Naoto TannoJapan
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Born in Hokkaido, Japan in 1980
Exhibitions
Solo
2009
‘Breath’, Gallery Teo, Tokyo, Japan
2008
‘NERVA SISTEMO’, Bukamura Gallery+, Tokyo, Japan
2005
‘senforma’, Dining bar Ratia, Tokyo, Japan
Group
2010
‘Shibuya Style Vol. 4’, Seibu (Shibuya branch), Tokyo, Japan
‘2nd Impression’, Art Labor, Shanghai, China
‘Emerging Contemporary Artists of Japan 2010’, 2/20 Gallery, New York, USA
‘Contemporary Art Artist File Publication Release Exhibition’, Art Box Gallery, Tokyo
‘Weekend Australian Art Melbourne 2010’, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne
2009
‘PIECE OF JAPON’, Paris, France
‘ART HK09’, HONG KONG CONVENTION AND EXHIBITION CENTRE, Hong Kong
‘TAGBOAT SPRING AWARD 2009’, CREARE Aoyama, Tokyo
‘CALM&PUNK PERSPECTIVE 2009 SPRING’, CALM&PUNK GALLERY, Tokyo
‘GEISAI#12’, TOKYO BIG SIGHT, Tokyo
2008
‘GEISAI MUSEUM #2’, TOKYO BIG SIGHT, Tokyo
‘9th SICF’, spiral, Tokyo
2007
‘SHARE’, NO.12 GALLERY, Tokyo
‘8th SICF’, spiral, Tokyo
‘3th U35,500Artist SMALL ARTWORK'S EXHIBITION’, YOKOHAMA Red brick warehouse, Yokohama, Japan
2006
‘AMUSE ART JAM 2006’, The Museum of Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan
‘Maebashi ART COMPE LIVE 2006+’, International exchange open space, Maebashi
‘6×Mugen Drawing exhibition’, GALLERY SPACE FACTORY, Tokyo
‘GEISAI#10’, TOKYO BIG SIGHT, Tokyo
‘Esperanto’, LOW BELLY STRIPPERS, Takasaki
‘Esperanto’, Output, Tokyo
Awards
2009
Grand Prix Prize , TAGBOAT SPRING AWARD
Art Fairs
2010
‘ART ASIA MIAMI’, Karin Weber Gallery (HK), Miami, USA
2009
‘ART HK09’, EST - QUEST Auctions (Japan), Hong Kong
Born in Hokkaido, Japan in 1980Exhibitions
Solo
2009
‘Breath’, Gallery Teo, Tokyo, Japan
2008
‘NERVA SISTEMO’, Bukamura Gallery+, Tokyo, Japan
2005
‘senforma’, Dining bar Ratia, Tokyo, Japan
Group
2010
‘Shibuya Style Vol. 4’, Seibu (Shibuya branch), Tokyo, Japan
‘2nd Impression’, Art Labor, Shanghai, China
‘Emerging Contemporary Artists of Japan 2010’, 2/20 Gallery, New York, USA
‘Contemporary Art Artist File Publication Release Exhibition’, Art Box Gallery, Tokyo
‘Weekend Australian Art Melbourne 2010’, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne
2009
‘PIECE OF JAPON’, Paris, France
‘ART HK09’, HONG KONG CONVENTION AND EXHIBITION CENTRE, Hong Kong
‘TAGBOAT SPRING AWARD 2009’, CREARE Aoyama, Tokyo
‘CALM&PUNK PERSPECTIVE 2009 SPRING’, CALM&PUNK GALLERY, Tokyo
‘GEISAI#12’, TOKYO BIG SIGHT, Tokyo
2008
‘GEISAI MUSEUM #2’, TOKYO BIG SIGHT, Tokyo
‘9th SICF’, spiral, Tokyo
2007
‘SHARE’, NO.12 GALLERY, Tokyo
‘8th SICF’, spiral, Tokyo
‘3th U35,500Artist SMALL ARTWORK'S EXHIBITION’, YOKOHAMA Red brick warehouse, Yokohama, Japan
2006
‘AMUSE ART JAM 2006’, The Museum of Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan
‘Maebashi ART COMPE LIVE 2006+’, International exchange open space, Maebashi
‘6×Mugen Drawing exhibition’, GALLERY SPACE FACTORY, Tokyo
‘GEISAI#10’, TOKYO BIG SIGHT, Tokyo
‘Esperanto’, LOW BELLY STRIPPERS, Takasaki
‘Esperanto’, Output, Tokyo
Awards
2009
Grand Prix Prize , TAGBOAT SPRING AWARD
Art Fairs
2010
‘ART ASIA MIAMI’, Karin Weber Gallery (HK), Miami, USA
2009
‘ART HK09’, EST - QUEST Auctions (Japan), Hong Kong
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Artist Statement
After growing up in Hokkaido with its abundance of nature, to encounter the dynamism of a major
metropolis for the first time in my twenties was jolting. There were buildings that towered over me and the light that was emitted from them. In them was the contrast between light and dark. I was simply totally overwhelmed by these man-made things and felt that perhaps they represented the
“negative” that stands opposite to the “positive” of nature.
But the longer I had lived in the city, the more I began to feel uncomfortable with applying this idea towards buildings and light, which is the idea that nature is positive and man-made things are negative. As I gazed at the city, I began to feel a presence that was quiet yet seemingly breathing with great vigor.
I started to feel an energy, even in an environment that was man-made, and this led me to think it was not all was “negative” . What is man-made is created by human beings and those things bring people together. This indeed is a presence, a subtle energy, and I so I now see the correspondence between "nature” and “man-made” as being “movement” and “stillness".
Though subtle, my feeling of discomfort led to fascination, and my imagination began to bloom. Since then, I have begun to create paintings with light, dark and buildings as motifs.
Imagination is brought to those who see light and dark, who then deconstructs past information to
create things of the future within them.
Buildings embody a reality that was built from former visions of the future. They are deconstructed as fragments of the past within us. In my work, I hope to draw lines that connect these fragments.
After growing up in Hokkaido with its abundance of nature, to encounter the dynamism of a major
metropolis for the first time in my twenties was jolting. There were buildings that towered over me and the light that was emitted from them. In them was the contrast between light and dark. I was simply totally overwhelmed by these man-made things and felt that perhaps they represented the
“negative” that stands opposite to the “positive” of nature.
But the longer I had lived in the city, the more I began to feel uncomfortable with applying this idea towards buildings and light, which is the idea that nature is positive and man-made things are negative. As I gazed at the city, I began to feel a presence that was quiet yet seemingly breathing with great vigor.
I started to feel an energy, even in an environment that was man-made, and this led me to think it was not all was “negative” . What is man-made is created by human beings and those things bring people together. This indeed is a presence, a subtle energy, and I so I now see the correspondence between "nature” and “man-made” as being “movement” and “stillness".
Though subtle, my feeling of discomfort led to fascination, and my imagination began to bloom. Since then, I have begun to create paintings with light, dark and buildings as motifs.
Imagination is brought to those who see light and dark, who then deconstructs past information to
create things of the future within them.
Buildings embody a reality that was built from former visions of the future. They are deconstructed as fragments of the past within us. In my work, I hope to draw lines that connect these fragments.
