Biography

Tetsuya Umeda 

From capturing environments, architectural structures, sound, light and human behaviour, the source of Tetsuya Umeda's work ranges widely. Working actively both in and outside of Japan, Umeda remodels installations out of daily products, engages viewers with his interactive performance pieces, and collaborates with musicians using his own originally produced implements.



Biography
1980 - Born in Kumamoto, Japan
Currently based in Osaka, Japan

Selected Solo Exhibitions
2023 - Wait This Is My Favorite Part, Watarium Museum, Tokyo
2022 - [Title], OTA FINE ARTS 7CHOME, Tokyo
2020 - Tetsuya Umeda in Beppu "O-Tai", Kijima Apartment & Takewara Alley, Beppu
2019 - The Origin of Song, Fukuoka Art Museum, Fukuoka
2016 - See, Look at Observed what Watching is, Portland Institute for Contemporary Art, USA
2015 - SCIENCE DE LA SUPERSTITION, Instants Chavires, Montreuil, France
2013 - Hotel New Osorezan, Ota Fine Arts Singapore, Singapore
2012 - Waiting Room, Ota Fine Arts, Tokyo
2008 - Criterium 73, Mito Art Tower, Mito

Selected Group Exhibitions
2023 - Oku-Noto Triennale 2023, Suzu, Japan
2022 - Demae Nabe for Jatiwangi Art Factory / Documenta 15, Kassel, Germany
2020 - Saitama International Art Festival 2020, Former Omiya Ward Office, Omiya
2019 - REBORN ART FESTIVAL, Ishinomaki
2018 - East Coast Land Art Festival, Tulan, Taiwan
2017 - Sapporo International Art Festival, Sapporo
2010 - Aichi Triennale, Nagoya
2007 - Portrait Session, Nadiff, Tokyo / Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Hiroshima

Selected Performance Works
River Walk, KYOTO EXPERIMENT 2022, Kyoto
September 0, Takatsuki Performing Arts Center, 2022
Composite: Variations / Circle, Kunstenfestivaldesarts 2017, Brussels, Belgium
INTERNSHIP, National Asia Culture Center, Gwangju, Korea, 2016 / TPAM 2018, KAAT Kanagawa Arts Theatre Hall


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