Tatsuo Inagaki was born in Japan. He is a Professor of the Faculty of Intercultural Communication at Hosei University and a Visiting Researcher at the Department of Art Studies College of Arts and Letters University of the Philippines Diliman (2018– 2019). Inagaki was a Guest Research Professor at the School of Art, Central Saint Martins College of Arts & Design, University of the Arts London (2012 – 2013).
Inagaki’s project is collaborative in nature, and each project to date is made in cooperation with the local residents and tailored to the form specific to the region. I started international activities after participating in VIVA EXCON (Philippines) in 1992. He has conducted other projects widely in the world, including France, Germany, Sweden, Norway, Korea, the Philippines, Thailand, Australia as well as Japan.
Inagaki represented the 18th Street Arts Complex in Santa Monica for the LA International Biannual in 2001. He was invited to produce work for the Public Art Project at the International Building, Language Centre of Royal Holloway and Bedford College, the University of London in 2000. Inagaki also conducted an art project in Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale and Suito Osaka 2009 in 2009.
His recent projects include Doi-Saket Project (Chiang Mai, Thailand 2007-2017), Takasato Project（Fukushima,2012-）io è sopra la mia testa.（Chiaromonte, Italy 2017-）Balay Sugilanon（Roxas, Philippines 2018）Ang aking lugar sa Dingalan（Aurora, Philippines 2018）which involve a series of long-term workshops with local children. The artist lives in Chiba and works in Tokyo, Japan.
As a researcher, he is currently researching art communities in Southeast Asia including the Philippines, research on art projects and university education, and development of actual programs.
2001年にはAsian Cultural Councilの助成によりLA インターナショナルビエンナーレのためにサンタモニカ（ロサンゼルス）の18th Street Arts Complexに参加、また2000年にはロンドン大学ロイヤルホロウェイ校ランゲージ・センターのパブリック・アート・プロジェクトのための制作を依頼された。2009年には越後妻有アート・トリエンナーレ、水都大阪2009に参加しプロジェクトを実施。
近年はDoi-Saket Project（タイ2007-現在）、Takasato Project（福島、2012-現在）Dio è sopra la mia testa.（イタリア、2017-）、Balay Sugilanon（フィリピン、2018）、Aking mahalagang lugar（フィリピン、2018）など長期のプロジェクトを展開している。
Work Experience 2007-present Professor, Faculty of Intercultural Communication, Hosei University, Tokyo 2018-2019 Visiting Professor, Department of Art Studies, the University of the Philippines Diliman, Quezon 2011-2017 Board of Executive Committee, Exhibition Design, LIXIL Gallery, Tokyo, Osaka, Japan 2012-2013 Guest Research Professor, School of Art, Central Saint Martin’s College of Arts & Design, London 2004-2007 Associate Professor, Faculty of Integrated Media, Wakkanai Hokusei Gakuen University, Hokkaido, Japan
Educational Background 2017- 2022 Department of Arts, Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, University of Tsukuba 1988-1990 Master of Fine Art, Graduate Programme, Tama Art University 1984-1988 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Oil painting, Faculty of Art and Design, Tama Art University
