Born 1968, Tokyo, Japan
Lives and works in Minneapolis, USA
| Selected Solo Exhibitions/Projects | ||
| 2019 | 3330 E.25TH ST. TEMPORARY, (independent exhibition at old laundromat with program) at 3330 E. 25th St. Minneapolis, MN (July 17-20) |
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| 2018 | 3605 E. LAKE ST. TEMPORARY, FRONT AND BACK, BACK AND FRONT (independent exhibition at a vacant old hardware store) at 3605 E. Lake St. Minneapolis, MN (October 11-13) |
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| 2016 | untie, Denler Gallery, Northwestern University, St. Paul, MN (October 6 – October 19) 3801 PARK AVE. TEMPORARY (independent exhibition at a vacant old gas station), 3801 Park Ave. Minneapolis, MN (May 20 – May 21) |
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| 2014 | Night String Story, Kiehle Gallery, St. Cloud State University, St Cloud, MN (October 21 - November 13) Moon Hunting, National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts 2014 "Material World": Concurrent, Independent Exhibitions program, Pritzlaff venue, Milwaukee, WI (March 18- 21) |
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| 2012 | Commuter, Rochester Art Center, Rochester, MN (February 4 - April 22) | |
| 2010 | Memory of Future, Yoshii Gallery, New York (October 28 - December 4) | |
| 2009 | Commuter, Minnesota Artists Exhibition Program Gallery at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, MN (November 20 – January 24, 2010) | |
| 2007 | Morice, Francis Naumann Fine Art, LLC, New York (March 16 – April 27) | |
| 2006 | Tetsuya Yamada: Recent Constructions, Electro Lift Art Works, Minneapolis (May 12 – June 17) | |
| 2005 | Chant: Beyond the Ready-made, Franklin Art Works, Minneapolis (June 11 – July 30) | |
| 2004 | Chant: Beyond the Ready-made, John Elder Gallery, New York (January 2 – February 7) | |
| Selected Group Exhibition | ||
| 2019 | The Making of Good Things: Craft Horizons Magazine 1941-1979 (Co-presented by Minnesota Museum of American Art and the American Craft Council), Guest curators: Elizabeth Essner, Lily Kane and Meaghan Roddy. Minnesota Museum of American Art, St. Paul, MN (March 7 – June 2) |
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| 2018 | VASA VASORUM, curated by Garth Clark, Peters Projects, Santa Fe, NM (June 8 – September 23) Spring 2018, Francis Naumann Fine Art, NY (April 20 – May 25) |
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| 2017 | MARCEL DUCHAMP, FOUNTAIN, An Homage, Francis Naumann Fine Art, NY (April 10 – May 26) |
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| 2016 | Dirt Poets: Conceptual Clay, Curated by Zoe Strecker, Morlan Gallery, Transylvania University, Lexington, KY (March 1 – 30) |
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| 2015 | Someone Else’s Story, Burnet Gallery, Minneapolis, MN (February 27 – April 26) Past & Present, Francis Naumann Fine Art, New York (June 4 – July 17) |
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| 2014 | Americana, Soap Factory, Minneapolis, MN (June 20 - August 17) | |
| 2013 | "Marcel Duchamp's Nude Descending a Staricase: An Homage", Francis Naumann Fine Art, New York, (February 15 - May 29) | |
| 2011 | Gyeonggi International Ceramix Biennale 2011, Icheon CeraMIX Creative Center, Icheon, South Korea (September 24 - November 22) | |
| New Work by Gallery Artists, Francis Naumann Fine Art, New York, (June 8 - July 15) | ||
| Keep out you thieving bastards, Hendershot Gallery, New York, (March 27 - May 5) | ||
| 2009 | State of the Union: Contemporary Craft in Dialog, Philadelphia Art Alliance, PA (September 17 - January 3, 2010) Presences, Curator - Elizabeth Armstrong, Assistant Director of Exhibitions and Programs/Curator of Contemporary Art, Contemporary Art Gallery #373 at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, MN (April 2009 - February 2010) |
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| 2008 | Art/Basel/Miami Beach (Francis Naumann Fine Art, New York, Booth K2) Miami, (Dec. 3 – 6) | |
| 2007 | Art/38/Basel (Thomas Ammann Fine Art AG, Zurich, Booth 2.0/G04) Basel, Switzerland (June 13 – 17) | |
| Artist Book Project | ||
| 2013 | Mandala (after Ferris Wheel), edition of 25, Location Books, Minneapolis, MN. | |
| Bibliography | ||
