Chim↑Pom
area: Mixed Media Art
Key Facts
nationality
Japanarea
Mixed Media Artresidence
Tokyorecommending institution
frei_raum Q21 exhibition spacetime period
October 2019 - October 2019“Chim↑Pom: Threat of Peace (Hiroshima!!!!!!)” Art in General, New York, 2019
“Grand Open - Marvous Liberation” ANOMALY, Tokyo, 2018-2019
“Why Open?” White Rainbow, London, 2018
“Non-Burnable,” Dallas Contemporary, Dallas, 2017
“So see you again tomorrow, too?,” Kabukicho Shinko-Kumiai Bldg., Tokyo, 2016
“SUPER RAT,” Saatchi Gallery, London, 2015
“Hiroshima!!!!!” Former Bank of Japan Hiroshima Branch, Hiroshima, 2013
“Beautiful World: SURVIVAL DANCE” PROJECT FULFILL ART SPACE, Taipei, 2012
“Chim↑Pom,” Parco Museum, Tokyo, 2012
“REAL TIMES,” MUJIN-TO Production, Tokyo, 2011
“Chim↑Pom,” MoMA PS1, New York, 2011
Chim↑Pom will exhibit works as part of the exhibition "Japan Unlimited" at frei_raum Q21 exhibition space which focus on the issue of censorship which has become more and more strict in Japan. Chim↑Pom has been known for being one of the most controversial artist collectives / artists in the country for responding to Japan's radiation disasters in a contemporary manner, from the atomic bombing of Hiroshima to the nuclear meltdown in Fukushima. Since the aforementioned nuclear disaster in Fukushima in 2011, censorship has gotten worse and our freedom of speech ranking which was n.°11 in 2010 has plummeted to n.°69. Within that context, we organized an exhibition focusing on restrictions and censorship and created versions of our work concealing parts that organizers had problems with, publicly exposing this issue.