KOUICHI OKAMOTO

KOUICHI OKAMOTO

1997年よりオランダのテクノレーベル"X-Trax"より音源をリリース。2006年共栄デザインを設立。同年静岡県立美術館にて個展「TWO DAYS & FOUR PRODUCTS」を開催。2010年には、イスラエルMuseum Holonのオープニング・エキシビション「state of things」に選出。2010〜2011年にブラジルで開催されたコンテンポラリーカルチャー「NOVA」の100人のアーティストに選出され、同年San Francisco Museum of Modern Artにてglass tankがパーマネントコレクションに選ばれる。2012年には東京銀座のPOLA MUSEUM ANNEXにて個展を開催。同年、ロンドンのV&A museumにてmusical table、lighting chairを展示、ライヴパフォーマンスを行う。2011、2013年、E&Yとブリティッシュカウンシルが共催した日英デザイン展 "Mark-ing"に参加する。2014年には再びV&A Museumにてmagnetic field recordを展示。 2018年にはアウトドアブランドFIELD RECORDを展開するなど、アートと音楽、デザインを横断するアーティストとして活動している。

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Okamoto has been releasing his sounds on the Dutch techno label "X-Trax" since 1997. He founded Kyouei design in 2006. In same year he held his first solo exhibition called "TWO DAYS & FOUR PRODUCTS" at the Shizuoka Prefectural Museum of Art. In 2010, the water clock was elected to the exhibition of Design Museum Holon (Israel) "the state of things" design and the 21st century. He is elected as an artist of the project called "100 artists of contemporary culture NOVA" held in Brazil 2010-2011. "Glass Tank" has been selected to be part of a permanent collection for the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.2011. 2012.04-06. His solo exhibition "switch" was held at POLA MUSEUM ANNEX in Ginza, Tokyo. In same year Musical Table and Lightning Chair were exhibited, and did live performance at V&A museum in London. He elected an exhibition "Mark-ing" was organized by E&Y and British Council in 2011 and 2013. In 2014, Magnetic Field Record was exhibited at V&A Museum during the London Design Festival. He established a new outdoor gear brand "FIELD RECORD" in 2018. Since then he works as a designer whose practice integrates his other activities as an artist.

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