Artists
TODO1969-
![DTK@NewYork Fashion Week](/artists/upload/KUON%20SS22_28.jpg)
size: 930x230x210㎜
medium: Datekan stone, Layered glass
date: 2021
![Debris 2016 Installation view](/artists/upload/678cf819287cbc5896a000afeb2de53939b258b7.jpg)
size: 可変
medium: Debris of Former National stadium, Layered glass
date: 2016
![o.T.- datk267801](/artists/upload/4f3b029687d7467bfd235351eb52b0eb11449bb3.jpg)
size: 18x18x18㎝
medium: Datekan Stone, Layered glass
date: 2016
![Formaer Japan National Stadium](/artists/upload/26ed4b28313d71d965af573d20456a9a262abeb5.jpg)
size: 24.5x27x19㎝
medium: Debris of Former National stadium, Layered glass
date: 2020
price: ask to contact
![Ruhrgebiet - andieWand](/artists/upload/fa03b47d4eac03a0ed27c3691d8407d49b2bcf1a.jpg)
size: 73 x 230 x 180 mm
medium: coal in Ruhr region, layered glass / 2016
![o.T. - spitz](/artists/upload/o.T%20-%20spitz.jpg)
size: 140 x 295 x 145 mm
medium: white marble, glass / 2014 / sold
![The installation view of solo show : Debris , in 2016.](/artists/upload/acf0f01e7411d50ff600026a4f6cfa40f3c9e6f0.jpg)
medium: debris, layered glass
![Debris 267703](/artists/upload/200dpi_Debris%20267703_Debris%2C%20Glass_605x195x142mm.jpg)
size: 605 x 195 x 142 mm
medium: debris, layered glass / 2016
![Sub-Deutschland](/artists/upload/b50c5c73a6ace036bf0d441b494a1395b582845f.jpg)
size: 250 × 321 × 150 mm
medium: stone, layered glass / 2005
![The installation view of Basalt.](/artists/upload/Keizo%20Kioku.jpg)
![](/artists/upload/429e2019f3a0808a11d9c84f9b8540274cd2cc1c.jpg)
size: 540 × 190 × 140 mm
medium: basalt, layered glass / 2015
size: 17.5 x 64 x 40 mm
medium: lapis lazuli from afghanistan, layered glass / 2017
![Hotel O Tokyo, Gold scale tile](/artists/upload/web_CF005846_2.jpg)
size: 155 × 120 × 70 mm
medium: piece of old hotel's wall, laminated glass / 2016
![Bois de Boulogne Paris](/artists/upload/%E3%83%96%E3%83%AD%E3%83%BC%E3%83%8B%E3%83%A5%E3%81%AE%E6%A3%AE%20%E3%83%91%E3%83%AA%E3%80%802007%E5%B9%B4%E3%80%80365%C3%97210%C3%97135mm.jpg)
size: 130 × 370 × 215 mm
medium: stone, glass / 2007 / sold
![Block Book Series, Die Verwandlung](/artists/upload/%E3%82%AB%E3%83%95%E3%82%AB%E3%80%80%E3%80%8C%E5%A4%89%E8%BA%AB%E3%80%8D.jpg)
size: 180 × 115 × 8 mm
medium: book, resin / 2011
![DON QUIJOTE / CERVANTES](/artists/upload/7bfdb92b0a574de59d945bd92d655e3303bf6834.jpg)
size: 60×111×154 mm
medium: book, layered glass / 2015 / sold
![prayer](/artists/upload/cb5eef22767a5410c965814828ec01720c92d881.jpg)
size: 20 x 140 x 90 mm
medium: book, layered glass / 2013 / sold
![book series ,](/artists/upload/f32a7427bf16baeb76d59ca1f5e3718cfb76393f.jpg)
size: 160 × 116 × 21 mm
medium: book, layered glass / 2011 / sold
![Pillar of Boxes](/artists/upload/74e4a0cb3380a1215d812d4e3707515acd1d1f15.jpg)
size: 可変
medium: Old boxes, Metal
date: 2016
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 - More
- 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 - More
- 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 - More
- 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 - More
![DTK@NewYork Fashion Week](/artists/upload/KUON%20SS22_28.jpg)
size: 930x230x210㎜
medium: Datekan stone, Layered glass
date: 2021
![Debris 2016 展示風景2](/artists/upload/678cf819287cbc5896a000afeb2de53939b258b7.jpg)
size: 可変
medium: Debris of Former National stadium, Layered glass
date: 2016
![o.T.- datk267801](/artists/upload/4f3b029687d7467bfd235351eb52b0eb11449bb3.jpg)
size: 18x18x18㎝
medium: Datekan Stone, Layered glass
date: 2016
![旧国立競技場 タータン](/artists/upload/26ed4b28313d71d965af573d20456a9a262abeb5.jpg)
size: 24.5x27x19㎝
medium: Debris of Former National stadium, Layered glass
date: 2020
price: ask to contact
![Ruhrgebiet - andieWand](/artists/upload/fa03b47d4eac03a0ed27c3691d8407d49b2bcf1a.jpg)
size: 73 x 230 x 180 mm
medium: coal in Ruhr region, layered glass / 2016
![o.T. - spitz](/artists/upload/o.T%20-%20spitz.jpg)
size: 140 x 295 x 145 mm
medium: white marble, glass / 2014 / sold
![Debris 2016 展示風景](/artists/upload/acf0f01e7411d50ff600026a4f6cfa40f3c9e6f0.jpg)
medium: debris, layered glass
![Debris 267703](/artists/upload/200dpi_Debris%20267703_Debris%2C%20Glass_605x195x142mm.jpg)
size: 605 x 195 x 142 mm
medium: debris, layered glass / 2016
![Sub-Deutschland](/artists/upload/b50c5c73a6ace036bf0d441b494a1395b582845f.jpg)
size: 250 × 321 × 150 mm
medium: stone, layered glass / 2005
![Basalt 展示風景](/artists/upload/Keizo%20Kioku.jpg)
![Basalt 8](/artists/upload/429e2019f3a0808a11d9c84f9b8540274cd2cc1c.jpg)
size: 540 × 190 × 140 mm
medium: basalt, layered glass / 2015
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](/artists/upload/web_CF005846_2.jpg)
size: 155 × 120 × 70 mm
medium: piece of old hotel's wall, laminated glass / 2016
![ブローニュの森 パリ](/artists/upload/%E3%83%96%E3%83%AD%E3%83%BC%E3%83%8B%E3%83%A5%E3%81%AE%E6%A3%AE%20%E3%83%91%E3%83%AA%E3%80%802007%E5%B9%B4%E3%80%80365%C3%97210%C3%97135mm.jpg)
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](/artists/upload/%E3%82%AB%E3%83%95%E3%82%AB%E3%80%80%E3%80%8C%E5%A4%89%E8%BA%AB%E3%80%8D.jpg)
size: 180 × 115 × 8 mm
medium: book, resin / 2011
![DON QUIJOTE / CERVANTES](/artists/upload/7bfdb92b0a574de59d945bd92d655e3303bf6834.jpg)
size: 60×111×154 mm
medium: book, layered glass / 2015 / sold
![祈祷書](/artists/upload/cb5eef22767a5410c965814828ec01720c92d881.jpg)
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](/artists/upload/f32a7427bf16baeb76d59ca1f5e3718cfb76393f.jpg)
size: 160 × 116 × 21 mm
medium: book, layered glass / 2011 / sold
![箱柱](/artists/upload/74e4a0cb3380a1215d812d4e3707515acd1d1f15.jpg)
size: 可変
medium: Old boxes, Metal
date: 2016
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