ARTCOURT Gallery

Artists

Takashi Soga

Biography

1952
Born in Osaka, Japan
1975
Graduated from Osaka University of Art

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2005
The Sea of the Ear - Ring ’05, LongHouse Reserve, New York
2001
Gravity Defied, LongHouse Reserve, New York
1999
Takashi Soga Works ’84-’99, Sakura Art Museum, Osaka
1996
Gravitational Quality - Vessel and Mother, Shinanobashi Gallery, Osaka
1995
Gravitational Quality - The Sea of the Ear ’95, Gallery Kasahara, Osaka
1993
Artist Today-26 / Gravitational Quality L1104, Contemporary Art Center, Osaka
1992
Gravitational Quality - Wall ’92, Gallery Kasahara, Osaka
1989
Gravitational Quality - Vessel 4, Gallery Kasahara, Osaka
1988
Gravitational Quality - Vessel, Shiananobashi Gallery, Osaka
1984
Gravitational Quality - Columns, Shinanobashi Gallery, Osaka

Selected Group Exhibitions

2019
The Yamamura Collection: Gutai and the Japanese Avant-Garde 1950s - 1980s, Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art
2017
Three-Person Exhibition, The Other Side Gallery, New York
2013
63th Central New York Art show, Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute, New York
2012
Two-Person Exhibition, Herkimer College, New York
2007
Two-Person Exhibition, Kirkland Art Center, New York
2006
Sculpture Space “Inside Outside”, Emerson Gallery, New York
2003
The 20th Exhibition of Contemporary Japanese Sculpture, Yamaguchi
2000
Altar of the Earth, Stone Quarry Hill Art Park, New York
1998
From out Stillness: Gift from the Stars, The Museum of Modern Art, Wakayama
1997
Gravity: Axis of Contemporary Art, National Museum of Art, Osaka
1994
Parent - child viewing: Contemporary Art, Ashiya City Museum of Art & History, Hyogo
Art is Fun 5, Hara Museum ARC, Gunma
Time in Contemporary Art, The Museum of Modern Art, Shiga
Art in Kyoto - Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow 14 / Thinking in sensoria: Takashi Soga + Yukio Fujimoto + Yutaka Moriguchi, Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art
1992
Sanda Zōkei Exhibition ’92, Sanda Civic Hall, Hyogo
Stone Path: Ikeda Sculpture Symposium ’92, Municipal Gallery Ikeda, Osaka
’92 Artists from Hyogo, Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Modern Art    
STAND AGE - Invitation for Contemporary Sculpture, PARTHENON TAMA, Tokyo
1991
Contemporary Art ’91 - Various Materials, The Tokushima Modern Art Museum
1990
Chicago Art EXPO ’90, Navy Pier, Chicago
1989
The Phantom Yamamura Collection, Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Modern Art
1983
Open-air Exhibition, Sculpture Park, Wakayama
1982
5th Triennale-India 1982, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi, India
1980
Art Now ’80, Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Modern Art
1978
12th The Japan International Art Exhibition, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, and other [The 13th]
1976
12th The Contemporary Art Exhibition of Japan, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, and other [The 13th and 14th]

Awards and Honors

2013
Awarded the 1st Prize of public Art at Beverley Taylor Sorenson Art & Education Complex (Utah).
2009
Awarded the 1st Prize of the Public Art Project at Lincoln Park (Milwaukee).
2007
Awarded the 1st Prize of The Public Art Competition of Sherman Plaza (City of Evanston, Illinois).
2005
The Pollock - Krasner Grant.
2003
Awarded the Ube Outdoor Museum Prize (City of Ube, Japan).
Constance Saltonstall Foundation Grant (New York).
2000
Sculpture Space Residency, NYSCA founded.
1998
Awarded The Nagano Prize (City of Nagano, Japan).
1997
Awarded the 2nd Prize - Asago 2001 Open-air Sculpture Exhibition in Tataragi (Hyogo, Japan).
1996
Awarded the Grand Prize - The Open-air Sculpture Competition of Ikeda (City of Ikeda, Japan).
Awarded the Grand Prize - Minokamo Sculpture Competition (Gifu, Japan).
1984
Awarded the 1st Sakuyakonohana Prize (Organized by Osaka City, Japan).
1980
Awarded the Grand Prize - The 13th International Art Exhibition of Japan.

Major Collections

The National Museum of Modern Art, Osaka / The Museum of Modern Art, Hyogo / The Museum of Modern Art, Wakayama / The Museum of Fashion, Kobe / The Open-air Museum at Ube,Yamaguchi / The Open-air Museum at Minokamo, Gifu / Kusatsu City Hall, Shiga / Big Steps, Osaka / Commer Museum, Jacksonville / LongHouse Reserve, New York / State of Utah University, Salt Lake City / Sharman Plaza, City of Evanston, Illinois / Lincoln Park, Milwaukee