MASAHIDE KUDO

CV & WORK EXPERIENCE

From the catalogue of 5th WAD SYMPOSIUM

By Aart van Zoest

You could be tempted to call Masahide Kudo a surrealist painter, because he wants to abolish the border between the unconscious and the conscious.
The surrealist also dreamt of abolishing these borders. Whether they always succeeded in their purpose ? to get loose of the powerful consciousness ?
I would not decide. But it is for sure than Masahide Kudo has decided to give absolute power to his body; he lets his hand go without guidance, in a complete confidence given to that hand.
It is nice to see him at work. Concentrated, without reserve he lets his hand do the work, looks with confidence to the result of what the hand brings before his eyes.In His ve￥iew,what is coming forth out of his fingers is the direct transcription of deep buried memories.　It is his conviction, as it was to the great painters of ancient Japan and China, that the body brings memories back.

Contact
E-mail	mkudo27@gmail.com

Born in Japan in 1952 and lives in Yokohama.
Graduated at Tokyo Zokei University of Art.

Solo Show
2011	Gallerie YUME　（Tokyo）
	ATELIER・K ART SPACE　（Yokohama）
2010	Gallery PLAZA
	SANSHIN Gallery
	Mishima Street Gallery
	SANSHIN Gallery
	Gallery PLAZA
2009	Gallery URANO　（Tokyo）
2008	GALLERY FUJI　（Osaka）
	ATELIER ・K ART SPACE
2007	Alex Hall　（Kagawa）
	Alex Hall　（Kagawa）
	Galleru MUTU　（Chiba）
	GALLERY FINE　（Pusan,Korea）
2006	Galerie VERGER　（Kanagawa）
	GALLERY FUJI　（Osaka）
2004～’05	ATELIER ・K ART SPACE
	Kyuman Museum　（Kagawa）
2003	Gallery URANO　（Tokyo）
2002	Modern Poetry Library Mahoroba　（Gunma)
2001	Galerie VERGER　（Kanagawa）
	Gallery URANO　（Tokyo）
	Okumonobe Museum　（Kochi）
	Kyuman Museum　（Kagawa）
1999	ArtBox　（Yokohama）
1992	Kanagawa Prefecture Gallery　（Yokohama）
1989 ’94～’00	Nissin Gallery　（Tokyo）
1981 ’83～’88	Gallery Yo　（Tokyo）
1980 ’86	Kunugi Gallery　（Tokyo）

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Group Show
2011	Contemporary art exhibition from the Sivieracollection　　　　　　　(STUDIO GENTINA･VERBANIA/Italy)
	Dodog and pleasurable friends 　　　　 (Galerie VERGER･Kanagawa)
	8^thWAD Working Lab 　　　　 (ATELIER･K ART SPACE ･Yokohama)
	8^th WAD Working Lab 　　　　 (Okinawa Prefectural Museum and Art Museum･Naha)
	ONE LAVE 　　　　（ ATELIER・K ART SPACE Yokohama）
	Midnight　Constellation - Paula Kouwenhoven, Masahide Kudo, 　Dodog Soeseno- 　　　（vlassis art gallery・Thessaloniki/Greece)
	Thumb hole Exhibition 　　　　 (Gallery URANO･Tokyo)
	CAT Exhibition 　　　　(Gallery KASARI･Kawasaki)
	New Year small work Exhibition 　　　　(Gallery Yume/Tokyo)
2010	2010 Verger exhibition 　　 (Galerie VERGER/Sagamihara City)
	VIETNAM-JAPAN CONTENPORARY ART EXHIBITION -16artist in HCMC 　 (SPC GALLERY/Tokyo)
	Improv scene Ⅳ 　　　　　 (Shikoku Gakuin Universty/Zentuji City)
	Midnight Constellation PaulaKouwenhoven,MasahideKudo,DodogSoeseno (Cetre Art Lupiere,Italy)
	Octatonic scales of September 　　　 (Gallery Kasari/Kawasaki)
	VIETNAM-JAPAN CONTENPORARY ART EXHIBITION 8×8in HCMC 　　　　　(Ho Chi Minh City Fine Arts Museum・HCMC/VIETNAM)
	Improvised Scene Ⅳ 　　　　　（Collaboration with Musician）
	Art Sesion with Free Jazzmen 　　　　　（At Shikoku Gakuin University）
	“Midnight Constellation” 　　with Paula Kouwenhoven,Dodog Soeseno 　　　　　（Cetre Arte　Lupiere,Italy）
	The 6th An International Art Symposium "Art Under The Volcano" 　　　　　（ Affandi Museum/Jogjakarta,Indonesia）
	The Siviera Symposium 9th Edition 2010 　　　　　（Verbania、Italy）
	Japan and Korea Exchange Ecology Art Exhibition 　　　　　（Yamanashi Prefectural Art Museum/ Yamanasi,Japan）
	A Project of a mix of Art and Poetry 　　　　　（World Art Delft/Delft,Netherlands）
2009	The 6th An International Art Symposium "Art Under The Volcano" 　　　　　（Jogjakarta,Indonesia）
	“Midnight Constellation” 　　with Paula Kouwenhoven,Dodog Soeseno,Keiju Kawashima 　　　　　（Kuramae Gallery/Fujisawa,Japan）
	4Delft 　　　　　（Museum Het Prinsenhot/DOK Kunst/38CC/ World Art Delft　Delft,Netherlands）
	“Midnight Constellation” 　　with Paula Kouwenhoven,Dodog Soeseno 　　　　　（Lakeside Art Gallery/Verbania,Italy）
2008	4th Symposium Reycycle Art Delft 2008 　　　　　（Delft,The Netherlands）
2007	1st.International Convention of Modern Arts 　　　　　（Stuttugart,Germany）
	CROSSING 　　　　　（The Museum of Tokyo/Tokyo,Japan）
2006	Exhibition the harvest fastival of the picture and the poetry 《Kudo Masahide（Painter） Yagi Mikio（Poet）》　　　　　（Art Cottage Papyrus/Kanagawa,Japan）
2005	Japan-Korea Contemporary Art Exhibition 　　　　（Oya Stone Museum/Japan）
2004	An International Interchange Modern Fine Art Exhibition 　　　　（Urasoe City Museum/Okimnawa,Japan）
2002	Japan-Korea Contemporary Art Exhibition 　　　　（Tagawa Museum of Art/Okinawa,Japan）
	International Art Exhibition "Asia Spirit Exhibition" Nationality and Tradition 　　　　（Pusan Culture Center/Pusan,Korea）
2001	Lineart Gent 2001 　　　　（Gent,Belgium）
2000	Japan Contemporary Art In Amsterdam 　　　　（De Azzijer/Amserdam,Netherlands）
	Asian Art Now 2000 　　　　（Las Vegas Art Museum/Las Vegas,U.S.A.）
	Contemporary Art Exhibition In Shanghai 2000 　　　　（Shanghai Modern Museum/Shanghai,China）
1985	3th Pusan Biennial　（Pusan,Korea）

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