Rintaro Hara+Yu Hara Portfolio Site

Rintaro Hara | CV

Rintaro Hara

1973: Born in Kanagawa, Japan
1997: Graduated from Tokyo Zokei University, BFA
2000: Completed the postgraduate course at Sandberg Institute, the Netherlands, MFA

Solo Exhibitions

2019: "Uplift and Slope" Kitsune Book & Art, Hyogo, Japan
2018: "Ascending and Descending –white and polar night–"(Port Journey), Forum box, Helsinki
2017: "Start From Rotation" FUCHU ART MUSEUM, Tokyo
2016: "Ascending and Descending" Ayumi Gallery Cave, Tokyo
2011: "Switching Shuttle" AYUMI GALLERY, Tokyo
2006: "Made by Cutter" Wi-CANP, Chiba, Japan
2005: "Ishin-Denshin" Plus Minus Gallery, Tokyo
2003: "CRITERIUM 56" ART TOWER MITO, Ibaragi, Japan
2000: "Rintaro Hara" Effenaar, Eindhoven, the Netherlands; "Rintaro Hara" SBK, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Solo Exhibitons(Rintaro Hara+Yu Hara)

2023: "Play's Flow" Ginza Garo Binokigen, Tokyo, Japan; "RE Childhood's End Discovery" Chiba City Museum of Art, Chiba, Japan
2022: "Wander of Shadow and Play" H.C.Andersen Park Children's Museum, Chiba, Japan; "Oh No! Oh Yes!" ONO POINT ART SPACE, Kanagawa, Japan
2021: "Shadows in the Wonderland", Tokyo Shibuya Koen-dori Gallary, Tokyo, Japan
2015: "Drip" Bridge, Tokyo, Japan; "Phantasmagoria" Chiba City Museum of Art, Chiba, Japan
2008: "Exhibition of Original Pictures for The Moon Princess Being Smelled by.-Japanese old tales remixes-" Takashimaya Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan
2003: "Henkan≒TRANSLATION" Higashitakatsu Kodoko Culture Center, Tokyo, Japan

