Takashi Murakami
Born
Tokyo, Japan, 1962
Education
Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, Department of Traditional Japanese Painting (Nihon-ga), Tokyo, Japan, B.F.A.
Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, Tokyo, Japan, M.F.A.
Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, Tokyo, Japan, Ph.D.
Lives and works in Tokyo, Japan and New York, NY
One-Person Exhibitions
2012
Murakami: Ego, Qatar Museums Authority, Qatar
2011
Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, Paris, France
Gagosian Gallery, London, UK
2010
Gagosian Gallery, Rome, Italy
Murakami Versailles, The Palace of Versailles, Versailles, France
2009
Takashi Murakami’s “I Love Prints And So I Make Them,” Kaikai Kiki Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Takashi Murakami, Picture of Fate: I Am But a Fisherman Who Angles In the Darkness of His Mind, Gagosian Gallery, New York, NY
Takashi Murakami Paints Self-Portraits, Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, Paris, France
Gagosian Gallery, London, England
2008
Installation at Design Miami
Davy Jones’ Tear, Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, CA
Takashi Murakami: Prints "My First Art" Series, Kaikai Kiki Gallery, Tokyo
Oval Buddha, 590 Madison, New York, NY
2007
© Murakami, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA (cat.); traveled to Brooklyn Museum, New York, NY; Museum fur Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt, Germany; and Museo Guggenheim Bilbao, Bilbao, Spain
Tranquility of the Heart Torment of the Flesh - Open Wide the Eye of the Heart, and Nothing is Invisible, Gagosian Gallery, New York, NY
2006
Limited/Unlimited, 34 Long Fine Arts, Cape Town, South Africa
The Pressure Point of Painting, Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, Paris, France
Samurai, Tokyo, Japan
2005
Kaikai Kiki Exhibition, Aoi Gallery, Osaka, Japan
Takashi Murakami Print show, Mizuho Oshiro Gallery, Kagoshima, Japan
T1: Takashi Murakami, Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin, Italy
Installation at Roppongi Hills, Tokyo, Japan
Post and After, Brandise University, Randallstown, MD
2004
Satoeri Ko2 Chan, Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Inochi, Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, CA
2003
Reversed Double Helix, Rockefeller Center, New York, NY
Superflat Monogram, Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York, NY
Superflat Monogram, Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, Paris, France
2002
Takashi Murakami, Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain, Paris, France; traveled to Serpentine Gallery, London, United Kingdom
2001
Takashi Murakami: summon monsters? open the door? heal? or die?, Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Takashi Murakami: Made in Japan, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Takashi Murakami: Mushroom, Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York, NY
Takashi Murakami: WINK, Grand Central Station, New York, NY
Kaikai Kiki, Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, Paris, France
2000
Takashi Murakami: Second Mission Project Ko2, P.S.1, New York, NY Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, NY
727, Blum & Poe, Santa Monica, CA
Kaikai Kiki: Superflat, Issey Miyake Men, Tokyo, Japan
Shinsaibashi Parco, White Cube Gallery, Osaka, Japan
1999
Takashi Murakami: The Meaning of the Nonsense of the Meaning, Center for Curatorial Studies Museum, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York
Takashi Murakami: DOB’s Adventures in Wonderland, Parco Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Takashi Murakami: Superflat, Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York, NY
Takashi Murakami: Love and DOB, Gallery KOTO, Okayama, Japan
Murakami Takashi - PATRON, Marunuma Art Park, Asaka, Japan
1998
Back Beat, Blum & Poe, Santa Monica, CA
Super Flat and Back Beat 2, Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Moreover, DOB Raise His Hand, Saghacho Bis, Tokyo, Japan
Takashi Murakami: Hiropon Project Koko-Pity, Sakurako Jet Airplane Nos. 1-6, Feature Inc., New York, NY
1997
Takashi Murakami, Blum & Poe, Santa Monica, CA
Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, Paris, France
Takashi Murakami: 727 - To Dream of Bombay, Art Space HAP, Hiroshima, Japan
Takashi Murakami, State University of New York at Buffalo Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY
Takashi Murakami, Gallery KOTO, Okayama, Japan
1996
Takashi Murakami: Sculpture and Paintings, Feature, Inc., New York, NY
Gavin Brown's Enterprise, New York, NY
Gallery KOTO, Okayama, Japan
Takashi Murakami: 727, Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Konnichiwa, Mr. DOB, Kirin Plaza Osaka, Osaka, Japan
727, Aoi Gallery, Osaka, Japan
Takashi Murakami: A Very Merry Unbirthday, To You, To Me!, Ginza Komatsu, Tokyo, Japan
1995
Takashi Murakami, Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, Paris, France
Takashi Murakami: Crazy Z, SCAI The Bathhouse, Tokyo, Japan
Takashi Murakami: Niji, Gallery Koto, Okayama, Japan
Takashi Murakami: Mr. Doomsday Balloon, Yngtingagatan 1, Stockholm, Sweden
1994
Azami, Kikyou, Ominaeshi, Aoi Gallery, Osaka, Japan
Fujisan, Gallery Koto, Okayama, Japan
Which is Tomorrow? - Fall In Love -, SCAI the Bathhouse, Tokyo, Japan
1993
Takashi Murakami, Nasubi Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Takashi Murakam: A Very Merry Unbirthday!, Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Hiroshima, Japan
Takashi Murakami: A Romantic Evening, Gallery Cellar, Nagoya, Japan
1992
Wild, Wild, Rontgen Kunst Institut von Katsuya Ikeuchi Gallery AG, Tokyo, Japan
1991
Takashi Murakami: Doctor of Fine Arts Final Exhibition, Art Gallery at Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, Tokyo, Japan
Aoi Gallery, Osaka, Japan
One Night Exhibition 8.23, Rontgen Kunst Institut von Katsuya Ikeuchi Gallery AG, Tokyo, Japan
Takashi Murakami, Gallery Aries, Tokyo, Japan
I Am Against Being For It, Hosomi Gallery Contemporary, Tokyo, Japan
1989
Exhibition L'Espoir: Takashi Murakami, Gallery Ginza Surugadai, Tokyo, Japan
Takashi Murakami: New Works, Cafe Tiens!, Tokyo, Japan
Group Exhibitions
2012
Double Vision: Contemporary Art from Japan; section 1: Reality/Ordinary World, Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Moscow, Russia
2011
Il mondo vi appartiene (The World Belongs to You), Palazzo Grassi, Venice, Italy
A History of Edition: Duchamp, Beuys, Murakami, Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, Paris
Surfaces of Everyday Life: Postwar and Contemporary Masters from Ai Weiwei to Andy Warhol, Ikkan Art Gallery, Artspace@Helutrans, Singapore
Future Pass: From Asia to the World, 54th Esposizione Internazionale d’Art, la Biennale di Venezia, Venice, Italy
2010
Multiple Choice, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Australia
Pop Life: Art in a Material World, National Gallery of Canada, Ottowa, ON, Canada
John Armleder, Tauba Auerbach, Hernan Bas, Matthew Day Jackson, Bernard Frize, Mark Grotjahn, Sergej Jensen, Bharti Kher, Adam McEwen, Olivier Mosset,
Takashi Murakami, R.H. Quaytman, Claude Rutault, Lee Ufan, Piotr Uklanski, Martin Wohr, Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, Paris, France
Sexual Transcendence, Pinchuk Art Centre, Kyiv, Ukraine
Skin Fruit: Selections from the Dakis Joannou Collection, Curated by Jeff Koons, New Museum, New York, NY
2009
15th Anniversary Inaugural Exhibition, Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, CA
Sold Out: The Artist in the Age of Pop, Tate Modern, London, England
Mapping the Studio, Palazzo Grassi, Venice, Italy
VRAOUM!, La Maison Rouge, Paris, France
Louis Vuitton and the Passion for Creation, Hong-Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong
Un Certain État du Monde? A Selection of Works From Francois Pinault Foundation Collection, Garage Center for Contemporary Culture, Moscow, Russia
2008
Hi & Lo, Kaikai Kiki Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Encounters, Pace Wildenstein, Beijing, China
For What You Are About to Receive, Gagosian/Red October Chocolate Factory, Moscow, Russia
Agency: Art and Advertising, McDonough Museum of Art, Youngstown State University, Youngstown
Pretty Ugly, Gavin Brown's enterprise, New York, NY
Kaikai Kiki Artists, Kaikai Kiki Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2007
Comic Abstraction, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
Disorder in the House, Vanhaerents Art Collection, Brussels, Belgium
Jellyfish Eyes, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
My 2007, Colette, Paris, France
RADAR, Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO
Red Hot: Contemporary Asian Art Rising highlighting approximately 100 Asian works from the Chaney Family Collection, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA
2006
Spank The Monkey, Baltic Center for Contemporary Art, Gateshead, United Kingdom
The Francois-Pinault Collection, a Post-Pop Selection, Palazzo Grassi, Venice, Italy
10th Anniversary, Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Agnes Hotel Art Fair, Tokyo, Japan
Dragon Veins, University of South Florida Contemporary Art Museum, Tampa, Florida
Exhibition of collected works: Secret Base, Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, Toyota, Aichi, Japan
INFINITE PAINTING – Contemporary Painting and Global Realism, Villa Manin Centro d’Arte Contemporanea, Codroipo, Italy
Invisible Landscape, Lund City Museum, Lund, Sweden
Japan vs. Art: Contemporary Art and Nihon-ga from Taikan Yokoyama and Seiho Takeuchi to Takashi Murakami, Osaka City Museum of Art, Osaka, Japan
Mass Production: Artists’ Multiples and the Marketplace, The University of Akron, Akron, OH
Off the Shelf: New Forms in Contemporary Artists’ Books, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY
POPulence, Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Selections from the Logan Collection, Museum of Contemporary Art Denver, Denver, CO
Sellout, Bard College Center for Curatorial Studies, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
Surprise, Surprise, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, UK
Where are we going? Selections from the François Pinault Collection,” Palazzo Grassi, Venice, Italy
2005
T1: Triennial Threemuseums: The Pantagruel Syndrome, Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin, Italy (also Castello di Rivoli Museo d’Arte Contemporanea and GAM Galleria Civica d’Arte Moderna, Turin Italy)
Colours and Trips, Künstlerhaus Palais Thurn und Taxis, Bregenz, Austria; Museum der Stadt Ratingen, Ratingen, Germany
Ecstasy: In & About Altered States, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
Fairy Tales Forever, ARoS Aarhus Kunst, Aarhus, Denmark
Japan POP, Helsinki City Art Museum, Helsinki, Finland
Kaikai Kiki exhibition, Aoi Gallery, Osaka, Japan
Translation, Palais de Toyo, Paris, France
Little Boy: The Arts of Japan’s Exploding Subculture, Japan Society, New York, NY
Moving Energies, Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany
Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, Paris, France
POPulence, Blaffer Gallery, University of Houston, Houston, TX Cleveland Museum of Contemporary Art, Cleveland, OH
Post and After, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
2004
Optimo: Manifestations of Optimism in Contemporary Art, Marfa, Texas
Modern Means: Continuity and Change in Art, 1880 to the Present Highlights from the Collection of The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
Monument to Now, Deste Foundation, Athens, Greece
Liverpool Biennial, Tate Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
Walker Without Walls, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, Miami, FL
Funny Cuts, Stuttgart Museum, Stuttgart, Germany
Floating Worlds, Beacon Cultural Foundation, Beacon, NY
2003
Popular, Pop, and Post-pop, Philadephia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
Happiness, Mori Art Center, Tokyo, Japan
Supernova: Art of the 1990's from the Logan Collection, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
Inaugural Group Show, Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, CA
On the Wall: Wallpaper and Tableau, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI; traveled to The Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia, PA
Painting Pictures: Painting and Media in the Digital Age, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg, Germany (cat.)
