Tohru NAKAZAKI
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Tohru NAKAZAKI
Born 1976 in Ibaraki,Live in Ibaraki.
Completed a post-graduate degree in art at Musashino Art University.
Born in Ibaraki, 1976. Artist. Studied in the Musashino Art University Graduate School of Art and Design Doctoral Degree of Design. Currently based in Mito, Ibaraki.
He is a multi-media artist working with performance, video, and installation, mainly using the signboards as motifs. He explores the dissonance that occurs in our commonalities, such as language and images, working across various mediums. In 2006 he formed the unit “Nadegata Instant Party”. In 2007 he founded “PLAYROOM (Tohru Nakazaki + Mizuki Endo)”. Since 2011 he has been in charge of the artistic direction of “Project FUKUSHIMA!”
solo show「FICTION TRAVELER」Contemporary Art Gallery,Art Tower Mito(Ibaraki),2022
「Romantic Progress」Museum of Modem Ceramic Art,Gifu(Gifu),2022
「Summer Vacation at a Certain Art Museum」Chiba City Museum of Art(Chiba),2022
73rd Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology’s Art Encouragement Prize for New Artists (art division), etc., 2023