BIOGRAPHY
Born 1962, Tokyo, Japan
EDUCATION
1993 Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, P.h.D
1988 Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, M.F.A.
1986 Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, B.F.A.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2007
Solo Retrospective, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
2005
Kaikai Kiki Exhibition, Aoi Gallery, Osaka, Japan
Takashi Murakami Print Show, Mizuho Oshiro Gallery, Kagoshima, Japan
"T1: Takashi Murakami," Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin, Italy
Installation at Roppongi Hills, Tokyo, Japan
2004
"Inochi," Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, CA
"Satoeri Ko² Chan," Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo
2003
"Reversed Double Helix," Rockefeller Center, New York
"Superflat Monogram," Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York
"Superflat Monogram," Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, Paris, France
2002
"Kaikai Kiki: Takashi Murakami," Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain, Paris, traveling to the Serpentine Gallery, London
2001
"summon monsters? open the door? heal? or die?," Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, Tokyo
"Made in Japan," Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
"WINK," Grand Central Station, New York
"Mushroom," Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York
"KaiKai Kiki," Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, Paris, France
2000
"Second Mission Project Ko2," P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, New York
"KaiKai Kiki: SUPERFLAT," ISSEY MIYAKE MEN, Tokyo
"727," Blum & Poe, Santa Monica, CA
1999
"The Meaning of the Nonsense of the Meaning," Center for Curatorial Studies Museum, Bard College, curated by Amada Cruz and Dana Friis-Hansen, New York (catalogue)
"Love & DOB," Gallery KOTO, Okayama, Japan
"Superflat," Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York
"Dob's Adventures in Wonderland," Parco Dept. Store Gallery, Tokyo
1998
"Moreover, DOB Raise His Hand," Sagacho bis, Tokyo
"Back Beat: Superflat," Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo
"Back Beat," Blum & Poe, Santa Monica, CA
"Hiropon Project KoKo→Pity Sakurako Jet Airplane Nos. 1-6," Feature Inc., New York
1997
Blum & Poe, Santa Monica, CA
Gallery KOTO, Okayama, Japan
Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, Paris, France
New York State University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York
1996
"A Very Merry Unbirthday, To You, To Me!," Ginza Komatsu, Tokyo
"727," Aoi Gallery, Osaka, Japan
"Konnichiwa, Mr. DOB," Kirin Art Plaza, Osaka, Japan
"727," Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo
Gallery Koto, Okayama, Japan
Gavin Brown's Enterprise, New York
Feature Inc., New York
1995
"Mr. Doomsday Balloon," Yngtingagatan 1, Stockholm, Sweden
"Crazy Z," SCAI The Bathhouse, Tokyo
Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, Paris, France
"NIJI," Gallery Koto, Okayama
1994
"Fujisan," Gallery Koto, Okayama
"Which is Tomorrow?-Fall in Love," SCAI The Bathhouse, Tokyo
"Azami, Kikyou, Ominaeshi," Aoi Gallery, Osaka, Japan
1993
Nasubi Gallery, Tokyo
"A Very Merry Unbirthday!," Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Hiroshima, Japan
"A Romantic Evening," Gallery Cellar, Nagoya, Japan
1992
"Wild, Wild," Rontgen Kunst Institut, Tokyo
1991
Art Gallery at Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, Tokyo
Aoi Gallery, Osaka
"One Night Exhibition 8.23," Rontgen Kunst Institut, Tokyo
Gallery Aires, Tokyo
"I Am Against Being For It," Gallery Hosomi Contemporary, Tokyo
1989
Café Tiens! Tokyo
Gallery Ginza Surugadai, Tokyo
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2006
"Selections from Logan Collection," Museum of Contemporary Art Denver, Denver, CO
"Dragon Veins," Contemporary Art Museum, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, January 13 – March 11, 2006
2005
"Post and After: Contemporary Art," Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
September 14, 2005 – April 9, 2006
"Japan POP," Helsinki City Art Museum, Helsinki, Finland, September 9 – November 27, 2005
"Ecstasy: In and About Altered States," Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, October 9, 2005 – February 20, 2006
"Fairy Tales Forever," ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum, Aarhus, Denmark, August 27, 2005 – January 2, 2006
"POPulance," Blaffer Gallery, University of Houston, Houston, TX, June 25 – August 17, 2005; traveled to Cleveland Museum of Contemporary Art, Cleveland, OH, September 16 – December 30, 2005; Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, NC, January 21 – April 2, 2006
"Moving Energies," Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany, June 24 – August 14, 2005
"Translation," Palais de Tokyo, Paris
"Little Boy: The Arts of Japan's Exploding Subculture," Japan Society, New York, NY (cat.)
"Colours and Trips," Künstlerhaus Palais Thurn und Taxis, Bregenz, Austria; Museum der Stadt Ratingen, Ratingen, Germany
Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, Paris, France
2004
Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, Miami, FL
"Funny Cuts," Stuttgart Museum, Stuttgart, Germany (cat.)
"Liverpool Biennial's International 04 Exhibition," Tate Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
"Monument to Now: The Dakis Joannou Collection," Deste - Nea Ionia, Athens, Greece
"Floating Worlds," Beacon Cultural Foundation, Beacon, NY
"Optimo," Ballroom Marfa, Marfa, TX
"Liverpool Biennial," Tate Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
"Walker Without Walls," Walker Art Center, Minneapolis
2003
"Supernova: Art of the 1990s from the Logan Collection," San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
"Pittura / Painting: Rauschenberg to Murakami, 1964-2003," Museo Correr, Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
"On the Wall: Wallpaper and Tableau," Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI and
The Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia, PA
"Pulp Art: Vamps Villains and Victors from the Robert Lesser Collection" Brooklyn Museum of Art
2002
"Drawing Now: Eight Propositions," Museum of Modern Art, New York
"POPJack: Warhol to Murakami" Museum of Contemporary Art Denver, Denver, Colorado
"The Uncanny," Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, B.C.
