Florian Claar

1968 geboren in Stuttgart

1987 Studium an der Kunstakademie Stuttgart (Bühnenbild, Skulptur, Freie Kunst)

1991 Austauschstudent an der Kunst Universität Barcelona

1993 Abschluss in der Meisterklasse von Inge Mahn und Joseph Kosuth

1994-1997 Studio Residenz an der Musashino Kunst Universität in Tokyo

1999-2001 Mitglied der Künstlergruppe Studio Shokudo in Tokyo/ Japan

2000-2002 Lehrtätigkeit an der Musashino Kunst Universität in Tokyo/ Japan

2002-2005 Assistenz-Professur für Skulptur und Medienkunst an der CSULB

(California State University Long Beach) in Kalifornien /USA

2008-2012 Assistenz-Professur für Mixed Media Installation an der

Tama Kunst Universität Tokyo/Japan

Lebt in Japan und Deutschland.

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Einzelausstellungen:

1991 Gallery Kinter (Geradstetten /Germany)

1994 Museum Murrhardt (Germany)

1998 Inax Galerie 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 - eine Kammeroper in sieben Teilen” 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 “Frankenstein und Gustav 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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Gruppenausstellungen:

1989 “Kunst im Hagenbucher” (Heilbronn /Deutschland)

1989 Galerie Kinter (Geradstetten /Deutschland)

1990 “Kunst im Freien” Galerie im Rathaus (Kirchheim /Deutschland)

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

1991 Galerie Kinter (Geradstetten /Deutschland)

1994 Stadtmuseum (Murrhardt /Deutschland)

1994 Arakawa River Art Projekt (Tokyo /Japan)

1996 Odawara Art Forum 1996 (Odawara /Japan)

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

1998 6th. Exhibition of Tokyo Outdoor Contemporary Sculpture (Setagaya /Japan)

1999 "G9" Spiral Garden (Aoyama /Japan)

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

2000 Changwon International Sculpture Symposium (Changwon /Korea)

2000 "Grosse Kunstausstellung" (Kunsthalle München /Deutschland)

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

2001 Yokohama Triennial 2001 (Yokohama /Japan)

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

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 “A Contemporary Art Field” - Nasu Museum (Nasu /Japan)

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 “Excavations VII” (Sculpture Gallery Hashimoto/ Japan)

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

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Kunst-am-Bau Kommissionen:

1991 Kindergarden Bad Cannstatt (Stuttgart /Deutschland)

1996 Towa House (Kokubunji /Japan)

2000 Apartment (Minami-Yukigaya /Japan)

2001 “Changwon Museum of Modern Art” (Changwon /Korea)

2002 Bunri Universität (Kawagoe /Japan)

2003 Foyer der Konzerthalle MUZA Kawasaki (Kawasaki /Japan)

2004 “21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art” (Kanazawa /Japan)

2004 Shanghai Southern Railway Station Park (Shanghai /China)

2005 “AINA Cultural Center” (Morioka /Japan)

2006 “Midtown-Project Roppongi” (Tokyo /Japan)

2007 “Benesse Headquarters Tama” (Tokyo /Japan)

2007 Dubai Marine City Plaza (Dubai /Vereinigte Arabische Emirate)

2008 Nagoya Mode Gakuen (Nagoya /Japan)

2008 LA Harbor - Avalon Corridor Project (Los Angeles /USA)

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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Preise:

1991 Kunst-am-Bau Wettbewerb Bad Cannstatt (Erster Preis)

1994 “Arakawa River Art” Wettbewerb ( Zweiter Preis)

1995 “Shinobazu Art Festival” (Erster Preis)

1997 “5th.Japan Art Competition” ( Zweiter Preis)

1997 “Concrete Art Museum” Nagoya (Dritter Preis)

1998 “5th.Kajima Sculpture Competition” (Erster Preis)

1998 “6th.Tokyo Outdoor Contemporary Sculpture” (Erster Preis)

2005 “Benesse Sculpture Competition” (Erster Preis)

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Öffentliche Vorträge: (Auswahl)

1999 ICC Tokyo Artist Panel Discussion (Opera City Tokyo-Shinjuku/Japan)

2001 Changwon International Sculpture Symposium (Changwon /Korea)

2001 NHK Broadcast “Artists of the First Yokohama Triennial”

2002 CSULB Artist Talk (Long Beach California/ USA)

2002 Gwangju Biennale Art Lecture Series (Gwangju Art University/ Korea)

2004 Cypress University Artist Talk (Cypress California/ USA)

2005 “Modular Structures in Architecture and Art” Cal State University (Long Beach/ USA)

2006 “Art and Sound in Public Space” Lecture Tamagawa Artline (Tokyo/ Japan)

2007 Harbor Project Public art Panel Lecture San Pedro (California/ USA)

2008 “Yokohama Triennial German Day” Artist Talk (Yokohama/ Japan)

2008 Musashino Art University Artist “Art and creative Dynamic” Lecture (Tokyo/Japan)

2008 Yokohama TVK News Live Broadcast (Yokohama/Japan)

2008 “Tamagawa Artline Project 2008” Artist Panel Talk (Tamagawa/ Japan)

2009 Taipei Art University Media Art Department Lecture (Taipei/ Taiwan)

2009 “Art in Contemporary Cinematic Culture” Tama Art University Lecture

2009 Toyama Glass Art Institute Lecture (Toyama/Japan)

2009 “Changwon International Arts Summit 2008” Artist Talk /Lecture (Changwon/China)

2010 OAG “Public Art Part 1-3” Lecture Series (Tokyo /Japan)

2012 Artist Talk Taipei Design Center (Taipei/ Japan)

2012 Museum Studies Dept. Art Lecture at Joshibi Art University (Tokyo/Japan)

2014 “The Mirror” Artist Panel Discussion (Tokyo/ Japan)