Contemporary Art Library

Ei Arakawa

The Library has records for 102 of this artist's projects from as early as 2003, plus 61 group exhibitions including this artist.

2023

Ei ArakawaDon’t Give UpFriart, Fribourg
March 11 – May 14, 2023

2022

Ei ArakawaDon't Give UpOverduin & Co., Los Angeles
May 8 – June 25, 2022
Ei ArakawaEi Arakawa interviewed by Ross SimoniniArtReview
February 24, 2022

2021

Ei ArakawaSocial Muscle RehabArtists Space, New York
September 22 – November 27, 2021

2020

Ei ArakawaFees & NerfGalerie Max Mayer, Düsseldorf
September 4 – October 31, 2020

2018

Ei Arakawa and Sarah ChowVERTEX af (how to puncture?)Overduin & Co., Los Angeles
October 23 – December 15, 2018
Ei ArakawaPerformance PeopleKunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Düsseldorf
May 12 – August 5, 2018

2017

Ei ArakawaHarsh Citation, Harsh Pastoral, Harsh MünsterMeadow in front of Haus Kump
June 10 – October 1, 2017
Ei ArakawaTrystTaka Ishii Gallery, Tokyo
February 10 – March 11, 2017

2016

Ei Arakawa, Nikolas GambaroffAction of SoulsGalerie Meyer Kainer, Vienna
November 29, 2016 – January 12, 2017
Ei ArakawaGalerie Meyer Kainer, Vienna
November 29, 2016 – January 12, 2017
Ei ArakawaHow to DISappear in America: The MusicalReena Spaulings Fine Art, New York
April 3 – 17, 2016

2015

Ei Arakawa, Dan Poston, David ZuckermanJiro, Digital PaintingsDallas Museum of Art
April 8, 2015
Hālau Hula O Na Mele 'Āina O Hawai'i with Ei Arakawa, Silke Otto KnappEmily Carr witnessing 9 Hula KahikoArt Gallery of Ontario, Toronto
March 18, 2015
Karl Holmqvist and Ei ArakawaY.O.Y.O.G.A.L.A.N.D.Overduin & Co., Los Angeles
January 29 – March 7, 2015

2014

Ei Arakawa and Karl HolmqvistA.E.I.O.UHollybush Gardens, London
November 22 – December 20, 2014
Ei Arakawa and Karl HolmqvistSunflower SutraRise Projects/The Silvie Fleming Collection, London
November 20, 2014
UNITED BROTHERS with Miwako ArakawaDoes This Soup Taste Ambivalent?Frieze Live at Frieze Art Fair, London
October 14 - 18, 2014
Hālau Hula O Na Mele ‘Āina O Hawai’i with Ei ArakawaKahiko Rome (An Homage to Frank B.)Fondazione MAXXI, Rome
September 26, 2014
Hālau Hula O Na Mele 'Āina O Hawai'i with Ei Arakawa, Silke Otto KnappMai Italia kō lei nani and 7 Other Hawaiian DancesMuseo Marino Marini, Florence
September 24, 2014
Kerstin Brätsch, DAS INSTITUT, Lisa Jo, Helena Kleefeld, N.O.Madsk, UNITED BROTHERSGreen Tea Gallery BerlinDingum / X-berg Parking, Berlin
September 13 – 14, 2014
Ei Arakawa and Inza LimThe Unheroed Theatre (Character Studies with Gwangdae, Shinmyoung, Tobaki, the Fictitious Aseupalteu)
Burning Down the HouseGwangju Biennale
September 5 – November 9, 2014
Hālau Hula O Na Mele 'Āina O Hawai'i with Ei ArakawaWhitney Museum of Hawaiian Art
Whitney Biennial 2014 Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
May 11, 2014
Ei Arakawa and Carissa RodriguezWhitney Biennial 2014Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
March 7 – May 25, 2014