"Reality Check: Painting in the Exploded Field," CCAC Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco
"Chiho Aoshima, Mr, Takashi Murakami," Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, Paris, France
"Out of the Box: 20th-Century Print Portfolios," Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
2001
"Form Follows Fiction," Castello di Rivoli Museum of Contemporary Art, Italy (curated by
Jeffrey Deitch)
"Murakami/Nara," Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
"Un art populaire," Foundation Cariter pour l'art contemporain, Paris
"Casino 2001," 1st Quadrennial of Contemporary Art, Stedelijk Museum Voor Actuele Kunst,
Ghent, Belgium
"Beau Monde: Toward A Redeemed Cosmopolitanism," Site Santa Fe Fourth International Biennial, Santa Fe, NM (curated by Dave Hickey)
"Public Offerings," Museum of Contemporary Art (LA MOCA), Los Angeles, CA, curated by
Paul Schimmel (catalogue)
"Painting at the Edge of the World" Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN (traveling exhibition curated by Douglas Fogle, catalogue)
"My Reality: The Culture of Anime," Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, IO (Curated by Jeff Fleming) (cat.)
"Super Flat," Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), Los Angeles, CA (will travel)
"Almost Warm and Fuzzy: Childhood and Contemporary Art," P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, NY.
"Under Pressure," Swiss Institute, New York
2000
Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York
"The Darker Side of Playland: Childhood Imagery from the Logan Collection," San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
"After Dreams," Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, Baden-Baden, Switzerland
"Yume no Ato: Was vom Traum blieb…Zeitgenossische Kunst aus Japan," Haus am Waldsee, Berlin , Germany
"Gendai," Center for Contemporary Art, Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw, Poland
"Twisted: Urban and Visionary Landscapes in Contemporary Painting," Van Abbe Museum, Eindhoven, The Netherlands (catalogue)
"Pleasure Zone," Migros Museum, Zurich, Switzerland
"'00," Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York City, NY
"Urban and Visionary Landscapes in Contemporary Painting," Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, Netherlands
"Balls," James Cohan Gallery, New York
"Almost Warm and Fuzzy," Des Moines Art Center, Iowa (travels to select cities)
"Superflat," Parco Gallery, Tokyo, Japan (curated by Takashi Murakami)
"Let's Entertain," Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN, curated by Phillipe Vergne (travels to: Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR; Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris; Museo Rufino Tamyo, Mexico City; St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, MO) (catalogue)
"Colour Me Blind," Stadtische Aussellungshalle am Hawerkamp, Munster; Dundee Contemportary Arts, Dundee, Scotland
"5e Biennale d'Art Contemporain de Lyon," Lyon, France
"Continental Shift," Ludwig Forum, Aachen, Germany
"One Heart, One World" United Nations, New York
"Murakami-Manetas," Newsantandrea, Savona, Pinksummer, Genova, Italy
1999
"LEGO DELUXE-LEG EXHIBITION," Shibuya Parco, Tokyo
"Ground Zero Japan," Contemporary Art Center, Ibaraki, Japan
"The Carnegie International 1999/2000," Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, curated by Madeline Grynsztein (catalogue)
"Balloon Art Festival," Shizuoko Prefectural Convention & Art Center, Shizuoka, Japan
"PLEASURE DOME," Jessica Fredericks Gallery, New York
"New Modernism for a New Millennium: Works by Contemporary Asian Artists from the Logan Collection," SFMOMA, San Francisco, CA
"Color Me Blind! Painting in times of comics and computer games," Wüttembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart
"Abstract Painting Once Removed," Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, TX
"Painting for Joy: New Japanese Painting in 1990s" The Japan Foundation Forum, Tokyo
1998
"Ero Pop Tokyo," George's, Los Angeles
"Tastes and Pursuits: Japanese Art in the 1990s," National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi, India
"Abstract Painting, Once Removed," Contemporary Arts Museum of Houston, Houston, TX
"Ero Pop Christmas," NADiff, Tokyo
"50 Years of Japanese Lifestyle Postwar Fashion & Design," Ustunomiya Museum of Art,
Ibaraki, Japan
"Biennale d'art Contemporain de Noumea," Noumea, New Caledonia
"The MANGA Age," Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, and Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Hiroshima, Japan
"Donaiyanen! Et maintenant!: la creation contemporaine au Japon," Ecole nationale superieure des beaux-arts, Paris, France
"Art is Fun 9: Hand Craft and Time Craft," Hara Museum Arc, Gunma, Japan
"Pop Surrealism," The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, Connecticut
"People, Places, Things," Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York
"FLUFFY," Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina Canada, Contemporarin de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France, PS1 Contemporary Art Center, New York, Museum of Modern Art, Humlebaek, Denmark, Hayword Gallery, London, Museum of Modern Art, Helsinki, Finland
1997
"The 33rd 'Artists Today' Exhibition: Singularity in Plurality," Yokohama Citizens' Gallery, Kanagawa, Japan
"Japan today kunst Photograph Design," MAK-Austrian Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna, Austria
