1968
Born in Kagoshima, Japan
1991
BFA in Kyoto City University of Arts & Music, Kyoto, Japan
1999
Graduated from International Academy of Media-Arts and Sciences (IAMAS), Gifu

Selected Solo Exhibitions
2010
"FOCUS 3 Tadasu Takamine: SUPERCAPACITORS", Marugame Genichiro-Inokuma Museum of Contemporary Art, Kagawa, Japan
2008
"BIG REST – Gardening for the Future 1095㎡", Sendai Mediatheque, Miyagi, Japan
"The SUPERCAPACITOR", ARATANIURANO, Tokyo, Japan
2007
"Baby Insa-dong", AD&A gallery, Osaka, Japan
2006
"For Yingarna", Gertrude Contemporary Art Space, Melbourne, Australia
2005
"Review", Takahashi Collection, Tokyo, Japan
2003
"A Lover from Korea", NPO Tanba Manganese Memorial, Kyoto, Japan
2001
"Do what you want if you want as you want", , Kodama Gallery, Osaka, Japan
2000
"Fuyu-no-Umi", CAI (Contemporary Art Institute), Sapporo, Japan
"Muted Space", Voice Gallery, Kyoto, Japan
1992
"Collections of love", Voice Gallery, Kyoto, Japan

Selected Group Exhibitions
2010
"Neoteny Japan — From Takahashi Collection", The Museum of Art, Ehime, Japan
2009
"Twist and Shout: Contemporary Art from Japan", Bangkok Art and Culture Centre, Bankok, Thailand
"I BELIEVE - Japanese Contemporary Art", The Museum of Modern Art, Toyama, Toyama, Japan
"East Asia Image of Modern Age", Toyoda Municipal Museum of Art, Aichi, Japan
"Neoteny Japan — From Takahashi Collection", Ueno Royal Museum, Tokyo, Japan
"Neoteny Japan — From Takahashi Collection", Akita Museum of Modern Art, Akita, Japan
"The Demon of Comparisons", A project by Electric Palm Tree, Stedelijk Museum Bureau Amsterdam, Holland
2008
"ENSEMBLES", (collaboration with Otomo Yoshihide) Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media (YCAM), Yamaguchi, Japan
"Neoteny Japan — From Takahashi Collection", Kirishima Open-Air Museum, Kagoshima, Japan
"Self / Other", The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Japan
"Four Views of the Collection of the Yokohama Museum of Art", Yokohama Museum of Art, Kanagawa, Japan
2007
"Beautiful New World : Contemporary Visual Culture from Japan", Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou , China
"Tomorrow", Kumho Museum, Seoul, Korea
"Espai zer01", Instituto de Cultura de la Ciutat d’Olot, Spain
"Art Lan @Asia: Asian New Art", ZAIM, Yokohama, Japan
"View of Water: From Monet and Taikan to the Present", Yokohama Museum of Art, Kanagawa, Japan
"Out of the Ordinary: New Video from Japan", Getty Center & MOCA, USA
"Message2007: Artists from south Kyushu", Miyazaki, Japan
2006
"Rapt! 20 Contemporary Artists from Japan", Australia
"Aestetics/Dietetics", GAMEC, Bergamo, Italy
"12hours Museum", Panasonic Center, Tokyo, Japan
2005
"Yokohama Triennale 2005", Kanagawa, Japan
"Visions of the Body 2005", Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul
"Open Nature", NTT InterCommunication Center (ICC), Tokyo
" Landscape - The Former Island", Sendai Mediatheque, Miyagi, Japan
2004
"Toride Art Project 2004", Ibaraki, Japan
"Past in Reverse", San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, USA
"Busan Biennale 2004 Contemporary Art Exhibition", Busan, Korea
"Me, or me", Borderless Art Gallery NOMA, Shiga, Japan
"Mediarena", Govett Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth, New Zealand
"Roppongi Crossing", Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
"Living Together is Easy", Art Tower Mito, Japan / National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
2003
"Kyoto Biennale", Kyoto Art Center, Kyoto, Japan
"50th Venice Biennale", (Arsenale / Viewer's Dictationship), Venice, Italy
"Kyushu-Ryoku", Contemporary Art Museum, Kumamoto, Japan
"Everyday", Kunstforeningen, Copenhagen, Denmark
2002
"Continuity and Transgression", The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Japan
"AkihabaraTV", Electric Shops in Akihabara, Tokyo, Japan
2001
"Facts of Life: Japanese Contemporary Art", Hayward Gallery, London, UK
"Stay with Art", Hotel T'point, Osaka, Japan
"EXIT", Cretail Maison des Arts, Paris, France
2000
"Confessions of a Voyeur", Istanbul, Turkey
"Figurative Sense", Kyoto Art Center, Kyoto, Japan
1999
"GENDAI", Glen Eira City Gallery, Glen Eira, Australia
"SKIN DIVE", Tatsuike primary school, Kyoto, Japan
"Media City", Artcite, Windsor, Canada
1998
"Donai-yanen! (Et Maintenant!)", Ecole nationale superieure des beaux-arts, Paris, France
"Enticing Music", Nihon showa ongaku-mura, Gifu, Japan
1996
"Pilot farm", Gallery Niji, Kyoto, Japan
1994
"Wonderful life", Yokohama Galleria, Kanagawa, Japan
"12 functions", Gallery Maronie, Kyoto, Japan
"The great Art", Lafforet Harajuku, Tokyo, Japan
1993
"YKK", Osaka contemporary art center, Osaka, Japan