Splat, Boom, Pow! The Influence of Comics in Contemporary Art, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, TX
Comic Release: Negotiating Identity for a New Generation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Pittura/Painting: Rauschenberg to Murakami 1964-2003, Museo Correr, Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
Pulp Art: Vamps Villains and Victors from the Robert Lesser Collection, Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, NY
2002
POPJack: Warhol to Murakami, Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver, CO
Chiho Aoshima, Mr., Takashi Murakami, Aya Takano, Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, Paris, France
Out of the Box: 20th Century Print Portfolios, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
Reality Check: Painting in the Exploded Field, CCAC Wattis Institute for Contemporary Art, San Francisco, CA
Drawing Now: Eight Propositions, MOMA QNS, Queens, New York, NY
The Uncanny: Experiments in Cyborg Culture, The Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, B.C.
The Japanese Experience – Inevitable, Das Museum der Moderne Salzberg, Salzburg, Austria; Ursula Blickle Stiftung, Kraichtal-Unterowisheim, Germany
Art in the 'Toon Age, Kresge Art Museum, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
2001
Made in Asia?, Duke University Museum of Art, Durham, NC
Form Follows Fiction, Castello di Rivoli, Torino, Italy
Mr., Tam Ochiai, Hiroshi Sugito, Yoshitomo Nara, Takashi Murakami, Masahiko Kuwahara, Stephen Friedman Gallery, London, UK
Takashi Murakami/Yoshitomo Nara, Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Beau Monde: Toward A Redeemed Cosmopolitanism, Site Santa Fe Fourth International Biennial, Santa Fe, NM
un art populaire, Foundation Cartier pour l'art Contemporain, Paris, France
JAM: Tokyo London, Barbican Art Gallery, London, UK
Public Offerings, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
My Reality: The Culture of Anime, Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, IA; traveled to Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, NY, The Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH
Painting at the Edge of the World, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
Superflat, Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles, CA; traveled to Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN, and Henry Art Gallery Seattle
Casino 2001, 1st Quadrennial of Contemporary Art, Stedelijk Museum Voor Actuele Kunst, Ghent, Belgium
Under Pressue, Swiss Institute, New York, NY
2000
The Darker Side of Playland: Childhood Imagery from the Logan Collection, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
After Dreams, Haus am Waldsee, Berlin, Germany; Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, Baden-Baden, Switzerland
GENDAI: Japanese Contemporary Art: Between the Body and Space, Center For Contemporary Art, Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw, Poland
Twisted: Urban and visionary landscapes in contemporary painting, Van Abbe Museum, Eindhoven, Netherlands
Pleasure Zone, Migros Museum, Zurich, Switzerland
'00, Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York, NY
Balls, James Cohan Gallery, New York, NY
Almost Warm and Fuzzy: Childhood and Contemporary Art, P.S.1, Brooklyn, NY; traveled to Fundacio La Caixa, Barcelona, Spain; Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA; and Art Gallery of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Super Flat, Parco Gallery, Tokyo, Japan; traveled to Parco Gallery, Nagoya, Japan
Colour me blind!, Stadtische Ausstellungshalle am Hawerkamp, Munster/Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee, Scotland
Let's Entertain, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN; traveled to Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg, Germany, Museo Rufino Tamayo, Mexico City, Mexico, St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, MO
5th Biennial d'Art Contemporain de Lyon, Partage D'exotismes, Lyon, France
Continental Shift, Ludwig Forum, Aachen, Germany
One Heart, One World, United Nations, New York, NY
Murakami-Manetas, Newsantandrea, Savona, Pinksummer, Genova, Italy
Marianne Boesky, New York, NY
1999
The Carnegie International, The Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA
Colour me blind! Painting in times of comics and computer games, Wuttembergischer Kunstverein Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
Almost Warm and Fuzzy: Childhood and Contemporary Art, Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, IA
Japan Zero Era, Mito Art Tower, Mito, Japan
New Modernism for a New Millennium, Works By Contemporary Asian Artists From The Logan Collection, Limn Gallery, San Francisco, CA
LEGO DELUXE-LEG EXHIBITION, Shibuya Parco, Tokyo, Japan
Ground Zero Japan, Contemporary Art Center, Ibaraki, Japan
Balloon Art Festival, Shizuoko Perfectural Convention & Art Center, Shizuoka, Japan
PLEASURE DOME, Jessica Fredericks Gallery, New York, NY
Painting for Joy: New Japanese Painting in the 1990s, The Japan Foundation Forum, Tokyo, Japan
1998
Tastes and Pursuits: Japanese Art in the 1990s, National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi, India
Ero Pop Christmas, NADiff, Tokyo, Japan
50 Years of Japanese Lifestyle Postwar Fashion and Design, Ustunomi Museum of Art, Ibaraki, Japan
Biennale d’art Contemporain de Noumea, Noumea, New Caledonia
The MANGA Age, Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Hiroshima, Japan
Donaiyanen! Et Maintenant!: la creation contemporaine au Japon, Ecole nationale superieure des beaux-arts, Paris, France
Art is Fun 9: Hand Craft and Time Craft, Hara Museum Arc, Gunma, Japan
Pop Surrealism, The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT
People, Places, Things, Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York, NY
FLUFFY, Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina, Canada; traveled to Contemporain de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France, PS 1 Contemporary Art Center, New York, NY, Museum of Modern Art, Humlebaek, Denmark, Hayward Gallery, London, UK, Museum of Modern Art, Helsinki, Finland
Abstract Painting, Once Removed, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, TX; traveled to Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO
Ero Pop Tokyo, George's, Los Angeles, CA
1997
Need For Speed, Grazer Kunstverein, Vienna, Austria
Japanese Contemporary Art Exhibition, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
The Future of Cities, Weiner Secession, Vienna, Austria; traveled to Musee d'Art Contemporain de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France and P.S. 1, Long Island City, NY
Hiropon Show '97: Tokyo Underground Visual Show, Shop 33, Tokyo, Japan
Flying Buttress Please, Torch Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Singularity in Plurality, Yokohama Civic Art Gallery, Yokohoma, Japan
Super Body, Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Japan today kunst Photograph Design, MAK—Austrian Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna, Austria
1996
Tokyo Pop, The Hiratsuka Museum of Art, Kanagawa, Japan
Ironic Fantasy, The Miyagi Museum of Art, Sendai, Japan
Sharaku Interpreted by Japan's Contemporary Artists, The Japan Foundation Forum, Tokyo, Japan
Romper Room, Thread Waxing Space, New York, NY
The Time of the Pleasure of Art: Art for the Hearts of Children, Isetan Museum, Tokyo, Japan
The 39th Annual Yasui Prize Exhibition, Sezon Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan
Asia-Pacific Triennial 1996, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Australia
1995
Incidental Alterations: P.S.1 Studio Artists 1994-95, The Angel Orensanz Foundation, New York, NY
Transculture, 46th Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy (curated by Dana Friis-Hansen and Fumio Nanjo)
Japan Today, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebaek; Denmark, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, Norway; Liljevalchs Konsthall, Stockholm, Sweden; Waino Aaltonen Museum of Art, Turku, Finland
Cutting Up, Max Protech Gallery, New York, NY
Transculture, Benesse House, Naoshima Contemporary Art Museum, Kagawa, Japan
Blind Beach, Art Space Hap, Hiroshima, Japan
1994
Shinjuku Syonen Art, Shinjuku Kabukicho, Tokyo, Japan
Lest We Forget: On Nostalgia, The Gallery at Takashimaya, New York, NY
VOCA '94, The Ueno Royal Museum, Tokyo, Japan
The Youthful Time of Japanese Nihon-ga Artists from Taikan and Shunso to DOB, Koriyama City Museum of Art, Fukushima, Japan
Artists in Yokohama 94, Yokohama Citizens’ Gallery, Kanagawa, Japan
Open Air ’94: Out of Bounds, Benesse House Naoshima Contemporary Art Museum, Kagawa, Japan
1993
Malaria Art Show, Vol. 1, February 1st Festival, Tokyo, Japan
Artists' Shop '93, Sai Gallery, Osaka, Japan
Malaria Art Show, Vol. 4, Decorative, Tokyo, Japan
Nakamura and Murakami: Nicaf ’93, Aoi Gallery, Tokyo
The Ginbuart, Ginza, Tokyo, Japan
00 Collaboration, Sagacho Exhibit Space, Tokyo, Japan
Art Today '93, "Neo Japanology, Sezon Museum of Modern Art, Karuizawa, Nagano, Japan
Beyond Nihon-ga: An Aspect of Contemporary Japanese Paintings, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
The Exhibition for Exhibitions, Kyoto Shijo Gallery, Kyoto, Japan
1992
Artists' Shop '92, Sai Gallery, Osaka, Japan
Mars Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Nicaf Artfair, Yokohama, Japan
Floating Gallery Vol. 1, Tsukishima Warehouse, Tokyo, Japan
1st Transart Annual "Painting/Crossing", Bellini Hill Gallery, Yokohama, Japan
Nakamura and Murakami, Space Ozone, Seoul, Korea
Nakamura and Murakami, SCAI The Bathhouse, Tokyo, Japan
Anomaly, Rontgen Kunst Institut, Tokyo, Japan
Tama Vivant '92, Seed Hall, Shibuya Seibu, Tokyo, Japan
Nakamura and Murakami, Metaria Square Hotel, Osaka, Japan
1991
Jan Hoet in Tsurugi, Tsurugi-cho, Ishikawa, Japan
Jan Hoet's Vision, Art Gallery Atrium, Fukuoka, Japan
1988
Metropolitan Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan
Graduation Exhibition, Tokyo National University of Fine Arts, Tokyo, Japan
Curated Exhibitions
2005
Little Boy: The Arts of Japan’s Exploding Subculture, Japan Society, New York, NY
2004
Tokyo Girls Bravo, Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York
Chiho Aoshima, Mr. and Aya Takano, Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin at LFL Gallery, New York
2002
Coloriage, Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain, Paris
2001
Hiropon Show, Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, Tokyo
SUPERFLAT, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN; Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, WA
2000
SUPERFLAT, Parco Gallery, Tokyo
Aya Takano Solo Exhibition: Hot Banana Fudge, NADiff, Tokyo
1999
Hiropon 32.80, NADiff, Tokyo
Hiropon Show, Parco Gallery, Nagoya, Japan
Hiropon Show, George’s, Los Angeles
Tokyo Girls Bravo, NADiff, Tokyo
Hiropon Show, Parco Gallery, Tokyo
1998
Mr. Solo Exhibition: Oh-Edo Kunoichi Ninpocho, Shop 33, Tokyo
Ero Pop Tokyo, George’s, Los Angeles
1997
Aya Takano Solo Exhibition: God is Coming, Shop 33, Tokyo
Hiropon Show, Kanazawa College of Arts Manken Gallery, Ishikawa, Japan
Hiropon Show, Iwataya Z-SIDE W<, Fukuoka, Tokyo
Tokyo Sex, NAS Tokyo
Hiropon Show, Shop 33, Tokyo
1996
Mr. Solo Exhibition: Frone & Perrine, Shop 33, Tokyo
PICO 2 SHOW, Saga-cho bis, Tokyo
Grants & Awards
2006
Heisei 17 (56th) Educational Minister Rookie of the Year, Awarded by the Agency for Cultural Affairs for the Advancement of Art
Best Thematic Museum Show in New York, AICA USA
11th AMD Awards, Prize of Recognition
2005
Japan Society Imajiné Award
2004
Les Compagnons du Beaujolais, Honorary Knighthood
Tag Heuer Business Award
2003
Special Award, 46th Japan Fashion Editor Club (FEC) Awards
1998
Visiting Professor, School of Art and Architecture, University of California, Los Angeles, CA
1994
Asian Cultural Council Fellowship, P.S. 1 International Studio Program
Catalogs and Publications
2011
Chiu, Melissa and Benjamin Genocchio, eds. Contemporary Art in Asia: A Critical Reader. Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press, 2011.
