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Jun Kitazawa was born in Tokyo in 1988. He completed his doctoral program at Tokyo University of the Arts. He is a director of Jun Kitazawa Office Yakumo LLC, Tokyo, and Studio Belimbing in Yogyakarta.Currently, Kitazawa is a guest lecturer at the Department of Anthropology, Gajah Mada University.
As an artist, Kitazawa is also frequently involved in various fieldwork, in and outside Japan. His main concern is to build an imagined society by presenting process-based work as an artistic approach. His projects often involve people from diverse backgrounds as collaborative partners. In 2019 he initiated the NOWHERE OASIS project by bringing ‘angkringan’ (mobile food stalls that can be found all over the city of Yogyakarta) to Tokyo and making them appear all over the city. The angkringan were filled with Indonesians living in Japan.To them, the streets of Tokyo seem to like spaces that lack freedom. The project created a time when 'Oasis is Now here' in a society where 'Oasis is Nowhere’.


Studies

2016    Japan Foundation Asia Center fellowship, Indonesia
2015    The Elam International Artist in Residence Program, New Zealand
2015    Graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts, Japan (PhD)
2013    Institute for Public Art researcher, China
2012    Graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts, Japan(MFA)
2010    Graduated from Tsukuba University, Japan(BFA)

Awards

2016        Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia 2016 Art section
2014        Good Design Award 2014 – My Town Market
2014        Kids Design Award 2014 – School After School Club
2014        Eco Japan Cup 2014 (Culture Category, Eco Art), Grand Prize – Living Room
2012        Ibaraki Design Selection 2012 – School After School Club

Project

        《FRAGILE GIFT》 ongoing            
2020            《YOU ARE ME》Nara city, Nara prefecture, Japan
2019            《NOWHERE OASIS》Tokyo, Japan / Yogyakarta, Indonesia
2019            《LOST TERMINAL》Towada City, Aomori, Japan
2018 -          《MOMENTARY MUSEUM》Jakarta, Indonesia / Shiga, Japan
2018            《FIVE LEGS in Ueno park》Ueno park, Tokyo, Japan
2018            《MEMORIAL WAGON CONTEST》Jakarta, Indonesia
2018            《FRAGMENTS PASSAGE―Osusowake Yokocho》Ueno, Tokyo
2018            《NEIGHBOR'S LAND》Yokohama, Kanagawa
2018            《FIVE LEGS in Ginza》Ginza, Tokyo
2017            《BIRDCAGE OF THE EARTH》Semarang, Indonesia
2017            《IDEAL HOME CONTEST》Jakarta, Indonesia
2016            《LIVNG ROOM in Kujiragaoka》Hitachi Ota city, Ibaraki
2015            《LIVNG ROOM in Izumicho》Mito city, Ibaraki
2015            《UNREAL CITY ESTATE》Auckland, New Zealand
2015            《AFTER FIVE GOVERNMENT》Kunitachi, Tokyo
2014 -          《FULL MOON DINING》Sanagochi Village, Tokushima
2014            《SUN SELF HOTEL in Nanjichang》Taipei, Taiwan
2013            《LIVNG ROOM in Sakaemachi-ichiba》Naha, Okinawa
2013 - 2015 《TIME TRAVEL MUSEUM》Maizuru, Kyoto
2013            《SUN SELF HOTEL Roppongi-showroom》Minato-ku, Tokyo
2013 -          《LIVNG ROOM in Takanosu》Kitaakita, Akita
2012 - 2017 《SUN SELF HOTEL in Ino Estate》Toride, Ibaraki
2011 -          《SCHOOL AFTER SCHOOL CLUB》Hamada Elementary School, Mito, Ibaraki
2011            《HOMEWORK OF FAMILY CIRCLE in Asakusa 2011》Taito-ku, Tokyo
2011            《SCHOOL AFTER SCHOOL CLUB》Yokohama, Kanagawa
2011            《LIVNG ROOM in Nepal》Kathmandu, Nepal
2011 - 2014 《MY TOWN MARKET》Shinchi, Fukushima
2011            《SCHOOL OF SKY》Thimphu, Kingdom of Bhutan
2010 - 2011 《SCHOOL AFTER SCHOOL CLUB》Mito, Ibaraki pref.
2010            《HOMEWORK OF FAMILY CIRCLE in Asakusa 2010》Taito-ku, Tokyo
2010            《LIVNG ROOM in Ryogoku Honmachi》Tokushima city, Tokushima
2010            《WALKING TOWN》Tokushima city, Tokushima
2010 - 2015 《LIVNG ROOM in Kitamoto Estate》Kitamoto, Saitama
2009 - 2010 《HISTORY of NEW CITIZENS IN CHILDREN'S HOUSE》Nerima-ku, Tokyo
2009            《FLOATING ISLAND》Shinanogawa waterfront, Niigata
2008            《HAMLET IN THE HOSPITAL》Tsukuba city, Ibaraki
2008            《KITAZAWA BARTER SHOP》Ryotsu, Sado city,  Niigata prefecture
2006            《TAYUTAU HATA NAYUTA》Sado ferry Okesa Maru

Exhibition

2021 「Am I Alone?」Online Exhibition
2020 「NANDUR SRAWUNG # 7」Taman Budaya Yogyakarta
2020     Nara city Art Project Kotohogunara 2019-2020
2019     Biennale Jogja XV 19, Fringe program 
2019     Festival / Tokyo 19
2019     Stranger Than Fiction— Taking creation beyond location, Towada Art Center
2019     Tokidoki : Japan and Indonesia, Borderless Art Museum NO-MA
2019     Amenity Forum 2019, Biwa-lake Prince Hotel
2018     Tokidoki : Japanese Art brut in Indonesia, Indonesia National Gallery
2018     UENOYES Ballon Days
2018     BENTO – Design for Eating, Gathering and Communicating, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum  
2018     YCC Temporary JUN KITAZAWA, YCC Yokohama Creative city Center
2017     Seeds of Memory: Japanese Artists in Yogyakarta, Langgeng Art Foundation
2016     Kenpoku Art 2016
2015     Cafe in Mito R, Art Tower Mito Contemporary Art Gallery
2014      Romantic Geography, 3331Arts Chiyoda,Tokyo/ TKG+Projects,Taipei
2012      Artist and the Disaster - Documentation in Progress -, Art Tower Mito
2012       Commuity Specific Study, Koganecho Bazaar 2012
2011       Social Dive – Exploratory Imagination-, 3331 Arts Chiyoda
2009       Water and Land Art Festival 2009