2013

Ei Arakawa and Henning BohlThe 2013 Carnegie International at Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh
October 5, 2013 – March 16, 2014
Ei Arakawa and Henning BohlHelena and Miwako
Carnegie InternationalCarnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh
October 5, 2013 – March 16, 2014
Ei Arakawa and Shimon MinamikawaPARIS ADAPTED HOMELAND
Roppongi CrossingMori Art Museum, Tokyo
September 21, 2013 – January 13, 2014
Ei Arakawa with Shinsuke Aso, Kerstin Brästch, Gabriel Feliciano, Eileen Quinlan, Amy SillmanConcrete Escort III. IV.
Gutai Splendid PlaygroundGuggenheim, New York
April 26, 2013
Ei Arakawa with Simone Forti, Jutta Koether, Andrew Lampert, Caitlin MacBrideConcrete Escort I. II.
Gutai Splendid PlaygroundGuggenheim, New York
March 22, 2013
Ei Arakawa with Dan Poston and Stefan TcherepninParis & WizardMuseum of Modern Art, New York
February 6 – 7, 2013

2012

Ei Arakawa, Nikolas GambaroffOverduin and Kite at Art Basel Miami Beach
December 6 – 9, 2012
Ei Arakawa and Shimon MinamikawaAn Evening with Triangular HorsesDaido Soko, Kyoto
December 1, 2012
Ei Arakawa and Nora SchultzSocial Scarecrows Printing FieldsReena Spaulings Fine Art, New York
November 18, 2012 – January 13, 2013
Sergei Tcherepnin with Ei ArakawaARCHICACTUS (outgrow/autogrow)Casa Modernista, São Paulo Bienal
October 20, 2012
Ei ArakawaI am an employee of UNITED Vol.2Overduin and Kite, Los Angeles
September 16 – October 27, 2012
Ei Arakawa, UNITED BROTHERS, DAS INSTITUTGreen Tea Gallery Iwaki
August 5 – 8, 2012
Ei Arakawa with Jutta Koether's La FemmeKissing The CanvasTate, London
July 29, 2012
Ei Arakawa with Stefan TcherepninSingle's NightTate, London
July 29, 2012
Ei ArakawaA Small Performance before the screening of Fukushima Hula GirlsTate, London
July 28, 2012
Ei Arakawa and Nikolas GambaroffBodycard TestimonialsGalerie Meyer Kainer, Vienna
May 11 – June 16, 2012
Kerstin Brätsch/DAS INSTITUT, Sergei Tcherepnin, UNITED BROTHERSTANNINGBULLETIN BOARD, New York
March 11 – July 25, 2012

2011

Ei Arakawa, Sergei TcherepninTaka Ishii Gallery Modern, Tokyo
December 17, 2011 – January 14, 2012
Ei Arakawa and Sergei TcherepninLooking at ListeningTaka Ishii Gallery, Tokyo
December 17, 2011 – January 14, 2012
Ei ArakawaSee Weeds
Le Printemps de SeptembreLes Abattoirs, Toulouse
October 13, 2011
Ei ArakawaBe a speaker. So be it...CAC Brétigny
September 22 – October 22, 2011
Ei ArakawaBe a speaker. So be it...Bétonsalon, Paris
September 9 – October 29, 2011
Ei Arakawa, Gela Patashuri, Sergei TcherepninBe a speaker. So be it...The Showroom, London
September 3 – 14, 2011
Grand OpeningsGrand Openings Return of the BlogsMuseum of Modern Art, New York
July 20 – August 1, 2011
Ei Arakawa, JXXXA HFBK HH, Yuki KimuraAbstract-Mad-Stir-Delirium-Copper-Bottomed-Work-Stick-ShopDAAD, Berlin
June 25 – August 6, 2011
Ei ArakawaMid-Yuming (‘80 to ‘85) and Count Down StencilsTokyo Wonder Site Shibuya
May 28, 2011
Ei ArakawaOn Time Signature
That’s The Way We Do ItKunsthaus Bregenz
April 16, 2011
The DialogueReorienting Orientationalism, New Directions (Haircolour) International Class
Tokyo Experimental Festival - Sound, Art & Performance - Part 2Tokyo Wonder Site Shibuya
February 18, 2011
Yuki Kimura with Ei Arakawa and Jutta KoetherBOYCOTT WOMEN
Quiet AttentionsArt Tower Mito
February 12 – March 11, 2011

