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Ei ARAKAWA

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BIOGRAPHY

  • Born in 1977, Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.
  • Since 1998, lives and works in New York.

Education

2004 – 2006
  • MFA Film/Video, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
2005 – 2006
  • Studio Program, Whitney Museum of American Arts Independent Study Program, NY
2000 – 2004
  • BFA Fine Arts, School of Visual Arts, NY

Awards and Residencies

2009
  • Kunstzeitraum, Ottmann GmbH & Co Südhausbau KG and PIN. Freunde der Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, Germany
    2009 Artists’ Fellowship (Interdisciplinary Work), NYFA New York Foundation for the Arts, NY
2008
  • The Altoids Award 2008, New Museum, NY
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Peaceboat/MRTA, 2009
(installation view, Taka Ishii Gallery, Kyoto )
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Liaison, a Naïve Pacifist, 2009 (detail)
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Liaison, a Naïve Pacifist, 2009
(installation view, Taka Ishii Gallery, Kyoto)
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Unique
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Ei Arakawa and Mukai Mari
"homelessness, YUMING CITIES", 2008
(performance view, Yokohama Triennial 2008)
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Ei Arakawa
"The Color Ball", 2008
(performance view, The Power Plant, Toronto, Canada)
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Grand Openings
"Grand Openings Posters", 2009
(installation view, Taka Ishii at Art Basel Art Premiere, Switzerland)
Edition of 2