Favell, Adrian. Before and After Superflat: A Short History of Japanese Contemporary Art, 1990-2011. Hong Kong: Blue Kingfisher, 2011.
Flint, Lucy and Nikki Bruno Clapper, eds. Creating the New Century: Contemporary Art from the Dicke Collection. Dayton, Ohio: Dayton Art Institute, 2011: 114-115.
Murakami, Takashi. Jellyfish Eyes. Tokyo: Kaikai Kiki, 2011. http://en.jellyfisheyes.com/index.html.
Petry, Michael. The Art of Not Making: The New Artist/Artisan Relationship. London: Thames & Hudson, 2011: 4, 11.
2008
Holzwarth, Hans Werner, Art Now: Vol 3, Taschen, 2008: 328-331
Lin, Leng, Encounters, PaceWildenstein, August 2008
2007
Pretty Baby. Karnes, Andrea. Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, 2006 p.110-119
Robot Ghosts and Wired Dreams. The Space of the Superflat. Saito Tamaki, University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis, MN, p.241-247
© Murakami, Hebdige, Dick; Midori Matsui; Scott Rothkopf; Paul Schimmel and Mika Yoshitake. Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA, Rizzoli International Publications, New York, 2007
2006
Chiezō: Asahi Gendai Yōgō Jiten (‘Asahi Contemporary Usage Dictionary‘). Regarding the word “Superflat,” Asahi Shimbun-sha, Tokyo, Japan, 2006, p.916-917
Spank the Monkey. Pedro Alonzo, Peter Doroshenko, Carlo McCormick, Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead, UK; Die Gestalten Verlag, Berlin, 2006, p.154-159
2005
Ecstasy: In and About Altered States. The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA, 2005, p.100-101
Fairy Tales Forever. ARoS Denmark, Denmark, 2005, p.26-27
Facetten der japanischen Populär- und Medienkultur 1. Stephan Köhn, Martina Schönbein. Harrassowitz Verlag, Germany, 2005, p.5-36
Funny Cuts. Kassandra Nakas, Kerber Verlag, Bielefeld and Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, Germany, 2005
Gilbert’s Living with Art (Seventh Edition). Mark Getlein, McGraw-Hill, New York, 2005
Little Boy: The Arts of Japan’s Exploding Subculture. Takashi Murakami, Japan Society, New York; Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 2005, p.72-73
Populence. Houston University Museum, Blaffer Gallery, Houston, TX, 2005, p.29, 38-9
2004
Art Works: Money. Katy Siegel, Paul Mattick, Thames & Hudson, Inc., New York, 2004, p.12, 88, 150
Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain. Larry Kazal (design), Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain, Paris, France, 2004
International 04. Paul Domela. Helen Tookey, Liverpool Biennial of Contemporary Art Ltd., Liverpool, UK, 2004
Monument to Now: The Dakis Joannou Collection. Deitch, Jeffrey, ed. DESTE Foundation for Contemporary Art, Athens, Greece, 2004
PLOP: Recent Projects of the Public Art Fund. Merrell Publishers Limited, New York, 2004
Pour un Nouvel Art Politique. Dominique Baqué, Flammarion, Paris, 2004, p.66, 69-73
Rikitekkusu Taizen (‘Liquitex Creation Guide’). Kentarō Ōshita, Bijutsu Shuppansha Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan, 2004, p.6-11
Rubell. Family. Collection. Not. Afraid. Mark Coatzee, Phaidon, New York, 2004
2003
CURVE: The Female Nude Now. David Ebony, Jane Harris, Frances Richard, Martha Schwendener, Sarah Valdez and Linda Yablonsky, Universe Publishing, New York, 2003
History of Modern Art (Fifth Edition). H. H. Arnason, Peter Kalb, Prentice Hill, Inc., Upper Saddle River, NJ, 2003
Keba Keba. Text by Yujin Kitagawa, Artwork by Takashi Murakami, Kaikai Kiki Co. Ltd., Asaka, Japan, 2003
Supernova: Art of the 1990’s from the Logan Collection. Includes essays: “Beyond Tech: The Current Role of Painting,” Dan Cameron, p.61-63; “Takashi Murakami,” Clara Kim, p. 78-87, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and D.A.P./Distributed Art Publishers, Inc., New York, 2003
2002
Beau Monde: Toward a Redeemed Cosmopolitanism. Rebecca Friedman, TwelveTrees Press, Santa Fe, NM, 2002
Drawing Now: Eight Propositions. Laura Hoptman, Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2002
The Japanese Experience – Inevitable. Margrit Brehm, Hatje Cantz Verlag, Ostfildern-Ruit, Germany, 2002
KYOZON. Kamloops Art Gallery, British Columbia, Canada, 2002
The Logan Collection: A Portrait of Our Times. 2002
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: Annual Report. Museum of Fine Arts Boston, 2002, p.4, 13
Reality Check: Painting in the Exploded Field. Matthew Higgs, CCAC Wattis Institute for Contemporary Art, San Francisco, 2002
Takashi Murakami: Kaikai Kiki. Françoise Nyssen, Éditions Actes Sud, Arles, France, 2002
Vitamin P: New Perspectives in Painting. Phaidon Press, New York, 2002
2001
Made In Asia? Randi Reiner and Phil Tinari, Duke University Museum of Art, North Carolina, 2001
My Reality: Contemporary Art and the Culture of Japanese Animation. Includes essays: “Impotence Culture – Anime,” Takashi Murakami, p.58-66; Jeff Fleming, Susan Lubowsky Talbott, Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines and Independent Curators International, New York, 2001
Painting at the Edge of the World. Includes essays: “The Trouble with Painting,” Douglas Fogle, p.9-25; “New Openings in Japanese Painting: Three Faces of Minority,” Midori Matsui, p.46-77, “A Theory of Super Flat Japanese Art,” Takashi Murakami, p.187-205, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 2001
Public Offerings. Includes essay “Conversion Days: New Japanese Art Between 1991 and 1995,” Midori Matsui, p.230-247, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, Thames and Hudson, New York, 2001
TAKASHI MURAKAMI summon monsters? open the door? heal? or die? Takashi Murakami, Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd., Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan, 2001
The Uncanny: Experiments in Cyborg Culture. Vancouver Art Gallery, Arsenal Pulp Press, Vancouver, Canada, 2001
2000
Childhood Imagery from the Logan Collection. San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, California, 2000
Drawings 2000. Klaus Kertess, Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York, 2000
Superflat. Includes essay: “A Theory of Super Flat Japanese Art,” Takashi Murakami, p.8-25, MADRA Publishing, Tokyo, Japan, 2000
Twisted. Marente Bloemheuvel and Jaap Guldemond, Stedelijk Van Abbenmuseum, Eindhoven, Rotterdam, 2000
1999
Carnegie International 1999/2000. Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburg, 1999
DOB in the Strange Forest: Takashi Murakami. Bijutsu Shuppansha, Tokyo, 1999
Takashi Murakami, The Meaning of the Nonsense of Meaning. Includes Essays: “DOB in the Land of Otaku,” Amada Cruz, p.14-19; “Toward a Definition of Tokyo Pop: The Classical Transgressions of Takashi Murakami,” Midori Matsui, p.20-29; “The Meaning of Murakami's Nonsense: About ‘Japan’ Itself,” Dana Friis-Hansen, p.30-41; Center for Curatorial Studies Museum, Bard College. Harry N. Abrams, New York, 1999
Works by Contemporary ASIAN Artists From the Logan Collection. San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, California, 1999
1998
Murakami Takashi 1998, Exhibition Official. Hiropon Factory, 1998
1997
Japan Today: Kunst Fotografie Design. MAK - Austrian Museum of Applied Arts, 1997
1996
Ironic Fantasy: Another World by Five Contemporary Artists. The Miyagi Museum of Art, Miyagi, 1996
The 33rd “Artists Today: Exhibition: Singularity in Plurality, Yokohama Civic Art Gallery, Yokohama City, Japan
1995
Transculture: La Biennale di Venezia. Fumio Nanjo, Dana Friis-Hansen, Akiko Miki, Yukie Kamiya, Anne Longnecher Dodds, and Yoko Miyahara. Toyko: Japan Foundation, 1995
1994
Japanese Art After 1945: Scream Against the Sky. Includes essay: “Hinomaru Illumination: Japanese Art of the 1990’s,” Munroe, Alexandra, Harry N. Abrams Inc., New York, 1994
La Biennale di Venezia. Kent, Sarah. “Don't look now...,” 1994
Benedict, Stephen, ed. Lest We Forget: On Nostalgia. New York: Gallery at Takashimaya, 1994
Matsui, Midori. Takashi Murakami: Which is Tomorrow - Fall in Love. Japan: Masami Shiraishi Contemporary Art, 1994
Articles and Reviews
2012
Drohojowska-Philp, Hunter. "Takashi Murakami: Happy Birthday Buddha," Artnet.com, February 15, 2012.
