Suchan Kinoshita

Suchan Kinoshita
スーチャン・キノシタ
Born
Susanne Margarethe Erika Kinoshita

(1960-11-09) November 9, 1960
Tokyo, Japan
Alma materHochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln
Jan van Eyck Academie
MovementVisual artist
AwardsPrix de Rome (Netherlands)

Suchan Kinoshita (スーチャン・キノシタ), (born November 9, 1960) is a German-Japanese visual artist. Her mixed personal and artistic background has heavily influenced her work.

Early life and education

Kinoshita was born November 9, 1960 in Tokyo and grew up in Japan with a German mother and a Japanese father.[1] She studied at the Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln (Cologne Academy for Music and Dance) from 1981-1985 and the Jan van Eyck Academie in Maastricht from 1998-1990. In Cologne she was taught by the contemporary composer Maurizio Fagel.[2][3]

Career

From 1983 to 1992 she was associated with the Theater am Mariënplatz in Krefeld, where she acted, directed her own plays, and made props.[1] From 1988 to 1990 she studied at the Jan van Eyck Academy in Maastricht and taught a postgraduate study program. In the early 1990s she emerged as a visual artist with the exhibitions De Fabriek, in Eindhoven and Open für N in Krefeld.[1] In 1994-1995 she participated int the PS1 exhibition at New York's at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA). Kinoshita returned to Maastricht to teach in the postgraduate program at the Jan van Eyck Academy.[1] She lives and works in Brussels and Münster, teaching painting at the Münster Academy of Art since 2006, where she is also deputy headmaster.[2][4][5]

Work and themes

Kinoshita's work is displayed in many public and private collections, including: Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam; Bonnefanten Museum, Maastricht; de Vleeshal, Middelburg; Museum Het Domein, Sittard; Chisenhale Gallery, London; Musée d’Art Contemporain, Lyon; Museum of Contemporary Art, Antwerp; and Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Ghent.[6]

Kinoshita grew up between two different cultures and trained in various artistic disciplines. Her work blends elements from her background in experimental music and theater. With her performances and installations, almost all of which are distinctly interdisciplinary, Kinoshita presents the everyday in a different form.[5][7] Kinoshita herself refers to this as "inbetween."[8][9] The various themes from her varied background can readily be seen in her oeuvre.[10]

In addition to many solo exhibitions, Suchan Kinoshita has participated in more than 90 international group exhibitions

Solo exhibitions (selection)

Year Name Location
2023
Architektonische Psychodramen (Architectural psychodramas)
2015
Operation Theatre (series of events)
Institut de Carton, Brussels[12][13]
2014
Tokonoma , Ludlow 38
2013
Taking Place
Hidde van Seggelen Gallery, London[15]
2011
Suchan Kinoshita
Ellen de Bruijne Projects, Amsterdam[16]
2011
The Right Moment at the Wrong Place
Museum de Paviljoens, Almere[2]
2011
Stick Empathy
2010
COMMA 25
Bloomberg Space, London[17]
2010
In 10 Minuten (In 10 Minutes)
2007
Luidspreker (Loudspeaker ) Plug In#14
2007
Skulptur Projekte (Sculpture Projects) "Chinese Whipsers"
Schauraum der Handwerkskammer, Münster[19]
2006-2007
Das Fragment an sich (The Fragment in Itself)
Ikon Gallery, Birmingham[20][21]
2006
Yukkurikosso yoi (The slower, the better)
Nadja Vilenne Gallery, Liège[20]
2002-2003
First marriage
2002
Het moet dinsdag ochtend zijn geweest (He wanted to see you this day)
Ellen de Bruijne Projects, Amsterdam[7]
2000
0031-43-3438746
Shiseido Gallery, Tokyo [2]
1999
Parallele oder Hannah, wie man sie auch nennt (Parallel or Hannah, as she is also called)
Städtisches Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach[20]
1998
Meaning is Moist
SMAK - Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Ghent[20]
1998
Exit
Chisenhale Gallery, London[20]
1997
Voorstelling (Performance)
Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven[7]
1996
Stuff
1995
Stof (Dust)
De Vleeshal, Middelburg[7][23]
1993
Scenario, An Imaginary Piece
Stadsgalerij Heerlen, Heerlen[24]
1991
Open für N (Open for N)
Theater am Marienplatz, Krefeld[24]
1991
De Fabriek (Factory)
De Fabriek, Eindhoven[24]

