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== Career ==
== Career ==
Hara worked as an independent curator based in Tokyo and Montreal throughout the 1990s and early 2000s.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://ccca.concordia.ca/nuitblanche/nuitblanche2009/c.html|title=Nuit Blanche 2009 - Zone C|website=ccca.concordia.ca|access-date=2019-03-09}}</ref> During that time she was a co-founder of the collective Tokyo Art Speak,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://fillip.ca/content/rethinking-a-history-of-tokyo-art-speak|title=Rethinking a History of Tokyo Art Speak (Makiko Hara)|last=Fillip|website=Fillip|language=en|access-date=2019-03-09}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://arcpost.ca/articles/rethinking-a-history-of-tokyo-art-speak|title=ArcPost: A Project of the Pacific Association of Artist Run Centres|website=arcpost.ca|access-date=2019-03-09}}</ref> a collective that focused on art discourse. Since the late 90s Hara has curated numerous notable contemporary art exhibitions and projects throughout the Asia Pacific Rim.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=MASH UP: The Birth of Modern Culture|last=Vancouver Art Gallery|first=|publisher=black dog publishing|year=2016|isbn=978-1-910433-39-3|location=Vancouver, BC|pages=310-313, 339}}</ref> She moved to Vancouver in 2007 when she was appointed the Chief Curator of Centre A, International Centre for Contemporary Asian Art.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.straight.com/arts/632851/centre-appoints-makiko-hara-curator-residence|title=Centre A appoints Makiko Hara as curator-in-residence|date=2016-02-05|website=Georgia Straight Vancouver's News & Entertainment Weekly|language=en|access-date=2019-03-09}}</ref> She was Chief Curator at Centre A until 2013 during which time she curated exhibitions with major contemporary artists from Vancouver and across the world, including: [[Germaine Koh]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://centrea.org/2007/01/overflow/|title=Overflow {{!}} Centre A|language=en-US|access-date=2019-03-10}}</ref> [[Shen Yuan]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://centrea.org/2007/04/shen-yuan/|title=Shen Yuan {{!}} Centre A|language=en-US|access-date=2019-03-10}}</ref> [[Cathy Busby]] and [[Garry Neill Kennedy]], and [[Lani Maestro]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://centrea.org/2010/10/her-rain/|title=“her rain” {{!}} Centre A|language=en-US|access-date=2019-03-10}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.straight.com/article-357064/vancouver/lani-maestros-sitespecific-exhibition-her-rain-speaks-eloquently-its-location|title=Lani Maestro’s site-specific exhibition, her rain, speaks eloquently to its location|date=2010-11-08|website=Georgia Straight Vancouver's News & Entertainment Weekly|language=en|access-date=2019-03-10}}</ref> In 2009 she was a guest curator at Scotia Bank Nuit Blanche, (Toronto, Canada),<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/new-installations-to-highlight-nuit-blanche/article1199068/|title=New installations to highlight Nuit Blanche|access-date=2019-03-09}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/2009/10/01/make_it_a_nuit_to_remember.html|title=Make it a nuit to remember {{!}} The Star|website=thestar.com|language=en|access-date=2019-03-10}}</ref> where she curated Zone C, in Liberty Village, on the theme of Urban Disaster/Catastrophe/Survival Actions, which included works by Tom Dean; [[Young-Hae Chang Heavy Industries|Young-hae Chang Heavy Industries]]; [[Skeena Reece]]; Babak Golkar; [[Oswaldo Maciá]]; Brandon Vickerd; Jerome McGrath and Rina Grosman; Jason deHaan and Scott Rogers; Randy and Berenicci, and Kuo I-Chen.
Hara worked as an independent curator based in Tokyo and Montreal throughout the 1990s and early 2000s.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://ccca.concordia.ca/nuitblanche/nuitblanche2009/c.html|title=Nuit Blanche 2009 - Zone C|website=ccca.concordia.ca|access-date=2019-03-09}}</ref> During that time she was a co-founder of the collective Tokyo Art Speak,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://fillip.ca/content/rethinking-a-history-of-tokyo-art-speak|title=Rethinking a History of Tokyo Art Speak (Makiko Hara)|last=Fillip|website=Fillip|language=en|access-date=2019-03-09}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://arcpost.ca/articles/rethinking-a-history-of-tokyo-art-speak|title=ArcPost: A Project of the Pacific Association of Artist Run Centres|website=arcpost.ca|access-date=2019-03-09}}</ref> a collective that focused on art discourse. Since the late 90s Hara has curated numerous notable contemporary art exhibitions and projects throughout the Asia Pacific Rim.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=MASH UP: The Birth of Modern Culture|last=Vancouver Art Gallery|first=|publisher=black dog publishing|year=2016|isbn=978-1-910433-39-3|location=Vancouver, BC|pages=310-313, 339}}</ref> She moved to Vancouver in 2007 when she was appointed the Chief Curator of Centre A, International Centre for Contemporary Asian Art.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.straight.com/arts/632851/centre-appoints-makiko-hara-curator-residence|title=Centre A appoints Makiko Hara as curator-in-residence|date=2016-02-05|website=Georgia Straight Vancouver's News & Entertainment Weekly|language=en|access-date=2019-03-09}}</ref> She was Chief Curator at Centre A until 2013 during which time she curated exhibitions with major contemporary artists from Vancouver and across the world, including: [[Kyohei Sakaguchi|Kyohei Sakaguch]]<nowiki/>i<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://centrea.org/2011/04/kyohei-sakaguchi-drawings-2000-2011/|title=Kyohei Sakaguchi Drawings 2000-2011 {{!}} Centre A|language=en-US|access-date=2019-03-10}}</ref>, [[Shen Yuan]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://centrea.org/2007/04/shen-yuan/|title=Shen Yuan {{!}} Centre A|language=en-US|access-date=2019-03-10}}</ref> [[Cathy Busby]] and [[Garry Neill Kennedy]], and [[Lani Maestro]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://centrea.org/2010/10/her-rain/|title=“her rain” {{!}} Centre A|language=en-US|access-date=2019-03-10}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.straight.com/article-357064/vancouver/lani-maestros-sitespecific-exhibition-her-rain-speaks-eloquently-its-location|title=Lani Maestro’s site-specific exhibition, her rain, speaks eloquently to its location|date=2010-11-08|website=Georgia Straight Vancouver's News & Entertainment Weekly|language=en|access-date=2019-03-10}}</ref> In 2009 she was a guest curator at Scotia Bank Nuit Blanche, (Toronto, Canada),<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/new-installations-to-highlight-nuit-blanche/article1199068/|title=New installations to highlight Nuit Blanche|access-date=2019-03-09}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/2009/10/01/make_it_a_nuit_to_remember.html|title=Make it a nuit to remember {{!}} The Star|website=thestar.com|language=en|access-date=2019-03-10}}</ref> where she curated Zone C, in Liberty Village, on the theme of Urban Disaster/Catastrophe/Survival Actions, which included works by Tom Dean; [[Young-Hae Chang Heavy Industries|Young-hae Chang Heavy Industries]]; [[Skeena Reece]]; Babak Golkar; [[Oswaldo Maciá]]; Brandon Vickerd; Jerome McGrath and Rina Grosman; Jason deHaan and Scott Rogers; Randy and Berenicci, and Kuo I-Chen.


