Kenjiro Okazaki (b. 1955) is a Japanese visual artist whose works span over several genres, including painting, sculpture (which includes reliefs and constructions), as well as landscape design and architecture. Many of his works have been featured in public collections throughout Japan and in various exhibitions around the world. In 2002, Okazaki participated in the Venice Biennale as the director of the Japanese pavilion of the International Architecture Exhibition. His recent works include a collaborative performance "I love my robots" with the choreographer Trisha Brown, premiered in early 2007.

Since its inception in 2001, Okazaki has been energetically directing the Yotsuya Art Studium, an innovative art school in central Tokyo.

Experience

1982

12e Biennale de Paris, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris

1989

Eulopalia '89- Contemporary Japanese Art, Museum Van Hedendaagse Kunst Gent, Belgium

1990

Guest artist and instructor at Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas

1993

Exchange 2 (Exhibition and Symposium), Shedhalle, Zurich, Switzerland

(ongoing) Haizuka Earth Works Projects, Soryo-cho / Kisa-cho / Mirasaka-cho, Hiroshima (Now Shobara-shi, Miyoshi-shi)

1994-95

Art after 1945/Scream against the sky, The Guggenheim Museum, New York; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

1997

The 9th Triennale of India, Lalit Kala Akademi (National Academy of Art), New Delhi, India

2000

The Plateaus on the Bosom of Time (Bank Protection), Hiroshima

2002

Selected for La Biennale di Venezia; 8th International Architecture Exhibition - NEXT - (Director･Artist),Venezia, Italy

2007

Nakatsukuni Mid-Earth Park (flood channel park), Hiroshima

Ototoi Bridge (Oval-shaped park, water circulation system, bridge railing and pavement design), Hiroshima

Solo Exhibitions

2002

Art Today 2002 (Sezon Museum of Modern Art), Nakakaruizawa,Nagano

2004

Gallery Objective Correlative, Tokyo

2005

Nantenshi Gallery, Tokyo

2006

Eugine Gallery, Tokyo

2007

A-things Tokyo