ARCHIVE no.53
Paper Morphology
GUP-py・TANAKA Hiroyuki
02/17 wed.ー02/27 sat.
TANAKA Hiroyuki
People hear, speak, read, and write words. They then use words to assemble their own ideas. However, once the word leaves the person, it becomes a thing with the sound and the shape, it becomes a medium which exists between the taker, and all the interpretations will be entrusted to the taker. As a result, words sometimes disobey people's thoughts, but on the other hand they can bring unexpectedly wonderful results. Words have an undying indestructibleness. Whose words left his possession, sleep on the pages of closed books, wake up on open pages and repeat metamorphosis in people's brains.
1960 Born in Shiga<p class="bio-en">
1982 Graduated from Shiga University
I started with painting, and then became interested in the unique materiality of "sound" and "form"of "words" and "letters", and since the mid-1990s I have been making objects and installations using old books as materials.
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solo exhibition
2019 “existing in words” gallery16 (Kyoto)
2018 “words specimens of behind the trees” gallery16 (Kyoto)
2014 “creatures in words” gallery16 (Kyoto)
2013 “Hiroyuki Tanaka The unfolding world of words and letters from used books” Itami City Craft Center(Hyogo Prefecture)
2013 “words specimens.” dojima rhizome (Osaka)
1985～1989,1995～2012 held annually gallery16 (Kyoto)
group exhibition
2020 “Paper Objects Exhibition” gallery land’s End (Hyogo Prefecture)
and others
2020 “Minoh no mori Art walk 2020” Minoh National Park (Osaka)
2019 “Haiku×Art／Iga Ueno 2019” Kiyusukoudou (Mie Prefecture)
2017 “Haiku×Art 2017” Irimajirikejutaku (Mie Prefecture),Hououkaikan (Hyogo Prefecture),Seisikan (Inagawa Town, Kawabe District, Hyogo Prefecture)
2016 “Haiku×Art in Sasayama 2016”
Kiyusitukawa Elementary school (Hyogo Prefecture)
2015 “Far and near method of echo Hiroyuki Tanaka・Chitose Noguchi” ＋１art (Osaka)
2015 “heart-hitting ＤＭ” ＋１art (Osaka)
2015 “Gifu Ogaki Biennale 2015 -cracks of daily life-” IAMAS (Gifu Prefecture)
2013 “Summer Memories Forest Dream mysterious creatures” Yamazaki Mazak Museum (Nagoya)
2004 “read prints -Adventure of layers of images and color” Bunpoudou gallery (Tokyo)
2002 “The Book/viewing week” gallery16 (Kyoto)
1988 “IBM biwako Contemporary Painting Exhibition” order grand prix
Shiga Prefectural Museum of Modern Art (Shiga Prefecture)
1984 “6th back Japan Emba Art exhibition” Emba Tyugoku Museum of Modern Art(Hyogo Prefecture)
GUP-py（aka Yoko Hata）
Founded in Berlin in 1995. Works mainly in Germany and Japan. The minimalistic fantasy world of GUP-py is made through minimally shifting the view onto oneself and one’s surroundings. It is visualized via diverse forms of media, such as graphics, photography, video, installation and the artists’ book. Some of their main works are: animated Japanese onomatopoeic words living in honey „Honey Creatures“ and „Mellarium“, an invisible dog which evokes the travel desires of the dog’s owner „Travel Dog (series)“, flying books „Book's Dream to Fly“, etc.
www.gup-py.com
Solo Exhibitions
2020 »Kabinettstücke«, KWR, Kunstbau, Recklinghausen (Germany)(with Beate Garmer)
2020 Museum der Unerhörten Dinge, Berlin
2017 Old School Havelberg (Germany)
2016 »Parallel Experiences«, +1art, Osaka (Japan)
2015 »Book's Dream to Fly«, Kita Gallery, Nara (Japan)
2014 »ge schicht et«, Japanisch-Deutsches Zentrum Berlin (with Harriet Groß)
2012 »Beyond the Door«, Kita Gallery, Nara (Japan)
2011 Goethe-Institut Triest (photography festival »Triestèfotografia«)(Italy)
2010 Stadtgalerie Saarbrücken (Germany) (with gab heller)
2010 exhibit LIVE & Moris, Tokyo
2007 »Dog's Hideout«, exhibit LIVE & Moris, Tokyo
2006 Japanisches Kulturinstitut Cologne (Germany)
2005 »Mellarium«, exhibit LIVE, Tokyo
2003 exhibit LIVE, Tokyo
2001 »ARTGUP Reading Room«, Moris Gallery, Tokyo
1999 »Moving Honey«, Moris Gallery, Tokyo
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Group Exhibitions
2019 »Space Invaders«, Galerie Axel Obiger, Berlin
2016 »Flucht | nach vorne«, Medienwerkstatt Berlin, Directors Lounge/C.A.R. contemporary art ruhr, Essen (Germany)
2014 »prints«, Kita Gallery, Nara (Japan)
2014 »New Wave from Germany by CLUB eX«, Korean Film Archive Theatre, Seoul
2011 »Young German Video Art URZULA«, Nagoya University of Arts and Science (Japan)
2011 »XS,S,M,L,XL«, Galerie Axel Obiger, Berlin
2008 »Visual Sound/ Klang Vision«, Fournos Center for Digital Culture, Athens (Greece)
2005 »positions – directions«, Municipal Gallery in Elbeforum, Brunsbüttel (Germany)
2005 »Box Show 2nd«, MBC Gallery M, Daegu (Korea) / LADS Gallery, Osaka (Japan) / Heaven Gallery, Kyoto (Japan)
2004 »Contemporary Art from Japan«, Convention and Exhibition Center, Seoul
2004 »4 und 4: Curator's Choice New York / Berlin«, muellerdechiara Gallery, Berlin
2004 »Box Show 2nd«, Municipal Museum Kyoko / Watakushi Museum, Yufuin / Star Poets Gallery, Tokyo / Gallery Kaze, Tokyo
2004 »Appendix«, Kresija Gallery / PE Foto Bobnar, Ljubljana
»CLEAR FOG Ambient Communication«, Neuer Berliner Kunstverein
2004 »Urzula«, Gallery Pankow Berlin / Saarländisches Künstlerhaus Saarbrücken e.V. (Germany)
2003 »FAIR PLAY«, Play – Gallery for Still and Motion Pictures, Berlin
2003 »IN OUT«, International Festival of Digital Image 2003, Prague and Budapest
2003 »Platte/Kunst Version 0.2«, ex. Czech Culture Center, Berlin
2002 »CLEAR FOG Ambient Communication«, Museum for Communication, Berlin
2001 »Space and Time in Megalopolis«, Municipal Gallery, Prague
2000 »GoldrauschXI – unterwegs«, Kunstbunker Nuernberg / Kunstraum Duesseldorf / halle_fuer_kunst Lueneburg (Germany)
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