Takuma Uematsu
In his sculptures, installations and photos, Takuma Uematsu from Japan poses the question of evolution and reincarnation through the mutual interference of all living beings and their environment. For him, the results (e.g. composite creatures) are neither malformations nor final states but a liminality between them and a new life form that is in a constant metamorphosis.
biography
Lives and works in Osaka
born in Osaka
studies at Kansai University
exhibitions
Shinanobashi Gallery, Osaka (also in 2002, 2003, 2006, 2009)
"Creatures create creatures", Gallery.wks, Osaka
"Party", CAP House, Kobe
"Ceremony", Contemporary Art Space Osaka CASO, Osaka
"Artcourt Frontier 2004", Art Court Gallery, Osaka
"The 1st Pocheon Asian Art Festival", Pocheon Banwol Art Hall, Pocheon City/Korea
"Iimawashi", Edinburgh Art Festival, Merz Gallery, Scotland
"The Goyang International Sculpture Symposium 2005", Goyang City/Korea
"Osaka Art Kaleidoscope Osaka 05", Osaka Contemporary Art Center
"Life is a crystal", Künstlerverein Malkasten, Düsseldorf
"A room of life", ASK?, Tokyo
"Quadriennale 06", Galerie Maier-Hahn, Düsseldorf
"Gold rush", Keumsan Gallery, Heyri/Korea
"Japan Contemporary Art Festival", Heyri Art Valley, Heyri/Korea
"Nikon International Photo Contest 2006-2007", Awarded Works, Nikon Salon Bis, Shinjuku, Osaka
"The Life and Work of the Contemporary Artists", Osaka Zokei Center, Osaka
"Asian Young Artists in Heyri", Heyri Art Valley, Heyri, Korea
"The forest of coral", hpgrp Gallery Tokyo, Tokyo
"Crystal", Takashimaya Tokyo Art Gallery X, Tokyo
"Ancient future", Seoul City Museum, Seoul/Korea
"At the forest track draw", Gallery M, Aichi
"Kobe Biennale 2009", Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art, Hyogo
"The forest sings", 2nd Family Project, Asago Art Village Museum, Hyogo
"Arts Challenge 2009, Aichi Arts Center, Aichi
"La musique de l´atelier", Osaka Zokei Center, Osaka
"Il dio delle piccole cose", Casa Masaccio Contemporary Art Center, San Giovanni
Valdarno, Italien
IMPULSE 22, with Fabian Chiquet, IMPULSE GALERIE Christian Löhrl, Mönchengladbach