Chikako
Watanabe

Visual Artist

Title: The Third House Owner

Based in Amsterdam. Watanabe explores the cultures of different communities worldwide and creates installations based on what she finds. Her work often includes improvisational workshops and performances with musicians. Through collaborations with people and locally found objects, she creates “places” where memories of the lands and reality intertwine.

Recent exhibitions: Huis Marseille Museum for Photography (Netherlands, 2018), Noseden Artline (Japan, 2019), MANIFESTA 13 MARSEILLE Les Parallèles du Sud (France, 2020), Shigaraki Mania (Japan, 2021), Nenezky Historic Museum (Russia, 2022). Her art book, NETTING AIR FROM THE LOW LAND (2018), was published by HeHe.

Kyoto City University of Arts Ceramic department BA/MA(JP), Sandberg Instituut MA(NL) , Riksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten(NL), Ruangrupa (ID), Sapporo Tenjinyama Art Studio (JP).