Born in 1976 in Tokushima, Japan, lives and works in Berlin.
She holds a MFA from the Akademie der Bildenden Künste in Munich under Markus Oehlen as well as a Bachelor from the Musashino Art University in Tokyo. She has exhibited in Berlin, Munich and Istanbul among others and has been given a grant by the Japanese agency of cultural affairs (Bunkacho) in order to pursue a residency at the ISCP in New York following shortly after this exhibition. Motoko Dobashi’s work can be found in the collections of Ernst & Young, the Pinakothek der Moderne and the Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus in Munich. In 2014 she made an installation at Bon Marché for the event L'entrée sur l'art contemporain, organised by Slick Art Fair, Paris.
Motoko Dobashi
Born in 1976 in Tokushima, Japan
Lives and works in Berlin and Munich
RESIDENCIES and AWARDS
| 2011 - 2012 | Résidency, ISCP, New York Emerging artists overseas study programme of Bunkacho, Agency of Cultural affairs culturelles of the Japanese Government |
| 2009 | Sponsorship Award by the town of Munich |
| 2006 | Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst, STIBET, sholarship |
| 2005 | Kunstverein Hildesheim, résidency and scholarship Bayerisches Staatsministerium für ausländische Studierende, sholarship, Munich |
COLLECTIONS
Staatliche Grafische Sammlung, Munich
Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich
Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich
Sammlung Südhausbau, Munich
Erzbischöfliches Ordinariat, Munich
Ernst & Young Collection
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
| 2011 | galerie laurent mueller, Pulp, Paris |
| 2009 | Galerie Dina4 Projekte, Turm aus Stroh, Munich Lullin + Ferrari, The Outfielder, Zurich |
| 2008 | Art Forum, Zukunftsruinen, Berlin magatzems, mybus, Valencia |
| 2007 | Galerie Dina4 Projekte, Grasspillow, Munich Germankunst, Sea Breeze, Hamburg |
| 2006 | Minisalon, Ionized Dreams, Munich |
GROUP EXHIBITIONS (SELECTION)
| 2013 | Gallery Lullin + Ferrari, Variety 2, Zurich Schloss Agathenburg, Fabulanten.Skitzländer.Wunderblöcke., Hamburg curated by par Sabine Mila Kunz |
| 2012 | C24 Gallery, Becoming: worlds in flux, New York curated by Melissa Keys Teylers Museum, Met andere ogen, Harlem |
| 2011 | GEBRÜDER, Heilekunst II, Munich Exchange Art Projects, art.homes, Munich Schau Fenster, Die Linie überschreiten, Berlin curated by Florian Müller-Klug galerie laurent mueller, nach Strich und Faden, Paris thedrawinglab, nach Strich und Faden, Berlin |
| 2010 | Exchange Art Project, Art.Homes, Istanbul CDAProjects, Hans&Helga, curated by Marcus Graf, Istanbul Chopsticks, Maschinenballet, Hong Kong Tokyo Wonder Site, Deep Dig Dug, Tokyo Patrick Heide Contemporary Art, Facebook, London |
| 2009 | Lullin+Ferrari, Diamonds and Pearls, Zurich Hotel Mariandl, Zimmerfrei, projet, Munich thedrawinglab/Galerie Baer, Facebook, Berlin/Dresden Diözesanmuseum, Paradies, Freising |
| 2008 | Galerie Rautenstrauch, Wintersalon, Francfurt thedrawinglab, I can watch my thought evolving, Berlin Kunstarkaden, Grauzone, Munich Künstlerhaus Bethanien, nevertheless, Berlin Lenbachhaus, Favoriten 08, Munich La Fabrika, most, Prag Galerie Dina4 Projekte, Linie 08, Munich Kunsthalle Faust, schön schön, Hannover atelier berlin, Unterholz, Berlin |
