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Hideki Kanno

Biography

Hideki Kanno, born in Japan, is an award-winning Japanese media artist. He studied Fine Art at Musashino Art University in Tokyo, Japan, graduating with a bachelor's degree in oil painting. During numerous artist-in-residence programs in Europe, Asia and the United States, he developed a deep interest in the local environment and the connection between its inhabitants.
Kanno gradually shifted from oil painting to media art. His interactive and multimedia installations incorporate both electronics, sound and computer programming, as well as materials gathered from the local environment.
Hideki Kanno earned his master's degree in Fine Arts, Interactive Media & Environments from Hanze University Groningen, The Netherlands. His installation art is exhibited worldwide and collected by private collectors and associations. His artwork has earned multiple awards, stipends and grants. Hideki Kanno lives and works in Tokyo Japan.


Artist Statement

I am fascinated by coexistence, evolution and altruism. My artwork explores the conditions of living things that share limited space and resources in a peaceful way. The foundation of my artwork is build on scientific methods like investigation and observation. Those methods support my theories about life, enabling my artwork to shift from an imaginary state to a state of reality. I recreate coexisting and evolving environments in interactive multimedia installations, using technologies, such as electronic and motor engineering and computer programming.

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Education
KABK(KC) / Royal Academy, ArtScience Master course   [ The Hague, The Netherlands ]
Frank Mohr Instituut, Interactive Media and Environment, Master of Fine Art   [ Groningen, The Netherlands ]
Musashino Art University, Oil painting course, Bachelor of Art   [ Tokyo, JAPAN ]
Exhibitions
Solo Exhibitions
2010     Works in Progress,   Frank Mohr Instituut   [Groningen, Netherlands]
2007     Reaped,   Gallery Titanik   [Turku, Finland]
2006     Communication Studies,   Gallery BABEL   [Trondheim, Norway]
2005     Life Switching Project,   Bernheim Arboretum & Research Forest   [Louisville, United States]
2004     Wordscape,   Ojo Atomico   [Madrid, Spain]

Group Exhibitions
2016     Reality Layers,   M gallery   [Tai-pei, Taiwan]
2014     Ten Nights of Dreams,   B.B ART   [Tai-nan, Taiwan]
2012     Interactive Art Display,   Bernheim Arboretum & Research Forest   [Louisville, United States]
2012     Lademoen Art Nomads,   Lademoen Church   [Trondheim, Norway]
2011     Abstracts 2011   [Albuquerque, USA]
2011     OPEN GULAG,   Delta Centre of Contemporary   [The Hague, Netherlands]
2010     Gogbot Art Festival,   Enschede grote kerk   [Enschede, Netherlands]
2010     Present Work,   Gallery NP3   [Groningen, Netherlands]
2010     Kunstvlaai,   Westergasfabriek   [Amsterdam, Netherlands]
2010     PlanetArt Technological Singularity,   Medialab Artspace   [Amsterdam, Netherlands]
2008     Fucina Off art and theater symposium,   Galleria Civica Arte Moderna   [Spoleto, Italy]
2006     Eco Japan Cup 2006, Ecology Art Award Exhibition,   Tokyo Big Sight   [Tokyo, Japan]
2005     Licks + Shots,   The Glassworks Theatre   [Louisville, United States]
2002     Taiwan Avant-Garde Documenta,   Huashan 1914 Creative Park   [Taipei, Taiwan]
2002     Art Safulak Village opening exhibition,   Hsinchu Art Village   [Hsinchu, Taiwan]
2002     An-ping Shu-wu residence exhibition,   An-ping Shu-wu   [Tainan, Taiwan]
Grants
2010     Pola Art Foundation Scholarship program,   Pola Art Foundation   [Tokyo, Japan]
2008     Ito Foundation Scholarship program,   ITO International Education Foundation   [Tokyo, Japan]
2006     SUMU Artist in Residence Program,   Arte ry   [Turku, Finland]
2006     LKV residence program,   Lademoen Kunstnerverksteder   [Trondheim, Norway]
2005     Berheim forest residence program,   Bernheim Arboretum & Research Forest   [Louisville, United States]
2004     Casa De Velazquez,   National Education Ministry of France   [Madrid, Spain]
2002     Hsin-chu Safulak Art Village,   Hsinchu Art Village   [Hsinchu, Taiwan]
2001     Tai-nan An-ping artist in residence,   Tainan City Government   [Tainan, Taiwan]
Collection
Wordspace ver.2,   Trondheim city community   [Trondheim, Norway]
Switching Life Project,   Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest   [Louisville, United States]
Music for Kalevala,   Assosiation Standars   [Vaasa, Finland]
Artist in
Residence
2008     Ateljé Stundars,   Assosiation Standars   [Vaasa, Finland]
2006     SUMU Artist in Residence Programme,   Arte ry   [Truku, Finland]
2006     LKV residence program,   Lademoen Kunstnerverksteder   [Trondheim, Norway]
2005     Bernheim residence program,   Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest   [Louisville, United States]
2004     Casa De Velazquez,   National Education Ministry of France   [Madrid, Spain]
2002     Hsin-chu Safulak Art Village,   Hsin-chu Art Village   [Hsin-chu, Taiwan]
2001     Tai-nan An-ping artist in residence,   Tainan City Government   [Tainan, Taiwan]
Award
Eco Japan Cup 2006,   Ecology Art Award   [ Tokyo, Japan ]

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