Juri Suzuki, Fukushima, Japan
Lives and works in Amsterdam and Tokyo and Fukushima.
Education and Work Experience
2015 MIA, Studio for Immediate Spaces
Sandberg Instituut
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2013 BA Fine Arts
Gerrit Rietveld Academie
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2005
-2008
Worked at Tomii Architect and Associates, Tokyo, Japan
2005 BEng Architecture
Tokyo University of Science
Tokyo, Japan
Solo Exhibitions
2018 "Undress Local Commodities” De FABRIEK Eindhoven, Eindhoven, NL Supported by Mondriaan Fonds
2014 “Performing Light” One Night Stand no1, Amsterdam, (Collaborated with Lola Bezemer)
“Please stand on the stage through the curtain” Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam, NL
Duo Exhibitions
2018 “Cave of Forgotten Dreams” De Punt/NEVERNEVERLAND, Amsterdam, NL with Annee Grøtte Viken. Supported by AFK
2017 “Devoid of Proteins”, Artist in Residence Paintings Charalampi 3, Athens, Greece
Selected Group Exhibitions
2018 “Being Double - Minami Souma”, Fukushima Biennale 2018, Fukushima, JP
“Depression Utopia” Fou Fow Movie Night, Het Ketelhuis, Amsterdam, NL (screening)
“Working in the Margins”, bkkc (Brabants Kenniscentrum Kunst en Cultuur), Tilburg, NL
“DRIVE IN FUKUSHIMA”, Hope Step Japan, Amsterdam, NL (movie screening)
2017 “Journey to the Deep”, Deep in the Mountains Archive Exhibition, PyeongChang, Korea
“Montage is a Heartbeat”, Deep in the mountains artist in residency, Seoul, Korea
2016 “Drive in Fukushima”, Fukushima Biennale 2016, Fukushima, JP. Supported by Mondriaan Fonds and Dutch Embassy, collaborated with Koji Furuta.
“The One Munites, The Sandberg Series 2016”, is shown at the museums and cultural spaces around the world, Bonnefanten museum, Maastricht, NL, Dortmunder U, DE, East China Normal University, Shanghai, CN, Lloyd Hotel and Cultural Embassy, Amsterdam, NL and other museums in NL.
2015 “Lichtbaden” CBK Amsterdam, Amsterdam, NL
“Verborgen Stegen Verbouwen”, Schiedam, NL
“Something More Permanent Than Snow” Graduation show 2015, Sandberg Instituut, Amsterdam, NL
“Open Day” Sandberg Instituut, Amsterdam, NL
2014 “Vreemde gasten Amersfoort”, Amersfoort, NL
“One Night Stand no3” Lloyd Hotel, Amsterdam, NL
“One Night Stand no2” TETO Project Space, Amsterdam, NL
“Open Day” Sandberg Instituut, Amsterdam, NL
2013 “DoWn The rAbbit hOle” Lichtfabriek, Haarlem, NL
“Graduation Show 2013” Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam, NL
“Hope Step Japan” MediaMatic Fabric, Amsterdam, NL
“Open Day”, Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam, NL
2012 “Not Now”, Retort Gallery Space, Amsterdam, NL
“Open Night” Kunst Bunker, Nurnberg, DE
2010 “Citroen” Citroen garage, Amsterdam, NL
“Chair” Tolstraat space, Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam, NL
Lecture, Talk
2018 “Material Possibility”, De Punt/NEVERNEVERLAND, Amsterdam, NL
“DRIVE IN FUKUSHIMA”, Hope Step Japan, Amsterdam, NL
2016 “Work”, Fukushima University, Fukushima, Japan (guest teacher)
“Dommune Fukushima #36, Fukushima Biennale” Fukushima University, Fukushima, Japan (Talk on Internet TV /guest artist)
“The Hmm @ Kamata Bridge” in Tokyo, Japan (Talk / organise)
“The Hmm @ Oedious Brewing” in Amsterdam, NL
Artist in Residence
2018 De Fabriek Eindhoven, Eindhoven, NL
2017 Deep in the Mountains, PyeongChang/ Seoul, Korea
Artist in Residence Paintings Charalampi 3, Athens, Greece
Workshop
2018 “Studying Dutch Art – Piet Mondrian” Several High schools, Koriyama city hall, Fukushima, JP (Guest teacher)
2016 “Let's play with Kamikawasaki paper”, Adachi road station, Fukushima, Japan (guest artist)
Artist in Residence Paintings Charalampi 3, Athens, Greece
Grants, Awards
2018 Project Grant Artists from the Mondriaan Fund, NL
2016 Project Grant Artists from the Mondriaan Fund, NL
Research Grant from the Dutch Embassy in Tokyo Japan
2005 Diploma Design Contest 2005 Award, “PICNIC”
EPSON COLOR IMAGING CONTEST 2005, Prize: Winning Work “Visible and Invisible”
Own Publications
2018 Digital Tabloid - Cave of Forgotten Dreams co-edited with Annee Grøtte Viken
2015 Being Double: Fukushima Catastrophe and Me
This is sold at WIELS Book store in Brussels, San Serriffe in Amsterdam, Casco in Utrecht.
2014 ふたつの場所に同時にいること Being Double
This is sold at Utrecht Book store in Tokyo.
Publications, Media
2018 Fukushima Super J channel, Fukushima Broadcasting, JP, 29th July
5jitele Chu I, Fukushima Central TV, Fukushima, JP, 22nd July,
Dutch-Koriyama city Exchange Program, Fukushima Newspaper, JP, 17th July, Fukushima Minpo
2017 New Age of Art, Fukushima Newspaper, JP (2nd Dec) Interviewed by Fukushima Minpo
Montage is a Heartbeat, Artist in Residency Deep in the Mountains, Seoul, Korea
2016 AND LIKE THAT, IT GOES ON AND ON, Studio For Immediate Spaces, Sandberg Instituut, Amsterdam, NL
2015 FROM MATERIAL GESTURES TO SITUATIONS, NL. Editors: Tomas Celizna, Juri Suzuki.
SANDBERG INSTITUUT 2015, MASTERS OF ART AND DESIGN, NL
2014 Masterclass Interior Design Guide to the World’s Leading Graduate School’s FRAME, NL
2014 Amersfoort Hedendaagse kunst in een histrische omgeving, NL
2013 Leaving traces 2013 by Willem Rieder, NL
The Making of: werkplaats voor mogelijke kunst by ann Meskens, NL