1975
Born in Tochigi
Lives and works in Tokyo

Education and Residency Program
2007
Summerakademie, at Zentrum Paul Klee, Bern, Switzerland
2005/2006
Artist in Residence at Le Pavillon, Palais de Tokyo Paris with supports of Pola Foundation and French government scholarship
2005
Graduated from Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, Japan(MFA)
2004
Artist in Residence at Location One, New York with a support of Asian Cultural Council (ACC) fellowship
2000
Graduated from Tokyo Zokei University, Japan(BFA)
1998
Studied at Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Wien, Austria, under exchange student program
 
Solo Shows
2007
Sound Test, stc," NADiff, Tokyo
"Everything is Everything," Museum Studio, Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Hiroshima, Japan
"Past, Present, Future," (Curator: Akemi Sakamoto), The Gallery of The Ueno Royal Museum, Tokyo
"Setting up and Taking down," (Curators: Marc-Olivier Wahler, Akiko Miki), Module, Palais de Tokyo, Paris
2005 
"Cause is Effect," (3 solo shows at 3 different places) NADiff, Void+, AOYAMA｜MEGURO, Tokyo
"SAVE THE WORLD! @ MEGURO," AOYAMA｜MEGURO, Tokyo
2004
"Kakusei in the air, RETURNS," AOYAMA｜MEGURO, Tokyo
"Tanaka Koki: Plastic Bags, Beer, Caviar to Pigeons, etc.," (Curator: Tatsuya Tanaka) The Museum of Modern Art, Gunma, Takasaki (cat.) 
"Tanaka Koki: all about all the nights," Gallery Caption, Gifu (cat.)
2002 
"Kakusei in the air," On Gallery, Osaka
"SAVE THE WORLD!," Room, Gentilly, France
2001 
"Perruque=Underground Work," (Curator: Naoyuki Takashima) Gallery Alpha M, Tokyo (leaflet)
2000 
Nagamine Projects, Tokyo

