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Wataru Yamakami>Portrait 02

  • Portrait 02, 2018
  • Oil on canvas
    65 x 65 x 2 cm
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Wataru Yamakami
Biography
Born in 1981 in Kochi, Japan, Wataru Yamakami began painting graffiti on the streets in Tokyo at the age of 16, afterwards he spent four years hitchhiking around Japan, Thailand, India and South America while creating artwork. In India he spent one year studying religion and rituals in different places. During traveling around Peru, Bolivia, Chile, and Argentina, he became interested in shamanism. Encounters with shamans, indigenous peoples and hippies became his inspiration. He held his first solo exhibition in Cusco, Peru.
He won Special Award, The 12th Taro Okamoto Award for Contemporary Art in 2009, and Runner-up Prize and Audience Award, Tokyo Midtown Award in 2013. In 2019, he received a grant from the Agency for Cultural Affairs for Upcoming Artists and stayed in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Heri Dono, an artist representing Indonesia was his host. In 2020 his solo exhibition was held at the space, Studio Karahan established by Heri Dono.
In 2022, he held a solo exhibition “World of the world – Gathering wind, to send off into the sky” at the Nizayama Forest Art Museum, Toyama in Japan which is a former hydroelectric power plant. He presented an installation of 7m x 12m huge painting moved by the wind.
Solo Exhibitions:
2022
World of the World – Gathering wind, to send off into the sky, Nizayama Forest Art Museum, Toyama, Japan
2021
World of the world - Under constellation 2021, SYP Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2020
World of the world - Under constellation, Studio Kalahan (Founded by Heri Dono), Yogyakarta, Indonesia
World of the world - The world began without human beings and would end without humanity, Japan Foundation, Jakarta, Indonesia
2015
Biomorphic form and dot to grow, Yokogawa-souen, Hiroshima, Japan
2014
Drawing Works, Nagne, Tokyo, Japan
2013
NEW WORLD, Masumi-Matsunoma, Nagano, Japan
2011
Eden, Maki Fine Arts, Tokyo, Japan
2008
Ushiro no Syomen, 8 Link Studio, Omachi, Nagano, Japan
2001
Solo Show, Casa de Barro, Cusco, Peru
Group Exhibitions:
2021
Overview vol.2, SYP Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2020
Overview vol.1, SYP Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2019
Group show, Pierre-Yves Caër Gallery, Paris, France
2018
Shinbism 2, Maruyama Banka Memorial Museum, Nagano, Japan
2017
Seeds of Memory, Langgeng Art Foundation, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
2016
spiritual imagination, LIXIL Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
The Pathos of Things, Kyodo House, Tokyo, Japan
2014
THE MIRROR, Nagoya-Syoukoukaikan, Tokyo, Japan
Riyoo Kim × Wataru Yamakami Exhibitions Magic Real, Maki Fine Arts, Tokyo, Japan
MID TOWN Street Museum, Tokyo Midtown, Tokyo, Japan
Roppongi Art Night, Tokyo Midtown, Tokyo, Japan
metamorphosis 2014, Hachijuni Cultural Foundation Space 82, Nagano, Japan
2013
TOKYO MIDTOWN AWARD 2013, Tokyo Midtown,Tokyo, Japan
2012
ART SYNCHRONICITY, Creative Hub 131, Tokyo, Japan
NAGANO NEW CONSEPTUS, Shiga Kougen Roman Museum, Nagano, Japan
DAN T EA2012 ~ DESIGNTIDE>CHANOYUSIDE ~, Shinjyuku Isetan, Tokyo, Japan
2011
metamorphosis, Hachijuni Cultural Foundation Space 82, Nagano, Japan
2010
Globe show 2009, 8 Link Studio, Nagano, Japan
Japanese Inspired Exhibit, Mendocino Art Center, California, USA
Primitive Sense Art Exhibition of Lakeside, Asagura, Nagano, Japan
2009
The 12th Taro Okamoto Award for Contemporary Exhibition, Taro Okamoto Museum of Art, Kawasaki, Japan
Group show 2009, 8 Link Studio, Omachi, Nagano, Japan
Echigo Tsumari Art Triennial, Kamaboko Gallery, Matsudai, Niigata, Japan
2008
Group show 2008, 8 Link Studio, Omachi, Nagano, Japan
2001
Two Persons Show, Capilla de San Bernardo, Cusco, Peru
Awards:
2013
Runner-up Prize and Audience Award, Tokyo Midtown Award, Japan
2009
Special Award, The 12th Taro Okamoto Award for Contemporary Art, Japan
Grants:
2019
Agency for Cultural Affairs in Japan. One year stay in Indonesia
Public Collections:
Langgeng Art Foundation, Indonesia

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