Takeshi's castle
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林茂樹 Shigeki
Hayashi Shigeki
Hayashi
Shunichiro Ueta Ashtray Collection, Ippodo Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Group Exhibition, Gallery Suki, Aichi, Japan
The 5 Arts, Tomioka Art Museum, Gunma, Japan
Beyond the Material, Museum of Fine Arts, GIFU, Gifu, Japan
No Man’s Land, The Museum of Ceramic Art, Hyogo, Japan
2022 Trans ⇔ Form, Nihonbashi Takashimaya Art Gallery X, Tokyo, Japan
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Director: Koji Iijima
Born in 1973. Has been writing graffiti from his teenage years. Started to work as a contemporary artist after graduating Musashino Art University. In 1999, selected as a trainee for the domestic fellowship program by the Agency for the Cultural Affairs, and worked as an intern in the Musashino Art University. From 2000 to 2006, worked in the sculpture laboratory of the university as a lecturer and a research associate. Opened an art gallery "Garou-Garou" in his hometown, China Town in Yokohama. Moved to Los Angeles. Holds exhibitions of iron sculpture with motors, engines, or gas burners built-in and other performances in various places.Moved back to Japan in 2011. Exhibited in Gwangju Biennale 2004 (Korea) and the 2nd Earth Art Festival (Mexico). Became six weeks champion for " The Art Battle" in a TV program "Takeshi-no-Dare-demo-Picasso (You Can Be a Picasso, hosted by Takeshi Kitano)" (TV Tokyo Corporation). Beside activities as an artist, directing the C.A.J. Artists in Residence Program as a commissioner of NPO. Contemporary Art Japan.
Also a profess
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Smelly (performer)
Japanese comedian (born 1971)
Dai Okazaki (岡崎太威, Okazaki Dai), more commonly known by his stagename Smelly (スメリー, Sumerī), (born January 13, 1971) is a Japanese comedicperformer and former manga artist. Dai Okazaki is a relative of Takashi Okazaki, the creator of Afro Samurai.
Career
Dai Okazaki was one out of four people to debut in the line up of Nou Nou Hau issue 0, with his brother Takashi Okazaki, Ryoji Shibasaki and Mai Shibasaki in November 1998. At the time, Dai Okazaki was a dōjinshimanga artist.[1] In issue 2 of March 1999, Dai Okazaki contacted Meywa Denki for a long period of time to interview him in the "Nou Hau Talk" section of the magazine. Later on that year, Dai Okazaki was asked to go on the famous show Takeshi no Dare Demo Picasso, and then went under the pseudonym "Smelly",[2] taken from an old nickname of Michael Jackson's.[3] The third issue of Nou Nou Hau was released at the same time as when Dai Okazaki became famous on Takeshi no Dare Demo Picasso in May 1999 and featured a
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