Ei Arakawa-Nash (Japanese, born )

Timeline

1977
born in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan
1988
since 1988 lives and works in New York
2000–2004
B.F.A. Fine Arts, School of Visual Arts, NY
2004–2006
M.F.A. in Film/Video, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
2005–2006
Studio Program, Whitney Museum of American Arts Independent Study Program, NY
2007
The Honorable Mention, International Prize for Performance – Third Edition, Galleria Civica di Arte Contemporanea, in collaboration with centrale FIES, Trento, Italy
2008
The Altoids Award 2008, New Museum, NY
2009
DAAD Artist-in-Residency, Berlin, Germany
2010
Visual Art Grant, The Rema Hort Mann Foundation, NY
2012
Grant on Theater/Performance Art, Foundation of Contemporary Arts, NY

Exhibitions

2016
Tbilisi16., Organized by Daniel Baumann and Kunsthalle Zürich, Tbilisi
2016
We Call It Ludwig, Museum Ludwig, Cologne
2016
The 9th Berlin Bienniale of Contemporary Art, Berlin, Germany, with Dan Poston and Stefan Tcherepnin
2016
Painting 2.0: Expression In The Information Age, MUMOK – Museum Modern Kunst Stiftung Ludwig
2016
Wien,Vienna, Austria, with Shimon Minamikawa
2016
Midway Contemporary Art, Minneapolis, with Gela Patashuri and Sergei Tcherepnin (solo)
2016
Reena Spaulings Fine Art, New York (solo)
2016
Auction of Souls, with Nikolas Gambaroff, Galerie Meyer Kainer, Vienna (solo)
2015
Overduin & Co., Los Angels, with Karl Holmqvist (solo)
2015
Painting 2.0: Expression In The Information Age, Museum Brandhorst, Munich
2015
Buchstabenfest 2015, Zollamt, Bad Rakersburg, Austria
2015
In (The Mix) and on the go (Univers) for those in the know (Wanda), Scriptings, Berlin, with Nikolas Gambaroff
2015
The Radiants, curated by UNITED BROTHERS and Jacob King, Bortolami Gallery, NY
2014
Man & Play, curated by XYZcollective, Brennan & Griffin, NY, with Shimon Minamikawa
2014
Athletic Valentin, curated by CURA. magazine, Galerie Chez Valentine, Paris
2014
Gwangju Biennale 2014, curated by Jessica Morgan, Gwangju, South Korea, with Inza Lim
2014
New Intimacies, Hotel ANTEROOM KYOTO Gallery, Kyoto, Japan, with Sergei Tcherepnin
2014
I’m a Painting, Kumu Art Museum, Tallinn, Estonia
2014
In The Near Future, The Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw, Poland, with Gela Patashuri and Sergei Tcherepnin
2014
And Life Goes On..., curated by Karl Holmqvist, Between Bridges, Berlin, with Nora Schultz
2014
The Whitney Biennial 2014, Whitney Museum of American Art, NY, with Carissa Rodriguez
2014
Vienna Complex, curated by Cosima Rainer, Austrian Cultural Forum, NY, with Shimon MinamikawaLOVE AIDS RIOT SEX 2, nGbK – neue Gesellschaft fur bildende Kunst, Berlin, with Sergei Tcherepnin
2014
Hollybush Gardens, London, UK, with Karl Holmqvist (solo)
2014
Rise Projects/The Silvie Fleming Collection, London, with Karl Holmqvist (solo)
2013
Carnegie International, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburg
2013
Love Aids Riot Sex 2 -Kunst Aids Aktivismus 1995 Bis Heute, Neue Gesellschaft für Bildende Kunst (NGBK), Berlin
2013
Out Of Doubt! -Roppongi Crossing 2013, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo
2013
