Art Encouragement Prize for Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
1 appearances
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Edition 71 (2021) award
Tatsuo Miyajima
みやじま たつお
Miyajima Tatsuo
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1957-01-16 （Edogawa, Tokyo, Japan）
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
- Religion
- Soka Gakkai
- Residence History
- Edogawa, Tokyo, Japan → New York, United States → Berlin, Germany → Moriya, Ibaraki, Japan → Paris, France
Career
- Occupations
- Contemporary artist, Installation artist, Professor
- Active Years
- 1980-
- Affiliations
- Tohoku University of Art and Design (Vice President / Visiting Professor), Kyoto University of Art and Design (Vice President / Visiting Professor)
- Memberships
- Soka Gakkai (listed in categories)
- Influenced By
- Yuzo Saeki, Shigeru Aoki, Joseph Beuys
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tokyo University of the Arts | Faculty of Fine Arts | Oil Painting Department | 学士 | 〜1984 | Japan |
| Graduate School of Fine Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts | Graduate School of Fine Arts | Painting Program | 修士 | 1984〜1986 | Japan |
Tokyo University of the Arts
Faculty of Fine Arts
/ Oil Painting Department
Degree:
学士
Period:
〜1984
Year of Graduation:
1984
Country:
Japan
Graduate School of Fine Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts
Graduate School of Fine Arts
/ Painting Program
Degree:
修士
Period:
1984〜1986
Year of Graduation:
1986
Country:
Japan
Completed Master's program
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Honorary Doctorate (London Institute) | — | — | London Institute | 受賞 |
| 1998 | Japan Contemporary Art Promotion Award | — | — | Japan Contemporary Art Promotion | 受賞 |
| 2021 | Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Art Encouragement Prize (71st) | — | — | Agency for Cultural Affairs / MEXT | 受賞 |
Honorary Doctorate (London Institute)
1998
Organization:
London Institute
Result:
受賞
Japan Contemporary Art Promotion Award
1998
Organization:
Japan Contemporary Art Promotion
Result:
受賞
Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Art Encouragement Prize (71st)
2021
Organization:
Agency for Cultural Affairs / MEXT
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Sea of Time
1988 InstallationAn installation covering the floor of a dark room with LED digital counters whose numbers flash; a signature work expressing cyclical time and rebirth.
timereincarnationrelations
It Continues to Change / It Connects to Everything / It Continues Forever
1998 InstallationA large-scale LED installation exhibited at the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo; exemplifies Miyajima's themes of relation, eternity, and change.
changeeternityrelationships
Death of Time (Death Series)
1990 Installation / Media artA trilogy including 'Death of Time', 'Mega Death' and 'Death Clock' exploring life and death through LED and digital media.
life and deathtechnology and ritualmemory
Bibliography
- Art in You — Discovering the Art Within: Five Steps
Adaptations
- Video documentation of installations
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Conceptual expressionTechnology-based mediaManipulation of light and time
- Recurring Motifs
- digital countersdigits (1–9)flashing lightsreincarnation
Legacy
An internationally recognized contemporary artist whose LED-based works exploring temporality and relations are held in major museum collections; influential in both practice and arts education.
Museums
- The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York (collection) New York, United States
- National Gallery of Canada (collection) Ottawa, Canada
- Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo (installation) Koto, Tokyo, Japan
Archives
- Archives, Tokyo University of the Arts
Quotes
-
Art in You (art is within you)
Source: Book / public statements (source unspecified)
Trivia
- The digital counters display digits 1–9 and never show 0.
- 'Sea of Time' helped raise international recognition when exhibited at the Venice Biennale.