NOBUKO WATABIKI

Lives and works in Hamburg, Germany, since 2008. Studies printing at Musashino Art School. While working at the advertising company and the nursing institution for the handicapped, she starts devoting to her art. Watabiki explores the photo collage works at the beginning and gradually establishes her distinctive style that uses washi paper, textile and oil pastel. Her theme extends from self-examination to engagement with others. The intriguing motif and the prosaic title leave unforgettable resonance. Nominated two years consecutive for VOCA Exhibition which is considered as the gateway to success for rising talents in 1997 and 1998. Her exhibitions are highly appreciated not only in Japan but also Europe mainly in Germany, South America, etc. Since 2011 joins the project TEGAMI which delivers letters to encourage and support people in Fukushima.

Untitled 2009-58

NOBUKO WATABIKI

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SOLO EXHIBITIONS (extract)

2014: ULA-berlin, Berlin, Germany
2013: “Textile and Paper Paintings” , Galerie Renate Kammer architektur und kunst, Hamburg, Germany
“Versuchsanordnung”, Hamburger Rathaus, Hamburg, Karuizawa New Art Museum, Nagano, Japan
2010: RuArts Gallery, Moscow, Russia
2009: FRISE, Hamburg, Germany
2008: Whitestone Gallery (formerly: Gallery Shiraishi), Tokyo, Japan
Megumi Ogita Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

GROUP EXHIBITIONS (extract)

2016: Art Cologne, Cologne, Germany
2014: “5 Blaettrig” Fuenf Positionen auf Papier, Galerie Renate Kammer architektur und kunst, Hamburg, Germany
“Above Us Only Sky” -8. Bremer Art Spring 2014, Bremen, Germany
“Wanderlust:Poste Restante”, Raw Art Foundation, Frankfurt, Germany
2013: “Art works from the Reinking Collection”, Staedtische Galerie Delmenhorst, Germany
2012: “Domani”, The National Art Center, Tokyo, Japan
“Women In-Between: Asian Women Artists 1984-2012”, Fukuoka Asian Museum, Okinawa, Japan

COLLECTIONS

Tochigi Prefectural Museum of Fine Arts (Tochigi) / Collection Reinking (Germany) / Japan Energy Cooperation, etc.

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