Landpartie, Galerie Meyer Kainer, Boltensternraum Baden, Baden near Vienna
2013
Chat Jet -Painting ‹Beyond› The Medium, Künstlerhaus, der Halle für Kunst und Medien, Graz
2012
A Bigger Splash: Painting after Performance, Tate Modern, London
2012
Abstra & 12 Artists/Her Name Is Abstra, Daido Soko, Kyoto, Japan, with Shimon Minamikawa
2012
Say It Loud, DISTRICT, Berlin, Germany, with Nikolas Gambaroff
2012
30th São Paulo Biennial, Bienal de Sao Paulo, São Paulo
2012
12. Triennale der Kleinplastik Fellbach, Fellbach, near Stuttgart
2012
Biennale di Venezia -55th International Art Exhibition, La Biennale di Venezia, Venice
2012
I knOw yoU, Irish Museum of Modern Art -IMMA, Dublin
2012
Some Redemptions, Soloway, New York
2012
Ecstatic Alphabets / Heaps of Language, curated by Laura Hoptman, The Museum of Modern Art, NY, with Nikolas Gambaroff
2012
Il Regalo, Overdoin and Kite, Los Angels, as UNITED BROTHERS, as well as Ei Arakawa
2012
The Green Gallery, Milwaukee, as UNITED BROTHERS with Kerstin Brätsch, Jeffrey Rosen, and SergeiTcherepnin (solo)
2012
Bodycard Testimonials, with Nikolas Gambaroff, Galerie Meyer Kainer, Vienna (solo)
2012
Ei Arakawa & Nora Schultz, Social Scarecrows Printing Fields, Reena Spaulings Fine Art, New York (solo)
2012
I am an employee of United, Overduin and Kite, Los Angeles (solo)
2011
DAAD Gallery, Berlin, Germany, with JXXXA HFBK HH and Yuki Kimura (solo)
2011
The Showroom, London, UK, with Gela Patashuri and Sergei Tcherepnin (solo)
2011
CAC Brétigny, curated by Pierre Bal-Branc, Paris, France, with Gela Patashuri and Sergei Tcherepnin (solo)
2011
Taka Ishii Gallery, Tokyo, Japan, with Sergei Tcherepnin (solo)
2011
Looking Back / The 6th White Columns Annual, selected by Ken Okiishi and Nick Mauss, White Columns, NY, (GOS)
2011
Exquisite Corpse Pose, curated by Olivia Shao, Elisabeth Ivers Gallery, NY, (GOS)
2011
Halle Für Kunst Lüneburg, Germany, as UNITED BROTHERS, with DAS INSTITUT and Nhu Duong
2011
Kunsthalle Zürich, Switzerland, as UNITED BROTHERS, with DAS INSTITUT
2011
Marking By Disclosure, ESSEX STREET, NY, as UNITED BROTHERS, with DAS INSTITUT and Nhu Duong
2011
Valoda maksla / Two Occasions. Fig. 7 – Konkreti piemeri, curated by Egija Inzule, kim? Contemporary Art Center, Riga, Latvia, with Nikolas Gambraoff
2011
That’s The Way We Do It, curated by Yilmaz Dziewior, Kunsthaus Bregenz, Bregenz
2011
Jo Baer, curated by Anthony Huberman, The Artist’s Institute, NY, with Nikolas Gambaroff
2011
Valoda Maksla / Two Occasions, curated by Egija Inzule, kim?, Riga, with Nikolas Gambaroff
2011
Edition / Non Edition, Galerie Meyer Kainer, Vienna, with Nikolas Gambaroff
2011
The Other Tradition, curated by Elena Filipovic, Wiels, Brussel, Belgium, with Silke Otto-Knapp
2011
Quiet Attentions: Departure from Women, curated by Mizuki Takahashi, Art Tower Mito, Mito, Japan, with Yuki Kimura and Jutta Koether
2011
Le Printemps de Septembre, curated by Anne Pontegue, Toulouse
2011
Open-Ended Propositions, Taka Ishii Gallery, Tokyo
2011
Group Affinity, Kunstverein Munchen, Munich (GOS)
2011
Hasta Mañana, Greene Naftali Gallery, NY, as UNITED BROTHERS, with DAS INSTITUT, as well aswith Silke Otto-Knapp
2011
