Kentaro YOKOUCHI

Biography


1979 Born in Chiba, Japan

2002 B.A., Painting, College of Art and Design, Musashino Art University, Tokyo

2004 M.A., Painting, Graduate School of Art, Kyoto City University of Arts, Kyoto

2007 Ph.D. , Painting, Graduate School of Art, Kyoto City University of Arts, Kyoto

2020-2021 currently lives and works in the Netherlands (grant from Japanese Agency for Cultural Affairs)

based in Yogyakarta, Indonesia


Solo Exhibitions


2005 INAX GALLERY2, Tokyo

2007 KENJI TAKI GALLERY, Nagoya / Tokyo

2008 KENJI TAKI GALLERY, Tokyo

2009 KENJI TAKI GALLERY, Nagoya

2010 "G-tokyo2010 (KENJI TAKI GALLERY)," Mori Arts Center Gallery, Tokyo

2011 KENJI TAKI GALLERY, Tokyo gOn Cultural Graftingg

2012 KENJI TAKI GALLERY, Tokyo  gTheatre Playh

2014 KENJI TAKI GALLERY, Nagoya gBetween the Linesh

2016 "Kentaro Yokouchi " Pola Art Foundation at Art Fair Tokyo 2016, Tokyo International Forum

2018 KENJI TAKI GALLERY, Tokyo gFallen Blue Leavesh

2020 Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art, Nagoya gContact"



Selected Group Exhibitions


2006 "March II" KENJI TAKI GALLERY, Nagoya

2007 "Painting as Forest: Artist as Thinker"  Okazaki City Museum, Okazaki, Aichi

2007 "Paradise of Illusion"  MA2 Gallery, Tokyo

2008 "Contemporary Configuration" Okazaki City Museum, Okazaki, Aichi

2008 "THE VISION OF CONTEMPORARY ART 2008" The Ueno Royal Museum, Tokyo

2008 "MOT Collection- Survival Action" Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, Tokyo

2008 "The 4th Fuchu Biennial - True Colors" Fuchu Art Museum, Tokyo

2009 "The1st Tokorozawa Biennial of Contemporary Art-Siding Rail Road" Tokorozawa, Saitama

2010 "Trans-Cool Tokyo: Contemporary Japanese Art from MOT Collection"Bangkok Art and Culture Centre, Bangkok, Thailand

2010 "MOT Annual 2010: Neo?Ornamentalism from Japanese Contemporary Art" Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, Tokyo

2010 "Flat Land" Kyoto City University of Arts Gallery @kcua, Kyoto

2010 "Trans-Cool Tokyo: Contemporary Japanese Art from MOT Collection" Singapore Art Museum, Singapore

2011 "Art in an Office" Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, Toyota, Aichi

2011 "VIVA, The Peach Blossom Spring!" Okazaki City Museum, Okazaki, Aichi

2011 "Trans-Cool Tokyo: Contemporary Japanese Art from MOT Collection" Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan

2012 "Seals of Eastern Light" Art Lab Aichi, Nagoya

2012 "New Contemporaries,"  Kyoto City University of Arts Gallery @kcua, Kyoto

2012 "New Phases in Contemporary Painting: A Curator's Message 2012 " Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art, Kobe, Hyogo

2013 "re: framing" Kyoto Art Center, Kyoto

2015 "DAIWA Collection VII" Collection Gallery 2, Okinawa Prefectural Museum & Art Museum, Naha, Okinawa

2015 "membekas - trace - ato" ASP(Artist Support Project), Yogyakarta, Indonesia

2015gSulih Suara,hGallery Katamsi ISI, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

2015 "membekas - trace " ASP(Artist Suport Project), Yogyakarta, Indonesia

2016gBerseri-seri,h Bentara Budaya Yogyakarta, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

2016gExplorasi,h Banyu Bening Gallery, Magelang, Indonesia

2019 "Collective Storytelling -Contemporary Art from Yogyakarta, Indonesia," Synesthesia, Brooklyn, NY

2019 "Collective Storytelling," Setouchi Triennale, Former Ibuki Elementary School, Kagawa, Japan

2019 "Lintas House / ASP from Yogyakarta, Indonesia," Basara House, Beppu, Japan

2019 "Small Infinity," MA2 Gallery, Tokyo



Awards

2008 VOCA Prize "THE VISION OF CONTEMPORARY ART 2008"


Public Collection

Okazaki City Museum, Aichi

Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo

Takamatsu City Museum of Art, Kagawa

Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, Aichi