# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/tadashi-kawamata
# Generated: 2026-08-15T04:40:16.886Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/tadashi-kawamata"
name: "Tadashi Kawamata"
slug: "tadashi-kawamata"
description: "Tadashi Kawamata is a Japanese installation artist. After first studying painting at Tokyo University of the Arts, Kawamata discovered his interest in the practice of installation. Using recuperated construction materials, like wood planks, he began building rudimentary partitions in gallery spaces and apartments to explore the perception of space."
tagline: "Japanese artist (born 1953)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tadashi_Kawamata.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
category:
  name: "Artists"
  slug: "artists"
profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1953-07-24"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           44.35
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.23474
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.tadashikawamata.com/"
sources:
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    title: "Tadashi Kawamata"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "تاداشي كاواماتا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "تاداشى كاواماتا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Tadashi Kawamata"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tadashi_Kawamata"
    title: "Tadashi Kawamata"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tadashi_Kawamata"
    title: "Tadashi Kawamata"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tadashi_Kawamata"
    title: "Tadashi Kawamata"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "川俣正"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q139752"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump