Florian Claar

1968                 geboren in Stuttgart

1987 - 1992      Studium an der Kunstakademie Stuttgart (Bühnenbild /Skulptur)

1992 - 1994      Meisterklasse von Inge Mahn und Joseph Kosuth

1994 - 1997      Studio Residenz an der Musashino Art University in Tokyo, Japan

1999 - 2001      Mitglied der Künstlergruppe Studio Shokudo in Tachikawa, Japan

2000 - 2002      Lehrtätigkeit an der Musashino Art University in Tokyo, Japan

2002 - 2005      Assistenz-Professur für Skulptur und Medienkunst, 

                                  California State University Long Beach, USA

2008 - 2012      Lehrtätigkeit an der Tama Art University, Tokyo, Japan

Lebt in Deutschland und Japan

Einzelausstellungen

1991      Gallery Kinter Geradstetten

1994      Museum Murrhardt

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-House, 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 Art Museum, Toyama, Japan

2019      "On First Sight" Douple Square Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan

2023      "Sweet Dreams / Silent Music" Douple Square Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan

Gruppenausstellungen

1989      "Kunst im Hagenbucher", Heilbronn

1989      Galerie Kinter, Geradstetten

1990      "Kunst im Freien" Galerie im Rathaus, Kirchheim

1991      "Stuttgart-Düsseldorf" Stadtmuseum, Düsseldorf

1991      Galerie Kinter, Geradstetten

1994      Stadtmuseum, Murrhardt

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

2001      "Tanagokoro 6" Röntgen Kunstraum, Aoyama, Japan

2001      "Techno Landscape"  ICC Intercommunications Center Nishi-Shinjuku, 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, Tokyo, 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", Le Mont Dore, Frankreich

2020      Taipei Dangdai, Taipei, Taiwan

Kunst-am-Bau

1991      Kindergarden Bad Cannstatt, Stuttgart

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      AIINA Cultural Center, Morioka, Japan

2006      Midtown-Project Roppongi, Tokyo, Japan

2007      Benesse Tama Headquarters, Tokyo, Japan 

2007      Marine City Plaza, Dubai, Vereinigte Arabische Emirate

2008      Nagoya Mode Gakuen, Nagoya, Japan

2008      LA Harbor - Avalon Corridor Project, Los Angeles, USA

2009      Novotel, 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, Taoyuan International Airport, Taipei, Taiwan

2015      Taichung Airport, Taichung, Taiwan

2017      Wei Wu Ying Center for the Arts, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Kunstpreise

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)