Yoshitomo Nara

One of Japan's leading artists, Yoshitomo Nara has exhibited all over the world. In collaboration with Yoshitomo Nara, lammfromm is offering posters, clocks, plush toys and other art pieces he has created.

About Artist

One of Japan's leading artists, Yoshitomo Nara has exhibited all over the world. In collaboration with Yoshitomo Nara, lammfromm is offering posters, clocks, plush toys and other art pieces he has created.

Biography

1. 1959 Born in Aomori, Japan
2. 1987 Aichi Prefecturel University of Fine Arts and Music, M.F.A
3. 1988-1993 Kunstakademie Dusseldorf

Selected Exhibitions

1. 1999 "Pave Your Dreams," Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York
2. 2000 "Empty Fortress," Galerie Johnen & Schottle, Koln
3. 2001-2002 "I don't Mind If You Forget Me," Yokohama Museum of Art, Yokohama; Ashiya City Museum of Art & History, Ashiya; Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Hiroshima; Hokkaido Asahikawa Museum of Art, Asahikawa; Yoshii Brick Brewhouse, Hirosaki
4. 2004-2005 "From the Depth of My Drawer," Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo; Kanaz Forest of Creation, Awara; Yonago City Museum of Art, Yonago; Yoshii Brick Brewhouse, Hirosaki; Rodin Gallery, Seoul
5. 2006 "Yoshitomo Nara + graf: A to Z," Yoshii Brick Brewhouse, Hirosaki
6. 2007 "Yoshitomo Nara, GeM," Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Den Haag
7. 2009 "Yoshitomo Nara and Installation by YNG," Blum & Poe, Los Angeles

Other Information

1. 1998 Nara created a CD jacket artwork for Shonen Knife, a Japanese girl band
2. 1999 Nara created a CD jacket artwork for The Star Club, a Japanese punk band
3. 2000 Nara collaborated a book, "Hinagiku no Jinsei," with a Japanese cult novelist Banana Yoshimoto
4. 2006 Nara Yoshitomo + graf produced and opend "A to Z cafe in Minami Aoyama, Tokyo

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