Tokyo Story 2010, Tokyo Wonder Site Hongo, Tokyo
2010
cactus craze, curated by Jean-Michel Wicker with Gregorio Magnani, Kunst Werke, Berlin, with Karl Holmqvist
2010
Quadruple-Consciousness, curated by Malik Gaines, Vox Populi, Philadelphia, with Sergei Tcherepnin
2010
Greening Green, curated by Sewon Oh, Arko Art Center, Seoul, Korea
2010
Frieze Projects, curated by Sarah McCrory, Frieze Art Foundation, London, UK, with Karl Holmqvist
2010
Pro Choice in Schattendorf, Kunstverein Schattendorf, Schattendorf, with Nikolas Gambaroff
2010
Greater New York 2010, P.S.1 Center for Contemporary Art, NY (GOS)
2010
GNY: 5 Year Review, P.S.1 Center for Contemporary Art, NY
2010
Scene Grammar, Parra & Romero, Madrid (GOS)
2010
PROVENCE, Halle Für Kunst, Lüneburg, Germany
2010
Runaway Train, Bonnierskonsthall, Stockholm, Sweden (GOS)
2010
Casco -The Office for Art, Design, and Theory, Utrecht, with Mari Mukai, Gela Patashuri and SergeiTcherepnin Galerie Neu, Berlin (solo)
2009
New Jerseyy, Basel, Switzerland, with Gela Patashuri and Sergei TcherepninTaka Ishii Gallery, Kyoto, Japan (solo)
2009
Künsthalle Zürich, curated by Beatrix Ruf, with Nikolas Gambaroff, Nick Mauss, and Nora SchultzProchoice, Vienna, with Nikolas Gambaroff (solo)
2009
Künstlerhaus Stuttgart, curated by Axel John Wieder, Stuttgart, Germany, with Sergei TcherepninSculpture Center, NY, as Grand Openings (GOS) (solo)
2009
Tbilisi 6. Never On Sunday, curated by Daniel Baumann, Tbilisi, with Sergei Tcherepnin
2009
IS A BOOK, IS A SHOP, IS A SHOW, curated by Egija Inzule and Maja Wismer, The Latvian Centre forContemporary Art, Riga, Latvia (GOS)
2009
Bridges and Tunnels: New Jerseyy at Hard Hat, Hard Hat, Geneva, Switzerland (GOS)
2009
Collaborations, curated by Gernot Wieland, Autocenter, Berlin, Germany, with Nora Schultz
2009
Bulletinboard Blvd., Pro Choice, Vienna, Austria, with Patrick Price
2008
TBILISI 5. Wednesday was Thursday, curated by Daniel Baumann, Tbilisi, with Sergei Tcherepnin, Gela Patashuri, and Daniel Baumann
2008
Yokohama Triennale 2008, Kanagawa, Japan
2008
2008 Altoids Award, curated by Massimiliano Gioni and Jarrett Gregory, New Museum, New York, USA
2008
Front Room, curated by Anthony Huberman, Contemporary Art Museum, St. Louis, USA
2008
Nichts IST AUFREGEND. Nichts IST SEXY. Nichts IST NICHT PEINLICH, curated by Achim Hochdörfer and Tanja Widmann, Museum Modern Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien (MUMOK), Vienna, Austria
2008
11 sessions, organized by Karin Schneider, John Miller and Matt Keegan, Orchard, with Nicolás Guagnini
2008
Non-solo show, Non-group show, with Henning Bohl and Nora Schultz, Franco Soffiantino Arte Contemporanea, Turin, Italy
2008
Egypted, curated by Will Benedict, Kunsthall Exnergasse, Vienna, Austria
2008
Schattenspiel/Shadow Play (I) Shatten der Dinge/Shodow of Things, Reiner Ruthenbeck, Alexandra Leykauf, Ei Arakawa, Studio Sassa Tr�lzsch, Berlin, Germany
2008
Franco Soffiantino Arte Contemporanea, Turin, with Henning Bohl and Nora Schultz (solo)
2007
TERRIBLE VIDEO, organized by John Kelsey, Kunsthalle Zürich Parallel, Zurich, Switzerland (GOS)
2007
TBILISI 4. Everyday is Saturday, curated by Daniel Baumann, Cumberto/Space, Tbilisi, Georgia
