Suchan Kinoshita

Suchan Kinoshita (; born November 9, 1960) is a German-Japanese visual artist. Her mixed personal and artistic background has heavily influenced her work.

Early life and education Kinoshita was born November 9, 1960 in Tokyo and grew up in Japan with a German mother and a Japanese father. She studied at the Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln (Cologne Academy for Music and Dance) from 1981 to 1985 and the Jan van Eyck Academie in Maastricht from 1998 to 1990. In Cologne she was taught by the contemporary composer Maurizio Fagel.

Career From 1983 to 1992 she was associated with the Theater am Mariënplatz in Krefeld, where she acted, directed her own plays, and made props.

Work and themes Kinoshita's work is displayed in many public and private collections, including: Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam; Bonnefanten Museum, Maastricht; de Vleeshal, Middelburg; Museum Het Domein, Sittard; Chisenhale Gallery, London; Musée d’Art Contemporain, Lyon; Museum of Contemporary Art, Antwerp; and Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Ghent.

Kinoshita grew up between two different cultures and trained in various artistic disciplines. Her work blends elements from her background in experimental music and theater. With her performances and installations, almost all of which are distinctly interdisciplinary, Kinoshita presents the everyday in a different form. Kinoshita herself refers to this as "inbetween." The various themes from her varied background can readily be seen in her oeuvre.

In addition to many solo exhibitions, Suchan Kinoshita has participated in more than 90 international group exhibitions

Solo exhibitions (selection) Year Name Location 1991 1995 1996 2006 2006–2007 2007 2010 2010 2011 2013 2014 2015 2023

Group exhibitions (selection) Year Name Location 1995 Various locations, Istanbul 1996 Various Museums, Rotterdam 1997 Site, Santa Fé 2010 Today Art Museum, Beijing 2011 2012 2016 2018 2018 2022 1999 2010