Kenji Yanobe

Born in 1965 in Osaka, Kenji Yanobe attended Kyoto City University of Arts and received a Master of Arts degree in 1991. Since the early 1990s, Yanobe has been incorporating the theme of survival in present-day society into his work, creating numerous large-scale mechanical sculptural works that may be attached to one’s body or ridden and controlled. With the dawning of the 21st century, Yanobe shifted to the theme of revival, and in 2003, he held the exhibition Megalomania, the culmination of his work up to that time, at The National Museum of Art, Osaka (on the site of Osaka Expo ‘70 world’s fair). In 2004, he created The City of Children Project during a six-month residency at 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa. Yanobe is continuing to develop creative activities that transcend established artistic forms, with such projects as Kindergarten (Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, Aichi, 2005), The World of Torayan (Kirishima Open-Air Museum, Kagoshima, 2007) and ULTRA( Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, Aichi, 2009). Education 1991 M.A., Kyoto City University of Arts, Kyoto 1989 Graduated from Kyoto City University of Arts, Kyoto Collections -International FNAC Fond National d'Art Contemporain in France FRAC Provance-Alpes-Cóte-D'Azur University Art Museum, Santa Barbara Galleria d'Arte Moderna di Bologna Contro Per L'Arte Contemporanea Luigi Pecci, Prato -In Japan Kitakyushu Municipal Museum of Art Kyoto City Fukuroi City Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa Contemporary Art Museum, Kumamoto The National Museum of Art, Osaka Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, Aichi Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo Official Artist Website http://www.yanobe.com/

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