Takashi Murakami (japonieraz: 村上 隆, Murakami Takashi?, Itabashi, 1962)
Japoniako artista garaikide bat da. Arte ederrak lantzen ditu (hala nola, pintura eta eskultura), baita merkataritzaren munduan ere sortzen ditu produktuak (hala nola moda, merkantziak, eta animazioa) eta batzuen eta besteen arteko mugak lausotzen apropos saiatzen da.
Nihonga pintura japoniar tradizionalean trebatu zen, usadiozko teknika eta gai japoniarretan arreta jartzen duen estiloan, eta Tokioko Arte Eder eta Musika Unibertsitate Nazionalean doktoregoa lortu zuen 1983an. 1980ko hamarkadaren amaieratik nabarmendu den neo pop japoniarraren belaunaldiko artista da. Haren lanetan jaioterriko egungo herri-kulturaren osagaiak erabili arren, esaterako, animea (animazioa) eta manga (komikia), ez ditu alde batera utzi usadio japoniarrekoak eta besteak beste honako hauek erabiltzen ditu: budismoaren ikonografia, XII. mendeko pintura-bilkariak, zen pinturak eta XVIII. mendeko Edo garaiko pintura bitxia delakoa[1].
Murakamiren lanek arte jasoaren eta herri-kulturaren arteko beste erlazio bat sortzen dute, eta bere kontzeptuan artea ekonomiaren parte da. Eta bere artea zabaltzeko, enpresa bat darabil hain zuzen, Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd., honakoak egiteko: merchandisin produktuen kate-ekoizpena, animazio-filmen produkzioa, eta hainbat enpresek eskatzen dizkioten diseinuak, adibidez, Louis Vuitton etxeak eskatutakoak.
1989
- Exhibition L'Espoir: Takashi Murakami, Galerie Ginza Surugadai, Tokyo
- New Works, Café Tiens!, Tokyo
1991
- Art Gallery at Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, Tokyo
- Galerie Aoi, Osaka-
- One Night Exhibition, August 23 Röntgen Kunst Institut, Tokyo
- I Am Against Being For It Galerie Aries, Tokyo
1993
- A Very Merry Unbirthday!, Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Hiroshima.
- Gallery Nasubi, Tokyo
- A Romantic Evening, Gallery Cellar, Nagoya.
- Wild Wild, Röntgen Kunst Institut, Tokyo
- NICAF'92, Shirashi Contemporary Art Inc., Yokohama.
1994
- Fujisan, Gallery Koto, Okayama.
- Which is tomorrow? - Fall in love -, SCAI The Bathhouse, Shiraishi Contemporary Art, Inc., Tokyo
- Azami Kikyo, Ominaeshi, Gallery Aoi, Osaka.
- A Romantic Evening, Gallery Cellar, Nagoya.
1995
- Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, Paris
- NIJI (Rainbow), Gallery Koto, Okayama.
- Crasy Z, SCAI The Bathhouse, Tokyo
- Mr. Doomsday Balloon, Yngtingagatan 1, Estokolmo, Suedia
1996
- 727, Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo
- 727, Aoi Gallery Osaka.
- Feature Inc., New York
- Gavin Brown's Enterprise, New York
- Galerie Koto, Okayama.
- Konnichiwa, Mr. DOB, Kirin Art Plaza, Osaka.
- A Very Merry Unbirthday, To You, To Me!, Ginza Komatsu, Tokyo
1997
- Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, Paris
- Blum & Poe Gallery, Santa Monica, Kalifornia.
- Galerie Koto, Okayama.
- The Other Side of a Flash of Light, HAP Art Space, Hiroshima.
1998
- Hiropon Project KoKo_Pity Sakurako Jet Airplane Nos. 1-6, Feature Inc., New York.
- Back Beat : Super Flat, Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo
- My Lonesome Cowboy, Blum & Poe Gallery, Santa Monica, Kalifornia.
- Moreover, DOB raises his hand, Sagacho bis, Tokyo
1999
- DOB in the strange forest, Nagoya Parco Gallery.
- Patron, Marunuma Art Park Gallery, Japonia.
- Second Mission PROJECT KO2, Hiropon Factory, Japonia.
- Dob's Adventures in Wonderland, Parco Gallery, Tokyo
- The Meaning of the Nonsense of the Meaning, Center for Curatorial Studies Museum, Bart College, New York
- Superflat, Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York
- Love & DOB, Gallery KOTO, Okayama.
2000
- 727 Blum & Poe Gallery, Santa Monica, AEB.
- Second mission Project KO2, P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, New York
- Kaikai Kiki: Superflat, Issey Miyake for Men, Tokyo
2001
- Wink, Grand Central Station, New York
- Mushroom, Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York
- KaiKai KiKi, Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, Paris
- Summon monsters? open the door? heal? or die?, Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, Tokyo
- Takashi Murakami: Made in Japan, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, AEB.
2002
- Kawaii, Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain, Paris; Serpentine Gallery, Londres.
2003
- Superflat Monogram, Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, Paris
- Superflat Monogram, Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York
- Double Helix Reversal, Rockefeller Center, New York
2004
- Funny Cuts, Stuttgart Museum of Art, Stuttgart, Alemania
- Takashi Murakami: Inochi, Blum & Poe Gallery, New York
2005
- Opening of Gallery Extension, Galerie Perrotin, Paris
- Little Boy: The Arts of Japan's Exploding Pop Culture, Japan Society, New York
- Outdoor Banner Installation, Public Art Fund, New York
2006
- The Pressure Point of Painting, Galerie Perrotin, Paris
2007
2008
- Davy Jone’s Tear, Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, AEB.
- ©Murakami, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY; Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt, Alemania,.
- Prints, "My First Art Series", Kaikai Kiki Gallery, Tokyo
2009
- I Love Prints and So I Make Them, ARKI Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
- I Love Prints and So I Make Them, Kaikai Kiki Gallery, Tokyo
- Takashi Murakami Paints Self Portraits, Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, Paris
- ©Murakami, Guggenheim Bilbao Museoa, Bilbo, Euskal Herria.
2010
- Solo Exhibition, Gagosian Gallery, Erroma.
- MURAKAMI VERSAILLES, Palace of Versailles, Versailles, Frantzia,
2011
- Beyond Limits, Chatsworth, Ingalaterra,
- Homage to Yves Klein, Galerie Perrotin, Paris
- A History of Editions, Galerie Perrotin, Paris
- Solo Exhibition, Gagosian Gallery, Londres.
2012
- Ego, ALRIWAQ Doha Exhibition Space, Qatar.
2013
- Arhat, Blum & Poe, Culver City, AEB.
- Jelly Fish Eyes International Premiere: Anime Film, Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), Los Angeles.
2014
- Deconstruction & Postmodernism - Session I, DOP Foundation, Caracas, Venezuela, January 2014 - March 2014
2015-2016
- The 500 Arhats, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo [2]
2017-2018
- Murakami by Murakami, Astrup Fearnley Museet, Oslo, Norvegia.
- The Octopus Eats Its Own Leg, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, AEB.
- Under the Radiation Falls, Garage Museum of Contemporary Art, Mosku.
- The Octopus Eats Its Own Leg, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, Kanada.