Anken Kidani



b. 1963, Ishikawa, Japan

Lives and works in Saitama, Japan



Education:

1985-1988

Studied at Contemporary Art Laboratory



1986

B.A., Oil Painting Course, Kanazawa College of Art



2000

Studied Art Education at Tokyo University of the Arts with a support of Study Program for Teacher Fellowship



Solo Exhibitions:

2013

Anken Kidani: Dream Girls, Ethan Cohen Fine Arts, Beacon, New York



2011

Obake, Gallery Kuu, Tokyo

Galleria Grafica, Tokyo



2007

Yanaka Ten Years, Takajo, Tokyo, Japan



2005

Solo Workshop, POLA Museum Annex, Tokyo, Japan



2002

Fortune Slip Studio, Private House Gallery Yamanekoken, Saitama, Japan



2000

Tong Tong Pro wrestling, Ogose Plum Garden, Saitama, Japan



1997

Art Communication, T.Y.K2 Gallery, Tokyo, Japan



1991

92 Gallery 17, Kanazawa, Japan



Group Exhibitions:

2009

Shabu Shabu New Visions: Asian Contemporary Art, Ethan Cohen Fine Arts, New York, USA



2008

GEISAI MUSEUM 2, Tokyo Big Sight, Tokyo, Japan

KOEDO KAWAGOE LIVE ART 2008, Kawagoe, Saitama, Japan

GEISAI #11,Tokyo Big Site, Tokyo, Japan

GEISAI Miami, Miami, USA



2007

UNIQLO Creative Award 2007, Top selection prize collaborated with students in the class of 2009 at Fine Arts course in Saitama Prefectural High School of The Arts

DEBLI project vol, 1, Gallery LE DECO, Tokyo, Japan



2006

Workshop Collection, Kawaguchi Art Gallery ATOLIA, Saitama, Japan



2005

UNIQLO Creative Award 2005, Spiral Garden, Tokyo, Japan



2004

The 5th Handmade Picture-Story Show Contest: general part, Grand prize Kouji Kata Prize

Doshinsya Prize, Spectator Prize, Kanagawa Prefectural Library, Japan



2003

It draws, talking, sylvan souls in India, Art Platform, Tokyo, Japan

The 3rd Takeo Takei Commemoration, Irufu Biennale, Irufu Doga Museum, Nagano, Japan



2001

Picture-Story Show Plaza, Ogose Plum Garden, Saitama



1999

Gallery 17 FINAL, Kanazawa, Japan

Art Workshop Lets draw Live Kaki Tree Project at Japan Pavilion, Venice Biennale, Italy



1998

Art Workshop Wakuwaku Dokidoki Summer Museum i, The Museum of Modern Art, Saitama, Japan



1990

A View Point 90, Wein, Austria



1989

30 Japanese Contemporary Artists, Barcelona, Spain

Japan Design Competition Ishikawa, Kanazawa etc. the rouncl exhibition, Japan



1988

ASIA International Watercolor Exhibition International, House Osaka, Osaka, Japan

Kansas Pastel Society International Exhibition, Kansas, USA

Art Week Kanazawa 88 Project, Kanazawa, Japan

Contemporary Paintings, Prints and Drawings 88, Ishikawa Prefectural Museum of Art, Japan



1987

Mail Art Show, Blue Mountain Lake Art Center, New York, U.S.A



1986

Contemporary Art Okazaki 1986, Okazaki Mindscape Museum, Aichi, Japan



Public Collections:

Kansas Pastel Society Kansas, USA

The Dominican Republic National Library, Santo Domingo, Republic Dominican