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TODO1969-

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DTK@NewYork Fashion Week
title: DTK@NewYork Fashion Week
size: 930x230x210㎜
medium: Datekan stone, Layered glass
date: 2021
Debris 2016 Installation view
title: Debris 2016 Installation view
size: 可変
medium: Debris of Former National stadium, Layered glass
date: 2016
o.T.- datk267801
title: o.T.- datk267801
size: 18x18x18㎝
medium: Datekan Stone, Layered glass
date: 2016
Formaer Japan National Stadium
title: Formaer Japan National Stadium
size: 24.5x27x19㎝
medium: Debris of Former National stadium, Layered glass
date: 2020
price: ask to contact
Ruhrgebiet - andieWand
title: Ruhrgebiet - andieWand
size: 73 x 230 x 180 mm
medium: coal in Ruhr region, layered glass / 2016
o.T. - spitz
title: o.T. - spitz
size: 140 x 295 x 145 mm
medium: white marble, glass / 2014 / sold
The installation view of solo show : Debris , in 2016.
title: The installation view of solo show : Debris , in 2016.
medium: debris, layered glass
Debris 267703
title: Debris 267703
size: 605 x 195 x 142 mm
medium: debris, layered glass / 2016
Sub-Deutschland
title: Sub-Deutschland
size: 250 × 321 × 150 mm
medium: stone, layered glass / 2005
The installation view of Basalt.
title: The installation view of Basalt.
title:
size: 540 × 190 × 140 mm
medium: basalt, layered glass / 2015
Afghanistan
title: Afghanistan
size: 17.5 x 64 x 40 mm
medium: lapis lazuli from afghanistan, layered glass / 2017
 Hotel O Tokyo, Gold scale tile
title: Hotel O Tokyo, Gold scale tile
size: 155 × 120 × 70 mm
medium: piece of old hotel's wall, laminated glass / 2016
Bois de Boulogne Paris
title: Bois de Boulogne Paris
size: 130 × 370 × 215 mm
medium: stone, glass / 2007 / sold
Block Book Series, Die Verwandlung
title: Block Book Series, Die Verwandlung
size: 180 × 115 × 8 mm
medium: book, resin / 2011
DON QUIJOTE / CERVANTES
title: DON QUIJOTE / CERVANTES
size: 60×111×154 mm
medium: book, layered glass / 2015 / sold
prayer
title: prayer
size: 20 x 140 x 90 mm
medium: book, layered glass / 2013 / sold
book series ,
title: book series , "Emile, vol.2" written by Jean-Jacques Rousseau
size: 160 × 116 × 21 mm
medium: book, layered glass / 2011 / sold
Pillar of Boxes
title: Pillar of Boxes
size: 可変
medium: Old boxes, Metal
date: 2016

  • DTK@NewYork Fashion Week
  • Debris 2016 展示風景2
  • o.T.- datk267801
  • 旧国立競技場 タータン
  • Ruhrgebiet - andieWand
  • o.T. - spitz
  • Debris 2016 展示風景
  • Debris 267703
  • Sub-Deutschland
  • Basalt 展示風景
  • Basalt 8
  • Afghanistan
  • ホテルO 東京 - 鱗文金色タイル
  • ブローニュの森 パリ
  • ブロックブックシリーズ「変身」 フランツ・カフカ
  • DON QUIJOTE / CERVANTES
  • 祈祷書
  • ブックシリーズ「エミール」 vol.1 ジャン=ジャック・ルソー
  • 箱柱

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TODO1969-

There are always stories of "Time" behind Todo's artworks. The artist structured his style centered with various forms of things collected by walking on the theme of "uniqueness of place." The most representative artwork would be the ones he made during his stay in German, and the cutting stone artworks from historical sites in various countries around the world, with polishing and embedding laminated glass between them. The Basalt series uses the lined pillar made of basalt for installation which the artist got inspiration from Joseph Beuys's project 7000 Eichen (7000 Oaks) and basalt installation that he saw at Documenta 7. Moreover, his book series include books of western philosophy, novel, bible and hymns to create artworks by two methods: inserting glasses between books or solidifying the pages with resin. Todo's works are very much demanded both inside and outside of Japan, being a combination of what he felt intimately about Western European civilization during his staying at Düsseldorf for more than 10 years and of Japanese aesthetics. Having moved back to Japan on Great East Japan Earthquake, Todo is creating artworks using debris from famous architecture demolished in the course of urban metabolism of the society, or cultured pearls fostered in his hometown of Uwajima .

