Shigeru Takato mail
Biography

1972
Born in Japan

1994-1997
Bachelor of Engineering (Civil), University of Canterbury, New Zealand

1997-2000
Civil Engineer

2000-2003
Bachelor of Fine Arts (Photography), Elam School of Fine Arts, University of Auckland, New Zealand

2003-2004
DAAD Scholarship, Prof. Thomas Ruff’s class, Kunstakademie Düsseldorf

2004-2006
Prof. Thomas Ruff’s class, Kunstakademie Düsseldorf


Group Exhibitions

2002
“Cultivating Paradise” (Cat.), Hawkes Bay Museum, Napier, New Zealand
“Sheer”, New Zealand National Maritime Museum, Auckland, New Zealand
“James Wallace Award 2002“, Travelling exhibition, Auckland & Wellington, New Zealand

2003
Anna Bibby Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
“Lost in Space” Old government house, Auckland, New Zealand

2004
“03-04“ (Cat.), NRW-Forum, Dusseldorf, Germany, Kunstraum Walcheturm, Zurich, Switzerland
“Rufflkasse“, Tanzhaus, Dusseldorf, Germany

2005
“ReGeneration” (Cat.), Travelling Exhibition, Musée de l’Elysée, Lausanne, Switzerland, Galleria Carla Sozzani, Milan, Italy
http://www.elysee.ch/actualite/index_de.html

2006
“ReGeneration”, Aperture Gallery, New York


Solo Exhibitions

2002
“Back to the Garden”, George Fraser Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand

2003
“Back to the Garden”, Ramp Gallery, Hamilton, New Zealand
http://ramp.mediarts.net.nz/shiggy/shiggy.html