2010

Ei Arakawa and Sergei TcherepninAll ApologiesVox Populi, Philadelphia
December 3, 2010
Ei Arakawa and Mari MukaiPITT MADE HAUS (Sustainable Artists)
Greening GreenArko Art Center, Seoul
November 9, 2010
Ei Arakawa with Silke Otto-KnappLives of Performers
The DancersArtissima, Turin
November 5, 2010
Ei Arakawa and Karl Holmqvist with Silke Otto-KnapppOEtry pArkFrieze, London
October 13 - 17, 2010
Ei ArakawaReconfiguring the installation of Charlotte Posenenske exhibitionArtists Space, New York
July 6, 2010
Grand OpeningsGrand Openings High Liners
Runaway TrainBonniers Konsthall, Stockholm
May 26, 2010
Ei ArakawaGreater New York Open Studios: Grand OpeningsMoMA PS1, New York
May 23 - October 18, 2010
Ei ArakawaHurt Locker InstrumentsCasco, Utrecht
April 16 – May 23, 2010
Ei ArakawaM for Mavoists (and so on...)University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor
April 2, 2010
Ei ArakawaI am an employee of UNITED Vol.2Galerie Neu, Berlin
February 18 – March 6, 2010

2009

Tbilisi6 Sonic Khinkali
Tbilisi6. Never On SundayTbilisi, Georgia
December 6, 2009
Teppich (Ei Arakawa and Sergei Tcherepnin)
Sky, Horse and Death
Calling Out of Context
Institute of Contemporary Arts, London
November 14, 2009
Ei Arakawa and Nikolas GambaroffFI VE SH IL LI NG SF OR AF UR CO AT
Atti DemocraticiBolzano, Italy
October 17, 2009
Ei Arakawa and Sergei TcherepninLanterns ⇔ QuasarWhite Heat, Stuttgart
September 20, 2009
Ei Arakawa and Sergei TcherepninQuasar ⇔ LanternsKunstlerhaus Stuttgart
September 19 – November 29, 2009
Ei Arakawa with Gela Patashuri, Sergei TcherepninM.A.V.O.E. (killer commercial) / Shindisi AutocenterNew Jerseyy, Basel
September 5 – October 3, 2009
Grand OpeningsArt Premiere (GRAND OPENINGS)Taka Ishii at Art Basel
June 10 – 14, 2009
Ei ArakawaLiaison, a Naïve PacifistTaka Ishii Gallery, Kyoto
May 8 – June 13, 2009
Ei Arakawa and Nikolas GambaroffTwo-Alphabet MonogramsPro Choice, Vienna
January 1 – February 14, 2009

2008

Ei Arakawa and Mari Mukaihomelessness, YUMING CITIESYokohama Triennale 2008, Kanagawa
December 13 – 14, 2008
Ei Arakawa with Scott Lyall
The Color Ball
The Power Plant, Toronto
November 22, 2008
Nikolas Gambaroff with Ei Arakawa8864 3362 2250 Z1 CDGRTBalice Hertling, Paris
November 13 – December 13, 2008
Grand OpeningsGrand OpeningsBumbershoot 08, Seattle Center, Seattle
August 29–31, 2008
Ei ArakawaKissing The CanvasNew Museum, New York
July 12, 2008
Friendships, OutsidesContemporary Art Museum St. Louis
May 9 – 25, 2008
Grand OpeningsGrand Openings Carrier Waves
Nichts IST AUFREGEND. Nichts IST SEXY. Nichts IST NICHT PEINLICHMUMOK, Vienna
April 12, 2008
Ei ArakawaShadow Play 1/ Shadow of ThingsSassa Trülzsch, Berlin
January 26 – April 10, 2008
Ei ArakawaTbilisi 5. Wednesday was ThursdayCenter for Contemporary Art Tiblisi
2008

2007

Ei Arakawa and Amy SillmanBYOF (Bring Your Own Flowers)
Performa07Japan Society, New York
November 2, 2007
Ei Arakawaghost/fantasmaGalleria Civica with Centrale FIES, Trento
October 6, 2007
Ei ArakawaRIOT THE 8 BARSNGBK, Berlin
June 22 – 29, 2007
Ei Arakawa with Eleanor ErdmanTwo GrahamsReena Spaulings Fine Art, New York
April 13; April 29, 2007
Ei Arakawa and Mari Mukai1979 Pink Floyd as Reconstruction Mood
Various Small FiresRoyal College of Art, London
Performance: March 22, 2007 — Exhibition: March 16 - April 10, 2007
Togawa Fan ClubRegard de l'Ionosphere
For the People of ParisSutton Lane, Paris
January 13, 2007