Ikeda, Yoichiro. “Interview/Takashi Murakami: 3/11 Brings Japan’s Subculture into Perspective,” Asahi Shimbun, March 10, 2012.
2011
Bonami, Francesco. “Takashi Murakami.” L’uomo Vogue, no. 421 (May-June 2011): 244-245, 253.
Marsh, Stefanie. “Is Takashi Murakami’s Work Art or Porn?,” Times (London), July 2, 2011.
McLean-Ferris, Laura. “Murakami and the Quake.” Art Review, no. 50 (May 2011): 106-109.
Milliard, Coline. “Oversized and Oversexed, Murakami Mines the Past With Racy New Gagosian Show in London,” Artinfo, July 6, 2011.
Nayeri, Farah. “Murakami Finds His Art Too Pricey, Market ‘Scary’: Interview,” Bloomberg, July 11, 2001.
Schilling, Leonie. “Takashi Murakami: Versailles, Mythology and Legacy.” Arte Al Límite, no. 45 (November-December 2010): 16-25.
Schjeldahl, Peter. “Fearing the Worst: Angst in New Japanese Art.” The New Yorker, March 28, 2001: 112-113.
“Takashi Murakami: The Pass to Our World.” Harper’s Bazaar (Taiwan), (May 2011): 72-99.
Yablonsky, Linda. “Tokyo Story.” Artforum.com, March 25, 2011.
2010
Favell, Adrian. “Tokyo to LA Story: How Southern California became the Gateway for Japanese Global Pop Art Phenomenon.” Kontur, no. 20 (2010): 54-68.
Mooney, Christopher. “Takashi Murakami.” Art Review, no. 46 (December 2010): 128.
2009
Artnet News: Gesai #12 in Tokyo, Artnet, Feburary 26, 2009
Boehm, Mike. Judge dismisses Clint Arthur's suit against MOCA over Murakami prints, Los Angeles Times, April 28, 2009
Boehm, Mike. Was it art or a purse?, Los Angeles Times, April 23, 2009 p. D, D4, D5
Bishop, Claire, Think Twice, Artforum Diary, February 18, 2009
Damiano, Michael, Speed Tour of the Takashi Murakami Show at the Guggenheim Bilbao, Art Daily, March 10, 2009
Eschbach, Johanna, The Eastern World Gives the Trend: focus on Japan, Artfacts.net, February 17, 2009
Genocchio, Benjamin, Fantastic Voyage, Art & Auction, March 2009, p.91
Guggenheim Bilbao Presents Most Important Retrospective of Work by Takashi Murakami, Art Daily, February 17, 2009
Gumbel, Peter, My museum, myself, Fortune Magazine, February 5, 2009
Lang, Beatrice, April 3: ON this day in history, Vogue.com, April 3, 2009
Maerkle, Andrew, Fans of GESAI enjoy the opportunities, The Japan Times, March 13, 2009
2008
Adam, Georgina, Unlimited? Not in sales, The Art Newspaper, June 6-8, 2008, p.1,4
Art Listings: Brooklyn Museum of Art © Murakami, New York Times, April 11, 2008, p.B24
Aspden, Peter, Seven Days in the Art World, Financial Times, November 10, 2008
Catton, Pia, Is Art Sponsorship Going Out of Style?, Artinfo, November 20, 2008
Cohen, Suzanne, Emerging From Desire: Takashi Murakami, Wynwood Art Magazine, May, 2008, p.12-17, 20
Corkill, Edan, Asian art ‘madness’ a la mode, The Japan Times, November 27, 2008
Cutajar, Mario, The Artist As Entertainer, ArtScene, June 2008, p.29-30
Crow, Kelly, Culture Clash: Soccer Fans, Art Elite Butt Heads, The Wall Street Journal, May 30, 3008, p.W1
Crow, Kelly, Lack of U.S. Buyers at Art Basel, The Wall Street Journal, June 5, 2008
Davis, Ben and Walter Robinson, The 2008 Revue, Artnet Magazine, December 30, 2008
Dundas, Heather, Life and art at MOCA, The Los Angeles Times, December 15, 2008
Eastman, Janet, Buddhamania, The Los Angeles Times, June 12, 2008, p.F1, F9
Eu, Emi, An illustrious gathering in the contemporary art world, The Business Times, June 6, 2008, ARTS p.28
Farabee, Mindy, Murakami Revisited, The Los Angeles Times - The Guide, May 1, 2008, p.30
Guha, Robin, Cut-Out Culture Courtesy Murakami & Friends, Blackbook, December 11, 2008
Hepheastou, Sophia, Pop art for the pop generation, The Ticker, July 7, 2008
Jacobs, Marc, The World’s Most Influential People – The 2008 TIME 100, TIME Magazine, April 28, 2008, p.109
Karimzadeh, Marc, Murakami ‘Wraps’ Vuitton on 5th, Womens Wear Daily, November 7, 2008
McDowell, Adam, Pop goes the canvas, The National Post, June 16, 2008
Muchnic, Suzanne, Murakami animation studio coming to L.A., Culture Monster: The Los Angeles Times, November 25, 2008
Murakami to Open L.A. Animation Studio, Artinfo.com, November 20, 2008
Munzenrieder, Kyle, Design Miami Announces Satellite exhibits, The Miami Times, November 13, 2008
Myers, Terry, Reviews: Murakami, ArtReview, January 2008, p.116
Peers, Alexandra, Art Basel Miami Kicks Off Cautiously, Optimistically, Culture Vulture: New York Magazine, December 3, 2008
Peterson, Thane, Portrait of the Art Scene, BusinessWeek, November 6, 2008
Robinson, Walter, Artnet Design, Artnet Magazine, November 19, 2008
Schjeldahl, Peter, The Ten Best Art Shows of 2008, The New Yorker, December 12, 2008
Screen Test: Takashi Murakami, T Magazine – New York Times, Holiday 2008, http://video.nytimes.com/video/2008/12/04/style/tmagazine/1194834500282/screen-test-takashi-murakami.html [video]
Smith, Roberta, Art With Baggage in Tow, New York Times, April 4, 2008, p.B25, B30
Smith, Roberta, After a Capitalist W.P.A., What Next?, New York Times, December 19, 2008
Straker Hauser, Wendy, Jewelry designer Jill Heller is a designing woman, The New York Post, September 7, 2008
Suzuki, Fumiko, Why not go to LA? Crea Traveller, August 2008, p.66-67
Takashi Murakami’s Kaikai KiKi to Exhibit at Design Miami 2008, Artinfo, November 7, 2008
Trebay, Guy, This Is Not a Sidewalk Bag, New York Times, April 6, 2008, p.ST1, 12
Tully, Judd, Art Basel Sets Out at Orderly Sprint, ArtInfo, June 3, 2008
Velasco, David, Fair Enough, Artforum Diary, December 5, 2008
Vogel, Carol, At Art Basel, Old Names And Few Showstoppers, The New York Times, June 5, 2008, p.B1, B5
Vogel, Carol, Mixed Results for Contemporary Art Sale at Christie’s, New York Times, November 12, 2008
Vogel, Carol, Watch Out, Warhol, Here’s Japanese Shock Pop, New York Times, April 2, 2008, p.B1, B5
2007
Charlesworth, J.J., Takashi Murakami Something Like a Phenomenon, Art Review January 2007, p.62-67
Cohen, Edie, hip-hop and pop, Interior Design, August 2007, p.214-223
Drohojowska-Philp, ã Art, Artnet.com, November 9, 2007
Holmberg, Ryan, Takashi Murakami at Gagosian, Art In America, November 2007, p.207
Finkel, Jori, Dealers’ Money Nudges Museums, New York Times. November 18, 2007, p.AR1, 36
Katz, Dani. Resistance is Futile: How Takashi Murakami Remade the World in his Image. LA Weekly. October 29 – November 1, 2007. P.36-41
Knight, Christopher, Hello, creepy cutie, The Los Angeles Times, October 29, 2007, p.E1, E6
La Ferla, Ruth, The Artist’s Fall Collection, New York Times, November 8, 2007, p.E1, E5
Lee, Pamela M. Economies of Scale, Art Forum, October 2007, p.336-343
Lion, Lea, L.A. galleries pop with Japanese influence, The Los Angeles Times. November 22, 2007, The Guide, p.10
Lo, Danica and Raakhee Mirchandani, All decked out in art, New York Post, September 20, 2007, p.67
Maerkle, Andrew. Belly of the Beast. Art Asia Pacific. September/October 2007, p.132-139
Moore, Booth, Review: Show Stealers, The Los Angeles Times, October 28, 2007, p.11
Nakamura, Eric. Pop Life, Giant Robot, Issue 45 February, 2007, p.42-45
Nakamura, Eric. GEISAI Pride, Giant Robot Issue 45 February, 2007, p.46-49
Reynales, Trish. Culture: Molto Murakami. California Style. September 2007, p.57-60, 126
Rosenberg, Karen. At Fairs by the Beach, The Sands of Creativity, New York Times, December 8, 2007, p.A15, A19
Saltz, Jerry. Deal of No Deal. New York Magazine. June 4, 2007, p.70-71
Takashi Murakami Retrospective, Wallpaper, November 2007
Tshorn, Adam, A full plate, The Los Angeles Times, November 4, 2007
Tully, Judd. Master of the Universe. Art + Auction. October 2007, p.162-171, cover
Tumlir, Jan. Previews: Takashi Murakami. Art Forum. September 2007, p.176
