• NAKAMURA Minato

    CAREER1947
    Born in Tokyo, JAPAN
    1969
    Graduated from Musashino University of Art, Sculpture Course

    PERSONAL EXHIBITIONS:
    2004
    Gallery GAN, Tokyo
    Muramatsu Gallery, Tokyo (’77)
    2000
    Masuda Studio Gallery, Tokyo
    1998
    Tokiwa Gallery, Tokyo (’93/ ’92/ ’91/ ’90/ ’89/ ’88/ ’87 /’85/ ’83/ ’81)
    1995
    Atagoyama Gallery, Tokyo

    SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
    2003
    The 5th Exhibition of Amabiki Village and Sculpture. Yamato, Ibaraki
    2002
    Sculptors of Eastern Japan. Tokyo Station Gallery, Tokyo
    2001
    A Shriek from an Invisible Box. Meguro Museum of Art, Tokyo
    1999
    Abiko Open Air Art Exhibition. Chiba
    1997
    The 17th Exhibition of Contemporary Japanese Sculpture ’97. Open Air Museum of Ube City, Yamaguchi
    1996
    Survival Tool Exhibition. Sakura City Museum of Art, Chiba
    Container 96 – Art Across Oceans. Copenhagen, DENMARK
    1993
    Grand Prize at Shonan Hiratsuka Open Air Sculpture Exhibition. Hiratsuka, Kanagawa
    1980-1986
    Hamamatsu Open Air Exhibition. Hamamatsu, Shizuoka

    COLLECTIONS:
    Meguro Museum of Art, Tokyo
    The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, Tokyo.

  • Tornado

    Aluminum

    a: 260×200×187 (h)cm
    b: 203×170×112 (h)cm

    When I am watching a whirlpool, I fear being drawn into it, like into a whirling current, a strong tornado and a crowd which is whirling around and around. I tap into these strong energies to create sculptures.

  • Wind and Boxes

    Aluminum

    400×400×120 (h)cm

    “Wind and Boxes”
    These are boxes of wind. I want to embrace the wind blowing from the horizon. I’ve tried to catch it many times, but it bounced and then left. I changed my mind. I gave up trying to put it into these yellow boxes. I hope you let yourself be blown to your favorite place, even to the plains and the mountains.

  • green of green

    Aluminum

    700×700×370 (h)cm

    When I was looking for a place to install my works, I found the stone gate of the Aoki Shinto shrine. Then I stood still at the entrance to its precincts. There, I decided to enshrine my sculptures which I created with lively colors. Nearby, there is a quiet approach to the village shrine.

  • water meets land

    Aluminum

    230×1000×160 cm
    300 kg

    I chose a place where land and water come together. The surface of the water changes in many ways with clear weather, cloud, rain, strong winds, downpours and sun, and energy aggregates and vibrates at the waterside. I wanted to build something to prove the existence of that energy.