Keiji Uematsu (1969-) is an artist based in Osaka, Japan and in Düsseldorf, Germany. Since his first solo show in Kyoto, he has been active in many parts of the world. Elected as a representative artist for Venice Biennale in 1988. From the conceptional works of the 70s to the recently increased outdoor sculpture in and outside Japan, this artist continuously use and arrange the materials like wood, stone, fabric, metal to catabolize the space, and tries to make the viewers to realize the universal power that exists behind the human perception such as gravity and magnetic field.
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TitleSituaion-Floating SpaceYear2010MediumBrass, Wirerope -
Titletower of spiralSize50×80×14cmYear2010Mediumcopper, steel -
TitleTouch of spiral-FloatingSizeleft: 229×40.5cm center: 230×38.5cm right: 225×35cmYear2009MediumBrass, Copper -
TitleTouch of spiral-FloatingSize63 x 32cmYear2009MediumBrass, Copper -
TitleSituaion-Floating Space DrawingMediumdrawing on paper
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TitleSituaion-Floating SpaceYear2010MediumBrass, Wirerope
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Titletower of spiralSize50×80×14cmYear2010Mediumcopper, steel
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TitleTouch of spiral-FloatingSizeleft: 229×40.5cm center: 230×38.5cm right: 225×35cmYear2009MediumBrass, Copper
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TitleTouch of spiral-FloatingSize63 x 32cmYear2009MediumBrass, Copper
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TitleSituaion-Floating Space DrawingMediumdrawing on paper
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1947
Born in Kobe, Japan
1969
Graduated from Kobe University,
Selected Solo Exhibitions
1977
"Plastik und Foto" Stadtisches Museum Wiesbaden Ausschnitte 1, Stadtische Kunsthalle Dusseldorf
1980
Installation "Axis-Latitude-Longitude" P.S.1, New York
1981
"Installation and Photo" Osaka Prefectural Contemporary Art Center
1984
"Structures-Cloth/branch" Centrum Beeldende Kunst Rotterdam
1988
Participated in XLIII Esposizione Internazionale d'Arte la Biennale di Venezia, Giardini di Castello, Venezia
1994
Participated in 3rd Kitakyushu Biennale, Kitakyushu Municipal Museum of Art
1997
"Behind the Perception" Otani Memorial Art Museum, Nishinomiya City
2003
"Eyes under physical consideration, photographs, video and films" Kitakyushu Municipal Museum of Art, Fukuoka
2003
"Inclination of the Earth's Axis" Aomori Contemporary Art Center, Aomori
2005
"Axis – Latitude – Longitude" Kunstlerverein Marlkasen, Dusseldorf
2006
"The Garden of Time" Otani Memorial Art Museum , Nishinomiya City
2008
"One day Museum" Koubou IKUKO, Kurashiki, Okayama
2010
"Yearning for the Floating" Gallery Yamaki Fine Art, Kobe
2011
"Touch of spiral" KEUMSAN GALLERY, Seoul, Republic of Korea
2011
"Turning Point of Photography & Art: Copying, Reflection,and Projection - Part 2" Yumiko Chiba Associates viewing room shinjuku, Tokyo
2011
"Baudoin Lebon (with vladimir skoda)" Paris, France
2012
Galerie 16, Kyoto
2012
"Axis - Gravity・Anti gravity" Gallery Nomart, Osaka
2013
"Cutting - Axis-Latitude-Longtitude" Yumiko Chiba Associates viewing room shinjuku, Tokyo
2014
"Invisible axis - distance and angle" Gallery Nomart, Osaka
2014
"Frieze Masters: Spotlight" Regent's Park, London, UK
2015
"Invisible Force" Galerie 16, Kyoto
2015
"Keiji Uematsu: Invisible Force" ARARIO GALLERY CHEONAN, Korea
2016
"Invisible Force and Seeing" Jacobihaus, Kunstlerverein Malkasten, Düsseldorf, Germany
2016
"Invisible Force" Simon Lee Gallery, London, UK / New York, USA
2016
"Seeing/Measuring/..." Baudoin Lebon, Paris
2017
"Invisible Gravity" Gallery Nomart, Osaka
2018
"Invisible Force" Galerie Loehr, Monchengladbach, Germany
2019
"Keiji Uematsu: invisible Force" Simon Lee Gallery, New York, USA
2019
"Look back on the future - Hypothesis" Gallery Nomart, Osaka
2019
"Invisible Force and Floating" Yumiko Chiba Associates Viewwing room Shinjuku, Tokyo
2021
"Ways of Touching the Invisible - Intuition" Ashiya City Museum of Art and History, Hyogo
2022
"An Invitation to a nonsense Journey - Dreams of Seeing" Kirishima Open Air-Musem, Kagoshima
2023
"looking back on the past from the future" Baudoin Lebon, Paris
2024
"With a branch - Invisible / Visible - Energy" Gallery Nomart, Osaka
Selected Group Exhibitions
2009
Participated in Kobe Biennale 2009
2000
Participated in Echigotsumari Art Triennial 2000, Echigotsumari, Niigata
2012
"The link Between Words and Art: An Homage to Nakahara Yusuke" Gallery Yamaki Fine Art, Kobe, Hyogo
2012
"Strokes of the Pendulum" Gallery Yamaki Fine Art, Kobe, Hyogo
2025
"Tatsuo Kawaguchi, Norio Imai, Keiji Uematsu: 1970s", gallery αM, Tokyo
