Tatsu Nishino

Japanese contemporary artist Tatzu Nishino usually uses public space to build rooms around public monuments or architectural elements. In collaboration with Tatzu Nishino, lammfromm original mug cup modeling the “The Merlion Hotel” which is the art installation exhibited at Singapore Biennale 2011.

日本當代藝術家西野達擅長藉由公共設施或建築物創作大型裝置藝術。lammfromm與他合作的原創商品魚尾獅飯店馬克杯就是以西野達的作品為設計概念。魚尾獅飯店是西野達在2011新加坡雙年展時的作品。

About Artist

Japanese contemporary artist Tatzu Nishino creates with keywords “laugh, violence, sexy” and concept “plain and simple”. Everyone could enjoy and feel surprise through his humorous and adventurous artwork. He usually uses public space to build rooms around public monuments or architectural elements. His most recent project is “The Merlion Hotel” created for Singapore Biennale 2011. The project comprises a luxurious hotel room built around the main symbol of singapore, the Merlion.

Biography

1. 1960 Born in Nagoya, Japan. Lives and works in Berlin and Tokyo
2. 1984 Musashino Art University, Tokyo
3. 1997 Kunstakademie Münster, Münster, Germany

Selected Solo Exhibitions

1. 1997 "obdach", Cologne, Germany
2. 1998 "Mir ist seltsam zumute" Bremen, Germany
3. 1999 "Das habe ich gar zu gern" Künstlerhaus Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany
4. 2000 "artothek" Cologne, Germany
5. 2001 "Der Neunsitzer" Junge Kunst e.V., Wolfsburg, Germany; "Interventionen 24" Sprengel Museum, Hannover, Germany
6. 2002 "Engel" Littmann Kulturprojekte, Basel, Switzerland
7. 2004 "Garage" Cologne, Germany; "heute mir morgen dir" Luis Campana, Cologne, Germany; "Cafe in the sky - Moon Rider" Dublin, Ireland
8. 2005 "Moon Rider" Den Haag, Netherlands; "Cabinet 3" Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Gent, Belguim
9. 2006 "Cheri in the Sky" Maison Hermes, Tokyo; MAM Project, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo
10. 2007 "Studio Exhibition" Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Hiroshima; "Tatzu Nishi" Blum & Poe, Los Angeles
11. 2009 "Lugares Comunes Project" Bogota, Colombia; "Tatzu Nishi" Roslyn Oxley9, Sydney, Australia; "What if someone finds out?!" ARATANIURANO, Tokyo
12. 2010 "Tatzu Nishi alias Tatzu Oozu alias Tatsurou Bashi alias Tazro Nishino Commemorative Exhibition for Tatzu Nishi's artwork collection book" ARATANIURANO, Tokyo
13. 2011 "Tetsudou Geijutsusai vol.1 – Nishino Travelers" Naniwabashi Station B1F – Art Area B1, Osaka, Japan

Selected Group Exhibitions

1. 2010 "AICHI TRIENNALE 2010", Choja-machi area, Naogoya, Aichi,Japan
2. 2011 "Singapore Biennale 2011", Singapore

Other Information

1. 2011 The award of Relax & Consume category of the Great Indoors Award 2011

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