |
| 2007 | Japan Foundation Award for Cultural Exchange (Into the Atomic Sunshine platform at Asia Society, NY) |
| 2005 | CEC Arts Link Independent Project Award (Another Expo) |
| 2005 | Nomura International Cultural Foundation, Asahi Newspaper Foundation (Exhibition Support for Another Expo) |
Lecture Experience
| 2023 | “Reading Joseph Beuys’ Blackboard Drawing” Shared Campus Summer School Program @ Tokyo University of the Arts |
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| 2022 | “Who’s Afraid of Performance Art?” Aichi Triennale 2022 with Chiaki Soma |
| 2022 | 100th anniversary of the birth of Matsuzawa Yutaka. Talk event “Ω egg” Higashi-Mukojima, Hojoh Komuten |
| 2021 | “Joseph Beuys’ EURASIA” Toyota Municipal Museum of Art |
Translations and Interpretations
| 2023 | Translation of “MoMAK 60th Anniversary Editions”. The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto |
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| 2023 | Fumio Nanjo “For the Exhibition of Shinji Ohmaki.” Luxelakes・A4 Art Museum, Chengdu, China |
| 2022 | Anna Scripcaliu Ochiai Solo Exhibition Catalog. The Museum of Modern Art, Saitama |
| 2017 | Translation and Making Subtitle for Brazilian TV documentary “Inspired: Tadao Ando” |
| 2010 | Simultaneous Interpretation (English to Japanese) Vik Muniz’s lecture at NCA, Tokyo |
| 2007 | Translation (Japanese to English) Minoru Shimizu’s text on Jiro Takamatsu’s “Photography of Photography” |
| 2007 | Translation for Closed Caption (Japanese to English) Documentary Film “Near Equal Daido Moriyama” |
| 2007 | Translation (Japanese to English) Exhibition catalogue “Portrait Session”, Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art |
| 2006 | Translation (English to Japanese) Text “Suspensions” by Henry Martin for Ay-O Exhibition catalogue for Fukui Fine Art Museum |
| 2004 | Translation (Japanese to English) Kanazawa 21st Century Museum Collection Catalogue |
| 2004 | Translation (English to Japanese) Poem of Laurie Anderson for Aichi Expo |
Language Skills
Native Speaker of Japanese. Fluent in English. Proficient in German. License of Curator in Japan.