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
2014 Grants for Overseas Study, POLA Art Foundation Japan, 2014/15 (Indonesia)
2020 Grants for Overseas Study, Cultural Ministry Japan, 2020-2021 (Netherlands)
based in Yogyakarta, Indonesia and Japan
Currently lives and works in Tajimi, Gifu, Japan
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 “On Cultural Grafting" KENJI TAKI GALLERY, Tokyo
2012 “Theatre Play”KENJI TAKI GALLERY, Tokyo
2014 “Between the Lines”KENJI TAKI GALLERY, Nagoya
2016 "Kentaro Yokouchi " Pola Art Foundation at Art Fair Tokyo 2016, Tokyo International Forum
2018 “Fallen Blue Leaves”KENJI TAKI GALLERY, Tokyo
2020 “Contact"Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art, Nagoya
2020 “Something for Everyone” Kyoto City University of Arts Art Gallery @KCUA, Kyoto, Japan
2020 "Indigo Phase" puntWG, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2024 "Dub, horizontal"KENJI TAKI GALLERY, Nagoya
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
2015“Sulih Suara,”Gallery Katamsi ISI, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
2015 "membekas - trace " ASP(Artist Suport Project), Yogyakarta, Indonesia
2016“Berseri-seri,” Bentara Budaya Yogyakarta, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
2016“Explorasi,” 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
2020 “Reflections C19,” Stichting World Art Delft, Delft, The Netherlands
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