"Need for Speed," Grazer Kunstverein, Graz, Austria
"Hiropon Show '97," Shop 33, Tokyo
"The Future of Cities," Weiner Secession, curated by Hans-Ulrich Obrist, Vienna, Austria
"Flying Buttress Please," Torch Gallery, Amsterdam
"Super Body," Tomio Koyama Gallery Tokyo
1996
"Romper Room," Thread Waxing Space, New York
"Tokyo Pop," The Hiratsuka Museum of Art, Kanagawa, Japan
"Ironic Fantasy," The Miyagi Museum of Art, Sedai, Japan
"The Time of the Pleasure of Art" Art for the Hearts of Children," Isetan Museum, Tokyo
"The 39th Annual Yasui Prize Exhibition," Sezon Museum of Art, Tokyo
"Sharaku Interpreted by Japan's Contemporary Artists," The Japan Foundation Forum, Tokyo
"Asia-Pacific Triennial 1996," Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane
1995
"Incidental Alterations: P.S. 1 Studio Artists 1994-95," The Angel Orensanz Foundation, New York
"Blind Beach," Art Space Hap, Hiroshima, Japan
"Transculture," 46th Venice Biennale, curated by Dana Friis-Hansen and Fumio Nanjo, Venice
"Japan Today," Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebaek, Denmark, Kunsternes Hus, Oslo, Norway, Liljevalchs Konsthall, Stockholm, Sweden, Waino Aalonoen Museum of Art, Truku, Finland
"Cutting Up," Max Protech Gallery, New York
"Transculture," Benesse House, Naoshima Contemporary Art Museum, Kagawa, Japan
1994
"Shinjuku Syonen Art," Shinjuku Kabukicho, Tokyo
"Lest We Forget: On Nostalgia," The Gallery at Takashimaya, New York
VOCA '94, The Ueno Royal Museum, Tokyo
"The Youthful Time of Japanese Nihon-ga Artists from Taikan and Shunso to DOB," Koriyama City Museum of Art, Fukushima, Japan
"Open Air '94, Out of bounds," Benesse House Naoshima Contemporary Art Museum, Kagawa, Japan
"Artists in Yokohama 94," Yokohama Citizens' Gallery, Kanagawa, Japan
1993
"Malaria Art Show, Vol.1," February 1st Festival, Tokyo
"Artist's Shop '93," Sai Gallery, Osaka
"Malaria Art Show, Vol.4, Decorative," Tokyo
"The Ginburart," Ginza, Tokyo
"00 Collaboration," Sagacho Exhibit Space, Tokyo
"Art Today '93, Neo-Japanology," Sezon Museum of Modern Art, Karuizawa, Nagano, Japan
"Beyond Nihon-ga: An Aspect of Contemporary Japanese Paintings," Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo
"The Exhibition for Exhibitions," Kyoto Shijo Gallery Kyoto, Japan
1992
"Artist's Shop '92," Sai Gallery, Osaka, Japan
Mars Gallery, Tokyo
"Floating Gallery Vol.1," Tsukishima Warehouse, curated by Ken Ikeda, Tokyo
"1st Transart Annual Painting/Crossing," Bellini Hill Gallery, Yokohama
"Nakamura and Murakami," Space Ozone, Seoul. Korea
"Nakamura and Murakami," SCAI The Bathhouse, Tokyo
"Anomaly," Rontgen Kunst Institut, curated by Noi Sawaregi, Tokyo
"Tama Vivant 92," Seed Hall, Shibuya Seibu, Tokyo
"Nakamura and Murakami," Metaria Square Hotel, Osaka, Japan
1991
"Jan Hoet in Tsurugi," Tsurugi-cho, Ishikawa, Japan
"Jan Hoet's Vision," Art Gallery Artium, Fukuoka, Japan
1988
Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo
"Graduation Exhibition," Tokyo National University of Fine Arts, Tokyo
CURATED EXHIBITIONS
2005
"Little Boy," Japan Society, New York
2004
"Tokyo Girls Bravo," Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York
"Chiho Aoshima, Mr. and Aya Takano" for Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin at LFL Gallery, New York
2002
"Coloriage," Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain, Paris
2001
"Hiropon Show," Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, Tokyo
2000
"SUPERFLAT," The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, Walker Art Center,
Minneapolis, Henry Art Gallery, Seattle
"SUPERFLAT," Parco Gallery, Tokyo
"Aya Takano Solo Exhibition: Hot Banana Fudge," NADiff, Tokyo
1999
"Hiropon 32.80," NADiff, Tokyo
"Hiropon Show," Parco Gallery, Nagoya, Japan
"Tokyo Girls Bravo," George's, Los Angeles
"Tokyo Girls Bravo," NADiff, Tokyo
"Hiropon Show" Parco Gallery, Tokyo
1998
"Mr. Solo Exhibition: Oh-Edo Kunoichi Ninpocho," Shop 33, Tokyo
"Ero Pop Tokyo," George's, Los Angeles
1997
"Aya Takano Solo Exhibition: God is Coming," Shop 33, Tokyo
"Hiropon Show," Kanazawa College of Arts Manken Gallery, Ishikawa, Japan
"Hiropon Show," Iwataya Z-SIDE W<, Fukuoka, Tokyo
"Tokyo Sex," NAS, Tokyo
"Hiropon Show," Shop 33, Tokyo
1996
"Mr. Solo Exhibition: Frone & Perrine," Shop 33, Tokyo
"PICO 2 SHOW," Saga-cho bis, Tokyo
GRANTS AND AWARDS
1998
Visiting Professor, School of Art and Architecture, UCLA, Los Angeles
1994-95
Asian Cultural Council Fellowship, P.S.1 International Studio Program
CATALOGS AND PUBLICATIONS
2005
Populence. Houston University Museum, Blaffer Gallery, Houston, TX, 2005, p. 29, 38-9
Facetten der japanischen Populär- und Medienkultur 1. Stephan Köhn, Martina Schönbein. Harrassowitz Verlag, Germany, 2005, p.5-36
Funny Cuts. Kassandra Nakas, Kerber Verlag, Bielefeld and Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, Germany, 2005
Gilbert's Living with Art (Seventh Edition). Mark Getlein, McGraw-Hill, New York, 2005
Little Boy: The Arts of Japan's Exploding Subculture. Takashi Murakami, Japan Society, New York; Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 2005, pp.72-73
2004
Art Works: Money. Katy Siegel, Paul Mattick, Thames & Hudson, Inc., New York, 2004, p.12, 88, 150
Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain. Larry Kazal (design), Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain, Paris, France, 2004
International 04. Paul Domela. Helen Tookey, Liverpool Biennial of Contemporary Art Ltd., Liverpool, UK, 2004