Selected Projects 2018 Balay Sugilanon (Story House), VIVA Excon, Roxas, Philippines My Place in Dingalan, Aurora Artist Residency Programme, Dingalan, Aurora, Philippines 2017 Dio è sopra la mia testa., COMMUNITY – Residency for Artists & Anthropologists Chiaromonte, Italy Kitakata Art&Education, Fukushima, Japan 2014-2017 Takasato Project, Fukushima, Japan 2007-2016 Doi Saket Project, Chiang Mai, Thailand 2015 Collaboration Project with Kitakata high school’s students, Fukushima, Japan 2013 Project London Schooling, London, UK Kitakata Museum - Kyuetsu Inagashi and his paintings, Fukushima, Japan 2009-2011 Chiyoda Studies, Chiyoda City, Tokyo, Japan [Catalogue] 2010 My Place 2010, Arcus Project, Moriya City, Japan [Catalogue] 2009 Senmata-Bunko Project, Shizuoka Art Gallery, Shizuoka, Japan [Catalogue] Himizo Museum Project, Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale 2009, Tokamachi, Nigata, Japan [Catalogue] Nakanoshima Games, Suito Osaka, Nakanoshima, Osaka, Japan [Catalogue] 2008 Childhood Museum, Arcus Project, Moriya City, Ibaraki, Japan 2007 Doi Saket Museum, Chiang Mai, Thailand Childhood Museum, F Gallery, Chiang Mai, Thailand Tatsuo Inagaki Satellite Laboratory, BankART Studio NYK, Yokohama, Japan Belfast Museum, Queen Street Gallery, Belfast, Northern Ireland 2005 Childhood Museum, IImawashi, Merz Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland [catalogue] Childhood Museum, Toki Art Space, Tokyo, Japan [catalogue] 2004 Childhood Museum, Localismos, Mexico City, Mexico 2003 My Place, Cultural Heritage and Contemporary Art, Antalya, Turkey [Catalogue] 2002 Grizedale Museum, Grizedale, UK Moya Museum: Shoshiro Kawagoe and Moya, Artist-in-Residence Programme Exhibition, Aomori Contemporary Art Centre, Aomori, Japan [Catalogue] 2001 Daikanyama Museum: Tom and Daikanyama, Daikanyama Installation, Hillside West, Tokyo, Japan [Catalogue] My Place, Arcus Project, Moriya City, Japan [Catalogue] Tappie Museum, LA International Art Biennial, 18th Street Arts Complex, Santa Monica, USA 2000 My Favourite Painting, Public Art Project, Royal Holloway & Bedford New College, University of London, UK Dale Museum, Nordic Artists’ Centre in Dale Studio 2, Dale, Norway Welcome to the County Gallery of Sogn og Fjordane! The County Gallery of Sogn og Fjordane, Forde, Norway 1999 My Place, the 8th International Artists Open Air Symposium, Muritz National Park, Germany [Catalogue] My Place, Le Vent des Forêts, Meuse, France [Catalogue] 1998 Museums within Museum, Museum as Wonderland, Fukuoka Art Museum, Fukuoka, Japan [Catalogue] Swedish Language School, EVENTA4, Upsala, Sweden 1996 Trial Domain Project, Trial Domain ’96, Tama Art University Museum, Tokyo [Catalogue] Japanese Language School, Japanese Artists in Hamburg, Kampnagel K3, Hamburg, Germany [Catalogue] 1993 Found Object, Baguio Art Festival, Baguio, Philippines 1992 Found Objects, Idea from Japan, Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts, Perth, Australia Found Objects, The 2nd Visayas Islands Visual Arts Exhibition and Conference, Bacolod, Philippines 5000 Sticks, Nature and Culture, Husum, Germany [Catalogue] 1991 Found Objects, A Room for Thinking of Beuys, Watari-um, The Watari Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo
