With a tree - Cosmos

1947　　Born in Kobe, Japan 1969　　Received B.A from Department of Education, Fine Art, Kobe University 1975　　Lived in Dusseldorf 1986　　Lived in Dusseldorf and Nishinomiya, Japan 1995　　Lives in Minoh, Japan and Dusseldorf Currently lives and works in Minoh, Osaka Solo Exhibitions 1969 Transparence-HO, Galerie 16, Kyoto 1970 Compression, Galerie 16, Kyoto Compression, Shirota Gallery, Tokyo 1971 Cutting, Galerie 16, Kyoto Earth-point-project, Gallery Mori’s Form, Osaka 1973 Cause for action, Galerie 16, Kyoto 1974 Relation of matters, Shinanobashi Gallery apron, Osaka Relation of matters, Galerie 16, Kyoto Photographs and Films, Gallery Cheap Thrills, Helsinki, Finland 1975 Gallery Maki, Tokyo Galerie 16, Kyoto Galerie St. Petri, Lund, Sweden 1976 Photographs and Films, Gallery Cheap Thrills, Helsinki, Finland 1976-77 Skulptur-Foto-Video-Film, Moderna Museet Stockholm, Sweden 1977 Plastik und Foto, Hetzler+Keller GmbH, Stuttgart, Germany Plastik und Foto, Städtische Museum Wiesbaden, Germany Situation-Interval, New Reform, Aalst, Belgium Ausschnitte 1, Städtische Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Germany 1979 Keiji Uematsu Print Works, Gallery U, Nagoya, Aichi Raumskulptur VOR ORT-Arbeitsgalerie, Hamburg, Germany Skulptur, Foto, Heidelberger Kunstverein, Germany Galerie 16, Kyoto 1980 Cultuur-en ontmoetingscentrum De Warade, Turnhout, Belgium I.C.C. (International Cultureel Centrum), Antwerpen, Belgium Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus+Kunstform, München, Germany 1980-81 Installation Axis-Latitude-Longitude, P.S.1 (Project Studios 1), The Institute for Art and Urban Resources, Inc., New York, USA 1981 Environnement et Dessin, Baudoin Lebon, Paris, France Skupturen-Zeichnungen-Fotos, Galerie Löhrl, Mönchengladbach, Germany Series, Today’s Artists, Installation and Photo, Osaka Prefectural Contemporary Art Center 1982 Structures pour le Cloître, Sales Romanes du Cloître Sant-Trophime, Arles, France 1983 Installations, Baudoin Lebon, Paris, France 1984 Structures-Cloth/branch, Corner Piece, Galerie 16, Kyoto Structures-Cloth/branch, Corner Piece, Ina Gallery 2, Tokyo Structures-Cloth/branch, Centrum Beeldende Kunst Rotterdam, Netherland 1985 Project-drawings-installations, Galerie Löhrl, Mönchengladbach, Germany 1986 Tor Road Gallery, Kobe, Hyogo Structures-Cloth/branch, Gallery Sanchica, Kobe, Hyogo Installations Baudoin Lebon, Paris, France 1987 Inversion-Cloth/branch, INAX Gallery 2, Tokyo Tor Road Gallery, Kobe, Hyogo 1988 Gallery K&M, Gifu Shinanobashi Gallery 5, Osaka Project: Venezia Biennale, Tor Road Gallery, Kobe, Hyogo Project: Venezia Biennale, Gallery Mju:, Ohtsu, Shiga 1989 Project: Keiji Uematsu, Kunstraum Neuss, Germany Gallery Kasahara, Osaka Skulpturen und Zeichnungen, Galerie Kiki Maier-Hahn, Düsseldorf, Germany Skulpturen und Zeichnungen, Galerie Löhrl, Mönchengladbanch, Germany Skulpturen-Tekeningen, Gele Zaal, Gent, Belgium 1990 Shinanobashi Gallery, Osaka The Poetics of Space, The Contemporary Art Gallery, Tokyo The Poetics of Space, Seibu Department Stores, Tsukashin Art Gallery, Amagasaki, Hyogo Sculptures, Waβermann Galerie, München, Germany 1991 Dortmunder Kunstverein, Germany The Misused Space, Waβermann Galerie, Köln, Germany Breakaway Time/Space, Seibu Art Forum, Ikebukuro, Tokyo Speculation to a Space, Nomart Editions, Inc. / Exhibit Space, Osaka Baudoin Lebon in FIAC, Grand-Palais, Paris, France The Breathing Small Cosmos: Kobe City Hall, Hyogo 1992 Baudoin Lebon, Paris, France Ursula Blickle Stiftung, Kraichtal, Germany New Drawing, Gellery Kuranuki, Osaka 1993 The Breathing Space, Waβermann Galerie, München, Germany Gallery Kasahara, Osaka Gallery APA, Nagoya, Aichi Skulpturen und Zeichnungen, Galerie Löhrl, Mönchengladbach, Germany 1994 Touch of Spiral, Gallery Kuranuki, Osaka It’s possible, Skulpturen und Zeichnungen, Stadtmuseum Siegburg, Germany 1995 Invisible Structure, Skulpturen und Zeichnungen, Gelerie Beatrice Wassermann, München, Germany Axis-Latitude-Longtitude, Galerie 16, Kyoto 1996 Axis-Latitude-Longtitude, Hillside Gallery, Tokyo 1997 Behind the Perception, Otani Memorial Art Museum, Nishinomiya, Hyogo Gellery Kuranuki, Osaka Behind the Perception, Skulpturen und Zeichnungen, Waβermann Galerie, Munchen, Germany Continuing Space-Axis, INAX Gallery 2, Tokyo Gallery APA, Nagoya, Aichi Behind the Perception, Skulpturen und