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 2024年2月17日 - 4月6日 7CHOME (Tokyo)Held at Ota Fine Arts in spring 2022, BuBu de la Madeleine's solo exhibition 'A Mermaid's Territory - Flags and Internal...阅读更多 -
玲珑天地
Bubu de la Madeleine、芮娜‧芭内姬、陈维、半田真规、久门刚史、希尔米·乔汉迪、樫木知子、草间弥生、林荣华、陈国良、尤阿达、哉昆宁 2024年1月9日 - 2月24日 Shanghai上海大田秀则画廊荣幸地呈献群展“玲珑天地”,展出了Bubu de la Madeleine、芮娜‧芭内姬、陈维、半田真规、久门刚史、希尔米·乔汉迪、樫木知子、草间弥生、林荣华、陈国良、尤阿达和哉昆宁的作...阅读更多 -
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 2022年6月18日 - 8月6日 Tokyo -
A Mermaid’s Territory - Flags and Internal Organs
BuBu de la Madeleine 2022年4月9日 - 6月4日 TokyoBuBu de la Madeleine came into renown through Dumb Type’s performance piece S/N ...阅读更多 -
BuBu de la Madeleine "Whore's Diary / Pornography made by me and my Customer"
BuBu de la Madeleine 2006年5月16日 - 6月17日 Tokyo -
Gallery Collection
Mio Shirai, Tomomi Maekawa, Yayoi Kusama, Akira the Hustler, BuBu de la Madeleine, Yuken Teruya 2005年12月6日 - 2006年1月27日 Tokyo -
Territory of Mermaid - August Water
BuBu de la Madeleine 2005年9月22日 - 10月22日 Tokyo -
Territory of Mermaid
BuBu de la Madeleine 2004年9月4日 - 10月2日 TokyoBuBu de la Madeleine is the ex-member of Dumb Type from Kyoto. BuBu is practicing sex worker and actually a prostitute. ...阅读更多 -
COUPLE
Nobuaki Takekawa, BuBu and Yoshiko Shimada, Akira the Hustler, Yayoi Kusama, Dennis Oppenheim, GI JOE 2004年6月22日 - 7月10日 Tokyo -
Gallery Artists
BuBu de la Madeleine, Akira the Hustler, Yayoi Kusama, Tsuyoshi Ozawa 2003年6月6日 - 6月28日 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 2002年3月19日 - 4月27日 Tokyo -
LA DOLCE VITA
BuBu de la Madeleine 2001年11月30日 - 12月22日 Tokyo -
How to Use Women's Body
Shu Lea Cheang, Ernest Pujol, Lulu Hou, FROG, BuBu+Shimada 2000年3月3日 - 3月30日 Tokyo -
The Bitters "Whores on Holiday"
BuBu de la Madelaine, Akira the Hustler, Mikado 1999年7月9日 - 8月7日 Tokyo -
Video Work
Yayoi Kusama, Tsuyoshi Ozawa, BuBu+Shimada 1998年9月16日 - 10月3日 Tokyo -
Made in Occupied Japan
BuBu + Yoshiko Shimada 1998年4月16日 - 5月9日 TokyoIn the past, my work examined the different roles of Japanese and other Asian women during World War II, in which Japane...阅读更多
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BuBu de la Madeleine + Yoshiko Shimada
Special Talk Event "荒野の花 (Desert Flowers)", Ota Fine Arts 7CHOME, Tokyo 2024年3月23日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、__st...阅读更多 -
BuBu de la Madeleine
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 2024年3月15日BuBu de la Madeleine will participate in a talk event with Mr. Takashi Otsuka (AKA Tac), held at Osa...阅读更多 -
BuBu de la Madeleine
Collection Exhibition "Collection 2: Body———Body", National Museum of Art, Osaka, Japan 2024年1月13日BuBu de la Madeleine participates in a collection exhibition 'Collection 2: Body---Body' held at Nat...阅读更多 -
BuBu de la Madeleine + 嶋田美子
“狂迷日記”Para Site藝術空間,香港 2022年11月29日BuBu de la Madeleine + 嶋田美子 将于2022年12月10日至2023年2月26日在香港Para Site艺术空间参加展览'狂迷日记'。 展览标题:'狂迷日记' 展览时间: 20...阅读更多