In 2016, Hara was a contributing curator to MASH UP: The Birth of Modern Culture at the [[Vancouver Art Gallery]], presenting a project by Japanese artist UJINO. <ref name=":0" /> IN 2018 she curatored ''Rock Paper Scissors,'' a project by Cindy Mochizuki, at Yonago City Museum, which later toured to Vancouver at the NIkkei Museum.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.burnabynow.com/entertainment/rock-paper-scissors-at-nikkei-national-museum-1.7694248|title=Rock, Paper, Scissors at Nikkei National Museum|website=Burnaby Now|access-date=2019-03-10}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rockpaperscissors-project.com/|title=Rock, Paper, Scissors|website=Rock, Paper, Scissors|language=en-US|access-date=2019-03-10}}</ref>
In 2016, Hara was a contributing curator to MASH UP: The Birth of Modern Culture at the [[Vancouver Art Gallery]], presenting a project by Japanese artist UJINO. <ref name=":0" /> IN 2018 she curatored ''Rock Paper Scissors,'' a project by Cindy Mochizuki, at Yonago City Museum, which later toured to Vancouver at the NIkkei Museum.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.burnabynow.com/entertainment/rock-paper-scissors-at-nikkei-national-museum-1.7694248|title=Rock, Paper, Scissors at Nikkei National Museum|website=Burnaby Now|access-date=2019-03-10}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rockpaperscissors-project.com/|title=Rock, Paper, Scissors|website=Rock, Paper, Scissors|language=en-US|access-date=2019-03-10}}</ref>

