Tommaso Corvi-Mora is pleased to present an exhibition of new work by London-based Japanese artist Tomoaki Suzuki.
Tomoaki Suzuki¹s work consists of quarter-size, full-figure portraits of friends and acquaintances carved in wood and painted.
This is Tomoaki Suzuki¹s third exhibition at Corvi-Mora. His work has been recently exhibited at the Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt and at KIASMA, Helsinki. His recent commission, a new nativity scene for Saint Martin In-The-Fields, London, goes on display at the bottom of Nelson's Column in Trafalgar Square every December.
Born in Mito, Japan, 1972. Lives in London.
1992-1997 Tokyo Zokei University 1998-1999 MA Fine Art, Goldsmiths’ College, London 2000-2002 MA Sculpture, City & Guilds Art School, London
Awards 2008
Arts Foundation Fellowship
2003-2004 Crafts Council Development Award
Solo Exhibitions 2008
"Friends", Corvi-Mora, London
2004
“Lucy and Simba”, Corvi-Mora, London
2003
Leo Koenig Inc., New York
2002
Corvi-Mora, London
2001
Michael Janssen Gallery, Cologne
Selected Group Exhibitions 2006
"Personne ne veut mourir", Arquebuse, Geneva
"The Youth of Today", Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt, Frankfurt (cat)
2005 "First we take museums", Kiasma, Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki (cat) "Wunderkammer: The Artificial Kingdom", The Collection, Usher Gallery & City and County Museum, Lincoln
2004 "A New Christmas Crib", St Martin-in-the-Fields, London "If you go down to the woods today",Rockwell, London "Now is Good. (ne travaillez jamais)", Northern Gallery for Contemporary Arts, Sunderland
2003 “The Square Show”, Bloomberg Space, London “Bad Touch”, Keith Talent Gallery, London
2002 “The Galleries Show: Contemporary Art in London”, The Royal Academy of Arts, London
2001 “Jam: Tokyo-London”, Barbican Gallery, London; Tokyo Opera Art Gallery, Tokyo
2000 “Juicy”, MA Show, Goldsmiths’ College, London “New Contemporaries 2000”, Milton Keynes Gallery touring to Cornerhouse, Manchester and Inverleith House, Edinburgh “The Songs I Like”, Galerie Michael Janssen, Cologne “Shadow of Glamour”, One in the Other, London
1999 “Japan Centre: Art Vision”, Dinonis Road, London
1996 “Garden”, Harajuku P.A.P Factory, Tokyo
Selected Bibliography 2008
Emily Pacey, “Winners of Arts Foundation award announced”, Design Week, January 25
2006
Laura Gascoigne, "Miniature Miracle", The Tablet, December 16-23, p.46
2004 "Crib Notes", Time Out, December 15-22, p.10 Richard Cork, "Away with the manger", The Times (Saturday), November 20, pp.18-19 Martin Herbert, "Now is Good (ne travaillez jamais)", Art Monthly, March, pp.26-28 Charles G. Beyer, "New York, New York", Flash Art, January/February, p.67
2003 Rachel Campbell-Johnston, “Rachel Campbell’s best London shows”, Play (The Times), August 9, p.25 Fisun Güner, “Creative Space”, Metro, August 5, p.19 “Tomoaki Suzuki”, Luca, no 2, p.80 “Scoop: Behind the Scenes”, Vogue Nippon, February, p.89 Dick Onians, “Ideas in the making”, Wood Carving, January/February, pp.17-20
2002 Sally O’Reilly, “Tomoaki Suzuki”, Time Out, December 11-18, p.50 Fisun Güner, “Compact and Bijou”, Metro, November 8, p.22 Rose Aidin, “Tokyo Rising”, Vogue, November, pp.75-78 Pernilla Holmes, “RA Modern”, ArtReview, September, pp.50-65
2001 barbican, May Guide, p.6 Jessica Lack, “JAM: Tokyo-London”, The Guide (The Guardian), May, p.32 Ekow Eshun, “Fish & Chips”, The Face, April
2000 Dave Beech, “New Contemporaries 2000”, Art Monthly, October. pp. 25-27