Zeichnungen, Edwin-scarff-Haus, Neu-Ulm, Germany 1999 Axis-Longitude-Latitude, KCAL (Kasai Contemporary Art Laboratory, Amagasaki, Hyogo Axis-Longitude-Latitude, Gallery Kuranuki, Osaka Floating Form Axis-Vertical/ Inclination, Nomart Editions, Inc. / Project Space, Osaka 2000 Shinanobashi Gallery, Osaka Inclination of the Earth’s Axis, KCAL (Kansai Contemporary Art Laboratory) Amagasaki, Hyogo 2001 Floating Form-Axis, City Gallery Ikeda, Osaka Baudoin Lebon, Paris, France Vertical&Horizontal Space-Axis, Shinanobashi Gallery, Osaka 2002 Axis-Longitude-Latitude, Nomart Editions, Inc. / Project Space CUBE&LOFT, Osaka 2003 Axis-Latitude-Longtitude, Waβermann Galerie, München, Germany eyes under physical consideration, photographs, video and films 1972-2003, Kitakyushu Municipal Museum of Art, Fukuoka 2003-04 Inclination of the Earth’s Axis, Aomori Contemporary Art Center, Aomori 2005 Kunstlerverein Marlkasen, Düsseldorf, Germany 2006 The Garden of Time, Otani Memorial Art Museum, Nishinomiya, Hyogo 2010 Gallery Yamaki fine art, Kobe 2011 Keumsan Gallery, Seoul, Korea Yumiko Chiba Associates viewingroom shinjuku, Tokyo 2011-12 Galerie Baudoin Lebon (with Vladimir Skoda), Paris 2013 Cutting- Axis•Latitude•Longitude, Yumiko Chiba Associates viewing room shinjuku, Tokyo 2014 Frieze Masters Spotlight, Regent’s Park, England, UK 2015 Solo exhibition, ARARIO GALLERY CHEONAN Invisible Force, Galerie 16, Kyoto Invisible Force, Yumiko Chiba Associates viewing room shinjuku, Tokyo 2016 Invisible Force and Seeing, Jacobihaus, Düsseldorf, Germany Invisible Force, Simon Lee Gallery, London, UK 2019 Invisible Force, Simon Lee Gallery, New York, USA 2021 Ways of Touching the Invisible – Intuition, Ashiya City Museum of Art and History, Hyogo, Japan Keiji Uematsu, Simon Lee Gallery (Online Exhibition) Prize 1973 The 8th Japan Art Festival Excellent Prize 1974 The Kobe City Cultural Encouragement Prize 1990 The 12th Contemporary Sculpture Exhibition, Grand Prize 1993 The 15th Exhibition of Contemporary Japanese Sculpture, Ube-Industry, Ltd. Prize Museum of Modern Art, Kanagawa Prize 1995 The 16th Exhibition of Contemporary Japanese Sculpture, Ube-Industry, Ltd. Prize 1996 The 23rd Open Air Sculpture of Nagano City, Prize 1997 The 28th Nakahara Teijiro Excellent Prize The 17th Exhibition of Contemporary Japanese Sculpture, Ube-Industry, Ltd. Prize Museum of Modern Art, Hyogo, Prize 1998 The 22nd Iue Culture Prize 1999 The 6th Asago 2001 Outdoor Sculpture in Tataragi ’99, Grand Prize 2010 The Kobe city Cultural Prize 2013 The 38th Nakahara Teijiro Prize Selected Public Collection Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art Otani Memorial Art Museum, Nishinomiya City The National Museum of Art, Osaka The Museum of Modern Art, Kamakura & Hayama Ohara Museum of Art Kitakyushu Municipal Museum of Art Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art Asahikawa Museum of Sculpture Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain Moderna Musset, Stockholm Staditsche Galerie im Lenbachhaus Kunsthalle Bremen Staditsche Museum Wiesbaden Aichi Prefectural Library, Nagoya Atsgericht Lünen, Germany Aomori Contemporary Art Centre Art Kite Museum, Detmold, Germany Asago Art Village, Hyogo Faret Tachikawa, tokyo Flughaften, München, Germany Hat Kobe, Hyogo Hatano City, Kanagawa Herbis Osaka Hokkaido Ryoikuen, Asahikawa Ikegami Hall, Ota, tokyo Kirishima Open-Air Museum, Kurino, Kagoshima Kobe City (Kobe General Children’s Center), Hyogo Kobe City (Kobe Harborland), Hyogo Kobe University, Hyogo Kurashiki City, Okayama Kurashiki City Art Museum, Okayama Kwansei Gakuin University, Nishinomiya, Hyogo Landesgartenschau, Hockenheim, Germany Musee Reattu, Arles, France Museum Für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, Germany Nagano City Neu Ulmer Museum, Neu-Ulm, Germany Planning and Promotion Department Secretariat of Tokamachi Regionwide-area,Municipal Cooperation, Miigata Setoda Town, Hiroshima Setsu City, Osaka Skulpturenpark am Schloβ Broich, Mülheim, Germany St. Andrew’s University, Izumi, Osaka The Hakone Open-Air Museum, Kanagawa The Museum of Modern Art, Shiga, Otsu The Tokushima Modern Art Museum tokai City, Aichi Ube Outdoor Sculpture Museum, Yamaguchi Ursula Blickle Stiftung, Kraichtal, Germany Wilhelm-Hack-Museum, Ludwigshfen, Germany Yukanboshi River Sculpture Park, Eniwa, Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, NY