Manika Nagare Japanese, b. 1975

Education

1975 Born in Osaka, Japan
1997 Graduated from the Faculty of Painting in Jishibi College of Fine Arts

 

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2018 The Colors Have Gone Through - Yuka Tsuruno Gallery, Tokyo, Japan.
  Tracing the Colors - POLA Museum, Kanagawa, Japan.
2016 Wraparound - Miyako Yoshinaga Gallery, New York, NY
  Tsunogumu - Galarie Tokyo Humanite, Tokyo, Japan.
2015 River Need Spring - Yuka Tsuruno Gallery, Tokyo, Japan.
2014 Line of Sight - Miyako Yoshinaga Gallery, New York, NY.
2013 Colorless and White - Gakushuin Woman’s College Gallery, Tokyo, Japan.
  Visible Edge - Yuka Tsuruno Gallery, Tokyo, Japan.
2012 Tenmaya, Okayama, Japan.
2011 Tenmaya, Kagawa, Japan.
  Galarie Petit Bois, Osaka, Japan.
2010 Bouncing Manner - Yuka Tsuruno Gallery, Tokyo, Japan.
  Gushing Manner - Galarie Tokyo Humanite, Tokyo, Japan.
2008 Melting Scene - Galarie Tokyo Humanite, Tokyo, Japan.
  On a String - PANTALOON, Osaka, Japan.
2007 Mitsukoshi Gallery, Kagawa, Japan.
2006 The Boundaries - Desperado, Tokyo, Japan.
2005 Kocaeli Municipality Art Museum, Turkey
  Clue - Galarie Tokyo Humanite, Tokyo, Japan.
  Clue - The Art Fiend Foundation, New York, NY.
  10301 - Garando Gallery, Aichi, Japan.
2004 10301 - Edobori Gallery, Osaka, Japan.
2003

Wardrobe - Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art at Snug Harbor Cultural Center, New York.

2002 Closet - Edobori Gallery, Osaka, Japan.

 

Selected Group Exhibitions

2020      RE CONSTRUCTION - Nerima Art Museum, Tokyo
  Shikansuiyo - Meiji Shrine Museum, Tokyo
  Promising - Nihonbashi Takashimaya Gallery, Tokyo
2019 Big Hug TransformationGalerie 5, Paris
  Oita Art Festival 2019, Oita, Japan
2016 Takamatsu Contemporary Annual vol. 5 - Takamatsu Art Museum, Kagawa, Japan
2015 Embracing for Painting - Shiseido Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2014  THE MIRROR - Tokyo, Japan
2013 Why not live for Art? II - Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2011 Various Colors -Garando Gallery, Aichi, Japan
 

The 30th Outstanding Rising Artist Exhibition - Sonpo Japan Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan

2010 Domani: The Art of Tomorrow - The National Art Center, Tokyo, Japan
  Tokyo Wonder Wall 2000 - 2009 10 Years - The Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan
  Installation for the Opening Ceremony of the Japanese Year in Turkey, Ankara, Turkey   
  On a String - PANTALOON, Osaka, Japan
2009 No Man’s Land - The French Embassy, Tokyo, Japan
2008 Installation for dedication to Morris Louis, DIC Design Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
  The 27th Outstanding Rising Artist Exhibition - Sonpo Japan Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan
  Sorekara - Joshibi Galerie Nike, Tokyo, Japan
2007 Land[e}scape - Onishi Gallery, New York, NY
  Love(?)Letter - Asahi Beer Oyamazaki Villa Museum, Kyoto, Japan
2006 Glib Reticence, Recent Glibness - The Pola Museum Annex, Tokyo, Japan
 

The Vision of Contemporary Art- VOCA2006 - The Ueno Royal MuseumTokyo, Japan

2005 Home Sweet Home - The Project Diversity, Rongio Gallery, New York, NY
  The Boundaries - The Art Fiend Foundation, NYC, Art Zone, Kyoto, Japan
2004 Trip - Uplink Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2003

 The Arts of Recovery, Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art at Snug Harbor Cultural Center, South Beach Psychiatric Center, New York, NY.

2002 Ruhun Gidasi - Izmit City Art Museum, Turkey
  Field of Now - YOKYO Art Hall, Tokyo, Japan
  JADA - YOKYO Art Hall, Tokyo, Japan
 2001 Commemorative Exhibition of Grand Prize at "Tokyo Wonder Wall", The Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan
  Tokyo Wonder Wall Follow Up, The Tokyo Metropolitan Government, Tokyo, Japan
2000 Field of Now - YOKYO Art Hall, Tokyo, Japan
  The Vision of Contemporary Art- VOCA2000 - The Ueno Royal Museum, Tokyo, Japan
1999

The 10th YOSHIWARA Jiro Prize Art Exhibition - Osaka Contemporary Arts Center, Osaka, Japan

1997 The 61st, 62nd Exhibition of Shinseisaku Association - Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan

 

Collections

Takamatsu City Museum, Takamatsu, Japan.

The Museum of Contemporary Art, Karuizawa, Nagano, Japan.

Kocaeri University Museum, Turkey.

JR Tower Hotel Nikko Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan.

Park Court Azabu Juban the Tower, Tokyo, Japan.

Urabandai Kogen Hotel, Fukushima, Japan.

Proud Tower Shinonome Canal Court, Tokyo, Japan.

Morioka Yuai Senior care center, Iwate, Japan.

Minato City Public Library, Tokyo, Japan.

Forrest Terrace Toriizaka, Tokyo, Japan.

  

Awards, Grants, and Residencies

2013  Selected Artist-in-Residency Program as a visiting fellow at Gakushuin Women’s College
2004 A Recipient of the Pola Art Foundation Grant
2002 Selected Artist-in-Residency Program at Snug Harbor Cultural Center in New York
  A Recipient of the Japanese Agency for Cultural Affairs Grant
  Intern at Frank Stella Studio
2001 Tokyo Wonder Wall Awards Committee Chairman's Prize

 

Public Art 

Shiseido Parlor Ginza, Tokyo

MUSEUM TOWER KYOBASHI, Tokyo

Tasaki Ginza, Tokyo

Lawry’s the Prime Rib Akasaka, Tokyo

R&DMAK Design Works Building, Tokyo

Forrest Terrace Toriizaka, Tokyo

Azabu Public Library, Tokyo

Morioka Yuai Senior care center, Iwat_e

Proud Tower Shinonome Canal Court, Tokyo

Urabandai Kogen Hotel, Fukushima

Park Court Azabu Juban the Tower, Tokyo

JR Tower Hotel Nikko Sapporo, Hokkaido