Selected Group Exhibitions

2023: "MIZU NO MACH PROMENADE"(Rintaro Hara+Yu Hara), ZO-NO-HANA PARK, Kanagawa, Japan; "Yotsukaido Furusato Matsuri"(Rintaro Hara+Yu HaraxWiCAN), Yotsukaido Central Park, Chiba, Japan; "Echigo-Tsumari Art Field 2023"(Rintaro Hara+Yu Hara), Kamigo Clove Theatre, Niigata, Japan; "Roppong Art Night 2023"(Rintaro Hara+Yu Hara), Roppong West Park, TOkyo, Japan
2022: "Art at Qiaoshan–Art field Nanhai Guangdong"(Rintaro Hara+Yu Hara), Nanhai Guangdong, China; "Musashino-Kairo Calture Festival"(Rintaro Hara+Yu Hara), Kadokawa Culture Museum, Saitama, Japan; "Tree hot spring Mimasaka Art temperature"(Rintaro Hara+Yu Hara), Yubara Kokusai Kanko Hotel Kikunoyu, Okayama, Japan; "OMIKA ART PROJECT"(Rintaro Hara+Yu Hara), Kuji Kaigan, Ibaragi, Japan; "Playing with Rivers Exhibition"(Rintaro Hara+Yu Hara), Hamada Children's Museum of Art, Shimane, Japan; "Echigo-Tsumari Art Field 2023"(Rintaro Hara+Yu Hara), Kamigo Clove Theatre, Niigata, Japan; "Setouchi Triennale2022"(Rintaro Hara+Yu Hara), Megijima, Kagawa, Japan; "Hokuetu Seppu Adventure"(Rintaro Hara+Yu Hara), Museum on Echigo Tsumari(MonET)Niigata, Japan
2022: "Echigo-Tsumari Art Field 2022" (Rintaro Hara + Yu Hara), Katakuri house, Niigata, Japa; "Setouchi Triennale2022" (Rintaro Hara + Yu Hara), Megijima, Kagawa, Japan; "Amagasaki Art Stroll in A-Lab "Enjoy!" " A-Labo, Hyogo, Japan; "Nakayama AIR Exhibition -Shigan ni Ukabu Ikada" Hokkekyo temple, Chiba, Japan; "Hokuetsu Seppu Adventure" (Rintaro Hara + Yu Hara), Museum on Echigo-Tsumari, Niigata, Japan; "Nakayama AIR Pre Exhibitionu" Ichikawa City Hall, Chiba, Japan
2021: "Art Connect Higashi Ginza" (Rintaro Hara + Yu Hara), Ginza Shochiku Square, Tokyo, Japan; "weTrees Tsurumi Festival" Ono Daiyon Park, Kanagawa, Japan; "ART SEEDS HIRADO 2021" (Rintaro Hara + Yu Hara),Hirado Dutch Trading Post, Nagawaki, Japan; "Kotoshi no Echigo-Tsumari" (Rintaro Hara + Yu Hara), Katakuri house, Niigata, Japan; "Northern Alps Art Festiva2020-2021" (Rintaro Hara + Yu Hara), Former Omachi-Kita High School, Nagano, Japan
2020: "Japan Media Arts Festival in Kitakyushu" Former Dairen Sea Route Warehouse, Fukuoka, Japan; "Splish-Splash-Fair" (Rintaro Hara + Yu Hara), Echigo-Tsumari Satoyama Museum of Contemporary Art, Niigata, Japan; "Art Summer Camp" (Rintaro Hara + Yu Hara), Hamada Children's Museum of Art, Shimane, Japan; "Résonance du son et de l’objet" Taro Okamoto Museum of Art, kanagawa, Japan; "Trace" Ayumi Gallery Cave, Tokyo
2019: "Smart illumination Yokohama 2019" (Rintaro Hara + Yu Hara), zou-no-hana terrace, Kanagawa, Japan; "Cruise Ping-Pong" (Rintaro Hara + Yu Hara), Nipponmaru(ferry), Japan; "Arcade Ping-Pong" (Rintaro Hara + Yu Hara), Marugamemachi Green, Kagawa, Japan; "Department store Ping-Pong" (Rintaro Hara + Yu Hara), Nihonbashi Tanakshimaya, Tokyo, Japan; "Splish-Splash-Fair" (Rintaro Hara + Yu Hara), Echigo-Tsumari Satoyama Museum of Contemporary Art, Niigata, Japan; "Setouchi Triennale 2019" (Rintaro Hara + Yu Hara), Megijima, Kagawa, Japan
2018: "Smart illumination Yokohama 2018" zou-no-hana terrace, Kanagawa, Japan; "FUJINOYAMA BIENNALE 2018" kyu Katosaketen, Shizuoka, Japan
2017: "Smart illumination Yokohama 2017" Kannai Sakura Street, Kanagawa, Japan; "The movement is interesting" A-Lab, Hyogo, Japan; "Miracle Wonder" Art Laboratory Hashimoto, Kanagawa, Japan; "Japan Alps Art Festival"(Rintaro Hara + Yu Hara), Reno Pro&Information Center, Nagano, Japan
2016: "FUJINOYAMA BIENNALE 2016" Koyasumihonjin Tokiwatei, Shizuoka, Japan; "The Railway Museum" Taro Okamoto Museum of Art, kanagawa, Japan; "Space Art"(Rintaro Hara + Yu Hara),Hamada Children's Museum of Art, Shimane, Japan; "How Space Turns" Western Washington University, Western Gallery, Bellingham, US; "JAPAN MEDIA ARTS FESTIVAL in Aomori -into the phantom villages"(Rintaro Hara + Yu Hara), Aomori Museum of Art, Aomori, Japan
2015: "Phantasmagoria" (Rintaro Hara + Yu Hara with WiCAN), Chiba City Museum of Art, Chiba, Japan; "Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial" Tsunan Information Center, (Rintaro Hara + Yu Hara, Hirokazu Hiraishi), Niigata, Japan; "Wie Raum Wird" Museum für Gegenwartskunst Siegen, Siegen, Germany; "Drip" (Rintaro Hara + Yu Hara), Bridge, Tokyo
2014: "Synthesis" The Reykjavík Art Museum, Hafnarhús, Reykjavík, Iceland; "Tesshu!" Hummer Head Studio, Kanagawa, Japan; "Intersection Point" Ayumi Gallery, Tokyo
2012: "Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial"(Rintaro Hara + Yu Hara), Tokamachi, Niigata, Japan
2011: "Osaka Canvas" Cosmo Tower, Osaka, Japan; "Playground"(Rintaro Hara + Yu Hara), Nangan Bottle Cap Factory, Taipei
2010: "SO+ZO Exhibition"(Rintaro Hara + Yu Hara), Bunkamura Museum, Tokyo
2008: "Exhibition of Original Pictures for The Moon Princess Being Smelled by.-Japanese old tales remixes-"(Rintaro Hara + Yu Hara), Takashimaya Shinjuku, Tokyo; "Tomoni Ikiru" Kawasaki City Museum, Kanagawa, Japan
2007: "Kukan no Mikai" Fujimura Memorial Hall, Yamanashi, Japan; "Osaka Art Kaleidoscope 2007"(Rintaro Hara + Yu Hara), Osaka Station North District, Osaka, Japan; "Amusement Park of Contemporary Art" Hamada Children’s Museum of Art, Shimane, Japan
2006: "Egg of Moebius" 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan
2005: "Toshi to Asobo" Spiral, Tokyo; "Reality Check" Yokoyama Memorial Manzù Art Museum(Tokyo Zokei University), Tokyo; "Minabiten" Yamanashi Prefectural Museum of Art, Yamanashi, Japan
2004: "Take Art Collection" Spiral, Tokyo
2003: "7th Gunma Biennale for Young Artists" The Museum of Modern Art Gunma, Gunma, Japan
2002: "Contact" De Rechter, Eindhoven, the Netherlands; "Cross Section" White Space,Turin, Italy
2001: "Media message:look thru language" Sendai Mediatheque, Miyagi, Japan
2000: "Dubbel Japan" Mariakapel, Hoorn, the Netherlands; "Vier de Kunstvlaai" Westergasfabriek, Amsterdam
1999: "Park of the Future" Westergasfabriek, Amsterdam; "Rumoer" 1646, The Hague, the Netherlands; "Kunst.nrw.nl.masterclass" KHM(The Academy of Media Arts), Cologne

