Yuji Takeoka
Biography
Born 1946 in Kyoto, Yuji Takeoka studies sculpture at Kyoto University of the Arts from 1968 to 1972. From 1973 to 1979 he continues his art studies at the Kunstakademie Dusseldorf with Erwin Heerich and Klaus Rinke. In 1992 he participates at the documenta IX at Kassel. In 1995 Yuji Takeoka is appointed as Professor at the University of Arts, Bremen, where he teaches until his retirement in 2013. He lives and works in Dusseldorf.
Exhibitions (Selection)
1980 Plastiken und Zeichnungen, Heidelberger Kunstverein, Heidelberg | 1981 Yuji Takeoka, Kunstforum der Städtischen Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich | 1992 Yuji Takeoka, Kunstraum Kassel, Kassel | 1996 Yuji Takeoka White Cube, Kunstverein Ruhr, Essen | 1997 Yuji Takeoka, Westfälischer Kunstverein, Münster / Yuji Takeoka, Württembergischer Kunstverein Stuttgart, Stuttgart | 2000 Ein leeres Dazwischen, Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Dusseldorf | 2011 Yuji Takeoka Museo, Josef Albers Museum, Quadrat, Bottrop | 2012 Sculpture at Square Zero, Gerhard Marcks Haus, Bremen | 2016 Yuji Takeoka: From a Pedestal into Space, The National Museum of Art, Osaka, Japan / The Museum of Modern Art, Saitama, Japan | 2019 Surface and Custom, Shiseido Gallery, Tokyo | 2021 Group show “tomodachi to”. With friends, Kunsthalle Dusseldorf.
Yuji Takeoka
Biography
Born 1946 in Kyoto, Yuji Takeoka studies sculpture at Kyoto University of the Arts from 1968 to 1972. From 1973 to 1979 he continues his art studies at the Kunstakademie Dusseldorf with Erwin Heerich and Klaus Rinke. In 1992 he participates at the documenta IX at Kassel. In 1995 Yuji Takeoka is appointed as Professor at the University of Arts, Bremen, where he teaches until his retirement in 2013. He lives and works in Dusseldorf.
Exhibitions (Selection)
1980 Plastiken und Zeichnungen, Heidelberger Kunstverein, Heidelberg | 1981 Yuji Takeoka, Kunstforum der Städtischen Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich | 1992 Yuji Takeoka, Kunstraum Kassel, Kassel | 1996 Yuji Takeoka White Cube, Kunstverein Ruhr, Essen | 1997 Yuji Takeoka, Westfälischer Kunstverein, Münster / Yuji Takeoka, Württembergischer Kunstverein Stuttgart, Stuttgart | 2000 Ein leeres Dazwischen, Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Dusseldorf | 2011 Yuji Takeoka Museo, Josef Albers Museum, Quadrat, Bottrop | 2012 Sculpture at Square Zero, Gerhard Marcks Haus, Bremen | 2016 Yuji Takeoka: From a Pedestal into Space, The National Museum of Art, Osaka, Japan / The Museum of Modern Art, Saitama, Japan | 2019 Surface and Custom, Shiseido Gallery, Tokyo | 2021 Group show “tomodachi to”. With friends, Kunsthalle Dusseldorf.
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