Vogel, Carol. The Warhol of Japan Pours Ritual Tea in a Zen Moment. The New York Times. May 7, 2007: B1, B5
Wallace, Bruce, Superflat World, The Los Angeles Times, October 28, 2007, p.F1, F11
2006
Azimi, Roxana. Murakami, un cas sur le marché de l’art, Le Monde, October 22-23, 2006, p.22
Bei NY, Saiyūshū tēma shō: Murakami Takashi-san kikaku no “Litoru Bōi ni(‘NY, USA: Mr. Takashi Murakami’s “Little Boy” show wins best themed’), Asahi Shinbun, February 28, 2006, p.27
Bei: Besuto tenrankai: tēma bumon ni Murakami-san(‘America: Best exhibition, Murakami-san wins in the themed category’), Yomiuri Shinbun Yūkan, February 13, 2006, p.15
Bonacossa, Ilaria. Beyond Japanese Flatness (interview), Label, 2006, p.72-77
Boukobza, Julie. Takashi Murakami, L’Officiel de la Couture et de la Mode de Paris, November, 2006
Capuccine, Terrin. Mangamania, Madame Figaro, N.1120 2006, pg. 78
Clewing, Ulrich. So Wohnt Die Kunst, AD, June 2006: 129
Davis, Erik. Reviews: Ecstasy: In and About Altered States. Artforum, January 2006, pg. 215-216
Duponchelle, Valérie and De RocheBouet, Béatrice. La Fiac 2006, de retour au coeur de Paris a misé sur l’atout lumiere du Grand Palais, Le Figaro et vous., October 26, 2006, p.28-29
Geijutsu Senshō Bunka Daijin Shō(‘Educational Minister Rookie of the Year, Advancement of Art Award’), Asahi Shinbun, March 16, 2006, p.37
Génies, Bernard. Takashi Murakami – Ivre de peinture, Le Nouvel Observateur, October 26-November 1, 2006
Itoi, Kay. Murakami’s Guide to Success, Artnet.com, October 4, 2006
Itoi, Kay. Will Murakami move Geisai overseas?, The Art Newspaper, October 2006, p.51
Kamecki, Jerzy and Chihiro Ishida. Flattening the Walls, A4 Bazaar, 2006, p.80-81, 94-95
Kanai, Miki. Torino Toraienāre no dai-1shō(‘First chapter of the Torino Trienniale, Bijutsu Techō, February 1, 2006, p.154-155
Kawakami, Noriko. Torino koten wo dokusen repōto: Murakami Takashi no āto daiarī(‘Exclusive coverage of his Torino solo show: Takashi Murakami’s art diary’), Figaro Japon, January 5, 2006, 120-123
Kokon Tōsei no hyōgen wo jūsōka: Sabukaru wo junsui geijutsu ni hen’yō(‘Branching out from old and new, east and west: Transforming subculture into pure art’), Kyōdō Tsūshin, January 15, 2006
Murakami-san ni kunshō(‘An award for Mr. Murakami’), Yomitaimu, February 2006, p. 3 “Digital Contents of the Year ’05: Lifetime Achievement Award, japan.internet.com, January 24, 2006
Murakami Takashi-san ga kangaeru 21seiki no eko wa ragujuarī na bijinesu desu(‘Mr. Takashi Murakami’s vision of ecology in the 21st century is a luxury business’), GQ Japan, February 1, 2006, p.44-55
Other Side Andy Warhol, Eyes Cream, April 1, 2006
Paterson, Carrie. Group Shows: Ecstasy. Flash Art, January/February 2006, pg. 52
Robinson, Walter. Murakami, Impresario, Artnet.com, September 26, 2006
Rosenblum, Robert. Preview, Little Boy: The Arts of Japan's Exploding Subcultures, Artdaily.com, January 2006
Saisei, shinsei 1: Kawaii sekai ni kaze(‘Rebirth, New birth 1: New breeze in a cute world), Asahi Shinbun, January 1 2006, p.1
Taishū geijutsu wo sekai ni tou honyakusha de aritai Murakami-san(‘Mr. Murakami wants to be a translator who brings popular culture to the world’), Shūkan NY Seikatsu, February 11, 2006, p.4
Tretlack, Philippe. Monstres Sacres, ELLE, October 30, 2006
Ward, Ossian. Power 100: Five Years of Power In The Art World Art Review, November 2006: 135.
2005
Basilone, Steve. “From Japan, With Love.” LA Confidential (Fall 2005).
Coles, Alex. Design Art, Tate Publishing, London, 2005, cover, pg. 32-34
Colman, David. Deep Inside Japan’s Psyche, The New York Times, May 8, 2005, p.ST8
Darren, Ressler. Vision: Murakami, Big Shot, April 2005, p.20–23
Dollar, Steve. Japan, The Monster of Pop, Newsday, April 8, 2005, p.B4
Doraemon NY Jōriku(‘Doraemon arrives on NY’s shores’), Motto Doraemon, Spring 2005, p.16
Exhibition to See, Vogue Nippon, July 2005, p.51
Fujiwara, Ermi, Otaku’ o ‘bijutsu’ ni honyaku shituzketa boso no 14nenkan (14 Years Burning up the Road Translating ‘Otaku’ into ‘Art’), Bijutsu Techõ, July 2005, p.62-72
Getlein, Mark. Gilbert’s Living with Art, McGraw-Hill, New York, 2005
Gurewitsch, Matthew. Perpetual Adolescence as a Counterweight to History, The Wall Street Journal, April 7, 2005, p.D8
Ichikawa, Akiko. Kawaii & otaku wa sekai wo sukuu?(‘Cute and otaku will save the world?’), Harper’s Bazaar Japan, July 2005, p.32
Kiti = Nihon no poppu-karuchā ‘kawaii’ no toppu aikon(‘Kitty = Japan’s ‘kawaii’ pop culture’s top icon’), Ichigo Shinbun. May 10, 2005, p.3
Köhn, Stephan, Martina Schönbein. Harrassowitz Verlag. Facetten der japanischen Populär- und Mediekulur 1, Germany, 2005, p.5–36
Lieberman, Rhonda. Rising Sons, Artforum. April 10, 2005
Lubow, Arthur. The Murakami Method, The New York Times Magazine, April 3, 2005, p.48–57, 64, 76–79
Lytal, Benjamin. A Show for Fans of Culture, The New York Sun, April 7, p.17
Matsui, Midori, Murakami, Takashi ga, rekishiteki bunmyaku kara japanizu poppuato o hodokiakasu (Takashi Murakami Analyzes Japanese Pop Art from a Historical Context), Marie Claire Japan, August 2005, p.111
Miura, Ryōichi. Otaku bunka NY de sakuretsu (‘A burst of otaku culture in NY’), Shūkan New York Seikatsu, March 26, 2005, p.1
Miyamura, Noriko. Kiseru x Murakami Takashi: Ongaku to āto de yumemiru mirai(‘Kicell and Takashi Murakami: Dreaming of the future with music and art’), Switch, June 2005, p.94–97
Mori, Teruyo, An Exhibition on Japanese Pop Art Curated by Takashi Murakami, Spur, July 2005, p.35
Morikawa, Ichir. Jichōteki na ‘Nihon-zō’ to teiji(‘Presenting a self-deprecating image of Japan’), Mainichi Shinbun, May 23, 2005, p.6
Muchnic, Suzanne. Mind-bending visions. Los Angeles Times, October 2, 2005, pg. E34-E35
Murakami, Takashi. Datsuryoku ni yadoru geijutsu no chikara(‘The power of art that lies in letting go’), Asahi Shinbun Yūkan, May 16, 2005, p.4
Murakami, Takashi. Little Boy: The Arts of Japan’s Exploding Subculture, Japan Society, New York; Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 2005, p.72–73
Myers, Terry R. Little Boy Boom, Modern Painters, April 2005, p.54–59
Nakamura, Ryoko Maria. Vision of a ‘Superflat’ Future, Japan Times, April 13, 2005, p.11
Nakas, Kassandra, Kerber Verlag, Bielefeld and Staatsgalerie Stuttgart. Funny Cuts, Germany, 2005
NY de jōretsu kangei: Murakami Takashi Ritoru Bōi(‘Heated welcome for Takashi Murakami’s Little Boy in NY’), Shūkan Shinchō. May 19, 2005, p.40
Populence, Houston University Museum, Blaffer Gallery, Houston, TX, 2005, p.29, 38-9
Power 100: Who Really Matters in the Art World?, ArtReview, November 2005, pgs. 66-67
O-Hanashi: Litoru Bōi no kyurētā Murakami Takashi(‘Talk-corner: Little Boy’s curator Takashi Murakami’), Asahi Shinbun, April 15, 2005, p.1
Ray, Amber. Takashi Murakami is All the Rage, Metro, April 8–10, 2005, p.10
Rosenblum, Robert. Little Boy: The Arts of Japan’s Exploding Subculture, Artforum, January 2005, p.62
Schjeldahl, Peter. Critic's Notebook: Tokyo Pop, New Yorker, May 9, 2005, p.14
Smith, Roberta. From a Mushroom Cloud, a Burst of Art Reflecting Japan, The New York Times, April 8, 2005. p.B27,B31
Stevens, Mark. Toxic Cuteness: At the Japan Society’s ‘Little Boy,’ Hiroshima Leads Directly to Hello Kitty, New York Magazine. April 18, 2005, p.84
Sutton, Gloria. Ecstasy: In and About Altered States. MOCA The Contemporary, September-November 2005, p. 4-6
Takashi Murakami: Japan's Andy Warhol, The Week, April 29, 2005, p.23
Tomii, Reiko. Ritoru Bōi-ten: Murakami Takashi, isse-ichidai no yashinteki kikaku (‘Little Boy Exhibit: Takashi Murakami, Ambitious Project of a Lifetime’), Shin-bijutsu Shinbun, April 21, 2005, p.
