Yoshinori NIWA

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Purchasing a Rice Ball at Convenience Stores for 24 Hours Purchasing a Rice Ball at Convenience Stores for 24 Hours
Requesting People in Taiwan Who I Met by Chance To Declare if They Die, Taiwan Will Disappear Requesting People in Taiwan Who I Met by Chance To Declare if They Die, Taiwan Will Disappear
Cleaning a Poster During the Election Period Until It Is No Longer Legible Cleaning a Poster During the Election Period Until It Is No Longer Legible
Living in Someone's Possessions Living in Someone's Possessions
Providing Standing Guards by Refugees Providing Standing Guards by Refugees
Refund Items I Have Not Purchased Refund Items I Have Not Purchased
Narrating Our Possessions Narrating Our Possessions
Applauding the Products Applauding the Products
Sending an Invoice to the Museum in Moscow Sending an Invoice to the Museum in Moscow
Rebroadcasting of the Japanese Language Radio Program in Sri Lanka Rebroadcasting of the Japanese Language Radio Program in Sri Lanka
Withdrawing Adolf Hitler from a Private Space(2020–21) Withdrawing Adolf Hitler from a Private Space(2020–21)
Releasing Euro Banknotes into the Danube River and Looking for them as Lost Items in the Countries Downstream Releasing Euro Banknotes into the Danube River and Looking for them as Lost Items in the Countries Downstream
Reporting Breaking News From Other Side of the World Reporting Breaking News From Other Side of the World
Forcing People to Speak About What They Don’t Understand(2020) Forcing People to Speak About What They Don’t Understand(2020)
Immigrants Are Guarding This Country Immigrants Are Guarding This Country
Manifesting a Newspaper(2020) Manifesting a Newspaper(2020)
Burning Blood Burning Blood
Manifesting Pee Manifesting Pee
Manifesting a Newspaper(2019) Manifesting a Newspaper(2019)
Hypnotising Land Ownership Hypnotising Land Ownership
Having Someone's Birthday Party Having Someone's Birthday Party
We Unanimously Agree on a Plan That Nobody Has Asked For We Unanimously Agree on a Plan That Nobody Has Asked For
Borrowing Money for 2000 Years Borrowing Money for 2000 Years
Expecting That the Future That I Am Expecting Is Not Coming Expecting That the Future That I Am Expecting Is Not Coming
Purchasing Trash with the Company’s Budget Purchasing Trash with the Company’s Budget
Unavoidable Work in Order to Keep Us Alive Unavoidable Work in Order to Keep Us Alive
Withdrawing Adolf Hitler from a Private Space Withdrawing Adolf Hitler from a Private Space
Immigrating to Immigration Immigrating to Immigration
Pricing Own Belongings at the Market Pricing Own Belongings at the Market
Requesting the Prime Minister for a Wink During His Speech Requesting the Prime Minister for a Wink During His Speech
Abolition of Private Property System Abolition of Private Property System
Towards a Beautiful Country Towards a Beautiful Country
Resending postcards sent during the Cold War to the intended recipients Resending postcards sent during the Cold War to the intended recipients
Forcing People to Speak About What They Don't Understand Forcing People to Speak About What They Don't Understand
The Community We Must Have ImaginedThe Community We Must Have Imagined
Paying a Courtesy Call on the Incumbent Mayor by all His Predecessors in HistoryPaying a Courtesy Call on the Incumbent Mayor by all His Predecessors in History
We’re heading to the place where nobody wants to go by the will of allWe’re heading to the place where nobody wants to go by the will of all
The Younger Ones Educate The Older OnesThe Younger Ones Educate The Older Ones
Giving name to people who haven’t existGiving name to people who haven’t exist
Re-recording radio broadcast announcing acceptance of the Potsdam DeclarationRe-recording radio broadcast announcing acceptance of the Potsdam Declaration
Embroidering Names on Shirts, Names of Machine Operators ThemselvesEmbroidering Names on Shirts, Names of Machine Operators Themselves
Cheering Sakae Osugi at his birthplaceCheering Sakae Osugi at his birthplace
88 suggestions88 suggestions
Selling the Right to Name a Pile of GarbageSelling the Right to Name a Pile of Garbage
Transferring All Your Bank Deposits to the Person Behind You in a Line at a Bank ATM MachineTransferring All Your Bank Deposits to the Person Behind You in a Line at a Bank ATM Machine
Asking Taiwanese to sing national anthem of Republic of China while listening national anthem of People’s Republic of ChinaAsking Taiwanese to sing national anthem of Republic of China while listening national anthem of People’s Republic of China
Requesting people in Taiwan who I met by chance to declare if they die, Taiwan will disappearRequesting people in Taiwan who I met by chance to declare if they die, Taiwan will disappear
Walking through the sites of terrorism : a walk proposed by Yoshinori NiwaWalking through the sites of terrorism : a walk proposed by Yoshinori Niwa
