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Corvi-Mora: Tomoaki Suzuki - Friends - 7 Mar 2008 to 12 Apr 2008

Current Exhibition


7 Mar 2008 to 12 Apr 2008
Hours : Tuesday to Saturday 11 am to 6 pm.
Opening: Friday, March 7th 6.30 to 8.30 PM
Corvi-Mora
1A Kempsford Road
( off Wincott Street )
London
SE11 4NU
United Kingdom
Europe
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Tomoaki Suzuki
Charmine, 2007
Lime wood, acrylic paint, silver, plastic, 53.5 x 15 x 14cm
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Artists in this exhibition: Tomoaki Suzuki



Tommaso Corvi-Mora is pleased to present an exhibition of new work by London-based Japanese artist Tomoaki Suzuki.

Tomoaki Suzuki�s work consists of quarter-size, full-figure portraits of friends and acquaintances carved in wood and painted.

This is Tomoaki Suzuki�s 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 G�ner, �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 G�ner, �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






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