Shin MORIKITA
Castaway, 2015
Biography
Born in 1969 in Aichi Prefecture, Japan.
1992: B.F.A. in Sculpture, Aichi University of the Arts
Currently lives and works in Tajimi, Gifu Prefecture.
Selected Solo Exhibitions
1998: Can’t touch house and home, Hakudosha, Nagoya
2000: Everything Beyond the Window is a Lie, Nagakute Cultural Center, Nagakute, Aichi
2000: recent works, Hakudosha, Nagoya
2002: in the room, Mixed Media, Shizuoka
2003: House on the Hill, Hakudosha, Nagoya
2004: a colony, Hakudosha, Nagoya
2005: 6 by 9, Hakudosha, Nagoya
2006: raw life, Hakudosha, Nagoya
2007: nowhere man, Hakudosha, Nagoya
2008: anyway…the world is changing, Hakudosha, Nagoya
2010: ghost hunter ”anyway…the world is not changing”, Hakudosha, Nagoya
2010: containers with rhythm, Matsumoto City Museum of Art, Matsumoto, Nagano
2015: in my life, Galerie Momogusa, Tajimi, Gifu
2017: so alone, Kenji Taki Gallery, Tokyo
2017: A person you can see from far away – Shin Morikita: Paintings and Sculptures, Towada Art Center, Towada, Aomori
2022: a human being, gareco, Nagoya
2022: Tiny Works, Galerie Momogusa, Tajimi, Gifu
2023: Half Moon, Kenji Taki Gallery, Nagoya
Selected Group Exhibitions
1994: Sign of a Neighbor, Aichi Arts Center Art Space X, Nagoya
1995: Two-person Exhibition (Hiroshi Sugito, Shin Morikita), Kenji Taki Gallery, Nagoya
1998: Innocent Minds, Aichi Arts Center, Nagoya
2001: Contemporary Art 2001 NAGOYA, Nagoya Citizens’ Gallery Yada, Nagoya
2003: Positions in Contemporary Art 2003: A New Wind Blowing Through, Nagoya City Art Museum, Nagoya
2004: Please Make a Human, Nagoya Citizens’ Gallery Yada, Nagoya
2005: Very Very Human, Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, Toyota, Aichi
2006: Merry House, Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art, Nagoya
2007: City_net Asia 2007, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, South Korea
2008: aim (art in mino) ’08: Growing from the Earth, Various locations in Tajimi, Mizunami, and Toki, Gifu
2009: In the Little Playground: Hitsuda Nobuya and his students (Aichi Triennale 2010 Pre-event), Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art, Nagoya
2009: Kami: Silence and Action – Contemporary Japanese Art, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden (Dresden State Art Collections), Dresden, Germany
2009: 126 POLAROID – Farewell Encounters, Yokohama Museum of Art, Art Gallery, Yokohama
2011: New Ceramics Declaration, Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, Toyota, Aichi
2015: Otherworld – Tir na nOg Gallery Opening Commemorative Special Group Exhibition, Tir na nOg Gallery, Tokyo
2016: Aichi Triennale 2016 Homo Faber: A Rainbow Caravan, Aichi Arts Center, Nagoya, and other venues
2019: Aichi Art Chronicle 1919-2019, Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art, Nagoya
2020: Moon and House (Kimio Tsuchiya / Shin Morikita Two-person Exhibition), Toyota Municipal Museum of Art Gallery, Toyota, Aichi
2020: smokes in the clouds (on hold), The Tower Hotel Nagoya, Nagoya
2021: 2021, Kenji Taki Gallery, Nagoya
2022: With the Silence of the Moon as a Friend, Tir na nOg Gallery, Tokyo
Public Collections
Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, Aichi
Towada Art Center, Aomori
Silpakorn University, Thailand
Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden (Dresden State Art Collections), Germany
Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art, Nagoya
Awards
2008: Ishida Foundation Art Encouragement Prize
2009: FY2008 Aichi Prefecture Arts and Culture Prize, Cultural Newcomer Prize
2009: FY2008 Nagoya City Art Award, Art Encouragement Prize