Monument to Now: The Dakis Joannou Collection. Deitch, Jeffrey, ed. DESTE Foundation for Contemporary Art, Athens, Greece, 2004
PLOP: Recent Projects of the Public Art Fund. Merrell Publishers Limited, New York, 2004
Pour un Nouvel Art Politique. Dominique Baqué, Flammarion, Paris, 2004, p. 66, 69-73
Rikitekkusu Taizen ('Liquitex Creation Guide'). Kentarō Ōshita, Bijutsu Shuppansha Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan, 2004, p. 6-11
Rubell. Family. Collection. Not. Afraid. Mark Coatzee, Phaidon, New York, 2004
2003
CURVE: The Female Nude Now. David Ebony, Jane Harris, Frances Richard, Martha Schwendener, Sarah Valdez and Linda Yablonsky, Universe Publishing, New York, 2003
History of Modern Art (Fifth Edition). H. H. Arnason, Peter Kalb, Prentice Hill, Inc., Upper Saddle River, NJ, 2003
Keba Keba. Text by Yujin Kitagawa, Artwork by Takashi Murakami, Kaikai Kiki Co. Ltd., Asaka, Japan, 2003
Supernova: Art of the 1990's from the Logan Collection. Includes essays: "Beyond Tech: The Current Role of Painting," Dan Cameron, p. 61-63; "Takashi Murakami," Clara Kim, p. 78-87, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and D.A.P./Distributed Art Publishers, Inc., New York, 2003
2002
Beau Monde: Toward a Redeemed Cosmopolitanism. Rebecca Friedman, TwelveTrees Press, Santa Fe, NM, 2002
Drawing Now: Eight Propositions. Laura Hoptman, Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2002
The Japanese Experience – Inevitable. Margrit Brehm, Hatje Cantz Verlag, Ostfildern-Ruit, Germany, 2002
KYOZON. Kamloops Art Gallery, British Columbia, Canada, 2002
The Logan Collection: A Portrait of Our Times. 2002
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: Annual Report. Museum of Fine Arts Boston, 2002, p. 4, 13
Reality Check: Painting in the Exploded Field. Matthew Higgs, CCAC Wattis Institute for Contemporary Art, San Francisco, 2002
Takashi Murakami: Kaikai Kiki. Françoise Nyssen, Éditions Actes Sud, Arles, France, 2002
Vitamin P: New Perspectives in Painting. Phaidon Press, New York, 2002
2001
Made In Asia? Randi Reiner and Phil Tinari, Duke University Museum of Art, North Carolina, 2001
My Reality: Contemporary Art and the Culture of Japanese Animation. Includes essays: "Impotence Culture – Anime," Takashi Murakami, p.58-66; Jeff Fleming, Susan Lubowsky Talbott, Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines and Independent Curators International, New York, 2001
Painting at the Edge of the World. Includes essays: "The Trouble with Painting," Douglas Fogle, p. 9-25; "New Openings in Japanese Painting: Three Faces of Minority," Midori Matsui, p. 46-77, "A Theory of Super Flat Japanese Art," Takashi Murakami, p. 187-205, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 2001
Public Offerings. Includes essay "Conversion Days: New Japanese Art Between 1991 and 1995," Midori Matsui, p. 230-247, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, Thames and Hudson, New York, 2001
Murakami, Takashi, Yusuke Minami and Michael Darling. TAKASHI MURAKAMI: summon monsters? open the door? heal? or die?. Asaka-shi, Japan: Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd., 2001.
The Uncanny: Experiments in Cyborg Culture. Vancouver Art Gallery, Arsenal Pulp Press, Vancouver, Canada, 2001
2000
Childhood Imagery from the Logan Collection. San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, California, 2000
Drawings 2000. Klaus Kertess, Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York, 2000
Superflat. Includes essay: "A Theory of Super Flat Japanese Art," Takashi Murakami, p. 8-25, MADRA Publishing, Tokyo, Japan, 2000
Twisted. Marente Bloemheuvel and Jaap Guldemond, Stedelijk Van Abbenmuseum, Eindhoven, Rotterdam, 2000
1999
Carnegie International 1999/2000. Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburg, 1999
DOB in the Strange Forest: Takashi Murakami. Bijutsu Shuppansha, Tokyo, 1999
Takashi Murakami, The Meaning of the Nonsense of Meaning. Includes Essays: "DOB in the Land of Otaku," Amada Cruz, p. 14-19; "Toward a Definition of Tokyo Pop: The Classical Transgressions of Takashi Murakami," Midori Matsui, p. 20-29; "The Meaning of Murakami's Nonsense: About 'Japan' Itself," Dana Friis-Hansen, p. 30-41; Center for Curatorial Studies Museum, Bard College. Harry N. Abrams, New York, 1999
Works by Contemporary ASIAN Artists From the Logan Collection. San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, California, 1999
1998
Murakami Takashi 1998, Exhibition Official. (copy book), Hiropon Factory, 1998
1997
Japan Today. Kunst Fotografie Design, MAK - Austrian Museum of Applied Arts, 1997 (cat.)
1996
Ironic Fantasy: Another World by Five Contemporary Artists. The Miyagi Museum of Art, Miyagi, 1996
The 33rd "Artists Today: Exhibition: Singularity in Plurality, Yokohama Civic Art Gallery, Yokohama City, Japan (cat.)
1995
Transculture: La Biennale di Venezia. Fumio Nanjo, Dana Friis-Hansen, Akiko Miki, Yukie Kamiya, Anne Longnecker Dodds, and Yoko Miyahara, The Japan Foundation, Tokyo, Japan, 1995
1994
Lest We Forget: On Nostalgia. Stephen Benedict (ed.), The Gallery at Takashimaya, New York, 1994
TAKASHI MURAKAMI "Which is Tomorrow – Fall in Love." Midori Matsui, Masami Shiraishi Contemporary Art Inc, Japan, 1994
Japanese Art After 1945: Scream Against the Sky. Includes essay: "Hinomaru Illumination: Japanese Art of the 1990's," Munroe, Alexandra, Harry N. Abrams Inc., New York, 1994 (cat.)
La Biennale di Venezia. Kent, Sarah. "Don't look now...,"1994 (cat.)