Artist-in-Residence 2018 Aurora Artist Residency Programme, Dingalan, Aurora, Philippines
2007-2017 Compeung, Chiang Mai, Thailand
2002
Grizedale Arts, Grizedale, UK Aomori Contemporary Art Centre, Aomori, Japan
2001 18th Street Arts Complex, Santa Monica, USA
2000 Royal Holloway & Bedford New College, University of London, UK Nordic Artists’ Centre in Dale, Dale, Norway
Grants 2011 Chiyoda Studies, Chiyoda City, Tokyo
2010 Chiyoda Studies, Chiyoda City, Tokyo
2009 Chiyoda Studies, Chiyoda City, Tokyo Creative Town Through Culture and Art Programme, Agency for Cultural Affairs (Japan)
2008 Pola Art Foundation (Japan)
2006 TOYOTA Foundation (Japan) Nomura Foundation (Japan) The Kao Foundation for Arts and Sciences (Japan)
2005 Japan Arts Council (Japan) Asahi Beer Arts Foundation (Japan)
2003 Pola Art Foundation (Japan)
2001 Art by XEROX (Japan) Japan Foundation (Japan) Japan Foundation (LA, USA) Asian Cultural Council, the Rockefeller Foundation (USA)
2015 Miyamae Masaki and Workshop, Koganecho Bazaar, Yokohama
1989 Expression on Site 1989, Tama Art University Kaminoge Campus, Tokyo
Papers and Essays
2019 Dio è sopra la mia testa. Art Project at Chiaromonte, Journal of environmental art 21(referee reading) Conceptual Art and Bunjin-ga Workshop at the Faculty of Design and Arts, University of West Bohemia, A Journal of issues and research in art education 51 (referee reading) Doi-Saket Project Practical art education programme for university students who do not major in art, Tsukuba studies in art and design 23 (referee reading)
2018 Field work and Art Practice of field school art course, Tsukuba studies in art and design 23 (referee reading)
2010 Fieldwork as Artistic Practice, Between Art and Anthoroporogy, Berg, England (ISBN-10: 1847885004) Communication and Art, The Art Project by the Hosei University Laboratory in Collaboration with Local Communitiy in Chiang Mai, Chiyoda City, and Echigo Tsumaari, Jutaku July 2010, Culture and Housing, Collaboration of a Cultural Sector and a Community, Japan An Introduction to Intercultural Communication, Lectures in 2009 (Culture and Representation), Ibunka extra issue, Hosei University Faculty of Intercultural Communication
2007 Art Appreciation of Preschool Children in Art Museums, the Bulletin of Wakkanai Hokusei Gakuen University 2007, Wakkanai Hokusei Gakuen University, Japan
2006 Childhood Museum：Case Study of Personal History Museum in Mexico City, Tokyo, and Edinburgh、the Bulletin of Wakkanai Hokusei Gakuen University 2006, Wakkanai Hokusei Gakuen University, Japan
