Tatzu NISHI
Tatzu NISHI
(Born in Aichi, Japan,1960. Lives and works in Berlin and Tokyo)
Tatzu Nishi is internationally renowned for his large-scale public projects. His works transform familiar public items, such as a city monument or streetlight, into an object placed in a private space, like a living room or a hotel room. By transforming public structures into private spaces, he demolishes the notion of the everyday and provoke an intense frisson of excitement in the viewer.
He has presented his work in numerous places around the world, such as his recent successful completion of large-scale public projects including "The Garden Which is The Nearest to God", Oude Kerk, Amsterdam, Holland (2015); “Discovering Columbus”, New York (2012); “TRACK”, Gent, Belgium (2012); “Singapore Biennale” (2011); “Kaldor Art Projects”, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney (2009); “Estuaire”, Nante/Saint-Nazaire, France (2009) and “Ecstasy”, MOCA, Los Angeles (2005). He also had “Solo Group Show - Taturo Atzu, Tatzu Nishi, Tazu Rous, Tatzu Oozu, Tatsurou Bashi, Tazro Niscino" at HAB Galerie, Nantes, France in 2015.
Collection
- National Museum of Art, Osaka, Japan
- Nissan Art Award Collection
- Pavilion, Tokyo, Japan
- Takahashi Collection
- Takamatsu City Museum of Art, Kagawa, Japan
Artist's website
http://www.tatzunishi.net/News
"CHILDHOOD Another banana day for the dream-fish"
June 22 - September 9, 2018
Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France
He awarded the Grand Prize from arts category of the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology due to his large-scale installation exhibitions including "Tatzu Nishi in Beppu".
＜Symposium＞
"Art for the next Decade"
March 10 (Sat), 2018
Buckle Kobo, Tokyo Japan
"ART FAIR TOKYO 2018"
March 9 - 11, 2018
Booth: S11
Artists: Takahiro IWASAKI, Toshiyuki KONISHI, Tatzu NISHI, Go WATANABE
Tokyo International Forum Hall E & Lobby Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
7th Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism\Architecture (UABB)
“Cities, Grow in Difference”
Curator: Hou Hanru, Liu Xiaodu, Meng Yan
December 15, 2017 - March 18, 2018
Nantou Old Town, Shenzhen, China
"Tatzu Nishi in BEPPU"
October 28 - December 24, 2017
Around Beppu city, Oita, Japan
Tatzu Nishi's stay-able Art work Hotel Hadakajima built with materials from former elementary school on the sea will be open from October 7 - December 5, 2017.
"Tatzu Nishi Hotel Hadakajima -Resort of Memory"
October 7 - December 5, 2017
Tsunagi, Kumamoto, Japan
YCC Gallery NISSAN ART AWARD COLLECTION
"TATZU NISHI"
September 18 - November 5, 2017
YCC Yokohama Creativecity Center, Kanagawa, Japan
"11th Kaunas Biennial THERE AND NOT THERE: (Im)possibility of a monument"
September 15 - November 30, 2017
Kaunas, Lithuania
PERMANENT Collection 2nd term 2017
"Seeing: Photographs and Videos from the First Decade of the 21st Century Living Things in Sanuki Lacquerware"
June 30 - September 24, 2017
Permanent Collection Gallery at Takamatsu Art Museum, Kagawa, Japan
NISHI Tatzu intervenes into a private space and breaks custom and common sense by defiant projects. He will show 6 new pieces including sculptures and installation at Tottori Prefectural Museum and Yonago urban area.
"Creative Dialogues with Museum 01
Monument/Document Who owes the memory?"
February 25 - March 20, 2017
Tottori Prefectural Museum, Tottori urban area, Yonago urban area, Tottori, Japan
＜Opening Talk＞
"Who owes the memory?"
SHIRAKAWA Yoshio, NAKAHASHI Katsushige, NISHI Tatzu, OSAKI Shinichiro (Assistant Director)
14:00 - 15:30 February 25 (Sat), 2017
2F lecture room, Tottori Prefectural Museum
＜Artist Talk＞
"How does NISHI Tatzu turn curator's hair grey?"
NISHI Tatzu × AKAI Azumi (Tottori Prefectural Museum the curator in charge for this exhibition)
16:00 - 17:30 March 4 (Sat), 2017 *Original ramen will be sold!!!!!
Tottori urban area (1F corner 207 Kawaramachi 680 - 0821)
尾道光明寺會館にて、西野達の講演会が開催されます。
西野達 「とんでもない行為」
2017年3月3日 (金) 18:00 - 20:30
光明寺會館、広島
大阪enocoにて、トークイベントに参加いたします。
西野達 × 寺浦薫 (大阪府都市魅力創造局文化・スポーツ課)
「創造のテーブル 2017」
session 3 アート
2017年3月25日 (土) 15:10 - 16:10
大阪府立江之子島文化芸術創造センター 4階ルーム1、大阪
"YCC Gallery NISSAN ART AWARD COLLECTION TATZU NISHI"
September 18 - November 5, 2017
YCC Yokohama Creativecity Center, Kanagawa, Japan
NISHI Tatzu's first permanent in-store works can be seen at the new restaurant: "PAVILION" beneath the elevated train tracks in Nakameguro station, Tokyo, Japan.
PAVILION
"IN BED WITH MARTIN LUTHER"
October 16 - December 17, 2016
Karlspl., 99817 Eisenach, Germany
He is joining in a group show in Italy.
"PARADOXA - ARTE GIAPPONESE OGGI"
April 17 - August 28, 2016
Casa Cavazzini Contemporary Art Museum, Udine, Italy