Profile
Nomata Minoru
| 1955 | Born in Tokyo, Japan |
| 1979 | Graduated from the Department of Design, Faculty of Fine Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts |
| 1979–1984 | Art director at McCann Erickson Hakuhodo |
| 2014–2022 | Professor of Department of Design and Crafts, Collage of Art and Design, Joshibi University of Art and Design |
Awards
| 1978 | Ataka Award, Tokyo University of the Arts |
| 1995 | The 45th Art Encouragement Prize for New Artists, Agency for Cultural Affairs |
| 2006 | The 17th Takashimaya Art Award, Takashimaya Charitable Trust for Art and Culture |
Selected Solo Exhibitions
| 2022 | “Windscape,” De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex, UK “Minoru Nomata｜Collaboration with Obayashi Collection,“ yu-un, Tokyo, Japan “Gekka,” Taro Nasu, Tokyo, Japan |
| 2021 | “Unbuilt,” White Cube Hong Kong, Hong Kong |
| 2020 | “Introductions: Minoru Nomata,” Online exhibition, whitecube.com |
| 2018 | “Ascending Descending,” Sagacho Archives, Tokyo, Japan |
| 2017 | “Anchor,” Gallery Tamura, Hiroshima, Japan |
| 2015 | “Elements Drawing,” Gallery Tamura, Hiroshima, Japan |
| 2014 | “Ghost,” Atsukobarouh, Tokyo, Japan |
| 2013 | “Elements Drawing,” Related exhibition on the “Imaginary Architecture from Piranesi to Minoru Nomata,” Machida City Museum of Graphic Arts, Tokyo, Japan |
| 2012 | “Blue Construction,” Sagacho Archives, Tokyo, Japan |
| 2010 | “Alternative Sights—Landscapes by Minoru Nomata,” The Museum of Modern Art, Gunma, Gunma, Japan |
| 2009 | “Far Sights,” Gallery Tamura, Hiroshima, Japan |
| 2008 | “Skyglow—Farscape,” Nihombashi Takashimaya Art Gallery X, Tokyo, Japan “Skyglow—Lightscape,” Shinjuku Takashimaya Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan |
| 2007 | “Light Structures,” Gallery Tamura, Hiroshima, Japan |
| 2006 | “Visions 1993–2005,” Park Hyatt Tokyo, Gallery 1, Tokyo, Japan |
| 2005 | “Seeds,” Gallery Tamura, Hiroshima, Japan |
| 2004 | “Architecture on Canvas,” Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan “Points of View,” Seibu Art Forum, Seibu Ikebukuro, Tokyo, Japan |
| 2001 | “Perspective,” Seibu Art Forum, Seibu Ikebukuro, Tokyo, Japan |
| 1999 | “Eastbound,” Seibu Art Forum, Seibu Ikebukuro, Tokyo, Japan “Imaginary Architecture,” Gallery Tamura, Hiroshima, Japan |
| 1997 | “Windscape,” Seibu Art Forum, Seibu Ikebukuro, Tokyo, Japan |
| 1996 | “Forthcoming Places,” Seibu Art Forum, Seibu Ikebukuro, Tokyo, Japan |
| 1995 | “Imaginary Architectures,” Rias Ark Museum of Art, Miyagi, Japan “Bourou,” Seibu Shibuya Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan |
| 1993 | “New Meguro Meigaza—Nowhere Structures,” Meguro Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan “Nowhere,” The Contemporary Art Gallery, Seibu Ikebukuro, Tokyo, Japan “Structures,” Green Collections Multiple, Tokyo, Japan |
| 1992 | “Land-Escape,” Seibu Shibuya Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan “Lithographs,” Sagacho bis, Tokyo, Japan |
| 1991 | “Sublime,” Seibu Shibuya Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan |
| 1990 | “Picturesque,” Seibu Shibuya Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan |
| 1988 | “Arcadia,” Sagacho Exhibit Space, Tokyo, Japan |
| 1987 | “Decors,” Seibu Shibuya Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan |
| 1986 | “Still,” Sagacho Exhibit Space, Tokyo, Japan |
Selected Group Exhibitions
| 2022 | “City,” White Cube West Palm Beach, Florida, USA |
| 2021 | “Kazunori Hamana｜Minoru Nomata,” White Cube Paris, Paris, France “Drawing Biennial 2021,” Drawing Room, London, UK “All Our Stories Are Incomplete...... / Colours of the imagination, Collection Exhibitions Curated by Ryan Gander,” Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan “Muji Connects Art,” Atelier Muji Ginza, Gallery2, Tokyo, Japan |
| 2020 | “Sagacho Exhibit Space 1983–2000 Fixed-Point Observation of Contemporary Art,” The Museum of Modern Art, Gunma, Gunma, Japan “Metropolis 2020,” Takashimaya Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan; travelled to Takashimaya Art Gallery, Osaka, Japan “Metropolis,” Museum on the Seam, Jerusalem, Israel “Catch the Eyes,” The Museum of Modern Art, Gunma, Gunma, Japan |
| 2019 | “Journey of Painting Vol. 4,” MA2 Gallery, Tokyo, Japan “From the Terada Collection 066 Homage to Kotaro Terada: Memories of a Collector,” Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan |
| 2018 | “Beyond the End: Ruins in Art History,” The Shoto Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan |
| 2017 | “Contemporary ArtⅡ,” The Museum of Modern Art, Gunma, Gunma, Japan |
| 2016 | “From the Terada Collection 056 Kawaguchi Kimio | Nomata Minoru—Alternative Universes Within,” Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan |
| 2015 | “100th Anniversary of Kamekura Yusaku: “Creation” and His Viewpoint,” The Niigata Prefectural Museum of Modern Art, Niigata, Japan |
| 2014 | “Gallery at the Park,” Park Hyatt Tokyo, Gallery 1, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan |
| 2013 | “Imaginary Architecture from Piranesi to Minoru Nomata,” Machida City Museum of Graphic Arts, Tokyo, Japan |
| 2012 | “Blindsight,” MA2 Gallery, Tokyo, Japan “From the Terada Collection 040 Questions to Understand Ourselves,” Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan “Contemporary Art Ⅳ,” The Museum of Modern Art, Gunma, Gunma, Japan |
| 2010 | “Sirai—Anima et Persona,” The Museum of Modern Art, Gunma, Gunma, Japan “From the Terada Collection 034 Imaginarium,” Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan |
| 2009 | “From the Terada Collection 030 Garden of Resonance,” Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan |
| 2007 | “From the Terada Collection 023 Between Here and There,” Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan “Works from the Soil,” Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan |
| 2006 | “Setagaya Art Exhibition 2006,” Setagaya Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan |
| 2005 | “Looking for Utopia—Beyond the Imagination,” The Niigata Bandaijima Art Museum, Niigata, Japan |
| 2004 | “Setagaya Art Exhibition 2004,” Setagaya Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan |
| 2003 | “From the Terada Collection 016 Landscapes with Architecture,” Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan |
| 2002 | “From the Terada Collection 011 Far Away,” Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan |
| 2000 | “From the Terada Collection 004 Territory of Fantasy: Figurative Paintings from the Terada Collection,” Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan |
| 1999 | “Selected Works from the Terada Collection Part 1,” Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan |
Selected Public Collections
Deji Art Museum, Nanjing, China
Hall Art Foundation, kunstmuseum Schloss Derneburg, Derneburg, Germany
Longlati Foundation, Shanghai, China
M+, Hong Kong
Obayashi Collection, Tokyo, Japan
Sifang Art Museum, Nanjing, China
Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
