Biography
Born in Hokkaido, Japan in 1960
Lives and works in Sapporo, Japan
Many of Satoshi Hata’s pioneering works have brought him a leading position in the field of contemporary art in Japan. He has been invited to a lot of exhibitions at the museums at home and abroad, including the Museum of Contemporary Art Shanghai, China, Ernst Barlach Museum Wedel, and Neues Museum Weserburg Bremen, Germany. Recently he has widened his field and exercises supervision over of the composite art incorporating ballet, video installation, stage design, music and contemporary dance, etc.
Selected Exhibitions
2007
Portraits of a Water Vein: Contemporary Art in Korea and Japan –Breath–, Lock Museum, Seoul, Korea
The 30th Anniversary Exhibition: Hokkaido Art; Past, Present, and Future ? Born in HOKKAIDO, Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, Sapporo, Japan
2006
Global Players ? Deutsche und Japanische Kunst der Gegenwart (German and Japanese contemporary artists), Ludwig Forum, Aachen, Germany
Fix•Mix•Max! The Frontline of Contemporary Art, Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, Sapporo, Japan
2005
EXPRESS ? Hexa Project in Shanghai Exhibition, Shanghai Duolun Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai, China
2003
DA SEI, Ernst Barlach Museum Wedel, Wedel, Germany
2001
Anstiftung zu einer Neuen Wahrnehmung (incitement to a new perception), Neues Museum Weserburg Bremen, Bremen, Germany
An Answer from 43° 4`N 141° 21`E ? Five Artists from Northern Japan, Kampnagel k3, Hamburg, Germany
2000
Northern Creators 2001 ? Viewpoints of “ARTing,” Museum of Contemporary Art, Sapporo; Sapporo, Japan
1996
International Sculpture Drawing Biennial Budapest ’ 96, Vigado Gallery, Budapest, Hungary (traveling in Budapest)
VOCA ’ 96 ? the Vision of Contemporary Art, Ueno Royal Museum, Tokyo
