History

After returning from NY, established “HIROPON FACTORY”. (Marunuma Art Forest, Asaka City, Saitama Prefecture) with a full-time staff of six. However, they were all volunteers, or rather, they were fed by them.

Miyoshi factory manager Shisho and painting advisor Yoshikazu Hirata have been helping out since that time.

Artist Mr. Shisho was also an assistant at this time.

Full-fledged organization begins. Hiro Pon Factory No. 2 is established in the Marunuma Art Forest as a space dedicated to the production of artworks. Building No. 1 is divided into two sections: “Building No. 1 = office work and computer-related work” and “Building No. 2 = production of artworks.

Established “Hiropon Factory NY Studio” in Brooklyn, NY.

The space is about four and a half tatami mats.

SUPERFLAT” is published. An exhibition was simultaneously held at Parco Gallery. The following year, an overseas exhibition began at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, and traveled to Seattle and Minneapolis.

Kaikai Kiki Ltd. is established. Incorporated.

Solo exhibition “Summon or Open the Door, Recover or Annihilate” at the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo. With this exhibition, Kaikai Kiki begins hiring office staff along with the production department. This was because dealing with the press had become too complicated and he could no longer concentrate on the production of his artworks. Chiaaki Kasahara, currently Kaikai Kiki’s No. 2, began working at this time.

Solo exhibition “Kaikai Kiki” and curated exhibition “Coloring” at Musee d’Art Contemporain Cartier, Paris (second installment of the SUPERFLAT trilogy)

Dozens of assistants quit at once due to too much work. Collaboration with Louis Vuitton begins.

GEISAI#1″, the predecessor of the “Art Dojo Grand Prix” held at the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo the previous year, celebrates its 20th anniversary in the spring of 2014, and currently hosts an exhibition of graffiti artists under the same name.

Double Spiral Inversion,” a solo exhibition at Rockefeller Center in New York City.

Kaikai Kiki Animation Studio is established in Daikanyama, Tokyo. (The business is now taken over by Studio Ponkotan. All CG animation.)

Little Boy” exhibition selected by AICA (American Chapter of the International Federation of Art Critics) for “Best Thematic Exhibition Award” and “SUPERFLAT” series becomes a world language.

Moved the New York office and studio to the current studio and office in Long Island City. In Japan, the head office is relocated from Asaka to Motoazabu, Minato-ku, Tokyo. The design room and animation studio are also integrated.

Takashi Murakami’s retrospective exhibition ©MURAKAMI begins its world tour. It tours four cities around the world and concludes in 2009.

The current studio is established in Miyoshi-cho, Iruma-gun, Saitama. A goods distribution center is also established.

Kaikai Kiki Gallery on the B1F of Kaikai Kiki’s Motoazabu office begins full-scale operations. Numerous exhibitions are held, inviting artists from Japan and abroad.

Kaikai Kiki opens its first store, Kaikai Zingaro, on Nakano Broadway.

Solo exhibition “MURAKAMI VERSAILLES” at the Palace of Versailles.

Hidari Zingaro opened in Nakano Broadway.

Opened Kaikai Kiki Gallery Taipei. (Closed in 2012).

Donated 55,886,376 yen to the Red Cross Society of the Republic of China in support of the Great East Japan Earthquake and held a new day auction at Christie’s in New York. Donated $8,756,100 to the Sasakawa Peace Foundation USA, GlobalGiving, and International Medical Corps. Established Studio Ponkotan, an animation studio in Sapporo. Opened pixiv Zingaro and Oz Zingaro in Nakano Broadway.

Solo exhibition “Murakami – Ego” at Al Riwaq Exhibition Hall in Doha.

100m long Five Hundred Arhats exhibit.

Opened Hidari Zingaro Berlin. (Closed in 2014)

The movie “Meme no Kurage” was released. Draws the jacket for Yuzu’s original album “LAND”.

Opened the first cafe Bar Zingaro in Nakano Broadway.

Inauguration of “VFX PONCOTAN”, a new studio in Tokyo.

The “Museum of the Beginning” by new day foundation opens in Inawashiro, Fukushima.

Meme no Jellyfish” toured North America.

Event space “Zingaro Space” started in Nakano Broadway.

Participated in the “1 in 11” Charity Auction, a project to promote education with UNICEF.

Collaboration with Vans. In addition to sneakers, the brand also offers apparel wear and skateboarding decks, as well as “Supershell” shoes from the adidas Originals and Pharrell Williams collections, featuring artwork by Mr.

Takashi Murakami’s Five Hundred Arhats, his first solo exhibition in Japan in 14 years, was held at the Mori Art Museum.

PONCOTAN KaikaiKiki Nakano, an animation studio, was established in Nakano.

. opened an office and gallery in Kyoto (gallery closed in March 2016).”

∙ “Takashi Murakami’s Superflat Collection – From Xiaobaku and Rosanjin to Kiefer -” held at the Yokohama Museum of Art, the first exhibition to open the collections he has collected in Japan and abroad.

Received the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Award in the Fine Arts Category at the 66th Art Encouragement Prize.

Opened the gallery’s back office, Office Zingaro Yokocho, on Nakano Broadway.

TV animation work “6HP” broadcast on TOKYO MX.

Released a Christmas collection in collaboration with cosmetic brand shu uemura.

Held the exhibition “Takashi Murakami’s Superflat Contemporary Ceramics” at the Towada Museum of Contemporary Art.

Solo exhibition “Murakami by Murakami” at Astrup Fernli Museum of Contemporary Art, Oslo.

His solo exhibition “The Octopus Eats Its Own Leg” was held at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago.

It then traveled to the Vancouver Museum of Art and the Contemporary Art Museum Fort Worth in 2018.

A solo exhibition, “Under the Radiation Falls,” was held at the Garage Museum of Contemporary Art in Moscow.

Takashi Murakami: A Genealogy of Fantasy, a collaborative exhibition by Tadasuo Tsuji and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, was presented at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

Solo exhibition “The Deep End of the Universe” at the Albright-Knox Art Gallery in Buffalo.

He participated in THE Doraemon Exhibition TOKYO 2017 at the Mori Art Museum in Roppongi.

Future History” at the Gagosian Gallery in London.

Showcased a collaboration with Virgil Abloh.

Solo exhibition “”Heads↔︎Heads”” at Perrotin Gallery in New York.