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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 | “Screen Test: Translating Your Own Culture” (4K, Silent, 7 mins. Director) |
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| 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
| 2022 | “Viktoria Sorochinski: Dreaming of Life – With Ukraine” @ Gallery TOM |
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| 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
| 2022 | “The Influence of Joseph Beuys on Gerhard Richter”. Eureka, June 2022. Special issue: Gerhard Richter |
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| 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) |
Language Skills
Native Speaker of Japanese. Fluent in English. Proficient in German. License of Curator in Japan
Lecture Experience
New York University, Columbia University. Academy of Fine Arts in Sarajevo, University of Tokyo, Tokyo University of the Arts, University of Osaka, Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto University of Fine Art and Music, Kyoto Seika University, Kitakyushu Municipal Museum of Art, Location One, Tokyo Wonder Site and more.
Translations and Interpretations
| 2017 | Translation and Making Subtitle for Brazilian TV documentary “Inspired: Tadao Ando” |
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| 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 |