2005 Communication and Expression: Educational Practice on Expression using Degital Media, the Bulletin of Wakkanai Hokusei Gakuen University 2005, Wakkanai Hokusei Gakuen University, Japan（In Collaboration with Masami Suzuki and Masanori Fujiki）
2004 Art of One-to-One Communication: Case Study on Tatsuo Inagaki’s ‘Museum’ Projects, the Bulletin of Wakkanai Hokusei Gakuen University 2004, Wakkanai Hokusei Gakuen University, Japan
2003 Art of One-to-One Communication: Case Study on Tatsuo Inagaki’s ‘Museum’ Projects, Fieldworks: Dialogues between art and anthropology, Tate Modern, London
1998 Museums within Museum, Museum as Wonderland, catalogue, Fukuoka Art Museum, Japan
1996 Fieldwork, FREAK OUT vol. 12 1996, Korinsha, Japan
Lectures and Workshops 2012 Workshop for KinuFutaba Kindergarden, Moriya City, Japan Workshop for Preschool Children and Their Guardians 2011, Arcus Project, Moriya City, Japan Workshop in Wat Patumtaram Nursery, Chiang Mai, Thailand Workshop with Monks from Doi Saket Temple, Chiang Mai, Thailand
2011 Kids Art Meeting workshop, Yonbancho After School Club for Children, Chiyoda City, Japan Workshop in Horinouchi-minami After School Club for Children, Suginami City, Japan Workshop for Preschool Children and Their Guardians 2011, Arcus Project, Moriya City, Japan Workshop in Wat Patumtaram Nursery, Chiang Mai, Thailand Workshop with Monks from Doi Saket Temple, Chiang Mai, Thailand
2010 Workshop and Lecture for Museum Studies students, Tama Art University Museum Art Appreciation for Junior High School Students, Kashiwa City Kashiwa Junior High School Kids Art Meeting workshop, Yonbancho After School Club for Children, Chiyoda City, Japan Kids Art Meeting workshop, Kanda After School Club for Children, Chiyoda City, Japan Workshop for Preschool Children and Their Guardians 2010, Arcus Project, Moriya City, Japan Workshop in Wat Patumtaram Nursery, Chiang Mai, Thailand Workshop with Monks from Doi Saket Temple, Chiang Mai, Thailand Workshop for Goshu Elementary School, Matsumaedai Elementary School, Goshogaoka Elementary School, Arcus Project, Moriya City, Japan [Catalogue]
2009 Kids Art Meeting workshop, Yonbancho After School Club for Children, Chiyoda City, Japan Workshop for Preschool Children and Their Guardians 2009, Arcus Project, Moriya City, Japan Workshop in Wat Patumtaram Nursery, Chiang Mai, Thailand Workshop with Monks from Doi Saket Temple, Chiang Mai, Thailand
2008 Workshop for Preschool Children and Their Guardians 2008, Arcus Project, Moriya City, Japan Workshop for Preschool Children and Their Guardians 2008, Shimotsuma City, Japan Workshop in Wat Patumtaram Nursery, Chiang Mai, Thailand
2007 Workshop for Preschool Children and Their Guardians 2007, Arcus Project, Moriya City, Japan Workshop in Wat Patumtaram Nursery, Chiang Mai, Thailand
2002 Workshop for children in Moya, Aomori Contemporary Art Centre, Aomori, Japan [Catalogue]
2001 Workshop for Goshu Elementary School, Matsumaedai Elementary School, Goshogaoka Elementary School, Arcus Project, Moriya City, Japan [Catalogue]
