wataru komachi is a canvas chamelion.
the tokyo-based artist scouts charity shops
and fleamarkets for discarded furniture,
anything from sofas and launch chairs to hanging
scrolls,yellowing lampshades and office chairs and recovers
them with vivid silkscreen prints
......................................komachi has shown his work predominately
in tokyo and paris,at edgy galleries like (the deep)(colette).
WATARU KOMACHI
BORN TOKYO.JAPAN
LIVE IN TOKYO
SELECTED EXHIBITION
1997.tank gallery (OSAKA.JAPAN)
2000.deep gallery (TOKYO.JAPAN)
2000.colette (PARIS)
group show (la plages) julie verhoeven/marlene marino/felix larber/claudio cassano/trevor appleson.
2000.christophe lemaire flagship store(PARIS)
(wataru komachi@christophe lemaire)
2001.le bon marche department (PARIS)
group show (exposition collections particulieres)
2001.inart gallery(OSAKA.JAPAN)
2001.speak for bldg(TOKYO.JAPAN)
2002.the pineal eye(LONDON)
2002.inart gallery(OSAKA.JAPAN)
2005.h.p.france bijoux (TOKYO.JAPAN)
2005.the pineal eye(LONDON.UK)
2006.cibone gallery(TOKYO.JAPAN)
2007.the reed space (TOKYO.JAPAN)
2007.‘—§V”üpŠÙ THE
NATIONAL ART CENTER TOKYO.SFT GALLERY(FROM TOKYO)GROUP SHOWiTOKYO.JAPAN)
2008.CALM&PUNK GALLERY (TOKYO)
OTHERS
BECK (2001euro tour t-shirts designed)
LACOSTE(12.12 project tokyo)
LEVIS tokyo(tab device .silk screen poster)
moleskine(my moleskine exhibition)
BONJOUR RECORDS(t-shirts designed)
DESIGN TIDE(2005.BEST TOKYO DESIGN)AWARDS
2008.¼‰®‹âÀ@‘SŠÙƒvƒƒ‚[ƒVƒ‡ƒ“