2006

Togawa Fan ClubEnergy for RemodelingMovement Research at Judson Church, New York
November 27, 2006
Nora Schultz with Ei ArakawaThe Metal MagazineGalerie Meerrettich, Berlin
September 28, 2006
Ei Arakawa and Mari MukaiEurovision 2006 as Reconstruction Mood
Keep passing the open windows or HappinessGalerie Gisela Capitain, Cologne
Performance: September 19, 2006 — Exhibition: September 20 - October 27, 2006
Grand OpeningsGrand Openings
Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial 2006Tsunan High School, Nigata, Japan
August 29, 2006
Grand OpeningsGrand OpeningsMagical Artroom, Tokyo
August 27, 2006
Ei ArakawaGrand Openings as Thesis PresentationBard College MFA, New York
July 24, 2006
Ei Arakawa and Simon BaierArt And Internationalism Prolegomena
Continuous Project #8CNEAI, Chatou
May 20 – October 1, 2006
Ei ArakawaToward A Standard Risk Architecture The Dimes of MarchReena Spaulings Fine Art, New York
March 9 – 12, 2006

2005

Ei Arakawa and Sam LewittPatti’s New MantraArtists Space, New York
December, 2005
Grand OpeningsGrand Openings
Performa05Anthology Film Archives, New York
November 20, 2005
Ei ArakawaRIOT THE BARBard College MFA, New York
June 27 – July 4, 2005
Ei ArakawaMetropolisMoMA PS1, New York
May 15, 2005

2004

Ei ArakawaOn Kawara's Esperanto — Don't Think About Me, I'm AlrightGreene Naftali, New York
September 10 – October 2, 2004
Ei Arakawa and Mari MukaiMid-Yuming as Reconstruction MoodReena Spaulings Fine Art, New York
April 22 – 24, 2004

2003

Ei Arakawa with Nick AlexanderNemo Has No Name (Fearless Umbrella Wireless)
The Club in the ShadowKenny Schachter ConTEMPorary, New York
September 12; September 21; September 28; October 5; October 10, 2003

Group Exhibitions

2023

The InseparablesStars, Los Angeles
April 8 – May 27, 2023

2022

Post-CapitalKunsthal Charlottenborg
September 17, 2022 – January 15, 2023

2021

Stars Down to EarthGalerie Barbara Weiss, Berlin
October 31 – December 22, 2021
Group ExhibitionBortolami, New York
October 29 – December 18, 2021
Never the Same OceanHagiwara Projects, Tokyo
September 11 – October 10, 2021
St. Elmo’s FireRodeo, Piraeus
May 5 – June 30, 2021

2020

Artist Running Festival 2020XYZ collective, Tokyo
December 13, 2020 – January 17, 2021

2019

We need more than one term for these big thingsUniversitätsgalerie der Angewandten im Heiligenkreuzerhof, Vienna
October 30, 2019 – January 25, 2020
Survived!Taka Ishii Gallery amanaTIGP, Tokyo
June 25 – July 27, 2019

2018

LampenGalerie Francesca Pia, Zürich
November 9, 2018 – January 5, 2019
Harsh Astral. The Radiants IIHalle für Kunst Lüneburg
May 26 – July 22, 2018
HARSH ASTRAL: The Radiants 2Galerie Francesca Pia, Zürich
March 24 – May 12, 2018
LemurenheimGalerie Meyer Kainer, Vienna
January 17 – February 24, 2018
"Curry Cheese Fondue and Other Menus"186f Kepler
January 2018

2017

in search of characters...Galerie Neu, Berlin
December 8, 2017 – January 19, 2018

2016

MOVEDTaka Ishii Gallery, Tokyo
October 21 – November 19, 2016
NEW INTIMACIESXYZ collective, Tokyo
August 7 – September 4, 2016
Room & Board & Crate & Barrel & Mother VerticalMidway Contemporary Art, Minneapolis
January 23 – March 12, 2016

2015

Group ExhibitionFull-Fall, Milan
December 22, 2015
The RadiantsBortolami, New York
February 28 – March 28, 2015
Group ExhibitionOverduin & Co. at Paramount Ranch, Los Angeles
January 31 – February 1, 2015

2014

XYZcollective at Brennan&Griffin - Man & Play -Brennan & Griffin, New York
October 26 – December 21, 2014
Man & PlayBrennan & Griffin
October 26 – December 21, 2014
10th Gwangju Biennale: Burning Down the House
September 5 – November 9, 2014
Bakhneli ArchiveMuseum of Modern Art Warsaw
April 17 – August 31, 2014
And Life Goes OnBetween Bridges, Berlin
March 22 – April 5, 2014
Looking Back: The Eighth White Columns AnnualWhite Columns, New York
January 16 – February 22, 2014
Ode to JoyDavid Lewis, New York
January 14, 2014