If it’s undoubtedly a 10 peso coin for me, but it’s undoubtedly a 1000 peso bill for him, what does a revolutionary movement mean for me?If it’s undoubtedly a 10 peso coin for me, but it’s undoubtedly a 1000 peso bill for him, what does a revolutionary movement mean for me?
Donating Money to People in Manila Without Being NoticedDonating Money to People in Manila Without Being Noticed
Making a Political Speech Intentionally Translated With a Different MeaningMaking a Political Speech Intentionally Translated With a Different Meaning
Proposing to Hold Up Karl Marx to the Japanese Communist PartyProposing to Hold Up Karl Marx to the Japanese Communist Party
Celebrating Karl Marx’s birthday with the Japanese Communist PartyCelebrating Karl Marx’s birthday with the Japanese Communist Party
Marching from the Prime Minister's Office to the Top of Mt. Fuji in DemonstrationMarching from the Prime Minister's Office to the Top of Mt. Fuji in Demonstration
Transporting Puddle A to Puddle B(2012)Transporting Puddle A to Puddle
Replicating and Distributing the Key of My HomeReplicating and Distributing the Key of My Home
Sweeping Trash to the Front of Prime Minister’s OfficeSweeping Trash to the Front of Prime Minister’s Office
Holding the Policeman in Front of the Diet BuildingHolding the Policeman in Front of the Diet Building
Marching from the Prime Minister’s Office to the Top of Mt. Fuji in Demonstration(Installation)Marching from the Prime Minister’s Office to the Top of Mt. Fuji in Demonstration
Depositing All the Money in My Pocket on the StreetDepositing All the Money in My Pocket on the Street
Looking for Vladimir Lenin at Moscow ApartmentsLooking for Vladimir Lenin at Moscow Apartments
De-mo-ne Neon SignDe-mo-ne Neon Sign
Relocating the National Diet Building to a disaster-stricken areaRelocating the National Diet Building to a disaster-stricken area
Applauding Bears in BerneApplauding Bears in Berne
Walk in the Opposite Direction of a Demonstration ParadeWalk in the Opposite Direction of a Demonstration Parade
Exchanging between Turkish Lire and Euros in Istanbul Until there is Nothing LeftExchanging between Turkish Lire and Euros in Istanbul Until there is Nothing Left
Piling Rocks from the Seabed on the Summit of Mount Hakkouda Piling Rocks from the Seabed on the Summit of Mount Hakkouda
Taking Group Photos in Pusan with No Purpose, then Joining the Commemorative Photos of Strangers Taking Group Photos in Pusan with No Purpose, then Joining the Commemorative Photos of Strangers
Hesitating Neon SignHesitating Neon Sign, 2011
Purchasing My Own Belongings Again in the DowntownPurchasing My Own Belongings Again in the Downtown
Tossing socialists in the air in RomaniaTossing socialists in the air in Romania
Permitting Neon SignPermitting Neon Sign
A bear goes to the zoo to see bearsA bear goes to the zoo to see bears
Re-weaving crow’s nest at gallery’s ceilingRe-weaving crow’s nest at gallery’s ceiling
Communicating with thievesCommunicating with thieves
For my friends who cannot decide marriage with each other yet, I hold a wedding at 2 am midnight under a streetlightFor my friends who cannot decide marriage with each other yet, I hold a wedding at 2 am midnight under a streetlight
Nonsense group photograph with 76 peopleNonsense group photograph with 76 people
Make Tama Art University PIKAPIKAPIKAMake Tama Art University PIKAPIKAPIKA
I buy your breath for 1RMB and I sell you someone’s breath for 1RMBI buy your breath for 1RMB and I sell you someone’s breath for 1RMB
A memory with vegetableA memory with vegetable
Shaking hands with 100 cats in NorwayShaking hands with 100 cats in Norway
Going to San Francisco to dispose of my garbageGoing to San Francisco to dispose of my garbage
Yankee chicken farmYankee chicken farm
Transporting puddle A to puddle BTransporting puddle A to puddle B


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Ongoing/Upcoming exhibitions:
 Group show: T2 Collection ”Collecting? Connecting?”
WHAT MUSEUM, Tokyo, JAPAN
4 October 2024–16 March 2025

Biennale: 2024 Asian Art Biennial—How to Hold Your Breath
National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung, TAIWAN
16th November 2024–2nd March 2025

Micro Salon
CADAN YURAKUCHO, Tokyo
11—29 December 2024


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Yoshinori NIWA
Contact studio in Vienna, Austria
niwa@niwa-staff.org


Galleries:
Edel Assanti
1B Little Titchfield Street
London W1W 7BU
United Kingdom
art@edelassanti.com
+44 207 637 8537
http://www.edelassanti.com/


Satoko Oe Contemporary
3-18-8 Shirakawa, Koto
Tokyo 135-0021, JAPAN
info@satokooe.com
+81 3 5809 9517
http://satokooe.com/


GALERIE ZIMMERMANN KRATOCHWILL
Opernring 7
8010 Graz
Austria
office@zimmermann-kratochwill.com
+43 316 82 37 540
http://www.zimmermann-kratochwill.com/