Group Shows
2007
"Beautiful New World: Contemporary Visual Culture from Japan," (Curators: Mami Kataoka, Fumihiro Sumitomo, Kim Sunjung), 798 Dashanzi Art District, Beijing, China (cat.)
"Spectacle and Situation," (Curators: Herbert Lachmayer, Brigitte Felderer), Zentrum Paul Klee. Bern
"vol 4" Daiwa Radiator Factory Viewing Room, Hiroshima (cat.)
"La Chaine," BankART1929, BankARTStudio NYK, Yokohama
"Re-trait," (Curator: Claire Staebler), Fondation d'entreprise Ricard, Paris
"Door to the Summer: The Age of Micropop,"(Curator: Midori Matsui), Contemporary Art Gallery, Art Tower Mito, Mito (cat.)
"All about Laughter: Humor in Contemporary Art," (Curator: Mami Kataoka), Mori Art Museum, Tokyo (cat.)
"Living in the Material World, things in Art of the 20th Century and Beyond," (Curator: Yusuke Minami), The National Art Center, Tokyo(cat.) 
2006
Taipei Biennial: Dirty Yoga,” (Curators: Dan Cameron, Jun-jieh Wang）Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taiwan
"Pawel Althamer, In the Centre Pompidou,” Espace 315, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France (cat.)
"Welcome to Heterotopia!” (work with Le Pavillon, Palais de Tokyo, Curator: Pascal Beausse) "Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial 2006,” Echigo-Tsumari Region, Niigata (cat.)
"Fast Futures: Asian Video Art - New Works by Three Artists,” (Selected by Melissa Chiu, Barbara London, Yu Yoen Kim), Japan Society, New York, USA
"Le Cabane," (Curator: Pascal Beausse), Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France
"Radio kills the video stars," (Curators: Laurence Dreyfus and Francois Quintin), FRAC Champagne-Ardenne, Reims, France
2005
"GUNDAM—Generating Futures," (Curator: Takashi Azumaya) Suntory Museum, Osaka / The Ueno Royal Museum, Tokyo (cat.)
2004
"Officina Asia," Galleria d'Arte Moderna, Bologna, Italy(cat.)
"Artists in Residence 2004," Location One, New York, USA
"Picture in Motion," (Curator: Kazuhiro Yamamoto) , Tochigi Prefectural Museum of Fine Arts, Utsunomiya (cat.)
Roppongi Crossing: New Visions in Contemporary Japanese Art 2004," (Curators: Mami Kataoka, Minoru Hatanaka, Iida Takayo, Hisako Hara, Takashi Azumaya, Nobuko Shimuta), Mori Art Museum, Tokyo (cat.)
"Out the Window—Spaces of Distraction," (Curator: Li Zhenhua, Suh Jinsuk, Fumihiko Sumitomo) The Japan Foundation Forum, Tokyo (cat.)
2003
"Kokoro no Arika, Location of the Spirit: Contemporary Japanese Art," (Curator: Yuji Maeyama) Ludwig Museum Budapest, Hungary / Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Russia (cat.)
"Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial 2003," Echigo-Tsumari Region, Niigata (cat.)
"VOCA 2003: The Vision of Contemporary Art," The Ueno Royal Museum, Tokyo (cat.)
"Double Positive 2," (Curator: Tatsuo Majima) Fuchu Art Museum, Tokyo (pamphlet)
2002
"Kumamoto International Art Exhibition: ATTITUDE 2002—One Truth in Your Heart," (Curator: Hiroshi Minamishima) Contemporary Art Museum, Kumamoto (cat.)
"Aida Makoto+Tanaka Koki," Mizuma Art Gallery, Tokyo
"Philip Morris K.K. Art Award 2002: The First Move," Tokyo International Forum , Tokyo (cat.)
"Screen Memories," (Curator: Iida Takayo) Contemporary Art Gallery, Art Tower Mito, Mito (cat.)
"Tanakatachi—two solo shows," Kohji Ogura Gallery, Nagoya
2001
"SAP ART-ING Tokyo 2001: Space, Time, and Body Lived," (Curator: Urara Nakamura) The former Ushigome-Haramachi Elementary School of Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo(cat.)
"ZOKEI-Show," Tokyo Zokei University, Tokyo
1999 
"peaceful misunderstanding," Citizen's Gallery of Setagaya Art Museum, Tokyo
"License to LOVE," The Student Union at Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, Tokyo
1997 
"Tokyo-Sentakuki," Apartment Seiwa 1&2, Tokyo

Video Screenings
2007
"Out of the Ordinary: New Video from Japan," (Curator: Gabriel Ritter) The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angles, USA
2006
"Festival of Love: Video Art Series," (Curator: Miwako Tezuka) Asia Society and Museum, New York, USA
2005
"Premieres," (Curator: Barbara London) The Museum of Modern Art(MoMA), New York, USA
"Marking Time," (Curator: Glenn Phillips) Getty Center, Los Angeles, USA
"Picture in Motion De Luxe," (Curator: Kazuhiro Yamamoto) Tochigi Prefectural Museum of Fine Arts, Utsunomiya
2002
"Media Test Wall: SPINNING," MIT List Visual Arts Center, Cambridge, USA
"AIT HOUR MUSEUM," The Former Sakuragawa Elementary School of Minato Ward, Tokyo
"Asian Comments," Danish Center for Culture and Development, Copenhagen, Denmark

Web Streamings
2006
"Theory of Everything," (Curator: Yuki Okumura), http://homepage.mac.com/m_plus_n/theory_of_everything/
2004
"City/Observer", (Curator: Yukie Kamiya) Rhizome.Org and New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, USA

Performance
2006
"KOKI TANAKA SHOW,"(Talk show through Web Streaming), MALBA, Buenos Aires, Argentine / Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France

Public Collections
Contemporary Art Museum, Kumamoto 
Tochigi Prefectural Museum of Fine Arts 
Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art 
Museum of Modern Art, Gunma 
FRAC Champagne-Ardenne, France 
Asian Society and Museum, New York, USA