Group exhibitions (selection)

Year Name Location
2022
Risquons-Tout
2021-2022
EURASIA - A Landscape of Mutability
M HKA, Antwerp[25]
2018
Freedom - The Fifty Key Dutch Artworks Since 1968
2018
EXTRA MUROS: Geel - Middle Gate II - The Story of Dymphna
City of Geel[26]
2017
Superdemocracy – The Senate of Things
de Senaat, Brussels[27]
2016
See how the land lays
West in Huis Huguetan, The Hague[24]
2016
Behind the curtain. Concealment and Revelation since the Renaissance. From Titian to Christ.
2016
Tokonoma in From A to K
Museum M, Leuven[24]
2016
Art Brussels 2016
Nadja Vilenne Gallery, Brussels[24]
2012
The Collection XXXII – Personality Test + The Book Lovers
MuHKA Museum voor Hedendaagse Kunst, Antwerp[28]
2012
Beyond Imagination
2012
EXTRA MUROS: Traces. Similarities and dissonances
Kringloopcentrale, Antwerp[29]
2011
Impossible Community
2010-2011
KUB Arena – On Performance
 Ruth Buchanan, Simon Fujiwara, Suchan Kinoshita, Falke Pisano, Ian White: Kooperative für Darstellungspolitik (Cooperative for Representational Politics), Kunsthaus Bregenz[30][31]
2010
Suchan Kinoshita
 Today Art Museum, Beijing[24]
2007
8th Biennale de Sharjah (Sharjah Biennial 8), Still Life - Art, Ecology, and the Politics of Chang
 Sharjah Art Museum and various venues, Dubai[32][33]
1998
Statement Art 29
 Art Basel, Basel[24]
1997
Truce: Echoes of art in an Age of Endless Conclusions
 Site, Santa Fé[24]
1996
Manifesta 1
 Various Museums, Rotterdam [34]
1995
Orientation - 4th International Biennale
 Various locations, Istanbul[35]

Prizes

Year Prize Notes
2025
BelgianArtPrize
La Jeune Peinture Belge - De Jonge Belgische Schilderkuns, Belgium[36]
2010
Fine Arts Prize
Das Kuratorium der Kunststoffindustrie, Germany[15]
1999
Edmond Hustinx Prize for Visual Arts
Edmond Hustinx Foundation, Netherlands[37]
1992
Rijksakademie, Netherlands[38]

