Biography
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*2016 ** Sep 28 - Stage Collaboration with Dries Van Noten 2017 S/S Women's collection, using original artwork "Iced Flowers" ** Sep 20-25 - Installation, "Botanical sculpture" for FUJIFILM's booth at Photokina, Cologne, Germany ** Aug 27 - Sep 25 - Art Installation, "Drop Time" at the Mass in Jingumae, Tokyo ** Jun 21 - Art Installation, "Burning Flowers" at an Old Rock Quarry Site in Tochigi, Japan ** May 16–29 – Art Collaboration, “FENDI FLOWERLAND” at Selfridges & Co, London ** Apr 9-10 – Exhibition, Botanical Sculpture #6 Dynamite at AMFC, Tokyo ** Apr – Botanical installation live, “PALM TREE x ALGIERS” ** Mar 25 - Apr 17 – Art Collaboration, “FENDI FLOWERLAND” at FENDI GINZA, Tokyo ** Mar 17 – May 9 – Exhibition, Human l Nature curated by Andrew Zuckerman #5 capsule at CHAMBER, NYC ** Mar 9-15 – Art Collaboration, “FENDI FLOWERLAND” at Isetan Shinjuku, Tokyo ** Feb 19-21 – Exhibition, “Botanical Sculpture Polypore” at AMFC, Tokyo ** Jan 25-30 – Art installation, “PETAL BOX” at Colette, Paris *2015 ** Dec – Art direction, “Flower Universe” for Planetarium at Haneda international airport, Tokyo ** Nov – Installation, “Fur Tree” for FENDI Ginza pop-up store, Tokyo ** Nov – Exhibition, “Azuma Makoto Exposition”, Lambersart, France ** Nov – Installation for Christmas table of Royal Copenhagen “Silent forest”, Tokyo ** Oct – Exhibition, ”Shiki : Landscape and Beyond”, Dallas ** Oct – Art product, “Paludarium OSAMU” in CHAMBER NYC, NY ** Sep – Art/Visual direction, Book of Pierre Herme ”SATINE” ** Jul – Exhibition, “Blue Flower Rebellion”, Saga ** Mar – Publication, “ENCYCLOPEDIA OF FLOWERS ll” released from Seigensha ** Feb 13 – Art project “DAGAT & BULAKLAK”, in Philippines ** Jan 10-11 – Exhibition, “ICED FLOWERS”, Saitama *2014 ** Jul – Art project “EXOBIOTANICA”, in the Black Rock Desert in Nevada ** Jul – Popup shop “Floral shop AMKK” at the POOL aoyama, Minamiaoyama, Tokyo ** Jun – Publication, “Flower Method Azuma Makoto” released from Bijutsu Shuppan ** Jun – Installation of the entire floor for the opening ceremony at Toranomon Hills, Tokyo ** May – Botanical Installation x live concert “The Lost Eden” for Dragon-i, Hong Kong ** Apr – Special installation for Salvatore Ferragamo, at Isetan Shinjuku, Tokyo ** Mar – Stage design for NHK Special 4 nights series “Adventure of Human body, the microscopic world” ** Mar – Installation for the renewal opening of the fifth floor at Isetan Shinjuku, Tokyo ** Mar – Second installment of Installation live “shiki x hakata cycos”, at the ex-pit for Ōya stone, Tochigi ** Mar – Collaboration work with artist, Aya Takano “Shuen no mori, soshite hajimari (Forest of the end, and the beginning)” at Kaikaikiki Gallery, Motoazabu, Tokyo ** Mar – Flower visual work for Dries van Noten “Inspirations” exhibition at Les Arts Décoratifs, Paris ** Jan – Permanent exhibition of “Timeless pine” for an entrance of the office in Roppongi, Tokyo *2013 ** Dec – Installation, “The world’s smallest ice skate link” (in forest), Maison Hermès, Ginza ** Dec – Ongoing installation for 6 months “Botanical Sculpture#6 Dance”, Hotel entrance, Shinjuku, Tokyo ** Nov – 30th anniversary installation, “Bottle Flower tree”, Imperial Hotel, Tokyo ** Oct – Public art installation, art fair “Abierto Mexicano Dedisano”, Mexico ** Sep – Flower installation, Pierre Herme Paris new collection presentation, Tokyo ** Sep – Flower installation, Pierre Herme Paris new collection presentation, Hong Kong ** Aug – Botanical installation, “Botanical Ashtray”, Daikanyama T-SITE, Tokyo ** Aug – 1st permanent botanical installation, “Cocoon”, Fukushimameisei High School, Fukushima ** Jul − “Encyclopedia of Flowers” selected for ”50BOOKS 50COVERS” at design competition in the United States ** May −Botanical installation live “shiki×Naturopolis-Tokyo”, live house, Roppongi, Tokyo ** May – Flower installation for the special party at Galerie Perrotin, Hong Kong ** Apr – Exhibition in collaboration with the jewelry brand BOUCHERON, Roppongi Hills, Tokyo ** Apr – Vegetation and design objet chief director, Roppongi Hills 10th anniversary decoration, Roppongi Hills, Tokyo ** Mar – Installation “Collapsible leaves”, Isetan Shinjuku Grand Opening, entire