Selected Performances
2009
"Melody Cup", AI Hall, Hyogo, Japan
"Beautiful Front Teeth", Kyoto University of Art and Design, Studio 21, Kyoto, Japan
2007
"Life is reversible", AI Hall, Hyogo, Japan
"Onyx Dreams", SuperDelux, Tokyo
2006
"Aromaroa Erogeroe", AI Hall, Hyogo, Japan
"Kimura-san", Queer Zagreb, Croatia
2005
"Motto Darwin", AI Hall, Hyogo, Japan
2002
"Kimura-san", Fierce! festival, IKON Gallery, Birmingham, UK
2001
"Kimura-san", Artlink cafe, SCAI THE BATHHOUSE, Tokyo, Japan
1999
"K.I.T.", Digital Bauhause, NTT InterCommunication Center (ICC), Tokyo, Japan
1998
"Onyx Dreams", Saydie Bronfman Center, Montreal, Canada
"The Keisan-pun Band", Nihon Showa Ongaku-mura, Gifu, Japan
"Perfomance in Hiroshima", Comtemporary Museum in Hiroshima, Japan
"Kimura-san", International Academy of Media-Arts and Sciences (IAMAS), Gifu, Japan
"Real time Chat", International Academy of Media-Arts and Sciences (IAMAS), Gifu, Japan
1997
"7 virtues", International Academy of Media-Arts and Sciences (IAMAS), Gifu, Japan
1996
"The 5th performance festival in Mexico", ExTeresa, Mexico City
"What can I do for you?", Seibu-kodo, Kyoto, Japan
1994
"Le cabarret minimalist", p3, Tokyo, Japan
1993
"Jawless man", Sony Art Artist Audition, Tokyo, Japan
"Tele-onalysis", Voice Gallery, Kyoto, Japan
1991
"A man with strings", Voice Gallery, Kyoto, Japan

Selected Collaborative Performances
2007
"AI-ON", (choreographed by Misako Terada) /Set design/ Setagaya Theater Tram, Tokyo/ Biwako Hall, Shiga
2004
"Black ice", (choreographed by Jo Kanamori, performed with Noism04) /video and set design/ Ryutopia Niigata city art theater (premire), performed 8 cities in Japan
2002
"Duet 3X", (choreographed by Mui Cheuk-In) /video production/ Sheung Wan Civic Centre Theatre, Hong Kong
"Playboys", (choreographed by Daniel Yeung) / performer and collaborator/ Hong Kong Arts Festival
2001
"Naharin’s Virus", (choreographed by Ohad Naharin, performed with BatSheva Dance Company) /planner/ Israel
"Me/mento 4am ’ne’ siac", (choreographed by Jo Kanamori, performed with Neather land Dance Theater II) /video production/ Holland
1999
"Consilience", (composed by Philippe Bodin) /video production/ Banff Center for the Arts, Canada
1997
"OR", (directed by Dumb Type), Maubeuge, France
1993-1996
"S/N", (directed by Dumb Type), performed in 24 cities in 15 different countries
1994
"pH", (directed by Dumb Type), France, Canada
1993
"The right to live & develop", (with Noriko Sunayama and Misako Yabuuchi), Art Space Mumonkan, Kyoto, Japan
1992
"Make my Kodai-san,tin!", (with Kodai Nakahara, Koji Nishimatsu, Noriko Sunayama)
Nagoya city art museum, Aichi, Japan
1990-1993
"Chiiki-san", (A music band, with Koji Nishimatsu), live activities in different parties

Public Collections
The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
Contemporary Art Museum, Kumamoto
The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto
Yokohama Museum of Art