:: shinji turner-yamamoto :::: cv :: upcoming - Holy Cross Church, Contemporary Arts Center (Lois & Richard Rosenthal Center for Contemporary Art), Cincinnati, OH, USA - Land Art Mongolia 360° Biennial, Gobi desert, Mongolia ::

Born in Osaka, Japan

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting-Fresco, Kyoto City University of Arts, Kyoto, Japan
Accademia di Belle Arti di Bologna, Italy

GLOBAL TREE PROJECT

2011-10
HANGING GARDEN, Holy Cross Church, Cincinnati, OH, USA - upcoming

2010
untitled, Gobi desert, Mongolia - Land Art Mongolia 360° Biennial - upcoming

2009-08
SLEEPING TREE, Greater Reston Arts Center, Reston, VA, USA

2008
PETALS OF THE UNIVERSE, Porvoo Taidetehdas/Artfactory, Porvoo, Finland
SEEDING, Arlington Arts Center , Arlington, VA , USA

2005
SLEEPING VISHNU TREE, Kiyomizu Temple, Kyoto, Japan (Kyoto Art Walk)

2003
SECRET GARDEN, Sanskriti Foundatiom, New Delhi, India
GIFT, Navdanya's Bija Vidyapeeth, Dehradun, India

2000
AQUA: omphalos, Roches Tower, Cork, Ireland

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2011-10
DISAPPERANCES: an eternal journey, Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA - upcoming

2008
THREE WINDOWS: sun, moon, star, Ippaku-tei Teahouse, Embassy of Japan, Washington , DC , USA
DE RERUM NATURA: on the nature of things, Shigeko Bork MU Project, Washington , DC , USA

2004
THE DIVERGENT GAZE OF ANGELS, Pro Artibus Foundation, Ekenäs/Helsinki, Finland

2003
PALACE OF THE WINDS, Embassy of Japan, New Delhi, India

2002
BLUE GOLD, Crawford Municipal Art Gallery, Cork, Ireland

1999
AQUA, Associazione culturale GRAFIO, Prato, Italy
AQUA: yorishiro, Ex Fienile, Castel S. Pietro Terme - Bologna, Italy
AQUA: stepping-stones, Museo d'Arte Contemporanea VILLA CROCE, Genoa, Italy (Asiart)

1998
AËR, Cubic Gallery, Osaka, Japan

1997
AËR, Galleria Graffio, Bologna, Italy

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2010
Land Art Mongolia 360° Biennial, Mongolian National Modern Art Gallery, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia - upcoming

2009
Washington Project for the Arts, Katzen Arts Center, Washington, DC, USA

2008
FLUIDITY - asian american artists, Montpelier Arts Center, MD, USA

2007
BIG IN JAPAN, Shigeko Bork MU Project/Transformer, Washington, DC, USA

2006
FRESH PAINT: process and possibility - painting invitational, Arlington Arts Center, VA, USA
Targetti Light Art Collection, MUAR, Moscow, Russia

2005
KYOTO ART WALK - conserved space and contemporary art, Kyoto, Japan
MEHR LICHT, MAK, Wien, Austria

2004
S.O.B.2, A.O.C.F.58, Rome, Italy

2003
Targetti Light Art Collection, Chelsea Art Museum, New York, NY, USA / Armani-Teatro di Tadao Ando, Milan, Italy
OPEN HOUSE, Sanskriti Foundation, New Delhi, India

2002
Targetti Light Art Collection, Centre of Contemporary Art Ujazdowki Castle, Warszawa, Poland / Arte Giani, Frankfurt, Germany / Arte Fiera, Bologna, Italy / Maerzz Glerie, Leipzig, Germany / Light+Building, Frankfurt / Galleria Marella, Milan / Via Borgognona, Rome, Italy

2001
Round Thoughts, ArteAlta, Castelmola, Italy

2000
Pépinières Européennes pour Jeunes Artistes, Roches Point Lighthouse, Cork, Ireland
Die Blaue Begeisterung - 34 junge italienische künstler, Kunsthaus Tacheles, Berlin, Germany
ALTRI LUOGHI, ex dormitorio delle FFSS, Bologna, Italy
ARTE VISIVE 3 - occhio in ascolto, Palazzo Ducale, Genoa, Italy

1999
ASIART - Asian Contemporary Art, Palazzo Ducale / Cisterne di S. Maria di Castello, Genoa, Italy
FRINGE Festival, Stazione Leopolda, Florence, Italy

1997
ASIART - Asian Contemporary Art - L'incontro con l'Occidente, Palazzina S. Desiderio, Porto Antico, Genoa, Italy
AQUA: paesaggi impermanenti, Galleria Graffio - Courtyard, Bologna, Italy

SELECTED VIDEOS

2003
UNTITLED / DVD / 4 min. 43 sec. - loop (mute)

2002-01
AQUA: Landscape Voices - Left + Right / 2 DVDs / 7 + 7 min. - loop (mute)
AQUA: Landscape Voices / 4 DVDs / 60 + 10 + 40 + 60 sec. - loop
AQUA: Omphalos / DVD / 6 min. 47 sec.