2000 Workshop for Magna Carta School students, Picture Gallery at Royal Holloway & Bedford New College, University of London, UK
1998 Gallery Talk “Museums within Museum”, Museum as Wonderland, Fukuoka Art Museum, Fukuoka, Japan Lecture “What supports art”, Chigasaki Art Museum, Kanagawa, Japan
1996 Workshop and Lecture for Art Students at the Tama Art University, “Trial Domain ’96”, Tama Art University Museum, Tokyo, Japan Lecture, “Japanese Artist in Hamburg”, Kampnagel K3, Hamburg, Germany
Bibliography 2013 Shingaku Tsushin Magasine Febuary and March 2013, Tokyo
2011 Chiyoda Studies Snap (TV Programme), TV Tokyo, 19:55-20:00 13 March 2011, Tokyo
2010 Shiori (Bookmark) Project Review, Mainichi Shimbun Newspaper, 17 December 2010, Tokyo
2009 Chiyoda Studies Review, Asahi Shimbun Newspaper, 11 December 2009, Tokyo Review, Tokyo Shimbun Newspaper, 10 December 2009, Tokyo Preview, Yomiuri Shimbun Newspaper, 23 December 2009, Tokyo
2002 Moya Museum: Shoshiro Kawagoe and Moya Goji Hamada, ‘Concept of “Museum of Memory” by Inagaki Tatsuo’, Aomori Contemporary Art Centre Spring 2002 Vol.1, Artist-in-Residence Programme, pp. 56-57, Aomori, Japan
2001 My Place (Moriya City) Review, Joyo Shimbun Newspaper, 16th November, Ibaraki, Japan Review, Mainichi Shimbun Newspaper, 16th November, Ibaraki, Japan Sachiko Namba, ‘The Possibility of Communication in the Art of Tatsuo Inagaki’, Art Criticism 2001, pp. 83-88, Gallery Station Tokyo, Japan
2000 Tappie Museum Barbara Pollack, ‘family album’, arts international, p. 15, fall 2001, New York, USA ‘Artist Inagaki Creates a Special Museum of a Local Residents’, Rafu Shinpo Newspaper, 8th August, Los Angeles, USA ‘Japanese Artist Makes a Life into A Museum’, Santa Monica Mirror, 8th-14th August, Santa Monica, USA
Dale Museum Astrid Kolbornsen, ‘Skjevt blikk pa norske kuer’, BERGENS TIDENDE, 22nd February, Bergen, Norway Katrine Sele, ‘Utdrag fra ei japansk dagbok’, FIRDA, 22nd February, Forde, Norway Welcome to The County Gallery of Sogn og Fjordane! Katrine Sele, ‘Kultursjefens sko som kunst’, FIRDA, 24nd February 2000, Forde, Norway
1999 My Place (Le Vent des Forêts) Lysiane Ganousse, ‘La forêt prend le vent’, 4th July, Meuse, France
1996 Seiji Shinohara, ‘Tatsuo Inagaki’s Art Work’, FREAK OUT Art Magazine, vol.12 1996, pp. 14-19, Tokyo, Japan “Hamburg-Japan day ’96” P. 36, Hamburg, Germany
1995 Itaru Hirano, Review, BT Art Magazine, p. 180, Tokyo, Japan
1991 Preview, Any Magazine No.41, p. 85, 27th June, Tokyo, Japan Preview, Hanako Magazine No.152, p. 41, June, Tokyo, Japan
1989 ‘Vieplan Art Scope’, VIEPLAN MAGAZINE volume 2, December. p. 36, Tokyo, Japan
1988 Yasushi Kurabayashi, Review, ART ’88 OCT, Bijutsu Techo(BT) Art Magazine, p. 208, Tokyo, Japan
2001 代官山博物館、代官山 インスタレーション、ヒルサイドウェスト、東京［カタログ］ My Place、アーカスプロジェクト、守谷 [カタログ] タピー博物館、LA インターナショナル・アート・ビエンナーレ、18th Street Arts Complex、サンタモニカ、米国 (レジデンス)
