Biography
Born in Hokuto, Hokkaido, Japan in 1978
Lives and works in Sapporo, Japan
The resource of Mikio Taka’s creativity is his extraordinary sensitivity towards everyday objects. The great purity of his spirit directly inspires the viewer’s imagination. He keeps trying to create artworks with complex techniques of mixed media paintings, collages and drawings, etc., which he has acquired through his practical experiments. Awarded the Montblanc Young Artists World Patronage by the Montblanc Cultural Foundation, Germany, and stayed and worked at Germany by a grant from the Ministry of Culture of the City of Hamburg. Participated in many exhibitions at home and abroad.
Selected Exhibitions
2008
[Solo exhibition] Collage of Flowers, 4 pra Hall, Sapporo, Japan
2006
VOCA 2006 ? The Vision of Contemporary Art, The Ueno Royal Museum, Tokyo
Body of a Flower, Hypo Vereinsbank, Hamburg, Germany
Fix•Mix•Max! The Frontline of Contemporary Art, Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, Sapporo, Japan
2004
[Solo exhibition] A Dream or Not, CAI-Contemporary Art International, Hamburg, Germany
BLIND PILOTS, The Proposition, New York
Psionic Distortion, Super Deluxe, Tokyo
Artist in Residence at the Guest Studio Fleetinsel, Hamburg, Germany by a grant from the Ministry of Culture of the City of Hamburg
2003
[Solo exhibition] Fuck Fuck You, CAI-Contemporary Art Institute, Sapporo, Japan
Added to the Montblanc Cutting Edge Art Collection by the Montblanc Young Artists World Patronage, Montblanc Cultural Foundation, Germany
2001
An Answer From 43° 4`N 141° 21`E ? Five Artists from Northern Japan, Kampnagel k3, Hamburg, Germany
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