| 2016 | Rosanna Albertini, “SCULPTED RITUALS: Tetsuya Yamada”, albertini 2014 the kite (web magazine). https://albertini2014.wordpress.com/2016/11/21/sculpted-rituals-tetsuya-yamada/ Sheila Regan, “Tetsuya Yamada: untie”, CITYPAGES, October 5-11, 2016, A-list, p. 29 Sara Nichol, “untie: Tetsuya Yamada I”, INREVIEW, Fall 2016 Forrest Lewis, “untie: Tetsuya Yamada II”, INREVIEW, Fall 2016 Monika E. Auch, under Artists list – Tetsuya Yamada, Talking Ceramics I, Sunday Morning@EKWC, June 2016 |
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| 2015 | CFile, “Spotted / Flashback to 2011:Tetsuya Yamada wins at Gyeonggi international Ceramix Biennale” https://cfileonline.org/spotted-flashback-to-2011-tetsuya-yamada-wins-at-gyeonggi-international-ceramix-biennale/ Mary Abbe, “Made-by-hand art at the three Minneapolis galleries” Star Tribune, March 19, 2015 |
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| 2014 |
Rosanna Albertini, A "Magnetic Needle" pointing North, albertini 2014 the kite (web magazine). https://albertini2014.wordpress.com/2014/06/26/magnetic-needle-pointing-north/ |
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| 2011 | Doug McClemont, Review, "Tetsuya Yamada at Yoshii", ARTnews, January issue, p.115 | |
| Honghee Kim, "Statment of Awarded works", Gyeonggi International Ceramix Biennale 2011 exhibition catalog, Korea, 2011 | ||
| Marek Cecula, "Statment of Awarded works", Gyeonggi International Ceramix Biennale 2011 exhibition catalog, Korea, 2011 | ||
| Matthew Kangas, "Statment of Awarded wroks", Gyeonggi International Ceramix Biennale 2011 exhibition catalog, Korea 2011 | ||
| 2009 | John Archer, Essay, “Commuter: Installation by Tetsuya Yamada”, exhibition brochure, Minnesota Artists Exhibition Program at Minneapolis Art Institute, MN |
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| Ruben Nusz, “Art Hounds: Tetsuya Yamada”, MPR News, December 3 | ||
| Marry Abbe, “Spotlight: Scrap and Commuter at MIA”, Star Tribune, December 26, 2009 | ||
| 2007 | Jonathan Gilmore, Exhibition Review, "Tetsuya Yamada at Francis Naumann, " Art in America,October issue, p.202 Bridget L. Goodbody, "Art in Review", The New York Times, Friday, April 20, 2007 Arthur C. Danto, Essay, "Tetsuya Yamada's Morice", exhibition catalog, Francis Naumann Fine Art, LLC, New York, 2007 |
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| 2006 | Victoria Blake, Review, “Duchampian Ceramics,” The Oregonian, A&E 23, Friday March 3, 2006 Marry Abbe, Review, "Cities", Star Tribune, January 27, 2006 Arthur C. Danto, Essay, "THE AESTHETICS OF REPETITION: TETSUYA YAMADA'S CHANT: BEYOND THE READY-MADE", exhibition brochure, Frankiln Art Works, Minneapolis, 2006 |
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| 2004 | Yumiko Yamamori, “Overseas Exhibition Review,” February ’04, Monthly Internet Magazine, Yakimono.net/magazine | |
| 2003 | Arthur C. Danto, Essay, “Externization 13”, Art Moves, exhibition catalog, Department of Art, University of Minnesota, 2003 | |
| 2002 | Victor M. Cassidy, Review, “Prairie Smoke,” Artnet.com/Magazine, January 3, 2002 | |
| 2001 | Twylene Moyer, Review, Sculpture, p.74 – p.75, Vol. 20, December 2001 | |
| Awards | ||
| 2019 | McKnight Artist Fellowships for Visual Artists as administered by the Minneapolis College of Art and Design, MN |
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| 2014 | McKnight Artist Fellowships for Visual Artists as administered by the Minneapolis College of Art and Design, MN |
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| 2011 | Grand Prize, Gyeonggi International Ceramix Biennale 2011, South Korea (catalog) | |
| 2005 | McKnight Foundation Fellowship for Ceramic Artists (catalog) | |
| 2001 | The Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation, 2001 Biennial Competition Award (catalog) | |
| Participation in Artist in Residence Programs | ||
| 2010 | Individual Residency, EKWC - European Ceramic Work Centre, Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands (February 1 – April 30) | |
| 2009 | Arts/Industry Program, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI (September – December) | |
| 2005 | Invitational yardage design project, Endless Highway, The Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia. (2004-2005) | |
| 2002 | Arts/Industry Program, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI. September-December 2002 | |