高森信男

Takamori Nobuo is a Taiwanese independent curator with Japanese descent, he is currently based at Taipei, Taiwan. Takamori works as chief-curator of 2021 Asian Arts Biennial, Phantasmapolis, organized by National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, which aims to described the futurism and sci-fi perspective inside Asian contemporary art. He is also the Assistant Professor of Taipei National University of Arts (part-time position). For more than a decade, Takamori’s curatorial work and research project aims to evoke the hidden linkage between Taiwan and Southeast Asia, with practical exchange project for encourage the interaction of contemporary art from both sides.

Contemporary Art Exchange
Southeast and South Asia
Modern and Contemporary Art Exchange History of Asia
Interdisciplinary Curation
Global South

• 2022

  Life In-between: Mongolia and Central Asia, A Contemporary Art Perspective, co-curated with Taiwanese curator Chen Shiang-Wen, and Mongolian

• 2022

  Another Continent, Taitung Art Museum, Taitung, Taiwan

• 2021

  Phantasmapolis, 2021 Asian Art Biennial, co-curated with Taiwanese curator Ho Yu-Kuan, Filipina curator Tessa Maria Quazon, Thai curator Thanavi Chotpradit and Indian curator Anushka Rajendran, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung, Taiwan

• 2021

  The Oceans and the Interpreters—Interpreters’ Screening II: The Mysterious Island, co-curated with Martiniquais curator Caryl Ivrisse-Crochemar, Hong-Gah Museum, Taipei, Taiwan

• 2021

  The Balcony City Civilization—The City of Fantasy Remerges: Shu-Kai LIN Solo Exhibition, Tainan Art Museum, Tainan, Taiwan

• 2020

  Terrains, Maps, and Time Travel—CHOU Tai-Chun’s Solo Exhibition, Liang Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan

• 2020

  The Secret South: From Cold War Perspective to Global South in Museum Collection, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan

• 2020

  The Oceans and the Interpreters-Interpreters’ Screening I: The Deep City, co-curated with Nigerian curators Jude Anogwih and Oyinda Fakeye, Hong-Gah Museum, Taipei, Taiwan

• 2020

  Everyday Life and Landscapes of the Island: Betel Nuts, Bananas, Sugar Cane, and Palms, co-curated with Taiwanese curator Chuang Tong-Chiao, Tainan Art Museum, Tainan, Taiwan

• 2019

  After our dear Country Failed, Digital Art Center, Taipei, Taipei, Taiwan

• 2019

  The Middleman, the Backpacker, the Alien Species and the Time Traveler, TKG+, Taipei, Taiwan

• 2018

  Metropolis of the Future: A Futurology Study of Asian Mega-Cities, co-curated with Thai curator Henry Tan, Tentacles, Bangkok, Thailand

• 2018

  Is/In-Land: Mongolian Taiwanese Contemporary Art Exchange Project, co-curated with Taiwanese curator Chen Shiang-Wen, and Mongolian curator Gantuya Badamgarav, 976 Art Gallery, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia; Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts, Taipei, Taiwan

• 2017

  Tabaco, Carpet, Lunch Box, Textile Machinery and Cave Men: the narratives of craftsmanship and technologies in contemporary art, Hong-Gah Museum, Taipei, Taiwan

• 2016

  Blue Birds in the Labyrinth: A Walk from Japanese Modern Art to Asian Contemporary Art Scene, Galerie Nichido, Taipei, Taiwan

• 2015

  Wild Legend, co-curated with Taiwanese curators Lin Chen-Wei, Tsai Chi-Ming, and Chou I-Wen, Jumin Museum, Jinshan, Taiwan

• 2015

  unOfficial Pavilion of Taiwan’s Video Art, Milano 2015: unComfortable unSustainability unECO-Friendly unRespect unCultural unTechnology, [.BOX] Video Art Project Space, Milan, Italy

• 2015

  Nowhere to Hide: Li Chao’s Art 2011-2015, Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts, Taipei, Taiwan

• 2015

  I Don’t Belong, Galleria H, Taipei, Taiwan

• 2014

  The 4th Taiwan International Video Art Exhibition 2014: The Return of Ghosts, co-curated with Taiwanese curator Gong Jow-Jiun, Hong-Gah Museum, Taipei, Taiwan

• 2014

  The Lost Garden, Eslite Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan

• 2013

  Urbanscape in Tainan, Tainan Cultural Industry Park, Tainan, Taiwn

• 2013

  Sommerreise, GlogauAIR, Berlin, Germany

• 2013

  Unfamiliar Nostalgia, École Gallery and Preparation Office of Longtan Literature Museum, Taipei and Longtan, Taiwan

• 2012

  South country, South of Country—Vietnamese & Taiwanese Artists Exchange Project, co-curated with Vietnamese curator Nguyen Nhu Huy, Zero Station, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam; Howl Space, Tainan, Taiwan

• 2011

  Post – Actitud, El Artecontemporáneo de Jóvenes Artistas de Taiwán, Ex Teresa Arte Actual, Mexico City, Mexico

• 2017

  Ph.D., Institute of Applied Art, National Chiao Tung University