川俣正 b.1953
出生於日本北海道，東京藝術大學博士。
目前在東京和巴黎兩地生活及創作。
1999年至2005年間任教於東京藝術大學，並擔任2005年橫濱三年展總監。2007-2019年間任教於巴黎國立美術學院及凡爾賽國立高等建築學院，2014年獲頒法國藝術與文學勳章(Ordre des Arts et des Lettres)。
28歲受邀參加第四十屆威尼斯雙年展(1982)，並連續受邀參與第八、九屆卡塞爾文件展(1987, 1992)，至今仍持續受邀參與重要藝術雙年展。曾參與的雙年展包括聖保羅國際雙年展(1987, 2020)、里昂當代藝術雙年展(1993)、敏斯特雕塑大展(1997)、雪梨雙年展(1998)、耶路撒冷雙年展(1999)、日本越後妻有大地藝術祭(2000, 2015, 2023)、上海雙年展、釜山雙年展(2002)、瓦倫西亞雙年展(2004)、梅勒雙年展(2009)、波爾多雙年展(2009)、赫爾辛基三年展(2020)。
他的作品受邀到國際各大主要機構展出，如里斯本藝術、建築與科技博物館(2018)、莫斯科普希金美術館(2018)、那不勒斯Made in Cloister(2017)、瑞士圖爾高美術館(2014)、巴黎龐畢度中心(2010)及梅茲分館(2016）、東京Toyosu Dome(2010-2013）、柏林世界文化之家(2009)、日本東京現代美術館(2008)、日本水戶藝術館(2001)、倫敦蛇形畫廊(1997)、聖安東尼奧Artpace(1998)、巴塞隆納當代藝術館(1996)。近兩年，川俣正嘗試與國際知名品牌合作，分別為日本資生堂(2020)及東京銀座愛馬仕(2021)的櫥窗設計。
Tadashi KAWAMATA b.1953
Tadashi Kawamata is a Japanese artist, born in Mikasa City on Hokkaido, who lives and works in Tokyo and Paris.
In 1984 he obtained a doctorate from the Tokyo University of the Arts. He has been involved in numerous international exhibitions and has performed internationally; and was the director of the Yokohama Triennial in 2005. Professor at the Tokyo University of the Arts from April 1999 to March 2005, he has been teaching from 2007 to 2019 at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris. He has also been invited teacher at the École Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture de Versailles. Awarded the French Order of Arts and Letters in 2014.
At the age of 28, Tadashi was chosen to take part in the 40th Venice Biennale (1982) and he took part in the 8th and 9th Documenta(1987, 1992) in Kassel. He is continuously invited in numerous art biennales such as the international Biennale of São Paulo (1987, 2020), the Contemporary Art Biennale in Lyon (1993), the Skulptur Projekte Münster (1997), the Sydiney Biennale (1998), the Jerusalem Biennale (1999), the Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale in Nigata (2000, 2015, 2023), the Shanghai Biennale (2002), the Busan Biennale (2002), the Valencia Biennale (2004), the Biennale de Melle (2009), the Biennale Evento in Bordeaux (2009) and the Helsinki Biennial(2020).
His work has been widely shown in major international institutions such as MAAT, Lisbon (2018), Pushkin Museum, Moscow (2018), Made in Cloister, Napoli (2017), the Thurgau Art Museum, Switzerland (2014), the Centre Pompidou in Paris (2010) and Metz (2016), the Toyosu Dome, in Tokyo (2010-2013), the HKW in Berlin (2009), the Art Tower Mito in Mito (2001), the Serpentine Gallery in London (1997), the Artpace San Antonio (1998), the MACBA in Barcelona (1996).
Kawamata was invited to cooperate with International Brand to install their windows, such as Shieseido (2020) and HERMÈS (2021) in Ginza, Japan.