Awards

2018: Jury Selections, 21th Japan Media Arts Festival, Art Division
2008: Encouragement Prize, 11th Japan Media Arts Festival, Entertainment Division
2005: Grand Prize at My Christmas Tree Exhibition
2004: Special Prize at 7th Exhibition of the Taro Okamoto Memorial Award for Contemporary Art
1996: Encouragement Prize at Kirin Contemporary Award‘96

Art Direction

2014: "Egg of Moebius" Foodarts Studio Kachidoki, Tokyo; Workshop Program, Foodarts Studio Kachidoki, Tokyo

Publication

2021: Works 2015-2020: Starting from Rotation
2019: The Runaway Riceball -Japanese Old Tales Remixes- Sankyu (Author: Rintaro Hara, Illustrator: Yu Hara, Translation: Translation software)
2008: The Moon Princess being Smelled by -Japanese Old Tales Remixes- Magazine House (Author: Rintaro Hara, Illustrator: Yu Hara, Translation: Translation software)
2006: Urashima Taro with Striped Reverse Side -Japanese Old Tales Remixes2- Magazine House (Author: Rintaro Hara, Illustrator: Yu Hara, Translation: Translation software)

Others

2017: Space design for "Ichihara Lakeside Museum Children's Art Exhibition" (Rintaro Hara + Yu Hara), Ichihara Lakeside Museum, Chiba, Japan
2011: 10th anniversary stage of Kukanjikken Koganemushi "The Moon Princess being Smelled by" (original story, screenplay), Sendai mediatheque, Miyagi, Japan
2009: "my space, no younanode." (Stage Object) The University of Tokyo
2000: "Video Experimental 2000" Video ex2000 Festival Center, Zurich, Switzerland
1999: "Alfabet" (Stage Object), the Netherlands; PARK4D TV (TV program), Amsterdam