【A4】巻巻石 / Rollin' Rock Roll

1980　Born in Kumamoto, Japan Currently based in Osaka, Japan 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. Selected Solo Exhibitions 2023　Wait This Is My Favorite Part, Watarium Museum, Tokyo 2022　[　], OTA FINE ARTS 7CHOME, Tokyo 2020　Tetsuya Umeda in Beppu “O-Tai”, Kijima Apartment & Takewara Alley, Beppu 2019　The Origin of Song, Fukuoka Art Museum, Fukuoka 2013　Hotel New Osorezan, Ota Fine Arts Singapore, Singapore 2012　Waiting Room, Ota Fine Arts, Tokyo 2008　Criterium 73, Mito Art Tower, Mito Selected Group Exhibitions 2023　Oku-Noto Triennale 2023, Suzu, Japan 2022　Demae Nabe for Jatiwangi Art Factory / Documenta 15, Kassel, Germany 2022　GARAGE SAILING」with John Richards (Dirty Electronics), Tim Shaw and Kanta Horio, Do a Front, Yamaguchi 2020　Saitama International Art Festival 2020, Former Omiya Ward Office, Omiya 2019　REBORN ART FESTIVAL, Ishinomaki 2018　East Coast Land Art Festival, Tulan, Taiwan 2017　Sapporo International Art Festival, Sapporo 2010　Aichi Triennale, Nagoya 2007　Portrait Session, Nadiff, Tokyo / Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Hiroshima Selected Performance Works A Walk in Theater, Menicon Theater Aoi, Nagoya, 2025 River Walk, KYOTO EXPERIMENT 2022, Kyoto September 0, Takatsuki Performing Arts Center, 2022 Composite: Variations / Circle, Kunstenfestivaldesarts 2017, Brussels, Belgium INTERNSHIP, National Asia Culture Center, Gwangju, Korea, 2016 / TPAM 2018, KAAT Kanagawa Arts Theatre Hall New Fune, 2015~