Lives in New York, NY
Born 1977, Fukushima, Japan
Artist
I am currently working on a series of performance projects relating to Japan's nuclear crisis and its relevance, and irrelevance, in the New York art world. Because my brother runs a sun-tanning salon in Iwaki, Fukushima, he and his business (UNITED BROTHERS) are the main collaborators of this project. DAS INSTITUT (artists Kerstin Brätsch and Adela Röder) and artist Sergei Tcherepnin have been collaborating with us as well, employing various sun-tanning machines as sources of inspiration as well as actual installation material, both visual and audio. Last summer we participated in a semi-traditional dance festival in Iwaki, Fukushima, and subsequent performances were held in cities such as Zurich, Lüneburg, Germany, Tokyo and Chicago. I would like to continue this collaboration in other cities as well.
2006 M.F.A., Bard College
2005 - 2006 Whitney Museum Independent Study Program
2004 B.F.A., School of Visual Art
2011 Ei Arakawa & Sergei Tcherepnin, Taka Ishii Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2011 Be a speaker. So be it ..., CAC Bretigny, Paris, France
2011 Grand Openings Return of the Blogs, The Donald B. and Catherine C. Marron Atrium, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
2010 I am an employee of United, Galerie Neu, Berlin, Germany
2009 Non-solo show, Non-group show, Kunsthalle Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
2011 That's The Way We Do It, Kunsthaus Bregenz, Bregenz, Austria
2011 The Other Tradition, Wiels, Brussels, Belgium
2010 Frieze Projects, Frieze Art Foundation, London, UK
2011 International Creator Residency Program, Tokyo Wonder Site, Tokyo, Japan
2010 Visual Art Grant, The Rema Hort Mann Foundation, New York, NY
2009 DAAD Artist in Residence, Berlin, Germany
2009 Kunstzeitraum Residency, Munich, Germany
2009 Artists' Fellowship, New York Foundation for the Arts, New York, NY
2008 The Altoids Award, New Museum, New York, NY
| Year Awarded | 2012 |
| Category | Theater/Performance Art |
Ei Arakawa, photo by Dan Poston
Ei Arakawa, photo by Ming Tiampo
