Tadashi Kawamata
Born in 1953 in Hokkaido (Japan), TADASHI KAWAMATA now lives and works in Tokyo (Japan) and Paris (France), after exploring NYC (United States). Since his days as a student of painting, in the 1970s, Tadashi Kawamata has been on an artistic journey that is remarkable for its lack of complacency. Taking nothing for granted, he engages us in a process that involves close consideration of the kinds of environments we make for ourselves, thereby raising questions of all-too-human need and desire. Kawamata’s gestures and materials, given the contexts within which...Read more
Works
Exhibitions & News
Tadashi Kawamata, Nids & Cabanes
Current exhibition
7 June 2024 — 2 November 2025
Île d'Arz
Marie Bovo, Tadashi Kawamata, Grande Ville
Past exhibition
27 September — 17 November 2024
Magasins Généraux, Pantin
Group show, Glimpse of Light
Past exhibition
6 June — 25 September 2024
Mennour, 5 rue du Pont de Lodi, Paris 6
Tadashi Kawamata, Une nouvelle jeunesse
Past exhibition
5 April — 23 June 2024
Contemporaine de Nîmes
Tadashi Kawamata, Nest in Liaigre
Past exhibition
10 October 2023 — 25 March 2024
Liaigre, Paris
Tadashi Kawamata, Meubler
Past exhibition
16 October — 2 December 2023
Mennour, 47 rue Saint-André-des-Arts, Paris 6
Mennour, 28 avenue Matignon, Paris 8
Petrit Halilaj, Tadashi Kawamata, Au hasard des oiseaux
Past exhibition
3 June — 1 October 2023
Saint-Paul de Vence
Elizabeth Jaeger, Tadashi Kawamata, Alicja Kwade, Lucas Ratton x Mennour
Past exhibition
27 May — 1 September 2023
Galerie Lucas Ratton, Saint-Tropez
Tadashi Kawamata, Beautiful Hug!
Past exhibition
29 April — 28 August 2023
Hachinohe Art Museum, Aomori
Tadashi Kawamata, Tree Huts in Montpellier
Past exhibition
22 June — 10 December 2022
Fondation GGL, Montpellier
Tadashi Kawamata, Cabanes d’architectes
Past exhibition
4 June — 30 October 2022
Donjon de Vez
Tadashi Kawamata, The Nest
Past exhibition
7 May — 4 September 2022
Amos Rex, Helsinki
Group show, Jours blancs
Past exhibition
18 October 2021 — 9 February 2022
Mennour, 47 rue Saint-André-des-Arts, Paris 6
Mennour, 28 avenue Matignon, Paris 8