CURATION

2005
KYOTO ART WALK, Nijo Castle/ Kiyomizu Temple/ Kodai Temple/ Saigyo-an Teahouse, Kyoto, Japan
artists: Wolfgang Laib, Tommi Grönlund & Petteri Nisunen, Hans Christian Berg, Monika Kulicka, Evelina Domnitch & Dmitry Gelfand, Yuko Shiraishi, Shinji Turner-Yamamoto

GRANTS / AWARDS

2009-08
Project Support Grant - through Greater Reston Arts Center, Arts Council of Fairfax County, VA, USA

2008
Porvoo A-i-R ry/rf - Taidetehdas/Artfactory, Porvoo, Finland

2008-07
Arlington Commission for the Arts, VA, USA

2007
Cill Rialaig Project, Kerry, Ireland

2004
Cill Rialaig Project, Kerry, Ireland
Pro Artibus Foundation, Ekenäs, Finland

2003-02
Fundación Valparaíso, Almería, Spain
UNESCO-ASCHBERG Bursaries for Artists, Paris, France

2001
ARTEALTA, Castelmola, Italy

2000
Pépinières Européennes pour Jeunes Artistes, Marly-le-Roi, France
International Targetti Light Art Prize; awarded the 1st prize

1992
Scholarship from the Italian Government - Accademia di Belle Arti, Bologna, Italy

LECTURES / WORKSHOPS / FORUMS

2009
Pecha Kucha Night - Washington DC - volume #6 - raising global awareness, Resources and Conservation Center, DC, USA

2008-07
Pecha Kucha Night - Washington DC - volume #4 - going green, Lofts 11, DC, USA
global tree project: SEEDING, Barrett Elementary School / Arlington Arts Center, VA, USA

2005
Kyoto City University of Arts, Kyoto, Japan

2004
Institute of Technology, Sligo, Ireland
Västra Nylands Folkhögskola, Karis, Finland

2001
European Forum for Emerging Creation, Les Subsistances, Lyon, France

COLLECTIONS / COMMISSIONS

ArteAlta, Castelmola, Italy
Comune di Castel San Pietro Terme, Bologna, Italy
DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, USA
LUIGI PECCI Contemporary Art Museum, Prato, Italy
Pro Artibus Foundation, Ekenäs, Finland
Sanskriti Foundation, New Delhi, India
Targetti Light Art Collection, Florence, Italy
Mrs. Lynn Cheney

PRESS

Tanguy, Sarah / Bauer, Joanne. "SLEEPING TREE," Greater Reston Arts Center, VA, USA, 2009.
O'Sullivan, Michael. "A Haiku to Nature in Reston," The Washington Post, 17.10.2008.
Lindholm, Fanny. "Papperskonst I naturens färger," Borgåbladet, 08.08.2008.
Ikävalko, Jari. "Turner-Yamamoton olevaisuuden maisemat," Uusimaa, 07.08.2008.
Ramanathan, Lavanya. "Teahouse of Artful Serenity," The Washington Post, 17.04.2008.
Dawson, Jessica. "Earthy Abstractions," The Washington Post, 14.03.2008.
Jaffe Dan, Sharon. "Ode to Nature," Home and Design, spring 2008.
Parsons, Laura. "Looks into the Light," Virginia Living, spring 2008.
Farnstrom, Beth. "Paint It ... Green," Washington Life Magazine, april 2008.
Lyons, Emily. "The Living Colors - Art From Nature's Palette," Washington Spaces, spring 2008.
O'Sullivan, Michael. "Reaching for the Unreachable," The Washington Post, 25.05.2007.
Pajano, Rosalba. "Light Art," Skira Editore, Milan, Italy 2005.
Backsbacka, Mary-Ann. "Blickar Bortom Nuet," Vastra Nyland, 26.05.2004.
Turner-Yamamoto, Shinji. "Almanacco - di scritture antagoniste," Odradec, Roma, Italy 2003.
Daolio, Roberto. "Dust and Reflections," Crawford Municipal Art Gallery, Cork, Ireland 2002.
"FIGURE del Novecento," Accademia di Belle Arti di Bologna, Bologna, 2001.
"Die Blaue Begeisterung - 34 junge italienische künstler", Kunsthaus Tacheles, Berlin, Germany 2000.
Conti, Viana. "Arti Visive III - l'occhio in ascolto," Neos Edizioni, Genoa, Italy 2000.
Deho, Valerio. "Altri Luoghi," Ex Dormitorio delle Feorrovie dello stato, Bologna, Italy 2000.
Sproccati, Sandro. "Prefazione a Yamamoto," Bologna, Italy 2000.
Ikegami, Hidehiro. "L'opera senza fine: Shinji Yamamoto in Irlanda," Arteletta N.7, 2000.
Bompani, Michela. "Yamamoto a Villa Croce, i 'paesaggi' d'artista," la Repubblica, 14.06.1999.
Evangelisti, Silvia. "AQUA," Centro Ligure di Studi Orientali, Genoa, Italy 1999.
Turner-Yamamoto, Shinji. "ZIGZAG c/o Galleria Graffio," Zone, Bologna, 1997.