20nin no Nihonjin’ ga, katatta ‘watashi no aikokushin (20 Japanese Recount what Patriotism Means to Them), GQ Japan, Aug., 2005, p.159
Vagheggi, Paolo. Takashi Murakami: Fumetti e moda arriva dal Giappone l'arte di stupire. La Repubblica , November 7, 2005, pg. 36,37
Vogel, Carol. The Murakami Influence, The New York Times, April 6, 2005, p.E1, 7
2004
Art is Good Business, Elle (Taiwan), September 2004, p.214–215
Asano, Masahiko. Āto to otaku no suteki na kaigō(‘A beautiful meeting of art and otaku’), Replicant, Summer 2004, p.108–115
Baque, Dominique. Pour un Nouvel Art Politique, Flammarion, Paris, France, 2004, p.66, 69–73
Bizio, Silvia, Barbara Casavecchia. 6 Chiavi per Entrare Nel Futuro, la Repubblica delle Donne, March 2004, p.145–154
Castroviejo, Julen Alvarez. Poku: The Japanese Influence, Lapiz, June 2004, p.34–45
Chang, Alexandra. Takeo Baba: Reinventing the Self, Art Asia Pacific, Winter 2004, p.30–32
Charlesworth, JJ. Under the influence, ArtReview, September 2004, p.30–31
Christie’s International Media Division. Takashi Murakami, Post-War and Contemporary Art: Evening Sale, November 10, 2004, p.200
Coatzee, Mark. Rubell Family Collection: Not Afraid, Phaidon, New York, NY, 2004
Deitch, Jeffrey, ed. Monument to Now: The Dakis Joannou Collection, DESTE Foundation for Contemporary Art, Athens, Greece, 2004
Deitz, Paula. Rice Patty in the Sky, The New York Times Magazine, March 7, 2004
Domela, Paul, Helen Tookey. International 04, Liverpool Biennial of Contemporary Art Ltd., Liverpool, UK, 2004
Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain, Larry Kazal (design). Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain, Paris, France, 2004
Fujimori, Nanami. Hontō ni yaritai no wa animēshon nandesu (‘What I really want to do is animation’), OCS News, February 27, 2004, p.2–3
Gardner, Belinda Grace. Blumenkind, Architektur & Wohnen, October–November 2004, p.46
Getlein, Mark, ed. Gilbert’s Living With Art, 7th Edition, McGraw-Hill, New York, NY, 2004, p.177–178
Hayser, Kitty. Superflat, Artforum, October 2004, p.129, 286
Inochi, Bjyutsutecho, July 2004, p.11, 12
Kachi wo tsutaeru waza wa aru ka(‘Is there a way to communicate value?’), Asahi Shinbun, March 7, 14, 21, 2004
Konpa, Naruhiro, Katsuo Mizuguchi, Takashi Murakami, Jeffrey Poe. Āto ga kōkoku sareta hi(‘The day art became an advertisement’), Kōkoku Hihyō, July 2004, p.125–138
Maneker, Marion. Early Bids, New York Magazine, May 10, 2004
McGee, Suzanne. Cool Art, Hot Prices, Barron’s, May 10, 2004
Mattick, Paul. Review: Takashi Murakami, Art in America, January 2004
Murakami, Takashi with photos by Shintaro Shiratori. SATOERI Ko2 Chan Project 2004, GQ Magazine Japan, July 2004, p.187–203
Murakami, Takashi (as told to Katy Siegel). On the Level, October 2004, p.155
Nihon no kao(‘The face of Japan’), Bungei Shunjū, May 2004
Ollman, Leah. Art that’s Instantly Gratifying, Los Angeles Times, May 28, 2004, p.E28
Ōshita, Kentarō. Rikitekkusu Taizen (‘Liquitex Creation Guide’), Bijutsu Shuppansha Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan, 2004, p.6–11
Patterson, Anders. Bubble or squeak?, ArtTactic, February 2004
PLOP: Recent Projects of the Public Art Fund, Merrell Publishers Limited, New York, NY 2004
Polsky, Richard. Art Market Guide 2004, Artnet, December 23, 2004
Powhida, Willam. The Colorful World of Takashi Murakami, The Antiquer, March 2004, p.34–35Prose, Francine. Tokyo Godfather, Black Book, Fall 2004, p.184–189
Schimmel, Paul. Best of 2004, Artforum, December 2004, p.168–169
Sensō ni shōsha wa inai(‘There are no victors in war’), Asahi Shinbun, January 27, 2004, p.27
Sheperd, John. Defining Moment: The Eye-Popping Work of Takashi Murakami brings New Airiness to Midtown Manhattan, March 2004
Siegel, Katy, Paul Mattick. Art Works: Money, Thames & Hudson, Inc. New York, 2004, p.12, 88, 150
Sirmans, Franklin. Between the Lines, Art Asia Pacific, Winter 2004, p.12
Sotheby’s Inc. Sotheby’s Contemporary Art/Afternoon, November 10, 2004, p.90
Terrell, Kenneth. Art That’s Seriously Cute, U.S. News, December 29–January 5, 2004
Thomas, Kelly Levine. The 10 Most Expensive Living Artists, ARTnews, May 2004, p.118
Von Ute, Thon. Angriff der Kulleraugen, Art Das Kunstmagazine, July 2004, p. 40–51
Wilson, Rebecca. Power 100: 10th, Takashi Murakami, ArtReview, November 2004, p.66
Yanagihara, Hanya. The Wonderful World of Murakami, Departures, September 2004, p.172–177, 202–203
2003
Adato, Allison, Ann Driscoll and Christian Storms. New York braces for an Alien Invasion, People, September 15, 2003, p.75–76
And It’s Not Even Christmas, The New York Times, September 10, 2003
Arnason, H.H., Peter Kalb, History of Modern Art, Prentice Hill, Inc., Upper Saddle River, NJ, 2003
Barker, Godfrey. Smile! Your Prices Have Just Gone Up, Art Review, July/August 2003, p.23–25
Bernard, Kate. Out on the Toon, Tatler, February 2003
Bonisteel, Sara. Factory Man, New York Gets its Second Wave of Murakami as the Japanese ‘Warhol’ transforms Rock Center, New York Resident, August 25, 2003, p.31
Budick, Ariella. Meet ‘Mr. Pointy’/You’ll find Takashi Murakami teasing you somewhere between high and low art, Newsday, September 21, 2003
Cameron, Dan. Beyond Tech: The Current Role of Painting, Supernova: Art of the 1990's from the Logan Collection, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and D.A.P./Distributed Art Publishers, Inc., New York, 2003, p.61–63
Clem, Chivas. Vuitton’s got a brand new bag, Time Out New York, May 1–8, 2003, p.61
Chen, Aric. Paste-Testing the New Wallpaper, The New York Times, February 13, 2003
Curiger, Bice. The Economy of Attention: Art and radical Thinking in Times of Strategic Consensus, The Parkett Series with Contemporary Artist, No. 69, December 2003, p.170–171
Ebony, David, Jane Harris, Frances Richard, Martha Schwendener, Sarah Valdez and Linda Yablonsky. CURVE: The Female Nude Now, Universe Publishing, New York, NY
Frederick, Jim. What’s Right with Japan, Time Japan, August 11, 2003
Frederick, Jim. Move Over, Andy Warhol, Time Magazine Japan, May 26, 2003, p.42–44
Friedman, Tom. Superflat Mongram, The New York Sun, May 1, 2003
Fujimori, Nanami. Honto ni yaritai no wa animeshon nandesu, OCS News, February 2003
Garry, Gregory. Making a Pointy, Flaunt Magazine, October 2003
Gardner, James. Eyeball on Rock Center, New York Post, September 17, 2003
Halle, Howard. Anime Kingdom, Time Out New York, September 18–25, 2003, p.22–23
Henry, Cla re. An Installation Full or Hot Air, Financial Times, September 17, 2003
Huckbody, Jaime. Shooting from the hip, I-D Magazine, February 2003, p.80–85
Howe, Jeff. The Two Faces of Takashi Murakami, Wired, November 2003, p.180–185
Johnson, Ken. O Enigma Perched on a Lotus Throne, What's on Your Mind?, The New York Times, September 26, 2003, p.B34
Johnson, Ken. Art in Review, The New York Times, May 2, 2003
Ima sekai wo nigiwasu, Tokyo no poppukarucha, Figaro Japon, September 23, 2003, p.220
Kageyama, Yuri. Japan's Andy Warhol, crosses art with the mart, Island Life, July 13, 2003
Kate Moss Design, W, September 2003, p.436–437, 453
Kelmachter, Helene. KaiKai Kiki and the Gods of Art, Cartier, Issue 6, 2003, p.82–85
Kim, Clara. Takashi Murakami, Supernova: Art of the 1990's from the Logan Collection, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and D.A.P./Distributed Art Publishers, Inc., New York, 2003, p.78–87
Kojima, Yayoi. Invitation, September 23, 2003, p.16
Griffin, Tim. Left Wanting, Artforum, September 2003, p.180-181, 246, 251
Kitagawa, Yujin (text) and Takashi Murakami (artwork). Keba Keba, KaiKai Kiki Co. Ltd., Asaka, Japan, 2003
Kojima, Yayoi. Frontview, Invitation, November 2003, p.16
La Ferla, Ruth. Front Row, The New York Times, April 8, 2003, p.C16
Maneker, Marion. The Giant Cartoon landing at Rockerfeller Center, The New York Times, August 24, 2003
Menkes, Suzy. Making a point, International Hearld Tribune, September 16, 2003
Muchnic, Suzanne. Newer art shows it has legs, The Los Angeles Times, May 19, 2003, p.E1, E11
Murakami Journal: In New York, Brutus, September 15, 2003, p.126–143
Murakami Mushroom Mania Rock Rock Center, Artnet, September 10, 2003
Nakamura, Marie-Pierre. Takashi Murakami, Art Actuel, November/December 2003, p.82
Nakamori, Yasufumi. Murakami Takashi no Kaigai SenruyakuKyoten was Yappari Nyuyoku ni, Bijutsu Techo, September 1, 2003, p.89
Odajima, Hitoshi. Ai wo fukkatsu saseru geijutsuka, Chuo Koron, October 2003, p.9–11 & cover
Peers, Alexandra. Hot Today, Cold Tomorrow?, The Wall Street Journal, November 17, 2003
Polsky, Richard. Art Market Guide 2003: Takashi Murakami, Artnet, October 11, 2003
Ratnam, Niru. Interview, I-D Magazine, February 2003, p.86–88
Rothbart, Daniel. The Floating Art World, NY Arts, September/October 2003, p.14–25
Siegal, Katy. Planet Murakami, ArtReview, Winter 2003, p.46–53
Siegel, Katy. Takashi Murakami, Artforum, Summer, 2003, pg.185
Silberman, Vanessa. Comic Imagery: No Laughing Matter for Today's Artists, Art Business News, p.46, 68
Shu, Tomiko. Anytime Reversed, Studio Voice, November 2003, p.17
Steinberg, Marc. Characterizing a new seriality: Murakami Takashi’s DOB project, Parachute, April 1, 2003
Stewart, Amy Smith. Contemporary, Issue 52, 2003, p.77
Takashi Murakami, The New Yorker, September 29, 2003
Venetsia kara EISAI e, Bijutsu Techo, September 9, 2003, p.89–94
