Taro Nasu

1991 - 94 Goldsmiths College, London, BA Fine Art
1989 - 90 Croydon College of Art, Diploma in Foundation Studies

2005
Alison Jacques Gallery, London
2003
Cheim & Read, New York
Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris
2002
Taro Nasu, Tokyo
2001
Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg, Austria
2000
aspreyjacques, London
1999
Taro Nasu, Tokyo
1997
Monica de Cardenas, Milan
1996
Maureen Paley / Interim Art, London
Jay Gorney Modern Art, New York
1995
Rena Bransten, San Francisco
Maureen Paley / Interim Art, London

2004
Must I Paint You a Picture? Haunch of Venison, London
In the Palace at 4am, Alison Jacques Gallery, London
2003
4ever Young, Sommer Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv
Jun Hasegawa, Paul Morrison, Alessandro Raho, Taro Nasu Gallery, Tokyo
2002
Painting on the Move, Kunsthalle Basel 2002
Contemporary Drawing Exhibition: Finalists of Pizza Express Prospects 2002, Essor Gallery, London
2001
Unseen Landscapes, The Lowry, Salford; touring to York City Art Gallery and Towner Art Gallery, Eastbourne
2000
OO, Barbara Gladstone, New York
1999
Figuration, Ursula Blickle Stiftung, Kraichtal, touring to
Rupertinum, Salzburg; Museum of Modern Art, Bolzano
Group Show, S.A.L.E.S. Gallery, Rome
1998
Dumbpop, Jerwood Space, London
Surfacing; Contemporary Drawing, I.C.A., London
The Erotic Sublime (Slave to the Rhythm), Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg
Hanging, Galeria Camargo Vilaça, Sao Paolo, Paço Imperial, Rio de Janeiro and Fundaçåo Cultura da Distrito Federal, Brazilia
1997
People, Monica de Cardenas, Milan
Art in Jeans, Artenergie, Firenze
One in the Other, London
Countenance, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg
False Impressions, The British School at Rome, curated by Alison Jacques
1996
Face to Face, (with John Currin, Machiko Edmonson, Jun Hasegawa, Alex Katz, Robin Lowe, Elizabeth Peyton, Mike Silva) Victoria Miro Gallery, London
1995
Portraits, New York, curated by Janice Guy
Brilliant! New Art From London, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis
1994
Don't Wake Up, (with Julie Roberts, Thaddeus Strode, Sarah Seager), Maureen Paley / Interim Art, London
Artissima 94, Turin

2005
'Dench's daunting date: with herself', Independent, Jan 19
Michael Glover, 'Rising to painting's challenge', Independent Jan 6
'Grand dame of film on canvas', Times, 19 Jan
Mario Naves, 'Currently Hanging', New York Observer, Jan 15
Richard Jinman, 'Fantasy housewife: National Gallery unveils Dench portrait', The Guardian, 19 Jan
Serena Davies, 'Why painting is back in the frame', Arts Telegraph online, Jan 8
2004
'Must I Paint You a Picture?' Metro, Art Review, 15 Dec
'In the Palace at 4 am', Kultureflash, July 21
Emily Pethick, 'In the Palace at 4am', review in www.artforum.com July 24
Nicoletta Cobolli Gigli, 'British Style', Arte, May, Numero 369, (illus)
2003
Pernilla Holmes, 'Pleasures of the Flesh', Art News, December, p 84-86, (illus)
Alessandro Raho', The New Yorker, October 6, p 29-30
'Alessandro Raho', New York Times, October 3
2002
'Ewan Gibbs and Allesandro Raho', Kultureflash, no.07, July 23
'Unseen Landscapes: Artists and Wilderness', The Guardian Guide, January 5
'Exhibitions - See This!', The Guardian Guide, January 5
'Unseen Landscapes on show at Towner', Eastbourne Herald, January 4
2001
'New art from Raho', Eastbourne Herald, December 14
Mark Irving, 'Northern exposure', RA Magazine, Summer issue 71
Robert Clark, 'Unseen Landscapes', The Guide, The Guardian, May 12-18 Mark Irving, 'The land strikes back', The Independent on Sunday, 13 May
'Grenzen überwindende Malerei', Georg Baselitz und Alessandro Raho in der Galerie Ropac in Salzburg', Salzburger Nachrichten, 4 May
Anselm Wagner, 'Hat uns die Erde jetz, oder hat sie uns nicht', Der Standard, 30 April/1 May
2000
Mark Gisbourne, 'Oculus Imaginations', Contemporary Visual Arts, Issue 31
Chris Noraika, 'Alessandro Raho', Untitled, Summer, no. 22
Fisun Güner, 'Alessandro Raho', What's On, May 24
Jonathon Jones, 'Portrait of the Week', The Guardian, May 20
Jonathon Jones, 'Exhibitions', The Guardian, May 11
Gemma de Cruz, 'Alessandro Raho', Artclub Magazine, Summer
Perretta, Gabriele, 'Young British Artists', Flash Art International, March, p. 118
1999
Toshio Simizu, 'Artscape: Alessandro Raho', Ryuko Tsushin/Made in Tokyo, August 8, vol. 433
Monty DiPietro, 'Why so pale and wan, fond lover, prithee why so pale?', Asahi Evening News
Simon Morley, 'Surfacing: Contemporary Drawing', Contemporary Visual Arts, issue 21
Ludovico Pratesi, 'Dai fumetti alla Pop Art', La Repubblica
William Packer, 'Dumb by name but not by nature', Financial Times, January 12
Jane Burton, 'Art at the cut-price', Metro Newspaper