Mosaics by Aya

 Productions of Art Exhibitions, Dance Performances, and TV Programs:

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Exhibition Coordination (Scandinavia-Japan)

Sep. 2014 to Sep. 2015 “Yayoi Kusama Retrospective” Touring exhibition (Sep. 2015 to Jan. 2017) regional coordinator in Japan for 4 countries: Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Denmark; Henie Onstad Art Center, Norway; Stockholm Moderna Museet, Sweden; Helsinki Art Museum, Finland.

 

Dance Performance Production

Nov. 2012 “The 13th Annual Convention of Institute of Environmental Art and Design Symposium: Art + Education + Society, An Environmental Art Approach.” Maki Morishita and Makoto Enda, Contemporary dance performance.

 

Exhibition Production, Research Fellow, Curatorial Department, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Denmark

Oct. 2008 – Feb. 2009 “Manga! Japanese Images.” Research and coordination of Japanese side: Embassy, museums, galleries, and artists.

Jun. – Sep. 2008 “Museums in the 21st Century: Concepts, Projects, Building.” Research and coordination of Japanese Architects including the SANAA special exhibit

 

Exhibition Production, Managing Director of Contemporary Art, Galerie Deux, Japan

Sep.-Dec. 2000 “Half of,” Ayse Erkmen (Turkey/Germany) installation and video

May-Aug. 2000 “Chirstina Dimitriadis” (Greece) photography

Jan.-Apr. 2000 “Unseen,” Taiji Matsue, Sam Samore, Noritoshi Hirakawa (Japan and US) photography and installation

Sep.-Dec. 1999 “National Chain,” Rita McBride (US) installation

May-Aug. 1999 “New Works,” Vanessa Beecroft (Italy) painting, photography, and video

Jan.-Apr. 1999 “Tokyo Project: New Housing Plan,” Tadashi Kawamata (Japan) outdoor project, installation, and symposium

Sep.-Dec. 1998 “Portraits-real time,” Rebecca Brounigault (France) video installation

May-Aug. 1998 “Drawings on paper,” Judy Pfaff (US) installation and painting

Jan.-Mar. 1998 “Piano〜as image media,” Toshio Iwai (Japan) media art installation

Oct.-Dec. 1997 “Pages,” Yasufumi Takahashi (Japan) installation

May-Aug. 1997 “Waterfalls,” Pat Stair (US) painting

Jan.-Apr. 1997 “Footprint,” Jian-Jun Zhang (China) installation

 

Dance Festival Production, Producer Assistant, Kanagawa Arts Foundation

Oct.-Dec. 1996 Contemporary Arts Series, The 3rd Kanagawa Art Festival

“Canard Pekinois,” Josef Nadj, France; “From Devine,” Kazuo Ono, Japan; “I called. Then fell,” Strange Kinoko Dance Company, Japan; “Hypothetical Stream” and “Delta,” Daniel Larrieu and William Forsythe, France, Germany and US

Dec. 1995 Contemporary Arts Series, The 2nd Kanagawa Art Festival

“Amor Constante mas alla de la Muerte,” Rosas, Belgium

Including: (a) Lecture Demonstration of Dance; (b) Lecture Concert of Music; (c) Dance Workshop; (d) Music Composition Workshop; (e) Dance Video Screening

 

Other Art and Museum Management Experiences

Sep. 2007 Translation for John Cage “Song Books” (1970) for John Cage 100th Birthday Event, Kyoto

Mar. 2007 Registration for Tokyo Performing Arts Meeting (TPAM), Tokyo

Apr.-Aug. 2004 Biological Anthropology Summer Intern, American Museum of Natural History, NY

Apr.-Nov.2003 Intern for BAM Art Collection for Fundraising, Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM), NY

Nov.2002 Invitation from Mondriaan Foundation to Visitor Program, Netherland

Sep.-Dec.2002 Intern for Artist Digital Filing, Artists Space, NY

Jun.-Aug.2001 Intern for Visitor Service, New York Aquarium, NY

Aug. 1992 Invitation from AFFA to International Meeting at Avignon Theater Festival

 

TV Program Production, Freelance Assistant Director / Overseas Coordinator

Feb.-May 1994 “Challenge to the Guinness Records”

Sep. 1992 Kansai Television Anniversary Special Documentary, “The Road to Tchaikovsky”

 

TV Program Production, Assistant Director, Nippon Television Network

Jan. 1991, Jan. 1992 “New Year’s Day Special: Heisei Appare Live TV”

Aug. 1990, Aug. 1991 “24 Hour-TV: Love Saves the Earth”

Apr. 1990 – Jun. 1992 “World Quiz Show by Shoubai”