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TAHO, Ritsuko
Professor - Department of Intermedia Art |
31 December, 2005 |
| | Born in Tokushima |
| 1974 | BA in dietetics, School of Medicine, Tokushima University |
| 1979-83 | Musashino Art University, Tokyo, Japan |
| 1977 | BFA in craft design, 1979 MFA in craft design, and 1979-1983 Assistant Instructor |
| 1985 | MFA in sculpture, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA |
| 1987 | Lecturer, Department of Visual and Environmental Studies, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA |
| 1989-98 | Visual Arts Program, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA |
| Lecturer in 1989, Associate Professor in 1990-1993, Associate Professor in 1993-1998 |
| 1998-01 | Research Fellow, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA |
| 2001- | Tokyo University of The Arts, Tokyo, Japan |
| Associate Professor in 2001 and Professor in 2002- present |
Research Activities
Projects:
| 1994 | “POST UTOPIA,” Penta-Ocean Institute of Technology, Nasu, Japan |
| 1997 | “Multicultural Manifestoes,” Central Square, Cambridge, MA, USA |
| 1998 | “Joy-Farm Shop with Many Orders,” Public Art for '95 Kobe Earthquake Survivors, Ashiya, Japan |
| 2000 | “Mist Fountain,” Bank of America, Gateway Village, Charlotte, NC, USA |
| 2002 | “Poem Windows,”Amherst, MA, USA |
| 2003 | “Aquapolis,” Spectacle Island, Boston, MA, USA |
| 2003 | "Green Villa" Echigo- Tsumari Art Triennial, Kawanishi, Japan |
| Ritsuko Taho has explored new territories of art practice in public arena in relation to the issues of landscape and environment in both Japan and the United States. She has executed public art projects within various communities and completed landscape artworks in collaboration with urban designers, engineers as well as public and private sectors. |
Awards:
| 1989 | “Tiffany Award,” Tiffany Foundation, New York, NY, USA |
| 1993 | “Guggenheim Fellowship,” Guggenheim Foundation, New York, NY, USA |
| “Bunting Fellowship,” Harvard University Bunting Institute, Cambridge, MA, USA |
Educational Activities
| Taho teaches public art practice and conducts research and practice seminar on earthwork, environmental and public art. |
Social Activities
| 1997 | Pan Pacific Asian Architecture Conference, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA |
| 1999 | Ambiguity in Focus Conference, Japan Cultural Center, Kyoto, Japan |
| 2000 | BA Conference, Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich, Germany |
| 2001 | Art Performance, Technology International Sculpture Conference, Pittsburgh, PA, USA |
| Public Art Symposium, Harvard University |
| 2004 | Public Art Symposium, American for the Arts, Washington DC, USA |
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