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2005
"20nin no 'Nihonjin' ga katatta 'watashi no aikokushin'('20 Japanese recount what patriotism means to them')," GQ Japan, August 2005, p. 159
Matsui, Midori. "Murakami Takashi ga, rekishiteki bunmyaku kara japanīzu poppuāto o hodokiakasu('Takashi Murakami analyzes Japanese pop art from a historical context')," Marie Claire Japan, August 2005, p. 111
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2004
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Charlesworth, JJ. "Under the Influence," Art Review, September 2004, p. 30-31
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"Art is Good Business," Elle Taiwan, September 2004, p. 214-215
Prose, Francine. "Tokyo Godfather," Black Book, Fall 2004, p. 184-189
Image used for "Art Fortnight London," Christie's Magazine, June/July/August 2004
Murakami, Takashi with photos by Shintaro Shiratori. "Project Ko² 2004 (cover)," GQ Japan, July 2004, p. 187-203
Konpa, Naruhiro, Katsuo Mizuguchi, Takashi Murakami, Jeffrey Poe. "Āto ga kōkoku sareta hi('The day art became an advertisement')," Kōkoku Hihyō, July 2004, p. 125-138
Thon, Von Ute. "Angriff der Kulleraugen," Art Das Kunstmagazine, July 2004, p. 40-51
"Inochi," Bijutsu Techō, July 2004, p. 11, 12
Castroviejo, Julen Alvarez. "Poku: The Japanese Influence," Lapiz, June 2004, p. 34-45
Asano, Masahiko. "Āto to otaku no suteki na kaigō('A beautiful meeting of art and otaku')," Replicant, Summer 2004, p. 108 115
Ollman, Leah, "Art that's Instantly Gratifying," Los Angeles Times, May 28, 2004, p. E28
McGee, Suzanne. "Cool Art, Hot Prices," Barron's, May 10, 2004
Maneker, Marion. "Early Bids," New York Magazine, May 10, 2004
Images used in Art Forum, Inochi, p. 81, Flower Ball, p. 87, May 2004
Thomas, Kelly Levine. "The 10 Most Expensive Living Artists," Art News, May 2004, p. 118
"Nihon no kao('The face of Japan')," Bungei Shunjū, May 2004
"Kachi wo tsutaeru waza wa aru ka('Is there a way to communicate value?')," Asahi Shinbun, March 7, 14, 21, 2004
Deitz, Paula. "Rice Patty in the Sky," New York Times Magazine, March 7, 2004
Shepherd, John. "Defining Moment: The Eye-Popping Work of Takashi Murakami brings New Airiness to Midtown Manhattan," March 2004
Bizio, Silvia, Barbara Casavecchia. "6 Chiavi per Entrare Nel Futuro," la Repubblica delle Donne, March 2004, pp 145-154
Powhida, Willam. "The Colorful World of Takashi Murakami," The Antiquer, March 2004, p. 34-35
Fujimori, Nanami. "Hontō ni yaritai no wa animēshon nandesu('What I really want to do is animation')," OCS News, February 27, 2004, p. 2-3
Patterson, Anders. "Bubble or squeak?," ArtTactic, February 2004,
"Sensō ni shōsha wa inai('There are no victors in war')," Asahi Shinbun, January 27, 2004, p. 27
Mattick, Paul. "Review: Takashi Murakami," Art in America, January 2004
Terrell, Kenneth. "Art that's Seriously Cute," U.S. News, December 29 – January 5, 2004
Chang, Alexandra. "Takeo Baba: Reinventing the Self," Art Asia Pacific, Winter 2004, p. 30-32
Sirmans, Franklin. "Between the Lines," Art Asia Pacific, Winter 2004, p. 12
2003
Kelmachter, Helene. "Kaikai Kiki and the Gods of Art," Cartier, Issue 6, 2003, p. 82-85
Curiger, Bice. "The Economy of Attention: Art and Radical Thinking in Times of Strategic Consensus," The Parkett Series with Contemporary Artists, No. 69, December 2003, p. 170-171
Rosenblum, Robert. "Best of 2003: The Murakami Empire," Artforum, December 2003
Nakamura, Marie-Pierre. "Takashi Murakami," Art Actuel, November-December 2003, p. 82
Peers, Alexandra. "Hot Today, Cold Tomorrow?" The Wall Street Journal, November 17, 2003
Howe, Jeff. "The Two Faces of Takashi Murakami," Wired, November 2003, p. 180-185
Shepherd, John. "Defining Moment: The Eye-Popping Work of Takashi Murakami brings New Airiness To Midtown Manhattan," November 2003
Shū, Tomiko. "Anytime Reversed," Studio Voice, November 2003, p. 17
Siegel, Katy. "Planet Murakami," ArtReview, November 2003, p. 46-53, cover
Polsky, Richard. "Art Market Guide 2003: Takashi Murakami," Artnet, October 11, 2003
Garry, Gregory. "Making a Pointy," Flaunt Magazine, October 2003
Odajima, Hitoshi. "Ai wo fukkatsu saseru geijutsuka('An artist who can bring love back to life')," Chūō Kōron, October 2003, p. 9-11 (cover)
Rothbart, Daniel. "The Floating Art World," NY Arts, September-October 2003, p. 14-25
"Takashi Murakami," The New Yorker, September 29, 2003, p. 25
Johnson, Ken. "O Enigma Perched on a Lotus Throne, What's on Your Mind?" New York Times, September 26, 2003, p. B34
Kojima, Yayoi. Invitation (Takashi Murakami featured throughout), September 23, 2003, p. 16
Budick, Ariella. "Meet 'Mr. Pointy': You'll find Takashi Murakami teasing you somewhere between high art and low," Newsday, September 21, 2003
Halle, Howard. "Anime Kingdom," Time Out New York, September 18-25, 2003, p. 22-23
Gardner, James. "Eyeball on Rock Center," New York Post, September 17, 2003
Henry, Claire. "An Installation Full of Hot Air," Financial Times, September 17, 2003
Menkes, Suzy. "Making a point," International Herald Tribune, September 16, 2003
Adato, Allison, Anne Driscoll and Christian Storms. "New York City braces for an Alien Invasion," People, September 15, 2003, vol. 60, no. 11, p. 75-76
