Takashi Murakami

short biography

Takashi Murakami (b. 1962, Tokyo, Japan) is a painter and sculptor, who works with aspects of popular cartoons. In 1996 he founded the art production company Kaikai Kik and in 2000 he published his "Superflat" theory. Takashi Murakami studied at Tokyo University of the Arts, Japan.

Tokyo pop, comics, objects, manga, anime, installations, larger than life fiberglass figures; Manga-figure Mr. DOB, film and video productions

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collection/s

21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa ° Deste Foundation Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum, East Lansing Fondation Cartier, Paris Hiroshima MOCA - Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art Newport Street Gallery, London Pinault Collection - Bourse de Commerce, Paris Punta della Dogana, Venice Queensland Art Gallery / Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane RUBELL MUSEUM Miami Rollins Museum of Art, Winter Park Rosenblum Collection & Friends Sammlung Deutsche Bank, Frankfurt Sammlung Olbricht Zabludowicz Collection, London

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galleries

Blum, Los Angeles Delaive, Amsterdam Fluegel-Roncak, Nürnberg Gagosian Gallery Athens Gagosian Gallery Beverly Hills Gagosian Gallery Geneva & Gstaad Gagosian Gallery London Gagosian Gallery New York Gagosian Gallery Paris & Le Bourget Gagosian Gallery Rome IKON Ltd, Santa Monica Koyama Gallery, Tokyo PERROTIN HONG KONG PERROTIN NEW YORK PERROTIN PARIS PERROTIN SEOUL PERROTIN TOKYO pinksummer Genua SCAI The Bathhouse Torch Gallery, Amsterdam

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group exhibition

Unparalleled Journey through Contemporary Art of Past 50 Years

opening: 04. Dec 2019

04. Dec 2019 ∞

RUBELL MUSEUM Miami

exhibition page

10. Jun 22. Dec
Takashi Murakami. Understanding the New Cognitive Domain Gagosian Gallery Paris & Le Bourget

13. Nov 31. Jan 2021
CHRISTMAS GIFT Weserburg Bremen

02. Nov 08. Mar 2020
Japan supernatural Art Gallery NSW, Sydney

18. Oct 25. Feb 2019
Sanguine. Luc Tuymans on Baroque Fondazione Prada, Milan
20. Sep 10. Nov
TAKASHI MURAKAMI. Change the Rule! Gagosian Gallery Hong Kong
15. Sep 28. Oct
57th October Salon "The Marvellous Cacophony" October Salon | Belgrade Biennale, Belgrade
23. Jun 06. Jan 2019
Democracy Anew? PinchukArtCentre Kiew
23. Jun 28. Jul
Murakami & Abloh - TECHNICOLOR 2 Gagosian Gallery Paris & Le Bourget
01. Jun 16. Sep
Sanguine/Bloedrood. Luc Tuymans on Baroque MuHKA - Museum of Contemporary Art Antwerp '
11. Apr 27. Aug
In tune with the world (Au diapason du monde) Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris
02. Mar 06. May
Takashi Murakami: The Octopus Eats Its Own Leg Vancouver Art Gallery

20. Oct 05. Mar 2018
Japanorama. New vision on art since 1970 Centre Pompidou-Metz
29. Sep 04. Feb 2018
Takashi Murakami - Under the Radiation Falls Garage Museum of Contemporary Art, Moscow
06. Jun 24. Sep
Takashi Murakami: The Octopus Eats Its Own Leg MCA Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
25. May 16. Sep
Unpacking: The Marciano Collection Marciano Art Foundation, Los Angeles

05. Nov 17. Apr 2017
On the Origin of Art Mona - Museum of Old and New Art, Hobart
05. Nov 05. Feb 2017
Juxtapoz x Superflat Vancouver Art Gallery
05. Nov 05. Feb 2017
Juxtapoz x Superflat Vancouver Art Gallery
20. Sep 19. Nov
Nude: From Modigliani to Currin Gagosian Gallery New York
10. Jun 11. Sep
Hokusai x Manga Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg '
03. Mar 09. Apr
KAZUNORI HAMANA, YUJI UEDA, OTANI WORKSHOP Blum, New York
30. Jan 03. Apr
Takashi Murakami's Superflat Collection Yokohama Museum of Art °

31. Oct 06. Mar 2016
Murakami Takashi: The 500 Arhats Mori Art Museum, Tokyo
06. Sep 24. Jan 2016
Joie de vivre Palais des Beaux-Arts, Lille
11. Jun 01. Aug
SPRAYED. WORKS FROM 1929 TO 2015 Gagosian Gallery London

10. Nov 17. Jan 2015
TAKASHI MURAKAMI. IN THE LAND OF THE DEAD, STEPPING ON THE TAIL OF A RAINBOW Gagosian Gallery New York

29. Nov 02. Feb 2014
Freedom not Genius: Works from Damien Hirst’s Murderme Collection MAMM - Multimedia Art Museum, Moscow
07. Jul 08. Dec
Takashi in Superflat Wonderland Plateau, Samsung Museum of Art, Seoul .

