Hideki Hayashida, the Director of The National Art Center, giving his introductory speech at the opening.Photo: Maurizio Mucciola'Blue bird' in Kate Rohde's chamber.Photo: Maurizio MucciolaWorks from Kate Rohde literally mixed and exhibited with pieces from the museum collection.Photo: Maurizio MucciolaIn the anatomy room, Kate Rohde's work was inspired by the University of Tokyo's anatomy collection.Photo: Maurizio MucciolaKate Rohde introducing her work and Miyoko Hoshino, one of the curators.Photo: Maurizio MucciolaKate Rohde talks with Yoshiaki Nishino, director of The University Museum.Photo: Maurizio MucciolaAll the work exhibited were made by the artist specifically for the exhibition and she created each work for the place where it would be exhibited.Photo: Maurizio MucciolaThe audience during the official speeches.Photo: Maurizio MucciolaKate Rohde's narwhale hanging over the stairs of the museum.Photo: Maurizio Mucciola Real stone specimens alongside Kate's colorful stones and jewels.Photo: Maurizio MucciolaAn overview of Rohde's 'chamber of specimens'.Photo: Maurizio MucciolaA shelf with real and old plants specimens together with Kate Rohde's plants.Photo: Maurizio MucciolaTwo of the curators, Satoko Shibahara and Mai Hashiba, who is wearing a dress designed by the artist.Photo: Maurizio Mucciola Another colorful work in a glass bell.Photo: Maurizio MucciolaIn the machinery room.Photo: Maurizio MucciolaAn overview of the exhibition room.Photo: Maurizio Mucciola
Born in Italy in 1977, studied architecture in Milan (and Lisbon for a year). After working in different architecture and landscape design firms he decided to go back to school and spent a year and a half at the architecture school of Columbia University in New York, while at the same time collaborating and shooting photos for "Volume Magazine". Then one year in Rotterdam at the Rem Koolhaas's Office for Metropolitan Architecture before he finally landed in Tokyo in January 2009 to work at Kengo Kuma & Associates Architects. Architecture really absorbs most of its time, but sometimes he likes to take in the city and go around art galleries and museums, and try to catch Tokyo through a Nikon camera.