"Murakami Journal: In New York," BRUTUS, September 15, 2003, p. 126-143
Vogel, Carol. "A New Friend for Mr. Pointy," New York Times, September 12, 2003
"And It's Not Even Christmas," New York Times, September 10, 2003
"Murakami Mushroom Mania Rocks Rock Center," Artnet, September 10, 2003
"Venetsia kara GEISAI e('From Venice to GEISAI')," Bijutsu Techō, September 9, 2003, p. 89-94
Nakamori Yasufumi. "Murakami Takashi no Kaigai Senryaku Kyoten wa Yappari Nyūyōku ni('Takashi Murakami makes New York his homebase for overseas missions')," Bijutsu Techō, September 1, 2003, p. 89
Griffin, Tim. "Left Wanting," Artforum, September 2003, p. 180-181, 246, 251
Ulmer, Brigitte. "Der Star Des Kunst-Pop," Bolero, September 2003, p. 44-47
"Ima sekai wo nigiwasu, Tōkyō no poppukaruchā('Tokyo popculture is brightening up the world')," Figaro Japon, September 2003, p. 220
Kate Moss Design, W, September 2003, p. 436-437, 453
Bonisteel, Sara. "Factory Man, New York Gets its Second Wave of Murakami as the Japanese 'Warhol' Transforms Rock Center," New York Resident, August 25, 2003, p. 31
Maneker, Marion. "The Giant Cartoon Landing at Rockefeller Center," New York Times, August 24, 2003
Frederick, Jim. "What's Right with Japan," Time Japan, August 11, 2003
Halle, Howard. "Man of the Moment," GQ, August 2003, p. 27
"10 Stories about Takashi Murakami (cover)," Luca Japan, Special Issue 2003, p. 22-61
Barker, Godfrey. "Smile! Your Prices Have Just Gone Up," Art Review, July-August 2003, p. 23-25
Bayliss, Sarah. "The New Art Wallpaper: It Doesn't Just Hang There," New York Times, June 29, 2003
Kageyama, Yuri. "Japan's Andy Warhol, crosses art with the mart," Island Life, July 13, 2003
"Murakami Journal," BRUTUS, June 1, 2003
Spring Sales Preview. Art and Auction, June 2003
Siegel, Katy. "Reviews: Takashi Murakami," Artforum, Summer 2003, p. 185-186
Rimanelli, David. "Takashi Murakami's Louis Vuitton Show," Artforum, Summer 2003
Tully, Judd. "Year in Review: Beyond the Valley of the Dolls," Art Review, Summer 2003
Stewart, Amy Smith. "Takashi Murakami: Superflat Monogram," Contemporary, 2003, Issue 52, p. 77
"State of the Arts," Departures, May-June 2003
Frederick, Jim. "Move Over, Andy Warhol," Time Magazine Japan, May 26, 2003, p. 42-44
Vogel, Carol. "A Showcase Outdoors," New York Times, May 23, 2003, p. E32
Muchnic, Suzanne. "Newer art shows it has legs," Los Angeles Times, May 19, 2003, p. E1, E11
"Takashi Murakami," The New Yorker, May 12, 2003
Johnson, Ken. Art in Review, New York Times, May 2, 2003
Clem, Chivas. "Vuitton's got a brand new bag," Time Out New York, May 1-8, 2003, p. 61
Friedman, Tom. "Superflat Monogram," The New York Sun, May 1, 2003
Rivers, Charlotte. "Takashi Murakami," Lab, Vol. 05, Spring-Summer 2003, p. 138-9
La Ferla, Ruth. "Animating Vuitton," New York Times, April 8, 2003, p. C16
Steinberg, Marc. "Characterizing a New Seriality: Murakami Takashi's DOB Project," Parachute, April 1, 2003
"When Takashi Met Marc," V, Issue 22, March-April 2003
Chen, Aric. "Paste-Testing the New Wallpaper," New York Times, February 13, 2003
Bernard, Kate. "Out on the Toon," Tatler, February 2003
Huckbody, Jamie. "Shooting from the hip," i-D Magazine, February 2003, p. 80-85.
Ratnam, Niru. i-D Magazine, interview, February 2003, p. 86-88
"Runaway Report," Harper's Bazaar, January 2003, p. 29
2002
Royce, Julia. "Candy Pop," ELLE UK, December 2002, p. 59
Socha, Miles. "Artistic License," W, December 2002, p. 222
Denny, Ned. "Cartoon Death," New Statesman, November 25, 2002
Hackworth, Nick. "Disturbing Visit to 'Toon Town." The Evening Standard (London, England), November 14, 2002
Peers, Alexandra. "Art Journal: Takashi Murakami," The Wall Street Journal, November 8, 2002
Aidin, Rose. "Fashion Imitating Art," Telegraph Magazine, November 2002, p. 50-53
Aidin, Rose. "Tokyo Rising," Vogue UK, November 2002, p. 75-78
"What Inspires You? #20 Takashi Murakami," The Face, November 2002, p. 190-194
Roberts, James. "Magic Mushrooms," Frieze, October 2002, p. 66-71
Firmin-Didob, Catherine. "Une sous-culture qui s'assume," Télérama, August 2002, p. 17-18
Goumarre, Laurent. "La Violence du Joli," Têtu, July-August 2002, p. 106-108
Laubard, Charlotte. "Strategic Fantasy," Technikart, July-August 2002, p. 42-45
Loyante, Benjamin. "Ici Commence le Pays de M. Murakami," Connaisance des Arts, July-August 2002, p. 18
Martin, Maïa de. "Délire Murakami et Planète Coloriage," Art Actuel, July-August 2002, p. 15-18
Cazenave, François. "Les Mangas chez Cartier," Air France, June 2002, p. 156
Sternberg, Claude. "Y a d'la joie!," Femme, June 2002, p. 58-59
Bourbon, Aude de. "Kawaii Murakami," Chronic Art, Summer 2002, p. 65
Itoi, Kay. "Japanese Generation Takes Off," Artnews, Summer 2002, p. 90
Rosenblum, Robert. "Takashi Murakami," Artforum, May 2002, p. 80
Milroy, Sarah. "Art Imitating Technology Imitating Life," The Globe and Mail, March 18, 2002
Scott, Michael. "Nuts, Bolts & Blood," The Vancouver Sun, February 7-14, 2002, p. D6-7
Kurtz, Katie. "Superflat" Art Access, December 2001-January 2002, p. 12-13
2001
Ismail, "Takashi Murakami: Acquired," Men's Uno, December 2001, p. 70-71
