BuBu de la Madeleine was born in 1961 in Osaka. Lives and works in Nara. Completed her BA in Concept and Media Planning at Kyoto City University of Arts. BuBu joined an artist collective, Dumb Type and appeared in their acclaimed performance "S/N" (1994-96). After "S/N", she started to work as a solo artist and collaboratively, producing performances, moving images and writing. At the same time, she committed herself to advocacy for people living with HIV and AIDS, sex workers, women, sexual minorities, and health and human rights more broadly. Also, she has performed in a drag queen show since that time.
Major solo exhibitions include "La Dolce Vita", Ota Fine Arts, Tokyo (2001) and "Territory of Mermaid", Ota Fine Arts, Tokyo (2004) and "A Mermaid’s Territory - Flags and Internal Organs", Ota Fine Arts, Tokyo (2022). She also participated in many group exhibitions such as "Made in Occupied Japan" (a corroboration exhibition with Yoshiko Shimada), Ota Fine Arts, Tokyo (1997), "Donai yanen! = And now: contemporary creation in Japan", Ecole nationale supérieure des beaux-arts, Paris (1998), "Sex and Consumerism: Contemporary Art in Japan", University of Brighton, Brighton (2001), "The Ecology of Expression: Remaking Our Relations with the world", Arts Maebashi, Maebashi (2019-20) and "JAPAN UNLIMITED", frei_raum Q21 exhibition space, MuseumsQuartier Wien, Vienna (2019).
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BuBu de la MadeleineGender Queer Dance, 2023Acrylic and pastel on canvas80.3 x 200 cm (set of two, 80.3 x 100 cm each)
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BuBu de la MadeleineA Mermaid’s Territory - Flags and Internal Organs #001, 2022Acrylic, pastel and coloured pencil on paper39.3 x 54.4 cm
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BuBu de la MadeleineA Mermaid’s Territory - Parade #002, 2022Acrylic, pastel and coloured pencil on paper27.4 x 19.5 cm
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BuBu de la MadeleineOne Genderqueer Being Pollinates the Other #003, 2022Acrylic, pastel and coloured pencil on paper19.5 x 27.4 cm
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BuBu de la MadeleineSPHERE #001, 2022Acrylic, pastel and coloured pencil on paper27.8 x 19.6 cm
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BuBu de la MadeleineWhite Flag 005, 2005Canvas, flag, acrylic, paper, thread, wood, frame48 x 38.6 cm
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BuBu de la MadeleineLA DOLCE VITA - flower 001, 2003Watercolour on paper80.5 x 110 cm
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BuBu de la MadeleineLA DOLCE VITA - flower, 2003Watercolour on paper39 x 54 cm
56 x 40.7 x 3.4 cm (Framed)
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POLLEN AND SEEDS
BuBu de la Madeleine 17 Feb - 6 Apr 2024 7CHOME (Tokyo)Held at Ota Fine Arts in spring 2022, BuBu de la Madeleine's solo exhibition 'A Mermaid's Territory - Flags and Internal Organs' after a 16-year hiatus, received enthusiastic responses. Now,...Read more -
Petite Grounds
Bubu de la Madeleine, Rina Banerjee, Chen Wei, Masanori Handa, Tsuyoshi Hisakado, Hilmi Johandi, Tomoko Kashiki, Yayoi Kusama, Jason Lim, Guo-Liang Tan, ¥ouada, Zai Kuning 9 Jan - 24 Feb 2024 ShanghaiOta Fine Arts Shanghai is pleased to present “Petite Grounds”, a group exhibition that includes works by Bubu de la Madeleine, Rina Banerjee, Chen Wei, Masanori Handa, Tsuyoshi Hisakado, Hilmi...Read more -
Gallery Collection
¥ouada, Tetsuya Umeda, Akira The Hustler, BuBu de la Madelaine + Yoshiko Shimada, Zai Kuning, Hiraki Sawa, Cheng Ran, Takao Minami, Tang Dixin, Hilmi Johandi, Masanori Handa 18 Jun - 6 Aug 2022 Tokyo -
