Florian Claar

1968 Born in Stuttgart (Germany)

1987 - 1994 Studies of Sculpture, Stage Design at National Art University Stuttgart

2001 - 2002 Teaching at the Sculpture Department at Musashino Art University in Tokyo/ Japan

2002 - 2005 Assistant-Professor for Media Art and Sculpture at California State University Long Beach in California/USA

2008 - 2012 Assistant-Professor at Sculpture Department at Tama Art University /Japan

Lives in Japan and Germany

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Solo Exhibitions:

1991 Gallery Kinter (Geradstetten /Germany)

1994 Museum Murrhardt (Germany)

1998 Inax Gallery Ginza (Tokyo/Japan)

2000 "Feierlich und sehr langsam" Röntgen Kunstraum (Aoyama/Japan)

2001 "Sinfonia Antarctica" Röntgen Kunstraum (Aoyama/Japan)

2001 "Generations" Röntgen Kunstraum (Aoyama/Japan)

2001 "Solaris" Artium Fukuoka (Japan)

2002 "Recent Excavations" Röntgen Kunstraum (Kichijoji/Japan)

2006 “Solaris - Second Chamber” Weißfeld (Tokyo/Japan)

2007 “The Micro-cosmos of Florian Claar” Museum of Art (Aomori/Japan)

2008 “The Vessel-Project Part I - The Flying Dutchman (Yokohama/Japan)

2008 “The Vessel-Project Part III - Nostromo (G-Fal Gallery Kodaira/Japan)

2009 “Apollo” Hermes Ginza (Tokyo/ Japan)

2010 “The Vessel-Project Part V - Frankenstein und Mahler (OAG-Tokyo/ Japan)

2011 “Behind the Stage: (Daan District Art Gallery Taipei/ Taiwan)

2013 “3 Short Operas” Iriya Gallery (Tokyo/ Japan)

2014 “The Wanderers Cinema” Iriya Gallery (Tokyo/ Japan)

2018 “Waldmärchen” Nizayama Forest Art Museum (Toyama/ Japan)

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Group Exhibitions:

1989 "Kunst im Hagenbucher" (Heilbronn /Germany)

1989 Gallery Kinter (Geradstetten /Germany)

1990 "Kunst im Freien" Museum Kirchheim (Germany)

1991 "Stuttgart-Düsseldorf" Stadtmuseum (Düsseldorf/ Germany)

1994 Arakawa River Art Project (Tokyo/Japan)

1995 Shinobazu Art Festival (Ueno/Japan)

1996 Odawara Art Forum 1996 (Odawara/Japan)

1997 Concrete Art Museum (Nagoya/Japan)

1997 5th. Japan Art Exhibition at Spiral Garden (Tokyo/Japan)

1998 5th. Kajima Sculpture Competition (Tokyo/Japan)

1998 6th. Exhibition of Tokyo Outdoor Contemporary Sculpture

(Setagaya/Japan)

1999 "G9" Spiral Garden (Aoyama/Japan)

1999 "Tanagokoro 5" Röntgen Kunstraum (Aoyama/ Japan)

1999 Tachikawa International Art Festival (Tachikawa/ Japan)

2000 NCAF (Nagoya, Japan)

2000 Pusan Yong-du-san Art Festival (Pusan/ Korea)

2000 Changwon International Sculpture Symposium (Changwon/ Korea)

2000 "Grosse Kunstaustellung" (Muenchen/ Germany)

2001 "Tanagokoro 6" Röntgen Kunstraum (Aoyama/ Japan)

2001 Yokohama Triennial (Japan)

2001 "Bio-Shuffle" The Photographers Gallery (Saskatoon/ Canada)

2002 Werby Gallery (Long Beach/ USA)

2002 Cypress Fine Arts Gallery (Los Angeles/ USA)

2003 "Un-scenery" Raid-Projects (Los Angeles/ USA)

2004 South-Station Public Art Exhibition (Shanghai/ China)

2006 "Freeing the Mind” Kyoto Art Center (Kyoto/ Japan)

2007 Toyamura International Sculpture Biennale 2007 (Toyamura/Japan)

2007 Kobe Biennale 2007 (Kobe/ Japan)

2007 Tamagawa Art Line Project (Tokyo/ Japan)

2008 “The Vessel-Project Part II - Fafnir (Art Line Project Tamagawa /Japan)

2009 “Postcard from Eden” (Sculpture Gallery Hashimoto/ Japan)

2010 “Places 9/16” (Sculpture Gallery Hashimoto/ Japan)

2011 “The Vessel-Project Part IV - Molly Aida (Hualien /Taiwan)

2011 “Ima mono gataru” Sagamihara Exhibition Hall (Tokyo/Japan)

2014 “The Mirror” (Ginza/ Japan)

2014 “Luminosity” Kamloops Art Gallery (Kamloops/Canada)

2015 “Shibuya Egg” Shibuya City Hall (Tokyo/Japan)

2016 “Alloy & Peace” Spiral Garden (Tokyo/Japan)

2017 Horizon 2017 “Arts Nature en Sancy” (Sancy/ France)

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Public Art Commissions:

1991 Stadtpark Killesberg (Stuttgart/ Germany)

1996 Towa House (Kokubunji/ Japan

2000 Minami-Yukigaya (Tokyo/ Japan)

2001 Changwon Museum of Modern Art (Changwon/ Korea)

2002 Bunri University (Kawagoe/ Japan)

2003 Muza Kawasaki Concert Hall (Kawasaki/Japan)

2004 Kanazawa Contemporary Art Museum (Kanazawa/Japan)

2005 Morioka Cultural Center (Morioka/ Japan)

2006 Midtown-Project Roppongi (Tokyo/Japan)

2007 Benesse Headquarters (Tokyo/ Japan)

2008 Nagoya Mode Gakuen (Nagoya/ Japan)

2009 Novotel - Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport (Taipei/Taiwan)

2010 Daan Park Project (Taipei/Taiwan)

2011 Hangzhou Grand Canal Project (Hangzhou /China)

2014 ISF Sculpture Garden (Chengdu /China)

2015 MRT Station Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport (Taipei/Taiwan)

2015 Taichung Airport (Taichung/Taiwan)

2017 Wei Wu Ying Center for the Arts (Kaohisung /Taiwan)

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Prizes:

1991 Public Art Competition Bad Canstatt (1st. Prize)

1994 Arakawa River Art Contest

1995 Shinobazu Art Festival (1st. Prize)

1997 5th. Japan Art Scholarship Competition

1997 Concrete Art Museum Nagoya (3rd. Prize)

1998 5th. Kajima Sculpture Competition (1st. Prize)

1998 6th. Tokyo Outdoor Contemporary Sculpture (1st. Prize)

2005 Benesse Sculpture Competition (1st. Prize)