Vogel, Carol. A New Friend for Mr. Pointy, The New York Times, September 12, 2003
Vogel, Carol. A Showcase Outdoors, The New York Times, May 23, 2003, p.E32
Ulmer, Brigitte, Der Star Des Kunst-Pop, Bolero, September 2003, p.44–47
When Takashi Met Marc, V, March/April 2003
2002
Aidin, Rose. Fashion Imitating Art, Telegraph Magazine, November 2002, p.50–53
Aidin, Rose. Tokyo Rising, Vogue (UK), November 2002, p.75–78
Brehm Margit. The Japanese Experience—Inevitable, Hatje Cantz Verlag, Ostfildern-Ruit, Germany, 2002
Bourbon, Aude de. Kawaii Murakami, Chronic Art, Summer 2002, p.65
Cazenave, Francois. Les Manga chez Cartier, Air France, June 2002, p.156
Denny, Ned. Cartoon Death, New Statesman, November 25, 2002
Friedman, Rebecca. Beau Monde: Toward a Redeemed Cosmopolitanism, Twelve trees Press, Santa Fe, NM, 2002
Firmin-Didob, Catherine. Une sous-culture qui s’assume, Telerama, August 2002, p.17–18
Goumarre, Laurent. La Violence du Joli, Tetu, July/August 2002, p.106–108
Hackworth, Nick. Disturbing Visit to ‘Toon Town,’ The Evening Standard (London, England), November 14, 2002
Higgs, Matthew. Reality Check, Painting in the Exploded Field, CCAC Wattis Institute for Contemporary Art, San Francisco, 2002
Hoptman, Laura. Drawing Now: Eight Proposition, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY 2002
Itoi, Kay. Japanese Generation Takes Off, Artnews, Summer 2002, p.90
Laubard, Charlotte. Strategic Fantasy, Technikart, July/August 2002, p.42–45
The Logan Collection: A Portrait of Our Times, 2002
Loyante, Benjamin. Ici Commence le Pays de M. Murakami, Connaisance des Arts, July/August 2002, p.18
KYOZON, Kamloops Art Gallery, British Columbia, Canada, 2002
Martin, Maia de. Delire Murakami et Planete Coloriage, Art Actuel, July/August 2002, p.15–18
Milroy, Sarah. Art Imitating Technology Imitating Life, The Globe and Mail, March 18, 2002
Nyssen, Francoise. Takashi Murakami: KaiKai KiKi, Editions Actes Sud, Arles, France, 2002
Peers, Alexandra. Art Journal: Takashi Murakami, November 8, 2002
Roberts, James. Magic Mushrooms, Frieze, October 2002, p.66–71
Runway Report, Harper's Bazaar, January 2003, p.29
Rosenblum, Robert. Takashi Murakami, Artforum, May 2002, p.80
Royce, Julia. Candy Pop, Elle (UK Edition), December 2002, p.59
Scott, Michael. Nuts, Bolts & Blood, The Vancouver Sun, February 7–14, 2002, Section D, p.6–7
Socha, Miles. Artistic License, W, December 2002, p.222
Sternberg, Claude. Y a d’ la joie!, Femme, June 2002, p.58–59
Vitamin P: New Perspectives in Painting, Phaidon Press, New York, NY, 2002
What Inspires You?: #20 Takashi Murakami, The Face, November 2002, p.190–194
2001
Abbe, Mary. Japanese Youth Culture Explodes in Walker Art Center Show, Star Tribune, July 20, 2001, p.F2
Albertini, Rosanna. Superflat, Art Press, May 2001, p.12–14
Artists without Borders, Brutus Japan, Special Murakami/Nara Issue, September 2001
Asano, Masahiko. Special Interview: Figures 4: S.M.pk02, Takashi Murakami: Summon Monsters? Open the Door? Heal? Or Die? Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo/Kaikaikiki Co., Ltd., Tokyo, August 2001, p.94–95
Beyer, Charles. Murakami’s Mad World, Gotham, March 2001, p.206–207
Cooper, Jacqueline. Superflat, New Art Examiner, September/October 2001, p.58–65
Corrigan, Susan. Biff! Bang! Pow! Japan Goes Pop, i-D Magazine, May 2001, p.106–110
Cotter, Holland. Carving a Pop Niche in Japan's Classical Tradition, The New York Times, June 24, 2001, Section 2, p.31–32
Darling, Michael. Plumbing the Depths of Superflatness, Art Journal, Spring 2001, p.76–89
Darling, Michael. past+present=future, Takashi Murakami: Summon Monsters? Open the Door? Heal? or Die?, The Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo /Kai kai kiki Co., Ltd., Tokyo, August 2001, p.64–71
Drohojowska-Philp, Hunter. Pop Go The Usual Boundaries, Los Angeles Times, January 14, 2001, p.4, 79–80
Fleming, Jeff. My Realty - Your Reality, My Reality-Contemporary Art and the Culture of Japanese Animation, Des Moines Art Center /Independent Curators International, 2001, p.15–40
Fogle, Douglas. The Trouble With Painting, Painting at the Edge of the World, The Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, p.9–25
Frank, Peter. Cultural Flatland, Art On Paper, March - April 2001, p.22
Fujitsu, Ryota. Superflat: Battle of America, Bijutsu Techo, April 2001, p.179–190
Fujiwara, Erimi. Artists Without Borders, Brutus (Japan), Special Murakami/Nara issue, September 2001, p.30–75, 122–129
Giono, Massimiliano. Skin Deep, Flash Art, May/June 2001, p.98-99
Gilma-Sevcik, Frantiska and Tim. Their Fantasy, Umelec, April 2001
Gilman-Sevcik, Frantiska and Tim. Post-Defeat Culture, Umelec, April 2001
Gopnik, Blake. A Declaration of Resplendence, The Washington Post, Sunday, July 22, 2001, p.G01
Gopnik, Blake. Twisted 'Toys': Takashi Murakami's Pop Art, The Washington Post, Sunday, July 15, 2001, p.G01
Grabner, Michelle. Painting at the Edge of the World, Frieze, June - August, 2001, p.116–117
Griffin, Tim. Pop Connection, Vogue, p.188
Hall, Emily. High and Low Culture Collapse in the Nicest Possible Way, The Stranger, November 2001, pg.14–15
Hageman, William. Installment Plan, Chicago Tribune, May 10, 2001, Section 5, p.5
Harvey, Doug. P.O.'d: On MOCA's ‘Public Offerings’, LA Weekly, May 11-17, 2001, p.50
Harvey, Doug. Superflat at Museum of Contemporary Art, Artissues, March/April 2001, p.53
Ianaconne, Carmine. Superflat, Frieze, Issue 60, June - August 2001, p.118
Ismail. Takashi Murakami: Acquired, Men’s Uno, December 2001, p.70–71
Itoi, Kay. Pop Goes the Artist, Newsweek, July-September 2001, p.86–87
Itoi, Kay. The Wizard of DOB, Artnews, March 2001, p.134–137
Itoi, Kay. Japan’s Year of Narakami, Artnet, October 2001
Johnson, Ken. The Innocent Yet Sinister Aspects of Japanese Animation, The New York Times, August 24, 2001, p.B30
Kaplan, Cheryl. Takashi Murakami: Lite Hapiness + The Super Flat, Flash Art, July-September 2001, p.94–97
Kasahara, Chiaki. “Superflat: Going to America,” Kokoku Hihyo, no. 247 (March 2001): 117-124
Kelsey, John. Takashi Murakami, Arttext, p.78
Knight, Christopher. Flat-Out Profound, Los Angeles Times, January 16, 2001, p.F1 & F7
Knight, Christopher. A World of Pleasures, Los Angeles Times, July 17, 2001, p.F1 & F10
Kurtz, Katie. Superflat, Art Access, December 2001/January 2002, p.12–13
Lefkowitz, David. Edgy: Painting at the Edge of the World at Walker Art Center, New Art Examiner, September/October 2001, p.66–71, 103
Marks, Peter. A Japanese Artist Goes Global, The New York Times, July 25, 2001, p.B1, B5
Matsui, Midori. Takashi Murakami, Public Offerings, Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles/Thames & Hudson, p.92–93
Matsui, Midori. Conversation Days: New Japanese Art Between 1991 and 1995, Public Offerings, Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles/ Thames & Hudson, p.230–247
Matsui, Midori. New Openings in Japanese Painting: Three Faces of Minority, Painting at the Edge of the World, The Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN, p.46–77
Minami, Yusuke. Takashi Murakami Strikes Back, Takashi Murakami: Summon Monsters? Open the Door? Heal? or Die?, The Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo/Kaikaikiki Co., Ltd., Tokyo, August 2001, p.58–63
Miyawaki, Shuichi. Special Interview: Figures 1, Takashi Murakami:Summon Monsters? Open the Door? Heal? or Die?, The Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo/Kaikaikiki Co., Ltd., Tokyo, August 2001, p.90–91
Muchnic, Suzanne. Ascent of the Early Risers, Los Angeles Times, April 1, 2001, p.4–5, 74–76
Murakami, Takashi. Impotence Culture - Anime, My Reality-Contemporary Art and the Culture of Japanese Animation, Des Moines Art Center/Independent Curators International, 2001, p.58–66
Murakami, Takashi. A Theory of Super Flat Japanese Art, Painting at the Edge of the World, The Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN p.187–205
Murakami, Takashi. Life as a Creator, Takashi Murakami: Summon Monsters? Open the Door? Heal? or Die?, The Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo/ Kai kai kiki Co., Ltd., Tokyo, August 2001, p.130–147
Murakami, Takashi. Making of Future Digest, The Making of Project ko2, Takashi Murakami: Summon Monsters? Open the Door? Heal? or Die?, The Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo/Kaikaikiki Co., Ltd., Tokyo, August 2001, p.88–89
Nakamura, Eric. The Year Otaku Broke, Art & Text, no. 73, May–July 2001, p.36–39
Nakamura, Eric. Superfly, Giant Robot, Issue 21, p.24–28 & cover
Pagel, David. Before Their Art Was Famous, Los Angeles Times, p.F1 & F8
Pagel, David. Takashi Murakami: Meet Japan's Pop Art Samurai, Interview, March 2001, p.188–191
Pardo, Patrick. Flat in Japan, NYArts, April 2001
Poli, Francesca. Let’s Entertain: Takashi Murakami, Tema Celeste, March-April 2001, p.54-59
Rainer, Randi and Phil Tinari. Made in Asia?, Duke University Museum of Art, North Carolina, 2001
Raverty, Dennis. Visions From a Sinking World: Japanese Anime at the Des Moines Art Center, New Art Examiner, September/October 2001, p.53–57
Richards, Frances. Takashi Murakami, Artforum, September 2001, p.192–93
Rubinstein, Raphael. In the Realm of the Superflat, Art in America, p.110–115 & cover
Scott, Andrea K. Mushroom, Time Out New York, p.53
