Tomoaki SUZUKI

1972

Born in Mito, Japan.

1992-97

Tokyo Zokei University

1998-99

MA Fine Art, Goldsmiths' College, London

2000-02

MA Sculpture, City & Guilds Art School, London

 

Lives in London.

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AWARD

2003-04

Crafts Council Development Award

2008

Arts Foundation Fellowship

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Selected Solo Exhibitions

2001

Michael Janssen Gallery, Köln

2002

Corvi-Mora, London

2003

Leo Koenig Inc., New York

2004

"Lucy and Simba", Corvi-Mora, London

2008

"Friends", Corvi-Mora, London

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Selected Group Exhibitions

1996

"Garden", Harajuku P.A.P Factory, Tokyo

1999

"Japan Centre: Art Vision", Dinonis Road, London

2000

"Juicy", MA Show, Goldsmiths' College, London
"New Contemporaries 2000", Milton Keynes Gallery touring to Cornerhouse, Manchester and Inverleith House, Edinburgh
"The Songs I Like", Galerie Michael Janssen, Cologne
"Shadow of Glamour", One in the Other, London

2001

"Jam: Tokyo-London", Barbican Gallery, London; Tokyo Opera Art Gallery, Tokyo

2002

"The Galleries Show: Contemporary Art in London", The Royal Academy of Arts, London

2003

"The Square Show", Bloomberg Space, London
"Bad Touch", Keith Talent Gallery, London

2004

"A New Christmas Crib", St Martin-in-the-Fields, London
"If You Go Down To The Woods Today", Rockwell, London
"Now is Good. (ne travaillez jamais)", Northern Gallery for Contemporary Arts, Sunderland

2005

"First We Take Museums", Kiasma, Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki (cat)
"Wunderkammer: The Artificial Kingdom", The Collection, Usher Gallery & City and County Museum, Lincoln, UK

2006

"Personne ne Veut Mourir", Arquebuse, Geneva
"The Youth of Today", Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt, Frankfurt (cat)

2008

"20", Dazed and Confused Gallery, London
"Legende", Centre d’ Art Contemporain, Charamande, France
"Attention to Detail", FLAG Art Foundation, New York (curated by Chuck Close)

2009

"Le sort probable de l'homme qui avait avalé le fantome", Centre des Monuments Nationaux in partnership with the Festival du Centre Pompidou, Paris

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Publications

2007

Judith Collins, "Sculpture Today", Phaidon, p.391

2008

Alexis Vaillant, "Legende", Sternberg Press, Berlin

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Selected Bibliography

2000

Dave Beech, "New Contemporaries 2000", Art Monthly, October. pp. 25-27

2001

barbican, May Guide, p.6
Jessica Lack, "JAM: Tokyo-London", The Guide (The Guardian), May, p.32
Ekow Eshun, "Fish & Chips", The Face, April

2002

Sally O'Reilly, "Tomoaki Suzuki", Time Out, December 11-18, p.50
Fisun Güner, "Compact and Bijou", Metro, November 8, p.22
Rose Aidin, "Tokyo Rising", Vogue, November, pp.75-78
Pernilla Holmes, "RA Modern", ArtReview, September, pp.50-65

2003

Rachel Campbell-Johnston, "Rachel Campbell's Best London Shows", Play (The Times), August 9, p.25
Fisun Güner, "Creative Space", Metro, August 5, p.19
"Tomoaki Suzuki", Luca, no 2, p.80
"Scoop: Behind the Scenes", Vogue Nippon, February, p.89
Dick Onians, "Ideas in the making", Wood Carving, January/February, pp.17-20

2004

"Crib Notes", Time Out, December 15-22, p.10
Richard Cork, "Away with the manger", The Times, November 20, pp.18-19
Martin Herbert, "Now is Good (ne travaillez jamais)", Art Monthly, March, pp.26-28
Charles G. Beyer, "New York, New York", Flash Art, January/February, p.67

2006

Laura Gascoigne, "Miniature Miracle", The Tablet, December 16-23, p.46

2008

Sandra Rehme, "Tomoaki Suzuki", Time Out, March 20-26, p.68
Zoë Blackler, "Figuratively Speaking", Crafts, March/April, pp.22-23
Emily Pacey, "Winners of Arts Foundation Award Announced", Design Week, January 25