Born in Sabae-Shi (Fukui), Japan, 1929

Lives and works in Düsseldorf, Germany



Solo exhibitions, selection

1972		La Fenêtre, Nice, France


1976 		Galleria Multipla, Italy


1978 		Galerie A, Amsterdam
1978 		Other Books & So, Amsterdam
1978 		Galerie Inge Baecker, Bochum, Germany


1980		Ruhr Universität, Essen, Germany


1981		Modern Art Galerie, Vienna, Austria


1982		Galerie Kiki Maier-Hahn, Düsseldorf, Germany


1984		Galerie M. + R. Fricke, Düsseldorf, Germany


1986		Galerie Hundertmark, Cologne, Germany


1988		Stadtmuseum, Düsseldorf, Germany


1989		Galerie Lara Vincy, Paris, France
1989		Harlekin Art, Wiesbaden, Germany, cat.*


1990		Emily Harvey Gallery, New York, USA


1993		Fondation Mudima, Milan, Italy


1994		Studio Leonardi, Gênes
1994		Galerie Ilverich, Düsseldorf, Germay


1996		Galerie Catherine Gualco, Gênes


1999		Buchgalerie Mergemeier, Düsseldorf, Germany
1999		Galerie Kiki Maier-Hahn, Düsseldorf, Germany


2000		Galerie Beim Steinen Kreuz, Bremen, Germany


2009		Galerie Lara Vincy, Paris, France


* = artist contribution


Group exhibition selection

1970		Fluxus, Kölnischer Kunstverein, Cologne, Germany

1971		Flux shoe, England

1980		Fluxus tour, Nice and Lyon, France / Ghent, Belgium

1981		Spiele, Museum Hagen, Hagen. Germany
1981		Typisch Frau, Kunstverein, Bonn, Germany

1982		Hommage à Karl Valentin, Stadtmuseum, Munich, Germany
1982		Wiesbaden Fluxus, Wiesbaden Museum, Wiesbaden, Germany

1965		Box show, New York, USA

1983		Hats, Harlekin Art, Wiesbaden, Germany

1984		Fluxus, etc.: The Gilbert and Lila Silverman Collection, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, USA

1988		Marcel Duchamp und die Avantgarde seit 1950, Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany
1988		Center of Spiral Garden, Tokyo, Japan 

1990		Ubi Fluxus ibi motus, 1990/1962, Venice Biennual, Italy

1992		Fluxus Virus, Kölner Kunstverein, Cologne, Germany
1992		Three or more multiple art from Duchamp to the present, Wacoal Art, Tokyo, Japan

1994		En el espíritu de Fluxus, Fundación Antoni Tàpies, Barcelona, Spain

1995		Eine lange Geschichte mit vielen Knoten / Fluxus Deutschland 1962 - 1994, IFA, Stuttgart, Germany, travelling exhibition 

2000		Through the looking glass, Galerie M + R Fricke, Berlin, Germany

2001		Through the looking glass, Galerie M + R Fricke (closed in 2006), Düsseldorf, Germany 

2002		La Fluxus Constellation, Villa Croce Museo d´Arte Contemporanea, Genova, Italy

2003		Do-It-Yourself Fluxus - Art Interactive, Cambridge (MA), USA
2003		Centraal Fluxus Festival - in POST CM, Centraal Museum, Utrecht, Netherlands

2004		Fluxus in Germany 1962-1994, Listasafn Islands / National Gallery of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland
2004		Algorithmische Revolution. Zur Geschichte der interaktiven Kunst, ZKM/Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie, Karlsruhe, Germany

2005		Spielräume, Stiftung Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum o Center of International Sculpture, Duisburg, Germany
2005		Faites vos jeux! Kunst und Spiel seit Dada, Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein, Vaduz, Luxemburg
2005		Play! The Art of the Game, Cobra Museum, Amstelveen, Netherlands
2005		Fluxus und Freunde, Kunstmuseum Magdeburg / Kloster Unser Lieben Frauen, Magdeburg, Germany
2005		Fluxus llega al MAC: una larga historia con muchos nudos, Fluxus en Alemania 1, MAC/Museo de Arte Contemporáneo. Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Brazil
2005		Art ist's - Von Bild zu Bild: eine Assoziationsreise, Galerie & Edition Marlene Frei, Zurich, Switzerland
2005		Faites vos jeux! Kunst und Spiel seit Dada, Akademie der Künste, Berlin, Germany

2006		Faites vos jeux! Kunst und Spiel seit Dada, Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Siegen, Germany
2006		Comunicato Stampa, CAMeC/Centro de Arte Moderna e Contemporanea della Spezia, La Spezia, Italy
2006		Fluxus na Alemanha 1962 - 1994, Museu Oscar Niemeyer, Curitiba, Brazil
2006		Fluxus: Alemanha 1962 - 1994, Instituto Tomie Ohtake, São Paulo, Brazil
2006		Fluxus & Non Fluxus Fluxus, Randers Kunstmuseum, Randers, Denmark
2006		Après dAdA?, Galerie Lara Vincy, Paris, France
2006		Tuttolibri, Galleria Milano, Milan, Italy

2007		Fluxus - Una larga historia con muchos nudos. Alemania 1962-1994, CAAC/Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporáneo, Sevilla, Spain
2007		Dans le sens du non-sens* - Galerie Lara Vincy, Paris 

2008		Re-Imagining Asia - Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, Germany
2008		Reasia - Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, Germany
2008		Ad Absurdum - MARTa Herford, Herford, Germany
2008		Between Art and Life; performativity in Japanese Art, CAC / Centre d’Art Contemporain, Geneva, Switzerland

2009		Le summum du luxe Fluxus, Galerie Lara Vincy, Paris, France
2009		Soudain l'été Fluxus, Passage de Retz, Paris, France, curator Bernard Blistène
2009		Re-Imagining Asia - The New Art Gallery Walsall, Walsall (West Midlands), England


Monographies

1988		Takako Saito - Objekte, Stadtmuseum, Düsseldorf, cat.
1989		Takako Saito - Schachspiele, Spiele und Bücher, Editions Harlekin Art, Wiesbaden-Erbenheim
2008		Art échecs et mat, Yves Marek, Editions Imprimerie Nationale


Articles

1977		Portraits dessinés et commentés, AQ-Fluxus, How we met or a microdemystification, no. 16, Saarbrücken-Dudweiler, Germany, p. 49
1978		To George Maciunas with love - Fluxus Happening, Flash Art no. 84-85, Oct.-Nov., p.39 
1993		Anti bull shit,  December / January 1994, Takako Saito, p. 8 
1997		Kunstforum International, Band 139, December, Kunst und Literatur I, p.300-319


Websites about Takako Saito

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