Shinada, Fuyuki. Special Interview: Figures 5: S.M.pk02, MLC, Takashi Murakami: Summon Monsters? Open the Door? Heal? Or Die?, Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo/Kaikaikiki Co., Ltd., Tokyo, August 2001, p.96–97
Smith, Roberta. Takashi Murakami: Marianne Boesky Gallery, Grand Central Terminal, The New York Times, April 6, 2001, p.B36
Stevens, Lennox. Superfreaky!: Superflat, Entertainment Today, March 23–29, 2001, p.6
Special Feature: Takashi Murakami, Bijutsu Techo, November 2001, p.9–12
Swartley, Ariel. “For the Pop Culturati, Patterns That Say Cool, The New York Times, April 22, 2001, Sec. 2, p.37
Tumlir, Jan. Tenth Reunion, Artforum, February 2001
Walker, Hollis. Mr. Outside Becomes Mr. Inside - For Now, The Wall Street Journal, June 26, 2001
Wilson-Goldie, Kaelen. Takashi Muakami, Art & Auction, November 2001, p.121–122
Wilson-Goldie, Kaelen. Satellites, Black Book, Spring 2001, p.38
Wong, Martin. Super Duper Flat, Artbyte, June 2001, p.58–63
Working Proof, Art on Paper, July/August 2001
2000
Bates, Rob. A Different Toon, Smock, July 2000
Bensinger, Ken. Art & Money: The Gift That Might Start Giving, Wall Street Journal, December 22, 2000, p.C3
Bloemheuvel, Marente and Jaap Guldemond. Twisted, Stedelijk Van Abbenmuseum, Eindhoven, Rotterdam, 2000
Childhood Imagery from The Logan Collection, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, California, 2000
DiPietro, Monty. Seeing in the rain, Artnews, May 2000
Kertess, Klaus. Drawings 2000, Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York, NY, 2000
Matsui, Midori. Japanese Innovators, Flash Art, January/February 2000, p.90–91
Murakami, Takashi. A Theory of Super Flat Japanese Art, Superflat, Madra Publishing and Takashi Murakami, Tokyo, Japan, p.8–25
Murakami, Takashi. The Super Flat Manifesto, Superflat, Madra Publishing and Takashi Murakami, Tokyo, Japan, p.4–5
1999
Cruz, Amada. DOB in the Land of Otaku, Takashi Murakami: The Meaning of the Nonsense of the Meaning, Center for Curatorial Studies Museum, Bard College/Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, June 1999, p.14–19
Friis-Hansen, Dana. The Meaning of Murakami's Nonsense: About ‘Japan’ Itself, Takashi Murakami: The Meaning of the Nonsense of the Meaning, Center for Curatorial Studies Museum, Bard College/Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, June 1999, p.30–41
Fujimori, Manami. Bijutsu Techo, April 1999, p.133
Galloway, Munro. Expos/Reviews, Art Press, April 1999, p.72–73
Gomez, Edward M. The Fine Art of Biting Into Japanese Cuteness, The New York Times, July 18, 1999, p.33
Greene, David A. Exposure: Takashi Murakami, Spin, March 1999, p.64–65
Kimmelman, Michael. The Hudson Valley, Inside and Out: Center for Curatorial Studies Museum, The New York Times, July 30,1999
Kimmelmann, Michael. Art for Explorers Out past the Hubbub. The New York Times, 30 July 1999, pg. E33, E37
Knight, Christopher. New Times Give Survey a New Focus: The Carnegie International May No Longer Be a Pioneer, But There are Some Interesting Offerings, Los Angeles Times, November 15, 1999, p.F1, F6
Kusumi, Kiyoshi. Takashi Murakami, Bijutsu Techo, May 1999, p.125–142
Levin, Kim. Voice Choices: Takashi Murakami, The Village Voice, February 16, 1999, p.86
Linnemeyer, Christian. Po-ku die dekadente kunst, Intro, May 1999, p.18–19
Matsui, Midori. Toward a Definition of Tokyo Pop: The Classical Transgressions of Takashi Murakami, Takashi Murakami: The Meaning of the Nonsense of the Meaning, Center for Curatorial Studies Museum, Bard College/Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, June 1999, p.20–29
Pederson, Victoria. Reviews, Paper, February 1999
Pinchpeck, Daniel. A Montage of Photo Exhibitions, The Art Newspaper, February 1999
Rimanelli, David. Takashi Murakami, Bard Center for Curatorial Studies, Annandale-On-Hudson, New York, Artforum, November 1999, p.134–135
Saltz, Jerry. Imitation Warhol, Village Voice, August 31, 1999, p.65
Smith, Roberta. Takashi Murakami, The New York Times, February 5, 1999, p.B35
Shelley, Ward and Erik Bakke. Mob Rule Sculpture After Hanson, NY Arts, 1999, p.10–13
Takashi Murakami, Juxtopoz, January/February 1999
Works by Contemporary Asian Artists From the Logan Collection, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, California, 1999
Yehya, Naief. La estetica de la abundancia de Takashi Murakami, El Financiero, February 14, 1999
1998
Donai yanen! Et maintenant!: La creation contemporaine au Japon, Ecole nationale superieure des beaux-arts, Paris, September 1998, p.74–77
Darling, Michael. The Fire Hose Lariats of Takashi Murakami at Blum & Poe in Santa Monica, dART International, Fall 1998
design plex, December 1998, p.6–17
Friis-Hansen, Dana. Takashi Murakami, Grand Street, 65-Trouble, p.216–221
Goldberg, Itzhak. Art Et Humour, Beaux Arts, Number 171, August 1998
Gropp, Rose-Maria. Life in the perfect world of art, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, November 14, 1998
Hickey, Dave. The Best of 1998, Artforum, December 1998, p.94–95
i magazine, December 1998, p.14–25
Joyce, Julie. Star Blazers: new pop from Japan, Art Issues, September-October 1998, p.23–25
Madoff, Steven Henry. Pop Surrealism-exhibit at Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Artforum, October 1998
Matsui, Midori. Takashi Murakami, Index, November/December 1998
Molinari, Guido. Takashi Murakami, Flash Art, March - April 1998, p.106
Murakami, Takashi. POP+OTAKU+PO+KU, Big, 1998
Pagel, David. Reviews, Los Angeles Times, July 3, 1998, p.F26
Tumlir, Jan. Takashi Murakami at Blum & Poe, LA Weekly, July 17–23, 1998, p.61
50 Years of Japanese Lifestyle, Postwar Fashion & Design, 1998
1997
Japan Today, Kunst Fotografie Design, MAK - Austrian Museum of Applied Arts
Hara, Makiko. Contemporary Japanese Art: Young Artists, Consumer Culture and Internationalization, Parachute, October-December 1997
Pagel, David. Paintings in Midst of Generational Conflict, Los Angeles Times, August 1, 1997, p.F28
Matsui, Midori. Tokyo Pop, Flash Art, November/December 1997. P.110
Sawaragi, Noi. Takashi Murakami, World Art, Summer 1997, p.76
1996
Alleti, Vince and Kim Levin. Fair Game, Village Voice, May 21, 1996
Higa, Karen. Some Thoughts on National and Cultural Identity: Art by Contemporary Japanese and Japanese American Artists, Art Journal, Fall 1996
Ironic Fantasy: Another World by Five Contemporary Artists, The Miyagi Museum of Art, Japan, 1996
Matsui, Midori. The Second Asia-Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art Brisbane, Australia 1996
Odagiri, Hiroshi. Art or Not Art: That is the Question, Model Graphix, October 25, 1996
Sawaragi, Noi. Konnichiwa Mr. DOB!, World Art, Summer 1997, p.76
Shin, Masa. Vitamin Culture, DiBi DiBi Paper, April 1996
The 33rd 'Artists Today' Exhibition/Singularity in Plurality, Yokohama Civic Art Gallery, Yokohama City, Japan
1995
Kent, Sarah. Don’t look now…, Time Out New York, June 28–July 5, 1995
Larsen, Lars Bang. Japan Today, Flash Art, November/December 1995
Levin, Kim. Voices Choices, Village Voice, May 1995
Nanjo, Fumio, Dana Friis-Hansen, Akiko Miki, Yukie Kamiya, Anne Longnecker Dodds and Yoko Miyahara. Transculture, La Biennale di Venezia 1995, June 11–September 4, 1995, Palazzo Giustinian Lolin [Fondazione Levi]
Nilsson, Hakan. Japan Art Today at Louisiana, Material, Autumn 1995
O’Hara, Gail. Buying Japanese: Dreamy things come in shapely packages, Time Out New York, October 4–11, 1995
1994
Artnews, November 1994
Kent, Sarah. Don't look now..., La Biennale di Venezia, 1994
Bellars, Peter. If you can't beat 'em, Asahi Evening News, July 17, 1994
Friis-Hansen, Dana. Portrait of the Young Japanese Artist as a Fanatic, SCAI The Bathhouse, NICAF Art Fair
Lest We Forget: On Nostalgia. Stephen Benedict (ed.), The Gallery at Takashimaya, New York, 1994
Matsui, Midori. TAKASHI MURAKAMI: Which is Tomorrow—Fall in Love, Masami Shiraishi Contemporary Art Inc., Japan, 1994
Munroe, Alexandra. Hinomaru Illumination: Japanese Art of the 1990’s, Japanese Art After 1945: Scream Against the Sky, Harry N. Abrams, Inc., New York, 1994
1993
Blum, Timothy and Jon Kessler. Made in Japan: Otaku: Home Alone, Documents, February 1993, p.31–36
1992
Friis-Hansen, Dana. The Japan Times Weekly, March 7, 1992
Friis-Hansen, Dana. Japan Today: Empire of the Goods, Young Japanese Artists and the Commodity Culture, Flash Art, March/April 1992, p.78–81
Fujiwara, Erimi. Takashi Murakami Conceptual Art of the New Generation, JA, March 1992
Sawaragi, Noi and Fumio Nanjo. Japan Today: Dangerously Cute, Flash Art, March/April 1992, p.75–77
Yoshikawa, Yoshio, Yukako Yoshikawa. Katachi, no. 20, Spring 1992
Projects and Collaborations
Comme des Garçons
Issey Miyake
Kanye West
Lammfrom
Louis Vuitton
Lucien Pellat-Finet
Hiroshi Fujiwara
Pharrell Williams
T-shirt
Supreme Skateboard
Vogue Nippon
Public Collections
Center for Curatorial Studies Museum, Bard College, NY
Contemporary Art Museum, Kanazawa, Japan
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
Museum of Fine Arts Boston
Museum of Modern Art, New York
Pinchuk Art Centre, Kiev, Ukraine
Samsung Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Queensland Museum, Brisbane, Australia
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis
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