2007
Performa07, directed by Rose Lee Goldberg, organized by Eric Shiner, Japan Society Lobby, New York, USA
2007
as RIOT THE BAR, Radio Daniéle, organized by John Kelsey and Christopher Williams, Radio LoRa in conjunction with Kunsthalle Zurich, Switzerland
2007
Lyon Biennial, a screening project organized by Paul Chang and Jay Sanders, with Sergei Tcherepnin, Lyon, France
2007
Our Land is Our Land, screening selected by Ronnie Bass, The Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, USA
2007
Various Small Fires, curated by the MA Curating Contemporary Art, Royal, London, UK
2007
RIOT THE BAR, Radio Daniéle, organized by John Kelsey and Christopher Williams, Citta Del Capo Radio Metropolitana in collaboration with GAM Galleria d'Arte Moderna, Bologna, Italy
2007
For the People of Paris, Sutton Lane, organized by Sean Paul, Scott Lyall, and Blake Rayne, Paris, France
2006
TBILISI 3. Let's Stay Alive Till Monday, organized by Daniel Baumann, Children National Gallery, Tbilisi, Georgia
2006
Bunch Alliance and Dissolve, organized by Public-Holiday Projects, Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
2006
Keep Passing The Open Window, or Happiness, curated by Anke Kempkes, Galerie Gisela Capitain, Cologne, Germany
2006
Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial 2006, directed by Fram Kitagawa, Niigata, Japan
2006
Continuous Project #8, CNEAI, with Simon Baier, Paris/Chatou, France
2006
Witney Independent Study Studio Program Exhibition 2005-2006, Chelsea Art Museum, New York, USA
2006
The Dimes of March, Reena Spaulings Fine Art, New York, USA
2005
Performa05, directed by RoseLee Goldberg, curated by Jay Sanders, Anthology Film Archives, New York, USA
2005
TBILISI 2. Wendesday Calls The Future, organized by Art Interdisciplinary Research Laboratory and Daniel Baumann, National Art Center, Tbilisi, Georgia
2005
Abschied von den Eltern, curated by Henrik Olesen, Christopher Mäller and Daniel Buchholz, Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Art Cologne, Open Space, Cologne, Germany
2005
Etc. arranged by Matt Keegan, Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York, USA
2005
Lesser New York, organized by Fia Backstrom Production, Brooklyn, NY, USA
2004
Succeeding Where The Hippies Failed, curated by Ethan Breckenridge, LeRoy Neiman Gallery, Columbia University, New York, USA
2004
Poets of Miniature, curated by Clifford Borress, Office Ops, Brooklyn, NY, USA
2004
Diversity + Self-Identity, curated by Jeanne Siegel, Visual Arts Gallery, New York, USA
2003
The Club in the Shadow, organized by Jutta Koether and Kim Gordon, Kenny Schachter ConTEMPorary, New York, USA

Literature

2007
Tomii, Reiko, Dictionary of Ei Arakawa, exhibition catalogue Making a Home, 74-75, Japan Society Gallery, New York
2007
Parry, Fiona, Architectural Doubts, exhibition catalogue Various Small Fires, Royal College of Art, London
2006
Burlap, Toni, The Euclidean Triangle, catalog, Whitney Biennial 2006 Day for Night, New York, p. 36
2005
North Drive Press #2, edited by Matt Keegan, New York, one-sided 7 with Richard Aldrich
English (US)

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