| Fram Kitagawa |
Art Director,Chairman of Art Front Gallery Co. Ltd. President of Gendaikikakushitsu Publishers General Director for Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial General Director for Setouchi International Art Festival 2010 Acting Director, Chichu Art Museum, Naoshima Professor, Joshibi University of Art and Design |
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1946 Born in Takada City, Niigata Pref. Japan Graduated from Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music |
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Organized exhibitions and events on grass-roots level throughout Japan, including “Antonio Gaudi”, the exhibition which traveled to 13 cities in 1978-79 and heralded the ‘boom’ of Gaudi in Japan, “Prints Show for Children”, which traveled to 77 schools and “Apartheid Non ! International Art Festival”, which traveled to 194 places and attracted 380,000 visitors. His activities cover a wide range from publication, music production, curation, public art direction for cities, architecture and town building to art criticism. His major public art projects include “Faret Tachikawa”, “Kyoto Station Billboards Project”, “Sapporo Dome”and “Kushiro Civic Core”. His foothold “Hillside Terrace” (designed by the architect Fumihiko Maki) was awarded “Messenat Grand Prize ’98” for its urban-based cultural activities. Since 1996 he has acted as General Coordinator for Echigo-Tsumari Art Necklace Project and General Director for “Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial” which was held in 2000, 2003, 2006, and 2009. He was awarded the ”Minister of General Affairs Prize” for Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial 2000, the “Education, Science and Technology Minister’s Art Encouragement Prize” for Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial 2006, and “All Right Nippon Prime Minister Award” for Echigo-Tsumari Art Tiennial 2009. He is laureate of Cultural Order of Chevalier from Government of Republic of France and Cultural Order from Government of Poland Republic. |
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| <Selected exhibitions and events produced by Kitagawa> | ||
| 1978-79 | Antonio Gaudi | |
| 1980-82 | Prints show for Children | |
| 1988-90 | Apartheid Non! International Art Festival | |
| 1999 | Chopin, Poland, Japan | |
| Daikanyama Installation (biannual) | ||
| 2000 | 2000 Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial | |
| 2001 | Tsunagaru-Nihon-kai(Japan Sea) | |
| New Trends of Architecture in Europe and Japan (annual) | ||
| Tachikawa International Arts Festival (Tachikawa City, Tokyo) | ||
| 2002 | “Yukio Nakagawa: Hana Gurui”(Pre-event for The Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial 2003, Tokamachi City, Niigata Pref.) | |
| “Art Universiade” (Oyumino, Chihara-dai, Asumigaoka and Kimi no mori, Chiba Prefecture) | ||
| 2003 | “Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial 2003” | |
| 2004 | “Nadim Karam: Todaiji Temple Art Project -Three Strange Flowers of Jitchu-” (Todaiji temple, Nara) | |
| “New Trends of Architecture in Europe and Asia-Pacific 2004-2005” (Traveled to Lille, Hong Kong, Tokyo, Cork, Melbourne, Anyang) |
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| 2006 | “Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial 2006” | |
| 2009 | “Niigata Water and Land Art Festival 2009” | |
| “Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial 2009” | ||
| “Aqua Metropolis Osaka 2009” | ||
| 2010 | “Setouchi International Art Festival 2010” | |
| <Selected public art projects directed by Kitagawa> | ||
| 1994 | Faret Tachikawa (Client: Housing and Urban Development Corporation) | |
| 1998 | Miyagi Prefectural Library (Client: Miyagi Prefecture) | |
| 1999 | HAT Kobe, Nadanohama, Wakinohama (Client: Housing and Urban Development Corporation) | |
| 2000 | Oike Street Symbolic Road Art Project (Client: Kyoto City) | |
| 2000 Daikanyama Address (Client: Daikanyama Redevelopment Association) | ||
| Kushiro Civic Core Art Project (Client: Kushiro City) | ||
| Sapporo Dome Art Project (Client: Sapporo City) | ||
| 2001 | Aino Station World Cup Road Art Project | |
| “Kami-Meguro block2 redevelopment Art Project”(client: Kami-Meguro Redevelopment Union) | ||
| “Oike Street Symbol Art Project”(Client: City of Kyoto) | ||
| 2003 | “Toki Messe Art Project”(Client: Niigata Prefecture) | |
| “Matsudai Snowland Agrarian Culture Center –No Butai”(Clients: The Town of Matsudai, Niigata Prefecture Architects: MVRDV) | ||
| “Echigo-Matsunoyama Museum of Natural Science – Kyororo”( Clients: The Town of Matsunoyama, Niigata Prefecture) | ||
| 2004 | “Kansai Electric Power New Headquarter Building Art Project”(Client:The Kansai Electric Power Co.) | |
| Awards | ||
| 1994 | ’94 Urban Planning Society Award | |
| Special Prize of Japan Art, architecture and craft association | ||
| Urban landscape Award 1994 Grand Prix for planning work of Faret Tachikawa Art Project | ||
| 1995 | ’95 Urban Planning Society, Best Landscape Prize for Entrance park of Miyagi Industrial Exchange Center | |
| 1998 | SDA Special as an art director | |
First place on design competition for Aomori Total Art Park (with Shinichi Okada Architecture Office) |
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| AACA Prize for designing Toyohashi Station Plaza Messenart Award Grand Prix for Cultural Activity of Hillside Terrace | ||
| 2001 | Furusato Event Award Grand Prix and Minister of General Affair Prize for Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial 2000 | |
| 2002 | SDA Prize for Aino Station Area Art Project | |
| Tokyo Creation Award Art scene Creation Prize for Echigo-Tsumari | ||
| 2003 | Cultural Order of Chevalier from Government of Republic of France | |
| Cultural Order from Government of Poland Republic | ||
| 2006 | JTB Interchange Culture Award for Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial 2006 | |
| 2007 | Education, Science and Technology Minister’s Art Encouragement Prize for Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial 2006 | |
| 2010 | “Alright Nippon Prime Minister Award” for Echigo-Tsumari Art Tiennial 2009 | |
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