Works

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Tsuruko Yamazaki

Born 1925 in Hyogo
Died 2019 in Hyogo

1975 Participates in the founding of the Artist’s Union (AU)
1954 Participates in the founding of the Gutai Art Association
1948 Graduates from the University of the Sacred Heart, Obayashi, Hyogo

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2015: “un-/untitled,” Take Ninagawa, Tokyo

2013: “Tsuruko Yamazaki,” Take Ninagawa, Tokyo

2012: “Tsuruko Yamazaki,” Lads Gallery, Osaka

2010: “Beyond Gutai: 1957-2009,” Almine Rech Gallery, Paris

2004: “Reflection: Tsuruko Yamazaki,” Ashiya City Museum of Art & History, Hyogo

1995: “Tsuruko Yamazaki,” Lads Gallery, Osaka

1963: “Tsuruko Yamazaki Solo Exhibition,” Gutai Pinacotheca, Osaka

Selected Group Exhibitions

2025: “Anti Action,” Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, Aichi [upcoming]

2024: “Ambienti 1956-2010: Environments by Women Artists II,” Museo nazionale delle arti del XXI secolo, Rome
“Tsuruko Yamazaki, Motonao Takazaki and LADS’s Collection” LADS Gallery, Osaka

2023: “art resonance vol.01 Defrosting Time: Art Across Generations,” Ashiya City Museum of Art and History, Hyogo
“Inside Other Spaces. Immersive Environments by Women Artists 1956–1976,” Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany
“15,” Take Ninagawa, Tokyo

2022: “Into the Unknown World — Gutai: Differentiation and Integration,” National Museum of Art, Osaka; Nakanoshima Museum of Art, Osaka

2021: “Individuals, Networks, Expressions,” M+, Hong Kong
“Between Collectivism and Individualism ‒ Japanese Avant-garde in the 1950s and the 1960s,” Zachęta National Gallery of Art, Warsaw
“Painting goes on, toward Today,” Ashiya City Museum of Art and History, Hyogo
“Galleries Curate: RHE,” Take Ninagawa, Tokyo

2020: “Collection 1950s–1970s,” Museum of Modern Art, New York

2019: “Manifesto: Art x Agency,” Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington D.C.
“Glow Like That,” K11 Art Foundation, Hong Kong

2018: “Gutai,” Hauser & Wirth, New York
“Gutai: L’espace et le temps,” Musée Soulages, Rodez, France
“10,” Take Ninagawa, Tokyo
“Collection Exhibition: Adventure in ‘Seeing’,” 21st Century Museum of Art, Kanazawa, Ishikawa

2015: “From the Object to the World – The Inhotim Collection,” Palácio das Artes and Centro de Arte Contemporânea e Fotografia, Belo Horizonte, Brazil

2014: “Artevida: ambiente,” Escola de Artes Visuais Parque Lage, Rio de Janeiro

2013: “Gutai: Splendid Playground,” Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York

2012: “Gutai: The Spirit of an Era,” The National Art Center, Tokyo

2011: “Silent Echoes: Collection Exhibition II,” 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Ishikawa
“Nul=0,” Stedelijk Museum Schiedam, Netherlands

2010: “Gutai: Painting with Time and Space,” Museo Cantonale d’Arte, Lugano, Switzerland

2009: 53rd Venice Biennale, “Making Worlds”

2006: “Zero: Internationale Künstler-Avantgarde der 50er/60er Jahre,” Museum Kunst Palast, Düsseldorf; Musée d’Art Moderne, Saint-Etienne, France

2004: “Traces: Body and Idea in Contemporary Art,” The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto; National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo

1997: “Torino Parigi New York Osaka. Tapié. Un Art Autre,” Galleria Civica d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Torino, Turin; Espace d’Art modern et contemporain de Toulouse et midi Pyrénées, Toulouse, France

1993: 45th Venice Biennale, “Cardinal Points of Art”

1990: “Giappone all’avanguardia: Il Gruppo Gutai negli anni Cinauanta,” Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna, Rome

1986: “Japon des Avant-gardes 1910–1970,” Musée National d’Art Moderne, Centre Pompidou, Paris

1985: “Gutai: Action and Painting,” Museo Espanol de Arte Contemporaneo, Madrid; Muzej Savremene Umetnosti, Belgrade, Yugoslavia

1977: Artist Union Symposium ‘77, “Kimi wa ima nani wo…” Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum

1970: “Gutai Group Exhibition at the Entrance of Midori Pavillion,” Expo’70 Midori Pavillion, Osaka

1965: “Groupe Gutai,” Galerie Stadler, Paris; Kölnischer Kunstverein, Köln, Germany; Mickery Arthous, Loenersloot, Netherlands
“Nul negentienhonderd vijf en zestig,” Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam

1964: “Trends in Contemporary Art-Painting and Sculpture,” the National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto

1962: “Celebration of Founding of the Gutai Pinacotheca,” Gutai Pinacotheca, Osaka

1955: 1st Gutai Art Exhibition, Ohara Kaikan Hall, Tokyo
“Experimental Outdoor Exhibition of Modern Art to Challenge the Midsummer Sun,” Ashiya Park, Hyogo

1953: The 1st Genbi Exhibition, Asahi Building Gallery, Kobe [continues taking part until the 3rd (1955)]

1948: The 1st Ashiya City Exhibition, Ashiya City Hall, Hyogo [continues taking part in the exhibition; becomes an official member at the 7th (1954) and a judge at the 21st (1968)]

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