| 2007 | atelier berlin, sub sub net city, Berlin Kunstzentrum, Deep in the Forest, Mitterteich Konsortium, moonwalking, Dusseldorf Galerie Noah, die Landung, curated by Markus Oehlen, Augsburg doppel-de, out of the haze, project room, Dresden |
| 2006 | Kunstakademie Karlsruhe, Dem Affen Zucker geben, Klasse Dorner, Karlsruhe White Club, multiplier, Association pour l'art, Salzburg Siemens Sanat, Invisible Landscapes, Istanbul Luisenstrasse, Die Welt ist nicht komplett, Munich ALM, Warm Winter Resort, Munich |
| 2005 | Kunstverein Hildesheim, Turmgäste, Hildesheim MPPZ, Mehrpersonenprivatzoo, Munich |
| 2004 | raum500, kabumm!, Munich |
PUBLICATIONS
2011 RISING Young artists to keep an eye on!, Salié, O. ed. Cologne : Daab Books
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ARÁKHNÊ
2011
ARÁKHNÊ : de fil en aiguille dans le dessinCarola Bark, Matthias Beckmann, James Brooks, Jeongmoon Choi, Matali Crasset, Valérie Dantas Mota, Motoko Dobashi, Lionel Esteve, Etienne de Fleurieu, Corinne Laroche, Rainier Lericolais, Matthias Männer, Michaela Melián, Roland Stratmann, Christof Zwiener.Edition de 500 exemplairesAnglaisAvec des textes de Verena Bader et Laurent MüllerPrix : 5,- eurosDe fil en aiguille dans le dessin
Carola Bark, Matthias Beckmann, James Brooks, Jeongmoon Choi, Matali Crasset, Valérie Dantas Mota, Motoko Dobashi, Lionel Esteve, Etienne de Fleurieu, Corinne Laroche, Rainier Lericolais, Matthias Männer, Michaela Melián, Roland Stratmann, Christof Zwiener.
Édition de 500 exemplaires
Anglais
Avec des textes de Verena Bader et Laurent Müller
Prix : 5,- euros -
Pulp
2012
Motoko Dobashi
Du 15 novembre 2011 au 28 janvier 2012
Edition de 500 exemplaires
Français
Avec un texte de Fanny Drugeon
Prix : 5,- Euros
ISBN 979-10-90674-02-8
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THE OFFICE OF GRAVITATIONAL DOCUMENTS #FAX
Adam Ball, James Brooks, Jeongmoon Choi, Valérie Dantas Mota, Laurence De Leersnyder, Motoko Dobashi, Mischa Kuball, Corinne Laroche, Roland Stratmann, A Constructed World, Dominique Blais, Rada Boukova, Jérôme Boutterin, Hugo Brégeau, Angélique Buisson, Jean-Baptiste Carobolante, Collectif 1.0.3, Christopher Cook, Alain Declercq, Anne Deguelle, Raphael Denis, Fayen d'Evie, Julie C. Fortier, Mathieu Gargam, Nora Hansen, Mikko Kuorinki, Quentin Lannes, Ronan Le Creurer, Marie & Jean François Caro Lécrivain, Gabriel Léger, Magali Daniaux & Cédric Pigot, Rodrigo Matheus, Géraldine Py, Nathalie Regard, DJ Roberts, Greg Rook, David Ryan, Michael Schultze, The Big Conversation Space, Camille & Adrine Guillet Tsvetoukhine, Fabien Vallos
From March 12, 2015 to March 25, 2015 -
S.U.D
Motoko Dobashi
From January 8, 2015 to February 28, 2015 -
Pulp
Motoko Dobashi
From November 15, 2011 to January 28, 2012 -
ARÁKHNÊ
James Brooks, Jeongmoon Choi, Valérie Dantas Mota, Motoko Dobashi, Corinne Laroche, Roland Stratmann, Carola Bark, Matthias Beckmann, Matali Crasset, Etienne De Fleurieu, Lionel Esteve, Rainier Lericolais, Matthias Männer, Michaela Melián, Christof Zwiener
From March 15, 2011 to May 12, 2011
1 / 8 -
Bogen#3 - 2009.
Oil and acrylic on canvas,
(110 x 80 cm)
Oil and acrylic on canvas,
(110 x 80 cm)