Keita Mori
Keita Mori
Born November 16, 1981 in Hokkaido, Japan
Lives and works in Paris
Galerie Catherine Putman
The “Strings” exhibition at the Drawing Lab in 2017 is one of my significant exhibitions in my artistic career. During the 14 days it took to assemble the exhibition, the Lab was truly a laboratory between the studio and the venue.
Thanks to the collaboration of the Drawing Lab team and curator Gaël Charbau, we were able to develop and deepen the project, notably with the production of a video and an in-situ wall drawing.
Born in 1981 in Hokkaido, Japan, Keita Mori lives and works in Paris. After studying at the Tama University of Art, he completed a Master’s degree at the University of Paris VIII and at the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-arts de Paris under the sponsorship of the Government of Japan – Agency for Cultural Affairs. Since 2011, he has been pursuing his systemic artistic activities through the “Bug report” series of drawings, which assumes the l as the origin of the line, the textile as a generator of events. In 2017, he presented a solo exhibition on the occasion of the opening of Drawing Lab Paris, an art center dedicated to contemporary drawing; in the same year, he was the first winner of the “Matsutani Prize” created by the SHOEN endowment fund.
He has taken part in numerous exhibitions, including Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, 2015; Galerie Catherine Putman (production support: CNAP), 2017; National Art Center Tokyo, 2018; Takamatsu Art Museum, 2019; Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, 2020; and others. His works are part of several private and public collections, including “1 immeuble, 1 œuvre”, Massy; FRAC PACA, Marseille; Frac Nouvelle-Aquitaine MÉCA, Bordeaux.
PERSONAL EXHIBITIONS
2017 – Strings, Drawing Lab Paris, Paris, France, curated by Gaël Charbau
2017 – Templates, Galerie Catherine Putman, Paris, France, production support: CNAP
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021 – International Garden Festival, Hortillonnages Amiens 12th edition, art & jardins Hauts de France, Amiens, France
2020 – The Potentiality of Drawing, Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan. Curator: Naoko Seki. Artists: Henri Matisse, Yayoi Kusama, Keita Mori, Yoko Ono Henri Matisse, Yayoi Kusama, Keita Mori, Yoko Ono, Kyuyo Ishikawa, Shigeo Toya, Saburo Aso, Yukihisa Isobe, Yasushi Yamabe
2019 – The Projective Drawing, Drawing Lab Paris, Paris, France. Curator : Brett Littman. Artists: Lionel Favre, Judith Saupper, William Cordova, Leopold Strobl, Naomi B. Cook, Kunihiko Moriguchi, Raha Raissnia, Brigitte Mahlknecht, Keita Mori, Sara Flores, Shipibo Conibo
2018 – Domani – Memories of passengers, The National Art Center, Tokyo, Japan. Curator: Yoko Hayashi. Artists: Yosuke Amemiya, Naoya Inose, Makiko Tanaka, Michiko Nakatani, Yuta Nakamura, Yoshinari Nishio, Yoshie Masutda, mamoru, Saori Miyake,Keita Mori, Yang02
2015 – Walk The Line – New Paths in Drawing, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg, Germany. Curator: Holger Broeker. Artists: Katie Armstrong, Il-Jin Atem Choi, Awst & Walther, Mario BieRende, Karoline Bröckel, Angela Bulloch, Marcel Dzama, Fred Eerdekens, Friederike Feldmann, Christine Gensheimer, Gregor Hildebrandt, Katharina Hinsberg, Christian Jankowski, Zilvinas Kempinas, William Kentridge, Byungjoo Lee, Pia Linz, Alison Moffett, Keita Mori, Lada Nakonechna, Carsten Nicolai, Pavel Pepperstein, Raymond Pettibon, Christian Pilz, Jen Ray, Alexander Roob, Yehudit Sasportas, Simon Schubert, Nedko Solakov, Troika, Mariana Vassileva, Jorinde Voigt, Tim Wolff und Ralf Ziervogel
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