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  Koki Tanaka ( 田中 功起 ) (born December 6, 1975) is a Japanese artist and videographer born in Mashiko. He was a visiting scholar at Tokyo Zokei University. His work is Minimalist, and primarily focused with finding the unusual in everyday objects and situations. In 1998, he studied abroad at the Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna. In 2000, he graduated from Tokyo Zokei University. In 2005, he earned a master's degree from Tokyo University of the Arts. After graduation, Tanaka lived in Paris, funded by the Pola Art Foundation. He later studied in Los Angeles with the support of an Agency for Cultural Affairs program. Tanaka has held exhibitions at the Art Tower Mito, the Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art, Gunma, Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, Hammer Museum, Museum of Art, Seoul National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, and the Kunsthaus Thank you. Tanaka represented Japan at the Venice Biennale in 2013. He was Deutsche Bank's "Artist of the Year" in ...