Asako Tabata’s paintings begin from vague ideas, a thought or a memory, and grow through the process of painting, becoming the heart of the composition. If the flow of the idea changes, she allows the change to lead the creative process and give meaning to the work, sometimes in unexpected points and surprising forms. Her paintings and sculptures are unique specifically because of their intense expression of a pervasive sense of being cut-off and a weighted aloneness. Either unframed or with frames that are handcrafted and seemingly slapped-together, her expressions are singularly poignant works. Her sculptures are equally notable revelations of the secrets that we bear, the pain that we feel and our attempts to retreat from society.
Profile
| Born in Kanagawa, Japan in 1972 Lives and works in Tokyo, Japan |
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| Presently a member of Hitohito-kai | |
| 【Education】 | |
| 1996 | Graduated from Tama Art University, Faculty of Art and Design, Major in Oil Painting |
| 【Selected Solo Exhibitions】 | |
| 2023 | Asako Tabata: Wiping Makes it Dirtier (SEIZAN Gallery, Tokyo) Asako Tabata: Waste Of A Cushion (SEIZAN Gallery、New York) |
| 2022 | Asako Tabata: Cutting a Loquat Tree (SEIZAN Gallery, New York) |
| 2021 | Himitsu no Barizougon (Gallery Echo-ann, Tokyo) |
| 2019 | Tasuuketsu dakara (Art space Mizu no Oto, Tokyo) |
| 2017 | Seesaw (Art space Mizu no Oto, Tokyo) |
| 2012 | Asako Tabata-ten (Gallery Echo-ann, Tokyo, continued in 2018) Asako Tabata-ten (SEIZAN Gallery, Tokyo, continued in 2014) |
| 2011 | Asako Tabata-ten (Shonandai MY Gallery, Tokyo, continued through 2013, in 2015) |
| 【Selected Group Exhibitions】 | |
| 2023 | ART MIAMI (SEIZAN Gallery Booth, Miami, FL) VOLTA New York (SEIZAN Gallery booth, New York) |
| 2022 | PASSION!! (SEIZAN Gallery, Tokyo) |
| 2021 | GHOSTS OF SUMMER (SEIZAN Gallery, New York) JOKER (SEIZAN Gallery, Tokyo) |
| 2020 | Online Exhibition “除災招福 JO SAI SHO FUKU (WARD OFF CALAMITIES, INVITE GOOD LUCK): GODS AND YOKAI IN TIME OF PANDEMIC” (SEIZAN Gallery, Tokyo; SEIZAN Gallery, New York) ON THIS SHORE (SEIZAN Gallery, New York) A SINGLE ANT BITE (SEIZAN Gallery, Tokyo) |
| 2015 | Sensu-ten (SEIZAN Gallery, Tokyo) |
| 2014 | Hyakki Yakou-ten (SEIZAN Gallery, Tokyo) |
| 2013 | Sensu-ten (SEIZAN Gallery, Tokyo) |
| 2010 | Something Precious (SEIZAN Gallery, Tokyo, through 2014, 2023) |
| 2007 | Hitohito-ten (Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo, continued every year afterward) |
| 【Publications】 | |
| 2021 | Illustration for MONKEY Volume 2: Sea Horse by Hiromi Kawakami translated by Ted Goossen（Switch Publishing Co., Ltd. ） |
| 【Others】 | |
| 2023 | Yau, John. “The Infinite, Never-Released Scream” Hyperallergic, September 14. |
Exhibitions
Asako Tabata: Wiping Makes it Dirtier
12/05/2023(fri) - 19/05/2023(fri)
SEIZAN GALLERY & SEIZAN GALLERY TOKYO凸 A SINGLE ANT BITE
11/12/2020(fri) - 22/12/2020(tue)
Hiroyuki Aoyama, Yasushi Ikejiri, Sayaka Imai, Haruomi Yukiko Hata, Izumi, Emi Katsuta, Mao Kawasaki, Yoji Kumagai, Shunsuke Ochi, Akifumi Okuyama, Tomoaki Shimohira, Asako Tabata, Motohide Takami, Keitoku Toizumi, Koki Tsujimoto, Kaz Watabe, Yohei Yashima, Yuki Yatsu
Online Exhibition “除災招福 Jo Sai Sho Fuku (Ward off Calamities, Invite Good Luck) :Gods and Yokai in Time of Pandemic”
10/04/2020(fri) - 16/01/2025(thu)
Ruiji Aiba, Akie, Toshiyuki Enoki, Aki Fukui, Yukiko Hata, Yasushi Ikejiri, Eri Iwasaki, Haruomi Izumi, Takashi Kanazawa, Hiroshi Kanzaki, Emi Katsuta, Ryu Kitazawa, Yoji Kumagai, machumaYu, Yuko Murakoshi, Ayako Nakamura, Shunsuke Ochi, Akifumi Okumura, Ken Shiozaki, Kei Sugiyama, Asako Tabata, Shinya Tamai, Taro Tasaki, Kenki Tsujimoto, Koki Tsujimoto, Haruki Yamaba, Ami Yamashiro, Yuki Yatsu
Asako Tabata Painting, sculpture
16/10/2014(thu) - 25/10/2014(sat)
Asako Tabata