Genpei Akasegawa (Japanese, 1937–2014)

Timeline

1937: Born in Yokohama, Japan / Real name: Katsuhiko Akasegawa
1952–1954: Asahigaoka High School, Art Course, Nagoya
1955–1956: Musashino College of Art, Tokyo
1963: Showed Enlarged Thousand-Yen Note and wrapped objects at 15th Yomiuri Independant Exhibition, Formed Hi Red Center group with Jiro Takamatsu and Natsuyuki Nakamishi
1965: Indicted for on charges of counterfeiting because of the reproductions of thousand-yen notes used in art works (convicted in final trial by Supreme Court in 1970)
1970: Began teaching a course at Bigakko Art School, started writing a series of art reviews for the Asahi Journal, "Yajiuma Gaho" (bystander's art report). From the fourth installment on the title was changed to "Sakura Gaho"
1979: Wrote under the pen name Katsuhiko Otsuji. Received the Chuo Koron New Writer's Prize for a novel"Hadazawari" under the name of
1986: Formed the "Rojo Kansatsu Gakkai"(Street Observation Academy
1989: Helped write script for the film "Rikyu" on the life of a tea master, directed by Hiroshi Teshigawara
: Awards
: 1981 Akutagawa Prize for a novel "Father Has Disappeared"

2001: "Baba Akira and artists of Sato gallery" Museum of Modern Art, Akita
2001: "Revolution of Eyes" Shoto Art Museum, Tokyo
2001: "Facts of Life" Hayward Gallery, London
2001: "Mega-Wave/Yokohama Triennale 2001 " Pacifico Yokohama, Yokohama
2001: "Century City" Tate Modern, London
2001: "Posters" Poster Haris Gallery, Tokyo (solo)
2001: "Paintings and drawings - Across the border" SCAI THE BATHHOUSE, Tokyo (solo)
2001: " Youth of the Power of Aged" Nagoya City Art Museum, Nagoya (solo)
2000: "Leica Association/Paris Liberation" Chukyo University C-Square, Nagoya
1999: "Leica Town in Kyobashi-ku" Inax Gallery, Tokyo
1999: "Worthless" Moderna Galerija Ljublijana
1999: "Global Conceptualism" Queens Museum of Art, New York
1999: Contemporary Art Tokyo, Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles
1997: "A Cat's Day" SCAI THE BATHHOUSE, Tokyo (solo)
1995: "Adventures of Genpei Akasegawa- Majo Action for Development of Cerebral Resort" Nagoya City Art Museum, Nagoya (solo)
1992: "Stereo Photographs - Journey to Mexico for Total Eclipse of the Sun" Photo Interform, osaka (solo)
1988: "Tomason Apocalypse-The 8th Exhibition Homage to Shuzo Takiguchi", Satani Gallery, Tokyo (solo)
1987: "Genpei Akasegawa Data Exhibition with assistance from Katsuhiko Otsuji", Kinokuniya Gallery, Tokyo (solo)
1983: "The World of Genpei Akasegawa" NAF Gallery, Nagoya (solo)
1971: "Three-Dimentional SakuraGaho" Kyoto Shoin, Kyoto (solo)

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