ARTIST
- 1973 born in Tokyo, Japan
Lives and works in London and Tokyo, Japan.
- 2001 The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, MFA Fiber and
Material Study Department
- 1998 Goldsmiths College, University of London, BA Textiles,
Visual Art Department
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WORKS
EXHIBITIONS
Solo Exhibitions
- 2011
- "Artists Must Earnestly Make Six Roses in Their Lives", Mizuma Art Gallery, Tokyo
- 2010
- "COMPLEX CIRCUIT − Contact Zone 5 / Satoru AOYAMA", AlphaM Gallery, Tokyo, curated by Mizuki Takahashi
- 2009
- "Glitter Pieces #1-22," MIzuma Art Gallery, Tokyo (cat.)
- "Open Studio", Fuchu Art Museum, Tokyo
- 2007
- "Ancient Pixels" Chicago Cultural Center, Michigan Avenue Gallery, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
- "Crowing in the Studio", Mizuma Art Gallery, Tokyo
- "Good Aliens" One in the Other, London, UK
- 2005
- "Air, Coffee, Good Morning Tokyo", Mizuma Art Gallery, Tokyo
- 2004
- "Aoyama Satoru Criterium 60", Art Tower Mito, Ibaraki (cat.)
- "YU-KEI", Mizuma Art Gallery, Tokyo
- 2002
- "Satoru Aoyama" Finesilver Gallery, San Antonio, TX, U.S.A.
- "In Stiched", Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
Group Exhibitions
- 2012
- "Meguro Addresses - Artist in Urban Life", Meguro Museum of Art, Tokyo
- "Photo Reference: Photographic Image in Contemporary Japanese Art Practices", Belgrade Cultural Center - The Art Gallery, Belgrade, Serbia
- 2011
- "VOCA 2011", Ueno Royal Museum, Tokyo
- "Art for Tomorrow", Tokyo Wonder Site Shibuya, Tokyo
- "ZIPANGU", Nihonbashi Takashimaya, Tokyo; Osaka Takashimaya, Osaka; Kyoto Takashimaya, Kyoto
- "Dojima River Biennale 2011", Dojima River Forum, Osaka
- "CAFE in Mito 2011: Relationships in Color", Art Tower Mito, Ibaraki
- "COWBOY & PHOTON", CAPSULE, Tokyo
- "Parallel Running Theory", Tokyo Wonder Site Shibuya, Tokyo
- "Cross Counter: Artist Cooperative Project", XYZ collective, Tokyo
- "TARO LOVE", SEIBU Shibuya, Tokyo
- 2010
- "Roppongi Crossing 2010: Can There Be Art?", Mori Art Museum, Tokyo (cat.)
- 2009
- "TWIST AND SHOUT: Contemporary Art from Japan", Bankok Art and Cultural Center (cat.)
- 2008
- "Neoteny Japan: from Takahashi Collection" Kirishima Open-Air Museum, Kagoshima ; traveled to the Museum of Contemporary Art, Sapporo & Ueno Royal Museum, Tokyo (cat.)
- "THE ECHO" ZAIM, Yokohama
- "Akasaka Art Flower 08" Akasaka Sacas, Tokyo (leaf)
- 2007
- "Neighbourhood Watch" Nettie Horn, London, U.K.
- 2006
- "New Art 2006" Yokohama Civic Gallery, Yokohama (cat.)
- "All look same. Art ChinaKorea JapanArt", Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin, Italy, curated by Francesco Bonami (cat.)
- "The Souvenir Mine", Mizuma Art Gallery, Tokyo, curated by Satoru Aoyama
- "Swallow harder", Frey Art Museum, Seattle, W.A., U.S.A.
- 2005
- "-Since 1994- Mizuma Art Gallery, The 10th Anniversary Exhibition"
- "Scape Codes: Neo-Topography", PKM Gallery, Seoul, Korea
- 2004
- "Officina Asia", Galleria de Arte Moderna, Bologna, Italy curated by Renato Barilli (cat.)
- "Boys Who Sew", Crafts Council, London, U.K., curated by Janis Jefferies (leaf.)
- 2003
- "Don't Look Down", Nunnery, London, U.K.
- 2002
- "Small Collection", Govett-Brewster Gallery, New Plymouth, New Zealand, curated by Roger MacDonald
- 2001
- "MFA Thesis Exhibition", The Art Institute of Chicago Gallery 2, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
- 2000
- "Kindergarten", Sumida Kindergarten, Tokyo, curated by Roger McDonald
Public Collection