Biography
1969 born in Tokyo
1997 MFA in Sculpture, Tama Art University
1999 Academy of Fine Arts Düsseldorf
2003 Meisterschüler of Professor Daniel Buren
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Solo Exhibitions
2020 Chikuho-Coal, ART FRONT GALLERY / Tokyo
2020 NADiff Window Gallery / Tokyo
2017 Bau / Bau, LOKO GALLERY / Tokyo
2016 Debris, ART FRONT GALLERY / Tokyo
2015 The Capital Room - 50 Säulen, Gallery αM / Tokyo
2011 7000 Basalt, ART FRONT GALLERY / Tokyo
2008 Silent History, Eurohypo / Eschborn, Germany
2005 Berlin / New York / Yogyakarta, plan.d. / Düsseldorf, Germany
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Group Exhibitions
2023 Taipei Dangdai 2023, Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center / Taiwan
2023 Dystopia: Transition from Memory, Art Front Gallery / Tokyo
2022 ART HANKYU 2022, Hankyu Umeda Main Store / Osaka
2022 Echigo Tsumari Art Field 2022 / Niigata
2021 Survival Nature, GINZA TSUTAYA BOOKS / Tokyo
2021 Art Fair Tokyo 2021, Tokyo International Forum / Tokyo
2021 ART BOOK / ART GOODS, BankART KAIKO / Kanagawa
2020 artTNZ produced by AFT with APCA, TERRADA ART COMPLEX Ⅱ / Tokyo
2020 Drawings 16 Artists, LOKO GALLERY / Tokyo
2018 Kumi-So, MA2 gallery / Tokyo
2017 2D Printers, Tochigi Prefectural Museum of Fine Arts
2017 KAAT EXHIBITION 2017: THE POETRY, KAAT Kanagawa Arts Theatre
2014 Collection exhibition, Urawa Art Museum / Saitama
2013 Book - Chapter 1, MA2 gallery / Tokyo
2009 Everyday life Another space, Kanagawa Prefectural Gallery / Kanagawa
2007 30x40, Orangerie Schloss Benrath / Düsseldorf, Germany
2005 Im Volumen glaube ich an Gegengewicht, Kunstraum Düsseldorf / Düsseldorf, Germany
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Collection / Public Art
Urawa Art Museum / Saitama
RAG Deutsche Steinkohle AG / Herne, Germany
Palace Hotel Tokyo
The Ritz-Carlton Taijin
Four Seasons Hotel Kyoto
HOSHINOYA Okinawa, and others
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DTK@NewYork Fashion Week
title: DTK@NewYork Fashion Week
size: 930x230x210㎜
medium: Datekan stone, Layered glass
date: 2021
Debris 2016 展示風景2
title: Debris 2016 Installation view
size: 可変
medium: Debris of Former National stadium, Layered glass
date: 2016
o.T.- datk267801
title: o.T.- datk267801
size: 18x18x18㎝
medium: Datekan Stone, Layered glass
date: 2016
旧国立競技場 タータン
title: Formaer Japan National Stadium
size: 24.5x27x19㎝
medium: Debris of Former National stadium, Layered glass
date: 2020
price: ask to contact
Ruhrgebiet - andieWand
title: Ruhrgebiet - andieWand
size: 73 x 230 x 180 mm
medium: coal in Ruhr region, layered glass / 2016
o.T. - spitz
title: o.T. - spitz
size: 140 x 295 x 145 mm
medium: white marble, glass / 2014 / sold
Debris 2016 展示風景
title: The installation view of solo show : Debris , in 2016.
medium: debris, layered glass
Debris 267703
title: Debris 267703
size: 605 x 195 x 142 mm
medium: debris, layered glass / 2016
Sub-Deutschland
title: Sub-Deutschland
size: 250 × 321 × 150 mm
medium: stone, layered glass / 2005
Basalt 展示風景
title: The installation view of Basalt.
Basalt 8
title:
size: 540 × 190 × 140 mm
medium: basalt, layered glass / 2015
Afghanistan
title: Afghanistan
size: 17.5 x 64 x 40 mm
medium: lapis lazuli from afghanistan, layered glass / 2017
ホテルO 東京 - 鱗文金色タイル
title: Hotel O Tokyo, Gold scale tile
size: 155 × 120 × 70 mm
medium: piece of old hotel's wall, laminated glass / 2016
ブローニュの森 パリ
title: Bois de Boulogne Paris
size: 130 × 370 × 215 mm
medium: stone, glass / 2007 / sold
ブロックブックシリーズ「変身」 フランツ・カフカ
title: Block Book Series, Die Verwandlung
size: 180 × 115 × 8 mm
medium: book, resin / 2011
DON QUIJOTE / CERVANTES
title: DON QUIJOTE / CERVANTES
size: 60×111×154 mm
medium: book, layered glass / 2015 / sold
祈祷書
title: prayer
size: 20 x 140 x 90 mm
medium: book, layered glass / 2013 / sold
ブックシリーズ「エミール」 vol.1 ジャン=ジャック・ルソー
title: book series , "Emile, vol.2" written by Jean-Jacques Rousseau
size: 160 × 116 × 21 mm
medium: book, layered glass / 2011 / sold
箱柱
title: Pillar of Boxes
size: 可変
medium: Old boxes, Metal
date: 2016

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