Wataru MurakamiBorn 1983 in Matsuyama, Japan Lives and works in Karlsruhe Education: 2011 – 2015 studied under Prof. Michael Clegg and Prof. Armin Linke, Photography, Media Arts, University of Arts and Design Karlsruhe, Germany 2007 – 2009 studied under Prof. Elger Esser, Photography, Media Arts, University of Arts and Design, Karlsruhe, Germany 2002 – 2006 Humanities Department in Faculty of Comparative Culture, Sophia University, Tokyo, Japan 1996 – 2000 lived in South Pasadena, CA, USA 1991 – 1996 lived in Vancouver, B.C., Canada Awards and Grants: 2015 POLA Art Foundation, Japan (Grants for Overseas Study for Young Artists) 2013 Stipendium der Fördergesellschaft, ZKM, Germany 2012 DAAD–Prize for the outstanding achievement of foreign student in Germany Selected Solo Exhibitions: 2016 BLIND SPOT, ANNA KLINKHAMMER GALERIE, Düsseldorf Still Life Clusters - Works Combimed from 7 out of 13, at University of Arts and Design Karlsruhe, Germany (Diploma Exhibition) Selected Group Exhibitions: 2015 U Touch U Die, at University of Arts and Design Karlsruhe, Germany (also Curation) The Walk – Visitors and Vesuvians, at Reale Osservatorio Vesuviano, Naples, Italy (also Curation) Installing Prints in Takeshi's Castle, at Cafe á Casa (TTTable), Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan (solo) Latsch Mir Nicht In Die Kiste, Da Ist Theodolit Drin!, at Luis Leu Experimentelle Kunstplattform, Karlsruhe, Germany 2014 The Walk – Naples-Karlsruhe-Zürich-Karlsruhe, University of Arts and Design Karlsruhe, Germany (also Curation) Kunst Im Leerstand, at Chez Baritou, Karlsruhe, Germany The Walk – Naples-Karlsruhe-Zürich, at gta, Hönggerberg, ETH Zürich, Switzerland 2013 Pretty Vacant, at Villa Renata, Basel, Switzerland (curated by Sophie Lapalu and Ann Stouvenel for Association Accélérateur de particules, Regionale 14) The Walk – Naples to Pompeii and In Between, University of Arts and Design Karlsruhe, Germany Übermalen, Darmstädter Sezession in Designhaus, Darmstadt, Germany 2012 Camille Corot – Natur und Traum, Kunsthalle Karlsruhe, Germany (commisioned) Jerusalem In The Darkroom, University of Arts and Design Karlsruhe, Germany Retrospective of Tomorrow's Artists, Schillerpalais, Berlin, Germany Raum, Zeit, Würde, Recht, in Deutsches Architektur Zentrum (DAZ), Berlin, Germany PERIPHERIE VII: Urwald, Bialowieza-Sachsenwald-Project, in Sachsenwald at Aumühle in east Hamburg, Germany (initiated by Prof. Michael Clegg and Galerie Für Landschaftkunst) 2011 Narra, at Alice Cavoukdjian dite Galli & Dr. Bernhard Serexhe, Hirschstr. 164, 1.OG, 76137 Karlsruhe, Germany (solo) Confess Giddiness, Anna Klinkhammer Galerie, Düsseldorf, Germany |
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