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Born in Gunma, Japan in 1979. Graduated from the Sculpture department of Tama Art University in
2005. Murata’ s drawings and performances are guided by his spontaneous, primitive actions and
the etymological interpretation of the Japanese word kaku, which brings together of four different
meanings: writing (kaku: 書く ) his consciousness, drawing (kaku: 描く ) results, scratching (kaku: 掻
く ) actions, and lacking (kaku: 欠く ) hidden potentials.
Education
- 2005
- Graduated from the Sculpture department of Tama Art University
Solo Exhibitions
- 2024
- “out-of-body”rin art association, Gunma
- 2023
- “Transition」” Maebashi Gallerie gallery 2 rin art association MAEBASHI, Gunma
- 2023
- “share” Tama Art University Sculpture department gallery, Tokyo
- 2021
- "effect" rin art association ,Takasaki,Gunma
- 2019
- "borderman" Art Center Ongoing, Tokyo
- 2018
- "vision inside" rin art association, Takasaki, Gunma
- 2016
- "+" GALLERY HASHIMOTO, Tokyo
- 2015
- "MINEKI MURATA" THE WINDOW, Paris, France
- 2014
- "Neck live" Art Center Ongoing, Tokyo
- 2013
- "Performance Sculpture"GALLERY HASHIMOTO, Tokyo
- 2012
- "flash/back" ya-gins, Maebashi, Gunma
- 2010
- "drawings" GALLERY HASHIMOTO, Tokyo
- 2008
- "BankART Bank under 35 MURATA Mineki" BankART Mini Gallery, Kanagawa
- 2007
- "Sawing machine drawing"Bunka Institute in Maebashi, Mebashi, Gunma
- 2003
- "I talk about much"no comment"" ART LABOLATORY R3, Gunma
Group Exhibitions
- 2024
- "[VOID+STOCK] exhibition: part2"void+, Tokyo
- 2022
- "Imabari Landscapes 2022" Imabari City Kouno Museum,Ehime
"N/World", MtK Contemporary Art, Kyoto
"Ongoing Village" ECHIGO-TSUMARI ART FIELD 2022, Niigata - 2021-2022
- "Traces of Life"ART MAEBASHI ,Gunma
- 2019
- "singing in the rain"BankART Station, Kanagawa
- 2017
- "Abracadabra of Drawing” chihara Lakeside Museum, Chiba
- 2016
- “TWO STICKS: Think Tank Lab Triennale” Museum of Architecture i n Wrocław, Wrocław, Poland
- 2015
- “VOCA: Vision of Contemporary Artists: 2015” The Ueno Royal Mus eum, Tokyo
- 2013
- “Perfectly Situated” New City Space, Glasgow, UK
- 2011
- “Yokohama Triennale 2011 related program ‒ Shin Minatomura A Sm all City for Future”
Shinko Pier, Kanagawa - 2010
- “Aichi Triennale 2010” Choja-machi Site, Nagoya
- 2008
- “WOHER WIR KOMMEN UND WOHIN WIR GEHEN” geh8, Dresden,Germany
Others
- 2021
- "BORDER LANDS",BankARTKAIKO,Kanagawa
- 2020
- MOT Annual 2019 Echo after Echo : Summoned Voices, Ne w Shadows
“Drawing Orchestra” Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo Auditorium, Tokyo - 2019
- “2019 LIVE International Performance Art Biennale in Van couver” Ground Floor Art Centre, Vancouver, Canada
- 2018
- "Performance & Workshop" Tongyeong, Korea
- 2016
- "Genjin" Kubikukuritakuzo × Murata Mineki × Yamakawa
- 2015
- "MURATA Mineki" THE WINDOW, Paris, France
- 2014
- “looking closely at things” LATENT SPACE, Singapore, Singapore
- 2013
- “Its Performance” PS Squared, Belfast, UK
- 2011
- Sketch/Écliture "My back talks" SPROUT curation, Tokyo
- 2009
- “Butterfly DreamECHIGO-TSUMARI ART TRIENNALE 2009: BankART1929” Butterfly Pavilion , Niigata
- 2008
- “In the Field of Thoughts“ Taipei Artist Village, Taipei, Taiwan
- 2007
- “No comment” 7.stock, Dresden, Germany
Awards
- 2023
- 21st Jomo Art and Culture Award