10. Nov 10. Mar 2013
Damien Hirst. freedom not genius Pinacoteca Giovanni e Marella Agnelli, Turin
18. Sep 31. Dec
Regarding Warhol. Sixty Artists; Fifty Years The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
26. May 16. Sep
ART & TOYS - Collection Selim Varol me Collectors Room Berlin (geschlossen)

20. Oct 07. Jan 2012
Takashi Murakami. Homage to Yves Klein PERROTIN PARIS
27. Jun 05. Aug
Takashi Murakami Gagosian Gallery London
02. Jun 31. Dec
The World Belongs to You Palazzo Grassi, Venice
12. Feb 02. Oct
Collection Platform 1: Circulation PinchukArtCentre Kiew

22. Oct 23. Jan 2011
Luc Tuymans: A vision of Central Europe. Musea Brugge
06. Oct 09. Jan 2011
THE PRIVATE MUSEUM GAMeC Bergamo
11. Jun 19. Sep
Pop Life National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa
24. Apr 19. Sep
Sexuality and transcendence PinchukArtCentre Kiew
20. Mar 23. May
WELT IN DER HAND - Zur globalen Alltagskultur des Mobiltelefons Kunsthaus Dresden
03. Mar 06. Jun
Skin Fruit: Selections from the Dakis Joannou Collection New Museum, New York
12. Feb 09. May
Pop Life - Warhol, Haring, Koons, Hirst, … Hamburger Kunsthalle
23. Jan 09. May
Pattern ID Akron Art Museum

02. Dec 29. May 2010
Beg Borrow and Steal RUBELL MUSEUM Miami
23. Oct 08. May 2010
Mirror Mirror - Contemporary Portraits and the Fugitive Self Brigham Young University - Museum of Art, Provo
01. Oct 17. Jan 2010
Pop Life: Art in a Material World Tate Modern, London
28. May 27. Sep
Vraoum ! trésors de la bande dessinée et art contemporain La Maison Rouge, Paris (closed)
18. Apr 21. Mar 2010
With You I Want to Live: Gordon Locksley & George T. Shea Collection NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale
19. Mar 14. Jun
Un Certain Etat du Monde A Certain State of the World Garage Museum of Contemporary Art, Moscow
17. Feb 31. May
MURAKAMI Guggenheim Bilbao
10. Feb 09. Apr
Takashi Murakami - New Paintings Gagosian Gallery London

14. Nov 11. Jan 2009
ART, PRICE AND VALUE, Contemporary art and the market Palazzo Strozzi, Florence °
18. Sep 25. Oct
for what you are about to receive Gagosian Gallery / Red October Chocolate Factory, Moscow
26. Jun 29. Aug
I Wont Grow Up Cheim & Read, New York
20. Jun 22. Aug
Retrospective Gagosian Gallery New York
05. Apr 26. Aug
Radical Advertising NRW-Forum, Düsseldorf

15. Nov 12. Jan 2008
Once upon a time Today! Zonca & Zonca
29. Oct 11. Feb 2008
Takashi Murakami MOCA The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
19. Oct 28. Oct
INSIGHT Gagosian Gallery / Red October Chocolate Factory, Moscow
06. Oct 30. Dec
Reflection PinchukArtCentre Kiew
27. Sep 10. Nov
POP ART IS Gagosian Gallery London
09. Sep 14. Oct
Small is beautiful Ursula Blickle Stiftung, Kraichtal
10. Jul 01. Sep
Summer Show BERGGRUEN San Francisco
05. May 01. Jul
ROCKERS ISLAND. Olbricht Collection Museum Folkwang, Essen
24. Mar 13. Jun
Art in the Toon Age Delaware Art Museum
04. Mar 11. Jun
Comic Abstraction MOMA - The Museum of Modern Art, New York
13. Jan 31. Dec
Takashi Murakami MCA Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago

21. Oct 23. Dec
Takashi Murakami PERROTIN PARIS
27. Sep 07. Jan 2007
Spank the Monkey BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead
14. Sep 14. Oct
Contemporary Sculpture Zwirner & Wirth - New York [closed]
02. Aug 10. Sep
Surprise, Surprise ICA London
30. Apr 01. Oct
Where are we going Palazzo Grassi, Venice
09. Apr 24. Sep
INFINITE PAINTING Villa Manin, Codroipo
28. Feb 31. Mar
Figure It Out HVCCA - Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, Peekskill
24. Feb 16. Apr
LACMA at 40 LACMA - Los Angeles County Museum of Art
04. Feb 30. Apr
Figures in the Field MCA Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
03. Feb 25. Mar
Hundert Küsse sind besser als einer Galerie Krinzinger, Wien
13. Jan 11. Mar
Dragon Veins University of South Florida, Tampa