A Mermaid’s Territory - Flags and Internal Organs
BuBu de la Madeleine 9 Apr - 4 Jun 2022 TokyoBuBu de la Madeleine came into renown through Dumb Type’s performance piece S/N which toured to twenty cities in fifteen countries between 1994 and 1996. Especially notable was the last...Read more -
BuBu de la Madeleine "Whore's Diary / Pornography made by me and my Customer"
BuBu de la Madeleine 16 May - 17 Jun 2006 Tokyo -
Gallery Collection
Mio Shirai, Tomomi Maekawa, Yayoi Kusama, Akira the Hustler, BuBu de la Madeleine, Yuken Teruya 6 Dec 2005 - 27 Jan 2006 Tokyo -
Territory of Mermaid - August Water
BuBu de la Madeleine 22 Sep - 22 Oct 2005 Tokyo -
Territory of Mermaid
BuBu de la Madeleine 4 Sep - 2 Oct 2004 TokyoBuBu de la Madeleine is the ex-member of Dumb Type from Kyoto. BuBu is practicing sex worker and actually a prostitute. She is an activist, busy with an international schedule...Read more -
COUPLE
Nobuaki Takekawa, BuBu and Yoshiko Shimada, Akira the Hustler, Yayoi Kusama, Dennis Oppenheim, GI JOE 22 Jun - 10 Jul 2004 Tokyo -
Gallery Artists
BuBu de la Madeleine, Akira the Hustler, Yayoi Kusama, Tsuyoshi Ozawa 6 - 28 Jun 2003 Tokyo -
Gallery Collection
Yasumasa Morimura, Atelier Van Lishout, Tomomi Maekawa, Tamu Ochiai, Alighiero Boetti, Yayoi Kusama, Dennis Oppenheim, Koji Sekimoto, Jessica Diamond, Bruce Nauman, Nobuaki Takekawa, BuBu de la Madeleine 19 Mar - 27 Apr 2002 Tokyo -
LA DOLCE VITA
BuBu de la Madeleine 30 Nov - 22 Dec 2001 Tokyo -
How to Use Women's Body
Shu Lea Cheang, Ernest Pujol, Lulu Hou, FROG, BuBu+Shimada 3 - 30 Mar 2000 Tokyo -
The Bitters "Whores on Holiday"
BuBu de la Madelaine, Akira the Hustler, Mikado 9 Jul - 7 Aug 1999 Tokyo -
Video Work
Yayoi Kusama, Tsuyoshi Ozawa, BuBu+Shimada 16 Sep - 3 Oct 1998 Tokyo -
Made in Occupied Japan
BuBu + Yoshiko Shimada 16 Apr - 9 May 1998 TokyoIn the past, my work examined the different roles of Japanese and other Asian women during World War II, in which Japanese women assumed a glorified, nationalistic mother role while...Read more
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BuBu de la Madeleine + Yoshiko Shimada
Special Talk Event "荒野の花 (Desert Flowers)", Ota Fine Arts 7CHOME, Tokyo 23 Mar 2024オオタファインアーツ 7CHOMEで開催中のブブ・ド・ラ・マドレーヌ個展『花粉と種子』 の会期延長を記念し、ブブと嶋田美子とのスペシャルトークイベントを開催します 1998年、恵比寿の雑居ビルにスペースを構えていたオオタファインアーツで、伝説のアーティストユニット「BuBu + 嶋田」の超・先鋭的展覧会『メイド・イン・オキュパイド・ジャパン』 が開催されました。 ブブと嶋田が怒りを抱えて疾走し、歩みの遅い時代を置き去りにすること四半世紀。今ふたりの前には、90年代当時に思い描いた景色が広がっているのでしょうか? 「当時は絶望していた」と語るふたりが1998年に行ったトークのタイトルは『荒野にも日は昇る』でした。今回のトークでは、自分たちの目に映る“荒野”の今について、ふたりが思いつくままに喋り倒します。 会場: オオタファインアーツ 7CHOME 東京都港区六本木7-21-24 MODULE roppongi 101 (国立新美術館そば) 日時: 2024年4月6日 (土) 15:00-16:30 予約: 座席を30席ご用意します。 予約なしの方も立ち見でご覧いただけますが、混雑した場合は入場制限を行います。Read more -
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Talk event "二丁目からウロコ 新宿ゲイ街スクラップブック", Osaka City Central Public Hall, Osaka, Japan 15 Mar 2024BuBu de la Madeleine will participate in a talk event with Mr. Takashi Otsuka (AKA Tac), held at Osaka City Central Public Hall on April...Read more -
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Collection Exhibition "Collection 2: Body———Body", National Museum of Art, Osaka, Japan 13 Jan 2024BuBu de la Madeleine participates in a collection exhibition 'Collection 2: Body---Body' held at National Museum of Art, Osaka from 6th February to 6th May...Read more -
BuBu de la Madeleine + Yoshiko Shimada
"Fanatic Heart" Para Site, Hong Kong 29 Nov 2022BuBu de la Madeleine + Yoshiko Shimada will participate in 'Fanatic Heart' at Para Site in Hong Kong from 10th December 2022 to 26th February...Read more