2013

Curated by Ei ArakawaGalerie Meyer Kainer, Vienna
October 11 – November 14, 2013
Shiro no me / Blue Hood / Environmental Mechanical Orchestra - Imagining Kuniharu Akiyama, An Evening with Triangular Horses, Untitled (TOLOT)TOLOT/heuristic SHINONOME, Tokyo
September 14, 2013
O.E.C.F.D.S. (One Evening and the Consequent Five Days are the Same)TOLOT/heuristic SHINONOME, Tokyo
September 14 – 21, 2013
Kamikaze LoggiaGeorgian National Pavilion, Venice
June 1 – November 24, 2013
Shiro no me / Blue Hood / Environmental Mechanical Orchestra – Imagining Kuniharu AkiyamaIwaki City Art Museum, Fukushima
May 19, 2013
Some RedemptionsSoloway, New York
March 24 – April 28, 2013
Chat Jet: Painting ‹Beyond› The MediumHALLE FÜR KUNST Steiermark, Graz
March 7 – May 5, 2013

2012

1981/Iwaki Odori
Tokyo Experimental Festival - Sound, Art & Performance Vol.6 Tokyo Wonder Site Shibuya
December 20, 2012
IWAKI ODORI (Sunset)
Maler, den Pinsel prüfendGavin Brown's Enterprise, New York
September 29 – October 27, 2012
Joy of Life
Performance-talk: the Relationship Between Visual Art and Performing Art in Modern JapanTate, London
July 26, 2012
Group ExhibitionTaka Ishii at Art Basel
June 14 – 17, 2012
Two-Alphabet Monograms
Ecstatic Alphabets/Heaps of LanguageMuseum of Modern Art, New York
May 6 – August 27, 2012
Crystal FlowersMathew, Berlin
April 27, 2012
All UNITED BROTHERS Videos and Extras Videos by Ei Arakawa (or Not)The Green Gallery, Milwaukee
February 11 – 26, 2012
IWAKI ODORI (Sunbathe Museum)Society for Contemporary Art, Chicago
February 9, 2012

2011

BLACKY Blocked Radiants SunbathedHalle für Kunst Lüneburg
November 18, 2011
Vorahnung [United Brothers and Sisters]Kunsthalle Zürich
November 12, 2011 – January 15, 2012
Open-Ended PropositionsTaka Ishii Gallery Modern, Tokyo
September 3 – October 1, 2011
Tbilisi Center for Contemporary Art (Pink Noise?! White Noise?!)
Corso MultisalaKunsthal Charlottenborg
August 17, 2011
Hasta MañanaGreene Naftali, New York
June 30 – August 12, 2011
That's the Way We Do ItKunsthaus Bregenz
April 16 – July 3, 2011
Reorienting Orientationalism, New Directions (Haircolour) International Class 2011
Deutsche Bank Towers, Frankfurt
April 6 – 8, 2011
Valoda mākslā / Two OccasionsKim? Contemporary Art Centre, Riga
April 2 – May 8, 2011
The Other TraditionWIELS, Brussels
February 26 – May 1, 2011
Group ExhibitionThe Artist's Institute, New York
January – July 2011

2010

Group ExhibitionTaka Ishii at Miami Art Basel 2010
December 2 – 5, 2010
Autocenter Speaks BackThe Former Ministry of Highways of the Soviet Republic of Georgia, Tbilisi
July 22, 2010

2009

Non-solo show, Non-group showKunsthalle Zürich
November 28, 2009 – January 31, 2010
Bridges & TunnelsHard Hat, Geneva
September 18 – October 18, 2009

2008

Non-solo show, Non-group showFranco Soffiantino, Turin
Performance: February 5, 2008 — Exhibition: February 7 - April 8, 2008

2007

Tbilisi 4. Everyday is SaturdayCUMBERTO/SPACE, Tbilisi
November 1 – 18, 2007
Making a HomeJapan Society, New York
October 5, 2007 – January 13, 2008

2005

Abschied von den ElternGalerie Buchholz at Open Space, Art Cologne
October 27 – November 1, 2005