Traveling with Yoshitomo Nara is a record of the journey that the world-renowned Japanese pop artist Yoshitomo Nara took along with Hideki Toyoshima and graf AtoZ team, and the many others who contributed to the creation of his handmade exhibit AtoZ. As their journey began and the project progressed, more and more people contributed to the project and touched the heart of the team. The people, the experience, and the works all came together and settled at the AtoZ exhibit in his hometown of Hirosaki. With Nara as their leader, this large creation began taking form and lead to a surprising outcome for both Nara’s artwork and himself.
Biography
Born on December 5th, 1959 in Hirosaki, Japan. Nara received his B.F.A. (1985) and an M.F.A. (1987) from the Aichi Prefectural University of Fine Arts and Music. In 1988, he traveled to Dusseldorf, Germany and studied at Kunstakademie Düsseldorf. His atelier in the suburbs of Köln became his base until he returned to Japan in 2000. In 2001, his exhibition I Don’t Mind If You Forget Me at Yokohama Museum of Art (Yokohama, Japan) traveled across Japan, and in 2004, From the Depth of My Drawer at Hara Museum of Contemporary Art (Tokyo, Japan) traveled nationally as well as to Korea. In 2003, his exhibition Nothing Ever Happens at Museum of Contemporary Art, Cleveland, Ohio became a gateway to the U.S. and traveled across the nation. He is a world acclaimed artist that is capturing the attention of the world as his exhibitions have been in museums such as New York’s Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco’s Museum of Modern Art, and Munich’s Pinakothek der Moderne.
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