Hall, Emily. "High and Low Culture Collapse in the Nicest Possible Way," The Stranger, November 2001, p. 14-15
Wilson-Goldie, Kaelen. "Takashi Murakami," Art & Auction, November 2001, p. 121-2
Takashi Murakami Special Feature, Bijutsu Techō, November 2001, p. 9-112
Itoi, Kay. "Japan's Year of Narakami," Artnet, October 2001
Kelsey, John. "Takashi Murakami," Artext, no. 74, p. 78
Cooper, Jacqueline. "Superflat," New Art Examiner, September-October 2001, pg. 58-65
Lefkowitz, David. "Edgy: Painting at the Edge of the World at Walker Art Center," New Art Examiner, September-October 2001, p. 66-71, 103
Raverty, Dennis. "Visions From a Sinking World: Japanese Anime at the Des Moines Art Center," New Art Examiner, September-October 2001, p. 53-57
"Artists without Borders," Brutus Japan, Special Murakami/Nara issue, September 2001
Darling, Michael. "Plumbing the Depths of Superflatness," Art Journal, September 22, 2001, p. 67-89
Richards, Frances. "Takashi Murakami," Artforum, September 2001, p. 192-3
Fujiwara, Erimi. "Artists without borders NARA, MURAKAMI," Brutus Japan, September 1, 2001, p. 30-75, 122-129
Kelsey, John. "Takashi Murakami," Artext, August-October 2001, p. 78
Kaplan, Cheryl. "Takashi Murakami: Lite Happiness + Super Flat," Flash Art, July-September 2001, p.92-7
Johnson, Ken. "The Innocent Yet Sinister Aspects of Japanese Animation," New York Times, August 24, 2001, p. B30
"Working Proof," Art on Paper, July-August 2001
Marks, Peter. "A Japanese Artist Goes Global," New York Times, July 25, 2001, p. B1, B5
Knight, Christopher. "A World of Pleasures," Los Angeles Times, July 17, 2001, p. F1, F10
Gopnik, Blake. "A Declaration of Resplendence," Washington Post, Sunday, July 22, 2001, p. G01
Abbe, Mary. "Japanese Youth Culture Explodes in Walker Art Center Show," Star Tribune, July 20, 2001, p. F2
Gopnik, Blake. "Twisted 'Toys': Takashi Murakami's Pop Art," Washington Post, July 15, 2001, p. G01
Itoi, Kay. "Pop Goes The Artist," Newsweek, Summer 2001
Nakamura, Eric. "Superfly," Giant Robot, Summer 2001 (cover), p. 24-28
Grabner, Michelle. "Painting at the Edge of the World," Frieze, June-August 2001, p. 116-117
Ianaconne, Carmine. "Superflat," Frieze, Issue 60, June-August 2001, p. 118
Walker, Hollis. "Mr. Outside Becomes Mr. Inside-for Now," The Wall Street Journal, June 26, 2001
Cotter, Holland."Carving a Pop Niche in Japan's Classical Tradition," New York Times, June 24, 2001, p. 31-32
Rubinstein, Raphael, "In the Realm of the Superflat," Art in America, June 2001 p. 110-115 (cover)
Wong, Martin. "Super Duper Flat," Artbyte, May-June 2001, p. 58-63
Giono, Massimiliano. "Skin Deep," Flash Art, May-June 2001
Nakamura, Eric. "The Year Otaku Broke," Artext, May-July 2001
Harvey, Doug. "P.O.'d: On MOCA's 'Public Offerings'," LA Weekly, May 11-17, 2001, p. 50
Hageman, William. "Installment Plan," Chicago Tribune, May 10, 2001, Section 5, p. 5
Corrigan, Susan. "Biff! Bang! Pow! Japan Goes Pop," I-D Magazine, May 2001, p. 106-110
Griffin, Tim. "Pop Connection," Vogue, May 2001, p. 188
Albertini, Rosanna."Superflat," Art Press, May 2001, p.12-14
Swartley, Ariel. "For the Pop Culturati, Patterns That Say Tokyo Cool," New York Times, April 22, 2001, Sec. 2, p. 37
Scott, Andrea K. "Mushroom," Time Out New York, From Issue No. 290 April 12–19, 2001
Smith, Roberta. "Takashi Murakami," New York Times, Art in Review, Friday, April 6, 2001, p.E38
Muchnic, Suzanne. "Ascent of the Early Risers," Los Angeles Times, April 1, 2001, p. 4-5, 74-76
Fujitsu, Ryota. "Superflat: Battle of America," Bijutsu Techō, April 2001, p. 179-190
Gilman-Sevcik, Frantiska and Tim. "Post-Defeat Culture," Umelec, April 2001
Gilman-Sevcik, Frantiska and Tim. "Their Fantasy," Umelec, April 2001
Pardo, Patrick. "Flat in Japan," NYArts, April 2001
Frank, Peter. "Cultural Flatland," Art on Paper, March-April 2001, p. 22
Harvey, Doug. "Superflat," Art Issues, March-April 2001
Poli, Francesco. "Takashi Murakami: Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin," p.105; "Let's Entertain: Takashi Murakami," p. 110-115, Tema Celeste, March-April 2001
Stevens, Lennox. "Superfreaky! Superflat," Entertainment Today, March 23-29, 2001, p. 6
Beyer, Charles. "Murakami's Mad World," Gotham, March 2001, p. 206-7
Itoi, Kay. "The Wizard of DOB," Artnews, March 2001, p. 134-7
Kasahara, Chiaki. "Superflat: Going to America," Kōkoku Hihyō, March 2001, p. 117-124
Pagel, David. "Takashi Murakami: Meet Japan's Pop Art Sumurai," Interview, March 2001, p. 188-192
Wilson-Goldie, Kaelen. "Satellites," Black Book, Spring 2001, p. 38
Tumlir, Jan. "Tenth Reunion," Artforum, February 2001
Knight, Christopher. "Flat-Out Profound," Los Angeles Times, Tuesday, January 16, 2001
Drohojowska-Philp, Hunter. "Pop Go the Usual Boundaries," Los Angeles Times, Sunday, January 14, 2001, p. 4, 79-80
Galleries, Connaissance Des Arts, January 2001
2000
Bensinger, Ken. "The Gift That Might Start Giving," The Wall Street Journal, December 22, 2000, p.C3
Bates, Rob. "A Different Toon," Smock, July 2000
DiPietro, Monty. "Seeing in the rain," Artnews, May 2000
Matsui, Midori. "Japanese Innovators," Flash Art, January-February 2000, p. 90-91.
