| Fram Ktagawa |
Art Director, President of Art Front Gallery |
|
| @ |
Born in Takada City, Niigata Prefecture, Japan in 1946
Graduated from Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music
|
@ |
Organized exhibitions and events on grass-roots level throughout Japan, including gAntonio Gaudih, the exhibition which traveled to 13 cities in 1978-79 and heralded the eboomf of Gaudi in Japan, gPrints Show for Childrenh, which traveled to 77 schools and gApartheid Non ! International Art Festivalh, 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 gFaret Tachikawah, gKyoto Station
Billboadrs Projecth,gSapporo Domehand
gKushiro Civic Coreh.
His foothold gHillside Terraceh was awarded gMessenat Grand Prize
98h for its urban-based cultural activities.
General Coordinator for Echigo-Tsumari Art Necklace Project since
1997 and General Coordinator for
gEchigo-Tsumari Art Triennial 2000h.
He has acted as the Secretary General for the EU-Japan joint project gNew Trends of Architecture in Europe and Japanh since 2001.
|
| <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 |
| 1999 |
Daikanyama Installation (biannual) |
| 2000 |
2000 Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial |
| 2001 |
Tsunagaru-Nihon-kai(Japan Sea) |
|
| 2001 |
New Trends of Architecture in Europe and Japan (annual) |
| <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 |
2000 Daikanyama Address (Client: Daikanyama
Redevelopment Association) |
| 2000 |
Kushiro Civic Core Art Project (Client:
Kushiro City) |
| 2000 |
Sapporo Dome Art Project (Client: Sapporo
City) |
| 2001 |
Aino Station World Cup Road Art Project |
|