References

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  2. ^ a b c d e "Suchan Kinoshita". Nadja Vilenne. February 6, 2016. Archived from the original on November 22, 2022. Retrieved November 7, 2025.
  3. ^ "Alumni". Jan van Eyck Academie. Retrieved November 7, 2025.
  4. ^ "Suchan Kinoshita at Westfälischer Kunstverein, Münster". Hidde Van Seggelen. Retrieved November 7, 2025.
  5. ^ a b "Suchan Kinoshita" (in German). Landschaftsverband Westfalen-Lippe. Archived from the original on January 12, 2016. Retrieved November 7, 2025.
  6. ^ "Suchan Kinoshita". Ellen de Bruoijne Projects. Retrieved November 7, 2025.
  7. ^ a b c d e f "Artists 2022-2023" (PDF). PAKT. 2022. Retrieved November 7, 2025.
  8. ^ "Suchan Kintoshita Tokonoma". Nadja Vilenne. Retrieved November 8, 2025.
  9. ^ "Suchan Kinoshita Detournement". Nadja Vilenne. Retrieved November 8, 2025.
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  12. ^ "Suchan Kinoshita THIRD & FIFTH operation" (in French). Avenu de Jette, Institut de Carton. March 30, 2015. Retrieved November 7, 2025.
  13. ^ "Suchan Kinoshita FOURTH & FIFTH operation" (in French). Avenu de Jette, Institut de Carton. April 14, 2015. Retrieved November 7, 2025.
  14. ^ "Tokonoma May 12–Jun 14, 2014". Ludlow 38. May 2014. Retrieved November 7, 2025.
  15. ^ a b "Suchan Kinoshita". Nadja Vilenne. Retrieved November 7, 2025.
  16. ^ a b "Artworks by Suchan Kinoshita". Gallery Viewer. Retrieved November 7, 2025.
  17. ^ "COMMA 25". Bloomberg Space, London Mithraeum. Retrieved November 7, 2025.
  18. ^ "Suchan Kinoshita In 10 Minuten". Museum Ludwig. 2010. Archived from the original on December 20, 2010. Retrieved November 8, 2025.
  19. ^ "Suchan Kinoshita". Skulptur Projekte Archiv. Retrieved November 7, 2025.
  20. ^ a b c d e "Suchan Kinoshita". Center for Art and Media. 2007. Archived from the original on August 12, 2011. Retrieved November 7, 2025.
  21. ^ "Suchan Kinoshita, Das Fragment an sich (The Fragment in Itself)". Ikon Gallery. Retrieved November 7, 2025.
  22. ^ "Suchan Kinoshita — First Marriage 14 December 2002 - 23 February 2003". M HKA Ensembles. Retrieved November 7, 2025.
  23. ^ "Suchan Kinoshita Stof". Vleeshal Center for Contemporary Art. Retrieved November 7, 2025.
  24. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "Suchan Kinoshita" (PDF). Nadja Vilenne. Retrieved November 7, 2025.
  25. ^ "EURASIA − A Landscape of Mutability 08 October 2021 - 23 January 2022". M HKA Ensembles. Retrieved November 7, 2025.
  26. ^ "EXTRA MUROS: Geel – Middle Gate II – The Story of Dymphna 15 September 2018 - 04 November 2018". M HKA Ensembles. Retrieved November 7, 2025.
  27. ^ "Superdemocracy – The Senate of Thing 01 October 2017 - 31 October 2017". M HKA Ensembles. Retrieved November 7, 2025.
  28. ^ "The collection XXXII – Personality Test + The Book Lovers 07 December 2012 - 21 April 2013". M HKA Ensembles. Retrieved November 7, 2025.
  29. ^ "EXTRA MUROS: Tracés, Similarities and Dissonants — Bie Michiels 01 March 2012 - 31 March 2012". M HKA Ensembles. Retrieved November 7, 2025.
  30. ^ "KUB Arena, A performance project Ruth Buchanan, Simon Fujiwara, Suchan Kinoshita, Falke Pisano, Ian White: Kooperative für Darstellungspolitik 23 Oct 2010 – 09 Jan 2011". Kunsthaus Bregenz. Retrieved November 8, 2025.
  31. ^ Bailey, Giles; Meyer, Eva; Vishmit, Marina (2013). On Performance. Bregenz: Kunsthaus Bregenz. pp. 1–165. ISBN 9783863351434.
  32. ^ Vali, Murtaza. "Sharjah Biennial 8 Still Life: Art, Ecology, and the Politics of Change". Biduon. Retrieved November 8, 2025.
  33. ^ Lange, Christy. "Sharjah Biennial 8". Frieze. Retrieved November 8, 2025.
  34. ^ "Rotterdam 1996, June 9 - August 19". Manifesta. 1996. Retrieved November 8, 2025.
  35. ^ "4th International Istanbul Biennial ORIENT/ATION–The Vision of Art in a Paradoxical World 10 November – 10 December 1995". Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts. 1995. Retrieved November 8, 2025.
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  37. ^ "Edmond Hustinx prize visual arts". Edmond Hustinx Foundation. Retrieved November 7, 2025.
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Further reading

  • Arink, Karin; et al. (1993). Prix de Rome 1992; Beeldhouwen - Beeldende kunst en openbaarheid (in Dutch). Rotterdam.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • Birkenstock, Eva; et al. (2012). On Performance. Bregenz: Kunsthaus Bregenz, Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König. ISBN 9783863351434.
  • Kinoshita, Suchan (1997). Voorstelling. Eindhoven: Muutal Art.
  • Kinoshita, Suchan (2006). Yukkurikosso yoi: The slower the better (DVD).
  • Witzmann, Ulla; Lux, Pia (2002). Hell-gruen hell-gruen – 30 Kunstprojekte im und um den Düsseldorfer Hofgarten (in Dutch). Düsseldorf: Landeshauptstadt Düsseldorf, Kulturamt. ISBN 9783000094767.
  • Yukie, Kamiya (2000). Territory: Contemporary Art from the Netherlands. Tokyo: Tokyo Opera City Cultural Foundation. ISBN 492520405X.
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