梅田哲也｜Tetsuya Umeda

近年のパフォーマンス作品に『Composite: Variations / Circle』（Kunstenfestivaldesarts 2017、ブリュッセル、ベルギー）、『INTERNSHIP』（国立アジア文化殿堂、光州、韓国、2016年／TPAM 2018、 KAAT神奈川芸術劇場ホール）など。近年の展覧会に「さいたま国際芸術祭2020」（旧大宮区役所）、「東海岸大地藝術節」（台東、台湾、2018年）、個展では「梅田哲也 イン 別府『Ｏ滞』」（別府、2020-2021年）、「うたの起源」（福岡市美術館、福岡、2019-2020年）、「See, Look at Observed what Watching is」（Portland Institute for Contemporary Art、ポートランド、米国、2016年）がある。Reborn-Art Festival 2019に参加。

Umeda produces installations that are inspired by and incorporate existing elements found in the environment and circumstances surrounding the exhibition space including its architectural structure. In addition to exhibitions in museums and art institutions, he has produced numerous site-specific works based on the context of both urban spaces and natural environment. Performance works are presented in Japan and abroad, such as tours inviting the audience to unfamiliar places, stage works focusing on functions found in theaters and chorus projects without center point. He is also globally renowned as a leading artist in the field of sound art. Recently he has presented performance works such as “Composite: Variations / Circle” (Kunstenfestivaldesarts 2017, Brussels, Belgium), “INTERNSHIP” (Asia Cultural Center, Gwangju, South Korea, 2016 / TPAM 2018, KAAT Kanagawa Arts Theater, Yokohama, Japan), and has taken part in numerous international exhibitions including Saitama Triennale2020 and Taiwan East Coast Land Arts Festival (Taichung, 2018). His recent solo exhibitions are “UMEDA Tetsuya in BEPPU 0 Tai” (Oita, Japan, 2020-2021) “On the origin of voices” (Fukuoka Art Museum, Fukuoka, Japan, 2019-2020) and “See, Look at Observed what Watching is” (Portland Institute for Contemporary Art, Portland, USA, 2016). 2022 Saison Fellowship.