Sculptor Noriaki Maeda Info - Sculpture.org

Biography

1961 Born in Tokyo
1986
- Graduated Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music
- Awarded the Ataka Prize
1987 Completed Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, Master of Fine Arts
1991 Completed Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, Doctor of Fine Arts
1997
- Awarded scholarship, Japanese Cultural Ministry and stayed in London
- Lived in London.(Until 2001)
Currently lives in Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan

Solo Exhibitions

1986 Gallery Parergon, Tokyo
1987 Gallery K, Tokyo
1988 "L'Spoir Noriaki Maeda" Ginza Surugadai Gallery, Tokyo
1989 Stegosaurus Studio, Nagoya
1990
- Muramatsu Gallery, Tokyo
- Tokiwa Gallery, Tokyo
1991
- Doctor of Fine Arts final exhibition, Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music
- Gallery Lunami, Tokyo
- Tokiwa Gallery, Tokyo
1992 Tokiwa Gallery, Tokyo
1993
- Tokiwa Gallery, Tokyo
- "New Art Paradise", Meguro Museum of Art, Tokyo
1994 Tokiwa Gallery, Tokyo
1995 Tokiwa Gallery, Tokyo
1997 Tokiwa Gallery, Tokyo
1998 Tokiwa Gallery, Tokyo
1999
- Noriaki Maeda Sculpture e Installazione Ex-Lanificio Bona, VELAN Carignano, Turin, Italy
- Noriaki Maeda Sculpture and Installation Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Wakefield, Yorkshire-UK
- 2001 Stephen Lacey Art Gallery, London, UK
"RECENT WORK" Gallery GAN, Tokyo

Group Exhibition

1987 Enclosure 320m×1/8, Civic Gallery of Setagaya Art Museum, Tokyo
1989
- Contemporary Works '89, Tokyu Department Store, Nihonbashi, Tokyo
Battle Royal Series-'3' "Exterior Construction" Noriaki Maeda and Kyotaro Hakamada, Galleryam, Tokyo
- Art Exhibition '89' 8waves, Mycal Honmoku, Yokohama
1990
- Art Exhibition '90' Wind, Mycal Honmoku, Yokohama
- Contemporary Works '90',1 Tokyu Department Store, Nihonbashi, Tokyo
1992
- The 21st Contemporary Art Exhibition of Japan, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum
- Lunami Selection '92', Gallery Lumina Tokyo
1998 Summer exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London
1999 Inside/Outside, Japanese Contemporary Sculpture by Eight Artists, Nigata Prefectural Museum,Nigata,Japan
2000
- Summer exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London
- Prime Reflection of Color and Form, Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery
- Summer Show, Stephen Lacey Art Gallery London
- Forme dal Mondo Villa Gori Stavia, Massarosa - Italy
2001
- The 19th Exhibition of Contemporary Japanese Sculpture 2001 UBE BIENNALE, Awarded Grand Prix.
- NAGANO SCULPTURE AWARD, South-Nagano Athletic Park, Nagano Prefecture, Japan.
- 2002 Summer Exhibition Royal Academy of Arts, London.

Symposia

1994 '94 International Symposium of Open-Air Sculpture in Pusan, Olympic Commemorative Park, Pusan, Korea
2002 " The Eye of the Storm" Villa dei Laghi - La Mandria Torino - Italy

Projects

2002 'TODAY AND TOMORROW' All Saints Church, London Dulwich, UK

Public Collections

1991 Olympic Commemorative Park, Pusan, Korea
1992 The Museum of Modern Art, Toyama, Japan
1995 Nigata Prefectural Museum of Modern Art, Nigata, Japan
2001 Tokiwa Park, Yamaguchi Prefecture,Japan
2002
- South-Nagano Athletic Park, Nagano Sculpture Award
- Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Wakefield, Yorkshire UK