floor, ** Mar – Art exhibition “Paludarium Shigelu”, Broached Gallery, Melbourne, Australia ** Mar – Vegetation director, “HOUSE VISION 2013 Tokyo Exhibition”, Aomi, Tokyo ** Mar – Publication, “Flower and I”(Kyuryudo) released ** Nov – Window display “Toki no niwa – Jardin du Temps –“, Maison Hermès, Ginza, Tokyo *2012 ** Oct – Released compilation book “Encyclopedia of Flowers” English version (Lars Müller Publishers). ** Sep – Art Exhibition as a part of Perrier-Jouët Belle Epoque Florale Edition launch for a month, São Paulo, Brazil ** Aug – Installation live “shiki-toe” at a warehouse in Kiba, Tokyo ** Jul – Released compilation book “Encyclopedia of Flowers” (Seigensha). ** Jul – Collaboration, “Belle Epoque Florale Edition” with Perrier-Jouët ** Apr – Art Exhibition, Original artwork of “LADY DIOR AS SEEN BY”, Ginza, Tokyo ** Apr – Art Exhibition at “Luminale2012”, Frankfurt, Germany ** Mar 11 – Apr 15 – Art Exhibition, “Time of moss” at “DESIGNING DESIGN“, Zendai Contemporary Art Space, Shanghai ** Feb – Creative Director, SUNTORY Midorie (Urban ecological development project) *2011 ** Nov - Stage production, live performance “Hana to Mizu” (Naruyoshi Kikuchi & Hiroshi Minami) Tokyo ** Nov – Publication, “2009 – 2011 Flowers” collection of artwork book released, Tokyo ** Oct – Art Installation, Cassina ixc. (Interior) Aoyama, Tokyo ** Oct – Art collaboration, fashion brand HELMUT LANG featuring “MAKOTO AZUMA#2”, Tokyo ** Oct – Art Exhibition, “Collapsible leaves” at gallery GYRE EYE OF GYRE, Tokyo ** Aug – Art Exhibition, “Botanical Sculpture #3 lump” at gallery void+, Tokyo ** Jun – Art Exhibition, “Time of moss” at Beijing Center for the Arts, China ** May – Art video work, “Drop time” ** May – Art collaboration, fashion brand HELMUT LANG featuring “MAKOTO AZUMA”, Tokyo ** Feb – Art Exhibition, ”shiki × bulb” at Triennale Design Museum, Milan *2010 ** Dec – Art Exhibition, ”shiki × bulb” at IMPOSSIBLE PROJECT SPACE, Tokyo ** Nov – Art Exhibition, ”Alter Nature” at art center Z33, Belgium ** Aug – Art Production, Landscape Design at boutique Valveat81, Tokyo. ** Aug – Art Exhibition, “Frozen Flower” at gallery void+, Tokyo. ** Aug – Launched Azuma Makoto Gardening Club ** Jul – Art Production, ”BOTANICA ” mobile concept, KDDI (mobile communication), Tokyo ** Jun – Art Exhibition, ”TOKYO FIBER SENSEWARE” at Design Museum Holon, Israel ** May – Art Exhibition, ”Shiki1”, at Shanghai EXPO Japan industrial pavilion, Shanghai ** Apr – Publication, monthly free paper “AMNP: Azuma Makoto News Paper” ** Mar – Art Produce, ”Fashion In Nature“ at Galerie Michel Rein, Paris ** Feb – Art Exhibition, “armored pine” at POLA Museum Annex, Tokyo ** Feb – Art Installation, “Botanical Signboard” (advertisement) at MAZDA Zoom-Zoom stadium, Hiroshima *2009 ** Dec – Art Exhibition, “Bridge of Plants” at ARK Hills, Tokyo ** Oct – Art Production & Exhibition, produced flower vase “hand vase”, Tokyo ** Oct – Art Exhibition, “adidas Originals ” (fashion/sports collaboration), Tokyo ** Sep – Art Exhibition, “TOKYO FIBER ’09 SENSEWARE” at 21_21 DESIGN SIGHT, Tokyo ** Jul – Plants Installation, “Naoshima Sento I♥Yu”, at Naoshima public bath, Kagawa ** May – Art Exhibition, “Daido Moriyama ‘Kiroku” on the road collaboration with 8 creators”, Tokyo ** May – Art Exhibition, “Distortion × Flowers” GYRE EYE OF GYRE, Tokyo ** Apr – Art Exhibition, “TOKYO FIBER ’09 SENSEWARE”, Triennale Design Museum, Milano ** Mar – Art Exhibition, ”Azuma Makoto ’AMPG vol.25’” at Gallery Mitsubishi Artium (IMS), Fukuoka *2008 ** Oct – Art Exhibition, “2nd nature” at 21_21 DESIGN SIGHT, Tokyo ** Jul – Art Exhibition, “BOTANICA(×)” at NRW Forum, Germany *2007 ** Apr – Art Exhibition, ”SHIRO NO KI” at Maison Martin Margiera, Tokyo ** Apr – Art Exhibition, opened private gallery “AMPG” for two years in Tokyo *2006 ** Nov – Art Performance, “Kehai” for ”Les Soirees Nomades” (Cartier), Paris ** Mar – Art Exhibition at gallery Mitsubishi-Jisho Artium (IMS), Fukuoka *2005 ** Dec – Art Exhibition at Sony building in Ginza, Tokyo ** Dec – Art Exhibition, Christmas window display at popular select shop, colette in Paris ** Nov – Art Exhibition, first collection outside Japan in Tribeca, New YorkSelected works
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