Work Experience
2007- Present
Professor
Faculty of Intercultural Communication, Hosei University, Tokyo
2018-2019
Visiting Researcher
Department of Art Studies, the University of the Philippines Diliman, Quezon
2012-2013
Guest Research Professor
School of Art, Central Saint Martin’s College of Arts & Design
2011- 2017
Board of Executive Committee, Exhibition Design
LIXIL Gallery, Tokyo, Osaka
2004-2007
Associate Professor
Faculty of Integrated Media, Wakkanai Hokusei Gakuen University, Hokkaido
Educational Background
2017-
Department of Arts, Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, University of Tsukuba
Doctoral Degree
1988-1990
Graduate Programme, Tama Art University
Master of Fine Art
1984-1988
Faculty of Art and Design, Tama Art University
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Oil painting, Painting
Selected Projects
2018
Balay Sugilanon, Roxas, VIVA Excon CAPIZ 2018, Philippines
My Place in Dingalan, Aurora Arts Residency, Aurora, Philippines
2017
Dio è sopra la mia testa. Chiaromonte, Italy
Kitakata Art&Education, Fukushima, Japan
2014-2017
Takasato Project, Fukushima, Japan
2015
Collaboration Project with Kitakata high school’s students, Fukushima, Japan
2013
Project London Schooling, London
Kitakata Museum Kyuetsu Inagashi and his paintings, Fukushima, Japan
2011
Chiyoda Studies, Chiyoda City, Tokyo [Catalogue]
Doi Saket Project 2011, Chiang Mai, Thailand
2010
Chiyoda Studies, Chiyoda City, Tokyo
My Place 2010, Arcus Project, Moriya City, Japan [Catalogue]
Doi Saket Project 2010, Chiang Mai, Thailand
2009
Chiyoda Studies, Chiyoda City, Tokyo [Catalogue]
Senmata-Bunko Project, Shizuoka Art Gallery, Shizuoka [Catalogue]
Himizo Museum Project, Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale 2009, Tokamachi, Nigata [Catalogue]
Nakanoshima Games, Saito Osaka, Nakanoshima, Osaka [Catalogue]
Doi Saket Project 2009, Chiang Mai, Thailand
2008
Doi Saket Museum, Chiang Mai, Thailand
Childhood Museum, Arcus Project, Moriya City, Ibaraki
2007
Childhood Museum, F Gallery, Chiang Mai, Thailand
Tatsuo Inagaki Satellite Laboratory, BankART Studio NYK, Yokohama
Belfast Museum, Queen Street Gallery, Belfast
2005
Childhood Museum, IImawashi, Merz Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland [catalogue]
Childhood Museum, Toki Art Space, Tokyo, Japan [catalogue]
2004
Childhood Museum, Localismos, Mexico City
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]
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 Arts Residency, 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)
Papers and Essays
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
2007
Tatsuo Inagaki Satellite laboratory
Preview, Hokkaido Shimbun Newspaper, Hokkaido
Preview, Nikkan Souya Newspaper, Hokkaido
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