Selected Bibliography/Periodicals

1987 MOTOI MASAKI ART'87,BT,Bijyutsu-shuppansha, No584, 1987 Aug, pp203-204
1988 Exhibition Review, THE MAINICHI-Newspaper 3rd, March, 1988
1989 HARUO SANDA Reviews BT,Bijyutsu-shuppansha,,No605, 1989 Feb, p234
1990
- STARDUST ' Armor of Giants' Noriaki MaedaGeijyutsu-shinchou. No 41-3, Mar,1990, p79
- Reviews Tokyo SANSAINo511, 1990 Apr, p95
- HIROMICHI NIJIKAWA Monthly Art Sun-Art,No179. 1990 Aug, p58
1991
- YUTAKA MIKAMI IKEBANA-RYUSEIBijyutsujiji, No376, 1991 Aug, p12
- Reviews Tokyo SANSAINo522,1991Mar, p113
- Exhibition Review,THE MAINICHI-Newspaper Evening Edition 30th May, 1991 - Lunami Gallery-
- Exhibition Review, THE MAINICHI-Newspaper 15th Nov,1991
1992
- KENJI ISHIKAWA Monthly Art Sun-art,No196, 1992 Jan, p58
- KUNIHIKO TAKEI Reviews Tokyo, SANSAINo533, 1992 Feb, p95
1993
- apoSS-communications.No53, 1993 Dec, p90
- MOTOI MASAKI Monthly ArtSun-art,No219. 1993 Dec, p242
1994
- Arts-TEMPOShukan-Shincho, New year Edition,1994 Jan
- TATSUMI SHINODA PILIERS Meguro Museum,No11, 1994 Mar, pp4-7
1995 HARUO SANDA Exhibition Review, THE MAINICHI-Newspaper 18th Dec,1995
1997 Noriaki Maeda Exhibition,Shin-bijyutsutsu-shinbunNo787,1997 Jan
1998
- SANZO TANAKA Art Review, THE ASAHI-Newspaper 24th Sep, 1998
- HARUO SANDA Exhibition Review, THE MAINICHI-Newspaper 14th Dec,1998
1999
- HARUO SANDA Art-Column,THE MAINICHI-Newspaper 18th Nov, 1999
- HEMMING, SARAH, " Visual Arts EXHIBITION OF THE WEEK" The Express, Nov 5,1999
- HAMMOND, DAVID, " Noriaki Maeda really gets into his art"The Huddersfield Dayly Examiner, Nov.5 1999
- "Parking spaces" The Gurdian" Nov 6, 1999
- "Eastern style" Yorkshire Post, Nov 6,1999
- "ART EXHIBITION UNVEILED" Yorkshire Evening Post, Nov 6,1999
- "PARK ART" Wakefield Express, Nov 12,1999
- HISAO MATSUMURA Sunday-ColumnTHE SANKEI-Newspaper Nov 12,1999
2000
- CORK, RICHARD "VISUAL ART Performing to remain nameless" THE TIMES Jan 26, 2000, p43
- "Noriaki Maeda Exhibition and Yorkshire sculpture park" BT Bijyutsu-Shuppansha. Feb 2000, pp123-126
- TAKESHI SAKURAI, "Yorkshire Sculpture Park, The museum where we can meet landscape and sculpture" IKEBANA-RYUSEINo481, May 2000, pp,15-17.
- NORIO,SUGAWARA Art Column THE YOMIURI News paperJun 1st, 2000. p17
- HISAO,MATSUMURA Art Report in Italy,THE SANKEI News paperNov12, 2000, p11
2001
- NORIO,SUGAWARA Art Column THE YOMIURI Newspaper Jul 12, 2001
- KAZUHIKO,SHIBUSAWA Exhibition Review THE SANKEI News paper Jul 22, 2001, p13
- HARUO,SANDA ART,THE MAINICHI News paper Jul, 9th 2001, p8
- " Topics of UBE BIENNAL" THE MAINICHI Jul22th, 2001, p28
- KOUJI,YONEMOTO " HITO" Human topics, THE MAINICHIJul 15th, 2001, p2
- Art Column THE MAINICHI Jul 16th,2001, p1
2002
- KAZUHIKO,SHIBUSAWA Review,THE SANKEIMay26th, 2002 p13.
- TAKESHI,SAKURAI "The Church Project in London" Art Column, THE MAINICHI Jul 10th, 2002 p6
- Publicity NAGANO, The 29th, NAGANO SCULPTURE AWARD Aug 1st, p16, NAGANO city
- THE YOMIURI News Paper-Local edition July 3rd, NAGANO city.
- THE SINSNO MAINICHI News Paper July 3rd, p19, NAGANO SCULPTURE AWARD, 2002
- NAGANO CIVIC PRESS July 4th (Three Sculptures in the city)
- TAKESHI,SAKURAI "CHURCH PROJECT" IKEBANA-RYUSEI Sep, 2002, pp 16-17

Texts / Exhibition Catalogues

1989 ARATA,TANI "Exterior Construction" Catalogue 'No 12' from Gallery aM, Tokyo, 1989. pp 7-8
1990 Noriaki Maeda "From Skechbook Notes" TOKIWA GALLERY, 1990
1991 KIICHI SUMIKAWA "Comment for Noriaki Maeda" Catalogue from Degree Show, 1991, p8
1992 Noriaki Maeda "From Skechbook Notes" TOKIWA GALLERY, 1992
1993 Noriaki Maeda (Comment), LUNAMI SELECTION '92, LUNAMI GALLERY, Tokyo. 1992, p12
1994 TAMAYO IEMURA "IRON FIGURE" Catalogue from Meguro New Art Paradise, MERURO MUSEUM. 1993. pp 8-9
1998
- NAOYUKI TAKASIMA 'The identity of "objects" and the non-identity of " place' NORIAKI MAEDA TOKIWA GALLERY, 1998 pp 1-2 3-4
- HIROSHI KIRIHARA "INSIDE OUTSIDE" Catalogue from "The Japanese Contemporary Art By 8 Artists" NIGATA PREFECTURUL MUSEUM, 1998, pp 83-84, 111-112
1999
- CERRITELLI,CLAUDIO "IL DIVERNIRE DELLA SCULPTURA DALLE GRANDI FIGURE ALLE NUOVE INSTALLAZIONI (1985-1999)" "SCULPTURE:FROM LARGE FIGURES TO NEW INSTALLATIONS (1985-1999).
- Noriaki Maeda, Sculture e istallazioni, VELAN per l'arte contemporanea, 1999, pp5-25, 49-60.
- PETER,MURRAY. "Introduction" YUKITO,TANAKA " Resonating to Genetic Memory" RICHARD,CORK. "Towards Lightness" Noriaki Maeda Sculpture, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, 1999-2000, pp5-6, 8-13, 14-26.
2000 SANTO,OSIMA " Filling in an empty space" Catalogue from' Prime" Reflection of Color and Form". TOKYO OPERACITY ART GALLERY. 2000, pp14, 22-23.
2001
- STEPHEN LACEY "Introduction"
- RICHARD,CORK. "Towards Lightness" Catalogue from STEPHEN LACEY GALLERY, Noriaki Maeda Exhibition, 2001, p7, p9-25.
- TOSHIAKI,MINEMURA "The Fugue of Warrior and Shield" Leaflet from Gallery GAN 'Noriaki Maeda Exhibition" 2001, p1.
2002 RT HON TESSA JOWELL " Introduction" VICTOR DE CIRCASIA " TODAY AND TOMORROW" Catalogue from 'TODAY AND TOMORROW' The Church Project in All Saints Church, London Dulwich, 2002, pp11-28.