biography

ENDO Ryuta

1960

Born in Yamanashi, Japan
Currently : lives and works in Tokyo, Japan

1984

Graduated from Musashino Art University, Department of Painting , Japan

1986

Completed Master’s Program at Tama Art University, Japan

2000-2003

Assistant Professor at Musashino Art University,Japan

2003-

Professor at Musashino Art University,Japan

2008Apr.-2009Mar.

The researcher, École nationale supérieure des arts visuels de La Cambre,Belgium

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2008

-Physica+sensus-, Kobo, Tokyo,Japan

2007

-Physica/sensus-GALLERY ECHO, Yamanashi Prefectural Museum of Art, Japan

2006

-Physica/sensus-, Kobo, Tokyo,Japan(selected Excellent work of year by Agency for Cultural Affairs, Japan)

2004

-Dissolving boundary-, Kobo, Tokyo,Japan

2001

-Transition period-, Kobo, Tokyo,Japan

1998

-Vessel/body-, Kobo, Tokyo,Japan

1995

-Zagaru-, Kobo, Tokyo,Japan

1994

Ryuta Endo Exhibition ,Epreuve d’artist Grafiekgalerie, Antwerpen, Belgium
Heian Gallery,Kyoto,Japan
Gallery Hosaka,Yamanashi,Japan

1993

Gallery Centerpoint,Tokyo,Japan
Gallery Fukuyama,Tokyo,Japan

1991

Gallery K,Tokyo,Japan

1989

Gallery Yamaguchi,Tokyo,Japan

Selected Group Exhibitions

2008

The triangle of PRINTMAKING,Museo National de Imprensa,Porto/Amsterdams Grapisch
Atelier/Nagasaki Pease Museum
Junichi Okamoto x Ryta Endo,Kobo kaidanshita,Tokyo,Japan

2007

Contrifugal:Ideas from different cultures in print, FAB Gallery, University of Alberta, Canada
Show Me Thai , Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo

2007

Qualia of Projection,Performance-Record-Body-Drawing-Transcription / Print,Musashino Art University Museum & library, Tokyo

2006

Centrifugal Seven-ideas from different cultures in print, Court Gallery Kunitachi, Tokyo
INKLANDIA international print exhibition, East Gallery, Rueff Galleries, Yue-Kong Pao Hall of
Visual and Performing Arts, Purdue University, U.S.A
Global Matrix II, Purdue University Galleries, U.S.A

2005

Current of the Contemporary Prints, Machida City Museum of Graphic Arts, Japan

2004

III Biennial Argentina de Grafica Latinoamericana, Muestras pre-Bienal, Grafica Japanesa Museo Nacional del Grabado, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Sublime Present-International Aspects of Contemporary Print and Art Education, Musashino Art University Museum & library, Tokyo

2003

Poland-Japan, Exhibit in International Print Triennial Krakow 2003, Centre of Japanese Art and Technology Manggha, Poland
Contemporary Bulgarian Print and Japan, Diversity of Representation, Yamanashi Prefectural Museum of Art,Japan

2001

International Activities of Print Artists from Yamanashi, Minami-Alps Shunsen Museum of Art, Yamanashi, Japan
Corps a Corps, The Centre de la Gravure et de l’Image imprimee, La Louviere, Belgique

2000

Intergrafia 2000 Katowice, World Winners Gallery, Poland
Y2K International Exhibition of Prints, Gallery of National Taiwan Arts Education Institute, Taiwan

1999

Litografia Argentina Contemporanea Cuarta Edicion , Museo Nacional del Grabado , Museo Eduardo Sivori, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Lines of Sight – tactility, tracks and territory, Musashino Art University Museum & Library, Tokyo

1998

Gravures contemporaines du Japon:De Markten, Brussels, Belgium

1997

International Biennial of Drawing and Graphic Art, GYOR, Hungary (“The vessel / body” Honorable Mention Prize)

1994

Papier als middelpunt, hanga washi, Alden Biesen, Belgium
Seoul International Print Biennale, Min Cultural Center, Seoul, Korea

1993

International Biennial of Graphic Art, Ljubljana, Slovenia

1992

EUROAMERICANA DE GRABADO 3/92, A Coruna, Spanish
60th Exhibition of the Japan print Association (“The ecdysis-III” Awarded The Prize)

1990

Contemporary Prints Show 1990, Shoto Museum of Art, Tokyo
12th Japan Emba Art Competition (“Transfiguration-a ritual body” The New Artist Prize)
Kochi International triennial exhibition of prints, Ino-cho Paper Museum, Kochi, Japan
4th Yamanashi Prefecture Selection Artists Biennial Exhibition (“Transfiguration-a ritual body” The Museum Prize)

1988

10th Japan Emba Art Competition (“Process of Transfer-X” The New Artist Prize)

1987

55th Exhibition of the Japan print Association (“Process of Transfer-V” 2nd Prize)

1986

16th International Art Exhibition, Japan (“Process of Transfer-VI” The Bridgestone Museum Prize)
Cracow International Print Biennial, Triennial, Poland (also in ’88 ’91 ’97 ’06)

1985

International Biennial Print Exhibition, ROC, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taiwan

Selected Collections

Agency for Cultural Affairs, Japan
Bridgestone Museum, Japan
Machida City Museum of Graphic Arts, Japan
Minami-Alps Shunsen Museum of Art, Japan
Modern Art Museum of Saku-city, Japan
Musashino Art University Museum & Library, Japan
Yamanashi Prefecture Museum of Art, Japan
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Australia
Gyor Museum, Hungary
Centre of Japanese Art and Technology Manggha, Poland
Kaliningrad Art Gallery, Russia
FAB Gallery, University of Alberta, Canada
Museo Nacional del Grabado, Buenos Aires, Argentina
The Centre de la Gravure et de l’Image imprimee, La Louviere, Belgique