11. Nov 19. Mar 2006
T1 Torino Triennale Torino Triennale
04. Oct 14. May 2006
Exhibitions of the Collection 2005 Hiroshima MOCA - Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art
16. Sep 30. Dec
POPulence MOCA Cleveland °
10. Sep 20. Feb 2006
ECSTASY. In and About Altered States MOCA The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
09. Sep 27. Nov
JAPAN POP HAM Helsinki Art Museum
18. Aug 30. Oct
Art in the Toon Age Ball State University Museum of Art
31. Jul 31. Aug
Cereal Art - Feed your Head Perry Rubenstein Gallery
25. Jun 27. Aug
POPulence Blaffer Art Museum, Houston
24. Jun 14. Aug
Takashi Murakami Museum Folkwang, Essen
24. Jun 23. Oct
J´en reve Fondation Cartier, Paris
23. Jun 18. Sep
TRANSLATION Palais de Tokyo, Paris
17. Jun 03. Oct
Les Grands Spectacles Museum der Moderne Salzburg / Rupertinum
12. Mar 29. May
Zero Interest! Mart Rovereto & Galleria Civica Trento
27. Feb 25. Apr
Colours & Trips Museum Ratingen
22. Jan 23. Apr
The Other Mainstream ASU Art Museum, Phoenix
14. Jan 13. Feb
Colours and Trips Künstlerhaus Palais Thurn & Taxis, Bregenz

04. Dec 17. Apr 2005
Funny Cuts Staatsgalerie Stuttgart
06. Oct 06. Dec
De leur temps. Collections privées Francaises MUba Eugène-Leroy, Tourcoing
01. Oct 02. Jan 2005
PILLish MCA Denver .
18. Sep 28. Nov
Liverpool Biennial 2004 Liverpool Biennial
15. Sep 14. Nov
Takashi Murakami. Eyes in the Sky Walker Art Center, Minneapolis
11. Sep 24. Oct
Comic Release The Contemporary Austin
10. Sep 16. Jan 2005
The Flower as Image Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk
22. Jun 31. Dec
Monument to Now / ATHENS 2004 Deste Foundation
18. Jun 13. Aug
Seeing Other People Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York
01. Apr 30. Nov 2003
GET OFF The Museum of Sex, New York

19. Dec 14. Mar 2004
The Japanese Experience Museum der Moderne Salzburg / Rupertinum
18. Dec 08. Feb 2004
Kokoro no arica Ludwig Museum – Museum of Contemporary Art, Budapest
18. Oct 18. Jan 2004
Happiness - A Survival Guide for Art and Life Mori Art Museum, Tokyo
17. Oct 20. Oct
1. Frieze Art Fair 2003 Frieze London
27. Jun 21. Aug
Teddybär & Co Galerie Ernst Hilger, Wien '
12. Apr 15. Jun
My Reality Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach
12. Apr 29. Jun
Splat Boom Pow! The Influence of Comics in Contemporary Art CAMH Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston
09. Mar 25. May
Kids are us Mart Rovereto & Galleria Civica Trento

10. Oct 14. Dec
Reality Check The Wattis Institute, San Francisco
29. Jun 28. Sep
Weiche Brüche - Japan Kunstraum Innsbruck
27. Jun 27. Oct
Takashi Murakami - Kaikai Kiki Fondation Cartier, Paris

26. Oct 27. Nov
Jap in a Box Stephen Friedman Gallery, London
28. Jul 10. Aug
CAMERA WORKS Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York
14. Jul 06. Jan 2002
SITE Santa Fe Biennial 2001 SITElines Biennial, Santa Fe
21. Jun 04. Nov
Un Art Populaire Fondation Cartier, Paris
01. Apr 29. Jul
Public Offerings MOCA The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
25. Jan 03. Mar
Under Pressure Swiss Institute, New York

23. Sep 29. Nov
Twisted Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven '
27. Jun 24. Sep
5. Biennale de Lyon 2000 La Biennale de Lyon
10. Jun 27. Aug
Was vom Traum blieb Haus am Waldsee, Berlin
04. Jun 23. Jul
I love you too, but gfzk | Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst, Leipzig
21. May 10. Sep
Continental Shift Ludwig Forum, Aachen
20. Feb 06. Apr
Colour Me Blind! Ausstellungshalle zeitgenössische Kunst Münster
19. Feb 30. Nov 1999
Takashi Murakami / Miltos Manetas pinksummer Genua
30. Nov 30. Nov 1999
AIR-AIR Grimaldi Forum Monaco

26. Nov 18. Jan 1998
Cities on the Move - Contemporary Asian Art Wiener Secession
18. Nov 20. Dec
Jochen Klein, David Moreno, Takashi Murakami, Alexander Ross FEATURE INC. New York
28. Sep 31. Oct
Need For Speed // steirischer herbst 97 Grazer Kunstverein, Graz

artist / curator

Takashi Murakami

short biography

collection/s

galleries

group exhibition

Unparalleled Journey through Contemporary Art of Past 50 Years