2000 私の好きな絵、ロンドン大学ロイヤルホロウェイ校、ロンドン、イギリス ダーレ博物館、 Nordic Artists’ Centre in Dale、ダーレ、ノルウェー (レジデンス) フョルダーネ美術館へようこそ!、 The County Gallery of Sogn og Fjordane、フォルデ、ノルウェー
1999 My Place、第8回ミューリッツ国立自然公園野外シンポジウム、ミューリッツ国立自然公園、ドイツ [カタログ] My Place、Le Vent des Forts、ムーズ、フランス[カタログ]
1998 美術館の美術館、不思議の国の美術館、福岡市美術館、 福岡[カタログ] Swedish Language School、EVENTA4、ウプサラ、 スウェーデン
1996 トライアル ドメイン、Trial Domain ’96 多摩美術大学附属美術館、 東京 [カタログ] Japanese Language School、Japanese Artists in Hamburg、Kampnagel K3、ハンブルグ、ドイツ[カタログ]
1992 Found Objects、Idea from Japan、Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts、 パース、オーストラリア Found Objects、The 2nd Visayas Islands Visual Arts Exhibition and Conference、 バコロド、フィリピン 5000 Sticks、Nature and Culture、フーズム、ドイツ [カタログ]
1991
Found Objects、ボイスを考える部屋、ワタリウム、 東京
アーティスト・イン・レジデンス
2010-2017 Compeung、チェンマイ、タイ
2002 Grizedale Arts、グライズデール、イギリス 国際芸術センター青森、青森
2001 18th Street Arts Complex、サンタモニカ、アメリカ
2000 ロンドン大学ロイヤルホロウェイ校、ロンドン、イギリス Nordic Artists’ Centre in Dale、ダーレ、ノルウェー
研究奨励金・補助金等
2011
千代田学（日本）
2010
千代田学（日本）
2009 千代田学（日本）
文化庁「文化・芸術による創造のまち」支援事業（日本）
2008 ポーラ美術振興財団(日本)
2006 トヨタ財団 研究助成(日本)
野村国際文化財団(日本)
花王芸術科学財団 研究助成(日本)
2005 芸術文化振興基金(日本) アサヒビール芸術文化財団(日本)
2003
ポーラ美術振興財団(日本)
2001
Art by XEROX (日本) 国際交流基金 (日本) 国際交流基金 (LA、アメリカ) ACC (アジアン・カルチュラル・カウンシル、ロックフェラー財団) (アメリカ)
2004 My Place: Tatsuo Inagaki’s Project in Kareici, Antalya、カタログ （ポーラ芸術振興財団の助成により制作）
2003 一対一のコミュニケーションのアート：稲垣立男の「博物館」プロジェクトにおける事例研究、稚内北星学園大学大学紀要 2004、稚内北星学園大学 Art of One-to-One Communication: Case Study on Tatsuo Inagaki’s ‘Museum’ Projects、Fieldworks: Dialogues between art and anthropology、テート・モダン、ロンドン、イギリス(学会発表)
1998 美術館の美術館、 「不思議の国の美術館」カタログ、福岡市美術館
1996 Fieldworkについて、FREAK OUT vol.12 1996、光琳社
レクチャー・ワークショップ
2019
2018
2011
子どもアート会議、千代田区四番町児童館、千代田（千代田学）
ワークショップ「落語堀の内」、堀之内南児童館、杉並区
おやこで楽しむアート2011、アーカスプロジェクト、守谷
Wat Patumtaram保育園でのワークショップ、チェンマイ、タイ
Doi Saket寺の僧侶たちとのワークショップ、チェンマイ、タイ
2010
講演会「作品について・レクチャーとワークショップ」多摩美術大学美術館
講演会「中学生が美術に親しむために」柏市立柏中学校
子どもアート会議、千代田区四番町児童館、千代田（千代田学）
子どもアート会議、千代田区神田児童館、千代田（千代田学）
おやこで楽しむアート2010、アーカスプロジェクト、守谷
Wat Patumtaram保育園でのワークショップ、チェンマイ、タイ
Doi Saket寺の僧侶たちとのワークショップ、チェンマイ、タイ
Workshop for Goshu Elementary School, Matsumaedai Elementary School, Goshogaoka Elementary School, Arcus Project, Moriya City, Japan (part of Project) [Catalogue]
2001 My Place (守谷) レビュー『常陽新聞』11月16日、茨城 レビュー『毎日新聞』11月16日、茨城 難波祐子「稲垣立男のアートにおけるコミュニケーションの可能性について」『美術批評 2001』pp .83 88、東京
2000 タピー博物館 Barbara Pollack「family album」『arts international』p. 15、fall 2001、 ニューヨーク、アメリカ 「Artist Inagaki Creates a Special Museum of a Local Residents」『羅府新報』8月8日、ロサンゼルス、アメリカ 「Japanese Artist Makes A Life Into A Museum」『サンタモニカ ミラー』8月8 14日、サンタモニカ、アメリカ ダーレ博物館 Astrid Kolbornsen「Skjevt blikk pa norske kuer」『BERGENS TIDENDE』2月22日、ベルゲン、ノルウェー Katrine Sele「Utdrag fra ei Japansk dagbok」『FIRDA』2月22日、フォルデ、ノルウェー フョルダーネ美術館へようこそ！ Katrine Sele「Kultursjefens sko som kunst」『FIRDA』2月24日、フォルデ、ノルウェー
1999 My Place (Le Vent des Forts) Lysiane Ganousse「La fort prend le vent」7月4日、ムーズ、フランス
1996 篠原誠司「稲垣立男の作品について」『FREAK OUT vol.12 1996』pp.14 19、東京 「Hamburg-Japan day ’96」P. 36、ハンブルク、ドイツ