Revision as of 22:20, 10 March 2019

Makiko Hara (born 1967) is an independent curator working in Tokyo, Japan and Vancouver, Canada.

Career

Hara worked as an independent curator based in Tokyo and Montreal throughout the 1990s and early 2000s.[1] During that time she was a co-founder of the collective Tokyo Art Speak,[2][3] a collective that focused on art discourse. Since the late 90s Hara has curated numerous notable contemporary art exhibitions and projects throughout the Asia Pacific Rim.[4] She moved to Vancouver in 2007 when she was appointed the Chief Curator of Centre A, International Centre for Contemporary Asian Art.[5] She was Chief Curator at Centre A until 2013 during which time she curated exhibitions with major contemporary artists from Vancouver and across the world, including: Kyohei Sakaguchi[6], Shen Yuan,[7] Cathy Busby and Garry Neill Kennedy, and Lani Maestro.[8][9] In 2009 she was a guest curator at Scotia Bank Nuit Blanche, (Toronto, Canada),[10][11] where she curated Zone C, in Liberty Village, on the theme of Urban Disaster/Catastrophe/Survival Actions, which included works by Tom Dean; Young-hae Chang Heavy Industries; Skeena Reece; Babak Golkar; Oswaldo Maciá; Brandon Vickerd; Jerome McGrath and Rina Grosman; Jason deHaan and Scott Rogers; Randy and Berenicci, and Kuo I-Chen.

In 2016, Hara was a contributing curator to MASH UP: The Birth of Modern Culture at the Vancouver Art Gallery, presenting a project by Japanese artist UJINO. [4] IN 2018 she curatored Rock Paper Scissors, a project by Cindy Mochizuki, at Yonago City Museum, which later toured to Vancouver at the NIkkei Museum.[12][13]

References

  1. ^ "Nuit Blanche 2009 - Zone C". ccca.concordia.ca. Retrieved 2019-03-09.
  2. ^ Fillip. "Rethinking a History of Tokyo Art Speak (Makiko Hara)". Fillip. Retrieved 2019-03-09.
  3. ^ "ArcPost: A Project of the Pacific Association of Artist Run Centres". arcpost.ca. Retrieved 2019-03-09.
  4. ^ a b Vancouver Art Gallery (2016). MASH UP: The Birth of Modern Culture. Vancouver, BC: black dog publishing. pp. 310–313, 339. ISBN 978-1-910433-39-3.
  5. ^ "Centre A appoints Makiko Hara as curator-in-residence". Georgia Straight Vancouver's News & Entertainment Weekly. 2016-02-05. Retrieved 2019-03-09.
  6. ^ "Kyohei Sakaguchi Drawings 2000-2011 | Centre A". Retrieved 2019-03-10.
  7. ^ "Shen Yuan | Centre A". Retrieved 2019-03-10.
  8. ^ ""her rain" | Centre A". Retrieved 2019-03-10.
  9. ^ "Lani Maestro's site-specific exhibition, her rain, speaks eloquently to its location". Georgia Straight Vancouver's News & Entertainment Weekly. 2010-11-08. Retrieved 2019-03-10.
  10. ^ "New installations to highlight Nuit Blanche". Retrieved 2019-03-09.
  11. ^ "Make it a nuit to remember | The Star". thestar.com. Retrieved 2019-03-10.
  12. ^ "Rock, Paper, Scissors at Nikkei National Museum". Burnaby Now. Retrieved 2019-03-10.
  13. ^ "Rock, Paper, Scissors". Rock, Paper, Scissors. Retrieved 2019-03-10.
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