1949                    Born in Hyogo, Japan

1972-1976        Nagoya University, PhD in physics (plasma and nonlinear)

-2015                  Professor of Engineering Department. Nagoya University

2015-present   Invited professor of Nagoya University

2000-preset      Member of Art Society Tokyo (Jiyu-Bijyutsu), Tokyo, Japan

Address:

203 Haitsu Ougi, 7-59-2 Haruoka-Dori, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-0847, Japan

Tel: +81-80-5156-4170

Frederick-Stock Str. 3, 52428 Jülich, Germany

Tel: 0176 5293 3829

Email: t-shoji@ees.nagoya-u.ac.jp, tashoji3@gmail.com

Exhibitions:

1986                  Gallery Nagoya, "Duo Exhibition", Nagoya, Japan

1987-1990       Art Salon Daitobo, "Jyu", Nagoya, Japan (solo)

1995-2003       Gallery Aoyagi, Nagoya, Japan (solo)

2000-2018       The National Museum, "Jiyu-bijyutsu", Tokyo ,Japan

2000-2018       Nagoya Prefectural Museum,  "Jiyu-bijyutsu", Nagoya ,Japan

2002                  Osaka City Museum, "Japan Art Salon Award Exhibition", Osaka ,Japan

2003                  Nihon Gallery, Tokyo, "Award Exhibition of Jiyu-Bijyutsu Art Society of 

                            Japan",  Tokyo, Japan

2004 　　        Nagoya City Museum, "Jiyu-bijyutsu", Nagoya, Japan

2004                  Gallery Nabis, "Tatsuo Shoji", Tokyo, Japan (solo)

2005                  Gallery  Meihodo, "Tatsuo Shoji", Nagoya, Japan (solo)

2006                  Nagoya City Museum, Nagoya, "Special exhibition of the arts in past and 

                            future", Nagoya, Japan

2007 　　        Galerie Hexagone , " 6 Richtige",  Aachen, Germany

2007-2016      Galerie Hexagone, "Sommerausstellung", "Weinachtsausstellung", Aachen,                                    Germany

2006-2019       Gallery Meihodo, " The party", "ETHOS", Nagoya, Japan

2013                  Gallery Storks,  " Animals", Tokyo, Japan

2013                  Artmesse in NYC, "ART FEST", New York, USA

2014 　             Galerie Hexagone ,"Tatsuo Shoji", Aachen, Germany (solo) 

2016                  Galerie Hexagone, "Zeitgenössische Kunst - Asien Trip", Aachen, Germany

2017                   Hexentrum, "Kunst Verbindet", Juelich, Germany

2018　　         Galerie  Peter Slegers  "Quintessence", Maastricht, Niederlande

                             Atteliershaus Aachen, "Offene Ateliers", Aachen, Germany　

2019                   Gallery ART GRAPH    "carnival" , Nagoya, Japan

                             Gypsilon,"Tatsuo Shoji",  Aachen  Germany (solo)

                             Atelierhaus Aachen-Vorzimmer,  "Mehr Licht", Aachen, Germany 

Awards

2001                   New Artist Award, Jiyu-bijyutsu (Art society Tokyo), Tokyo, Japan

2001                  Japan Art Salon Award, Sakura Kurepasu, Tokyo, Japan

2006                  Selected Artists of Current Arts in Nagoya, Nagoya City Museum,

                            Nagoya, Japan

2011                   Aimitsu Prize, Jiyu-bijyutsu (Art society Tokyo), Tokyo, Japan

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I have been working on my own style using fine ceramic powders from Japanese colored glaze used for chinaware. The surface of this powdered material induces deep biological illusions. We all have memories of a primitive life, four billion years of history, in our genetic makeup, but we can barely feel or see the essence of life consciously. The essence of life may be diversity, both accidental and complex. Complexity and illusion are the advantages of art, which can represent those aspects of life. I want to create primitive life or spirits from the powdered surface.  I allow the images to grow. In observing what gradually appears, I become aware of the deep primitive nature in all of us.

I am also making moving sculptures which behave in an unpredictable chaotic motion.  Such nonlinear motion plays an important role in nature. 

I have been giving experimental lectures for children and adults where I show various kinds of phenomena related to chaos, pattern formation and plasma.