1999
Rimanelli, David. "Takashi, Murakami, Bard Center for Curatorial Studies, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York," ArtForum, November 1999, p 134-135
Saltz, Jerry. "Imitation Warhol," Village Voice, August 31, 1999, p.65
Kimmelman, Michael. "The Hudson Valley, Inside and Out: Center for Curatorial Studies Museum," New York Times, July 30, 1999.
Gomez, Edward M. "The Fine Art of Biting Into Japanese Cuteness," New York Times, July 18, 1999
Kusumi, Kiyoshi. "Takashi Murakami," Bijutsu Techō, May 1999, pg. 125-142
Linnemeyer, Christian. "Po-ku die dekadente kunst," Intro, No. 63, May 1999, p.18-19
Galloway, Munro. "Expos/Reviews," ArtPress, 245, April 1999, p.72-73
Fujimori, Manami. Bijutsu Techō, Vol.51 No.769, April 1999, p.133
Shelley,Ward and Erik Bakke. "Mob Rule: Sculpture After Hanson," NY Arts, Vol.4, No.3, 1999, p. 10-13
Greene, David A. "Exposure," Spin, March 1999, p. 64-65
Levin, Kim. "Voice choices: Takashi Murakami," Village Voice, February 16, 1999, p. 86
Yehya, Naief. "La estetica de la abundancia de Takashi Murakami," El Financiero, February 14, 1999
Smith, Roberta. "Art in Review," New York Times, February 5, 1999, p. B35
Pinchpeck, Daniel. "A Montage of Photo Exhibitions," The Art Newspaper, No.89, February, 1999
Pederson, Victoria. "Reviews," Paper, February 1999
"Takashi Murakami," Juxtopoz, Jan-Feb 1999, Volume 6, No.1
1998
Hickey, Dave. "The Best of 1998," Artforum, December 1998, p.94-95
Design Plex, December 1998, p. 6-17
I MAGAZINE, December 1998, p. 14-25
Matsui, Midori. "Takashi Murakami," Index, November-December 1998
Gropp, Rose-Maria. "Life in the perfect world of art," Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, November 14, 1998
Madoff, Steven Henry. "Pop surrealism: Exhibit at Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art," Artforum, October 1998
Darling, Michael. "The Fire Hose Lariats of Takashi Murakami at Blum & Poe in Santa Monica," Dart International, Fall 1998
Joyce, Julie. "Star Blazers," Art Issues, September-October 1998, p.23-25
"Donaiyanen! Et maintenant! La Creation Contemporaine au Japon," Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux Arts, September 1998, p. 74-77
Goldberg, Itzhak. "Art et Humour," Beaux Art, Number 171, August 1998
Tumlir, Jan. "Takashi Murakami at Blum & Poe," LA Weekly, July 17-23, 1998, p.61
Pagel, David. "Reviews," Los Angeles Times, July 3, 1998, p. F26
Molinari, Guido K. "Takashi Murakami," Global Art, March-April 1998, p.106
Murakami, Takashi. "POP + OTAKU + PO + KU," Big, 1998
1997
Matsui, Midori. "Tokyo Pop," Flash Art, November-December 1997
Hara, Makiko. "Contemporary Japanese Art: Young Artists, Consumer Culture and Internationalization," Parachute, October-December 1997
Pagel, David. "Painting in the Midst of Generational Conflict," Los Angeles Times, August 1, 1997, p.F28
Sawaragi, Noi. "Takashi Murakami," World Art, Summer 1997, p.76
1996
Odagiri, Hiroshi. "Art or Not Art, That is the Question," Model Graphix, October 25, 1996
Higa, Karen. "Some Thoughts on National and Cultural Identity: Art by Contemporary Japanese and Japanese American Artists," Art Journal, Fall 1996
Alleti, Vince and Levin, Kim. "Fair Game," Village Voice, May 21, 1996
Shin, Masa. "Vitamin Culture," DiBi DiBi Paper, April 1996
1995
Larsen, Lars Bang. "Japan Today," Flash Art, November-December 1995
O'Hara, Gail. "Buying Japanese: Dreamy things come in shapely packages," Time Out New York, October 4-11, 1995
Nilsson, Hakan. "Japan Art Today at Louisiana," Material, Autumn 1995
Kent, Sarah. "Don't look now…," Time Out New York, June 28-July 5, 1995
Levin, Kim. Voices Choices, Village Voice, May 1995
1994
ARTnews, November 1994
Bellars, Peter. "If you can't beat' em," Asahi Evening News, July 1, 1994
1993
Kurabayashi, Yasushi. Nikkei ICF, July 7, 1993, p.41-44
Blum, Timothy and Jon Kessler. "Made in Japan: Otaku: Home Alone," Documents, February 1993, p. 31-36
1992
Yoshikawa, Yoshio and Yukako Yoshikawa. Katachi, no. 20, Spring 1992
Fujiwara, Erimi. "Takashi Murakami Conceptual Art of the New Generation," JA, March 1992,
Friis-Hansen, Dana. Review, The Japan Times Weekly, March 7, 1992
Friis-Hansen, Dana. "Empire of Goods," Flash Art, March-April 1992
Sawaragi, Noi and Fumio Nanjo. "Dangerously Cute," Flash Art, March-April 1992