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Kenji Yanobe
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).

Kenji Yanobe official website: http://www.yanobe.com/
Kenji Yanobe on SHIFT: http://www.shift.jp.org/en/archives/2007/09/kenji_yanobe.html
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Works

Kenji Yanobe - Torayan's Great Adventure (special cover)
Torayan's Great Adventure (special cover)
by Kenji Yanobe
$50
Kenji Yanobe - mini Giant Torayan
mini Giant Torayan
by Kenji Yanobe
$3,000
Kenji Yanobe - Turtle Island- THUMP!
Turtle Island- THUMP!
by Kenji Yanobe
$919
Kenji Yanobe - Shipbuilding - Torayan Tribe
Shipbuilding - Torayan Tribe
by Kenji Yanobe
$1,182
Kenji Yanobe - The Tiny Tiny Sun
The Tiny Tiny Sun
by Kenji Yanobe
$263
Kenji Yanobe - Torayan 4 Works Set
Torayan 4 Works Set
by Kenji Yanobe
$2,363
Kenji Yanobe - Torayan Reading a Picture Book
Torayan Reading a Picture Book
by Kenji Yanobe
$657
Kenji Yanobe - Torayan Picking Up the Small Sun
Torayan Picking Up the Small Sun
by Kenji Yanobe
$657

Exhibition

Selected Solo Exhibition

2009 Temporary Exhibition "Kenji Yanobe - Ulrta," Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, Aichi, Japan
2007 Kenji Yanobe "The World of Torayan," Kirishima Open Air Museum, Kagoshima, Japan
2005 "Kindergarten," Tokyota Municipal Museum of Art, Aichi, Japan 
2004 "City of Children," Workshop, 21st Centery Museum of Art Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan
2003 "Megalomania", The National Museum of Art Osaka, Osaka, Japan
"Atom Suit - Survival, Revival," Kita Kyushu Art Museum, Fukuoka, Japan
2001 "Viva Riva Project - Hair Haire-,"  Rontgen Kunstram, Tokyo, Japan
1999 "Luna Project-Emargency Shoppers-," The Museum of Contemporary Art Nagoya, Aichi,Japan
1998 "Last Amusement Park of the World,"
Kirin Art Space Harajuku, Tokyo/ Kirin Plaza Osaka, Osaka/ Mitsubishi-jisho Artium, Fukuoka/ Last Film Theatre of the World, Rontgen Kunstraum, Tokyo
Center on Contemporary Art in Seattle, Seattle
1997 Center for the Arts Yerba Buena Gardens, San Francisco (Cat.) University Art Museum, Santa Barbara CAN Centre d'Art Neuchatel, NeuchatelArs Futura, Zurich
1991 "An Eccentric Life of Kenji Yanobe," Kirin Plaza Osaka, Osaka
 
Kenji Yanobe, 
Kindergarten
installation view of "Kindergarten," 2005
Kenji 
Yanobe, Cinema in the woods
installation view of "Cinema in the woods," 2004

Group Exhibition

2009 "TWIST and SHOUT: Contemporary Art from Japan," Bangkok Art and Culture Centre
"Aqua Metropolis 2009," Osaka
"Roppongi Art night," Roppongi hills
2008 "Shelter x Survival Alternative Homes For Fantastic Lives," Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Hiroshima
"Heavy Light: Recent Photography and Video from Japan," International Center of Photography, New York
"Manga! Japanese Pictures," Louisiana Museum of Modern Art
Kenji Yanobe,  Phantasmagoria
installation view of "Phantasmagoria" 2007


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