Yutaka Aoki
Yutaka Aoki
Yutaka Aoki expands the scope of painting through an examination of the relationship between painting and the surrounding world, and of the many possibilities that are born from that exchange. Employing multiple techniques, Aoki’s gaze is always on the study of light and its three-dimensional quality. Supplemented by transformations engendered by specific elements in the environment, including the passage of time, the presence of an audience, and the nature of the exhibition space, light imbues his work with an organic richness, providing a visual experience that awakens the natural human senses desensitized by our increasingly digital lives.
Yutaka Aoki was born in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan in 1985 and is currently based in Tokyo. In 2008, he graduated from Tokyo Zokei University’s Department of Fine Arts, and received a Master of Fine Arts from the same institution in 2010. He presented a major solo exhibition “OUTER ROOM, INNER GARDEN” at the Contemporary Art Museum, Kumamoto in 2012. Notable group exhibitions include “The Way of Painting” (Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery, 2014), “VOCA” (The Ueno Royal Museum, 2016), and “Collection Exhibition” (Contemporary Art Museum, Kumamoto, 2016). In addition to the collection of the Contemporary Art Museum, Kumamoto, Aoki’s works have been acquired by the Takahashi Ryutaro Collection.
WORKS
BIOGRAPHY
- 1985
- Born in Kumamoto, Japan
- 2008
- Tokyo Zokei University, Bachelor of Fine Arts, Majoring in Painting
- 2010
- Tokyo Zokei University, Master of Fine Arts
Lives and works in Tokyo, Japan
CV
Solo Exhibitions
- 2024
- “Fellow Travelers of the Canvas A Perspective on Contemporary Art of Japan from the Takahashi Ryutaro Collection”
Yamagata Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan
- 2023
- “Levels of Intimacy” KOSAKU KANECHIKA, Tokyo, Japan
- 2022
- “Walking Bride” KOSAKU KANECHIKA, Tokyo, Japan
- 2021
- “Treading Along the Window” KOSAKU KANECHIKA, Tokyo, Japan
- 2020
- “Vision, Touch” sequence MIYASHITA PARK, Tokyo, Japan
“INTO THE AIR” KOSAKU KANECHIKA, Tokyo, Japan
- 2019
- “Today's” KOSAKU KANECHIKA, Tokyo, Japan
- 2017
- “Without Blinking” KOSAKU KANECHIKA, Tokyo, Japan
- 2014
- “Mouvements” Sprout Curation, Tokyo, Japan
- 2013
- “BREAK THROUGH IN A GREY ROOM” Sprout Curation, Tokyo, Japan
- 2012
- “OUTER ROOM, INNER GARDEN” Contemporary Art Museum Kumamoto, Kumamoto, Japan
- 2011
- “multiprime” hiromiyoshii, Tokyo, Japan
Group Exhibitions
- 2023
- “CAMK Collection Exhibition Vol.7: Memory Storage for the Future” Contemporary Art Museum Kumamoto, Kumamoto, Japan
- 2021
- “Meta-materialism - Beyond the Material -” Nihombashi Mitsukoshi Main Store, Tokyo, Japan
- 2019
- “CHOKOKU: Modern Japanese Sculpture from its Beginning to 1980’s, Works from the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo” Contemporary Art Museum Kumamoto, Kumamoto, Japan
- 2017
- “CSP4” Museum of the Tokyo Zokei University, Tokyo, Japan
- 2016
- “Collection Exhibition” Contemporary Art Museum Kumamoto, Kumamoto, Japan
“ZOKEI NEXT50” 3331 Arts Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan
“VOCA 2016” The Ueno Royal Museum, Tokyo, Japan
- 2015
- “Winter Exhibition” Contemporary Art Museum Kumamoto, Kumamoto, Japan
“NEW BALANCE” XYZ collective, Tokyo, Japan
- 2014
- “The Way of Painting” Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
- 2013
- “rgb+ exhibition vol.5” Tokyo Zokei University ZOKEI gallery, Tokyo, Japan
- 2012
- “rgb+ exhibition vol.4” Tokyo Zokei University ZOKEI gallery, Tokyo, Japan
“Pandemonium” XYZ collective, Tokyo, Japan
- 2011
- “rgb+ exhibition vol.3” Tokyo Zokei University ZOKEI gallery, Tokyo, Japan
“See me in the dream” Sprout Curation, Tokyo, Japan
“MAGIC BLACK” hiromiyoshii roppongi, Tokyo, Japan
- 2010
- “Painting on the move” hiromiyoshii, Tokyo, Japan
- 2009
- “output” Tokyo Zokei University ZOKEI gallery, Tokyo, Japan
“Arts Challenge 2009” Aichi Arts Center, Aichi, Japan
- 2008
- “Yutaka Aoki / Nobuyasu Sato” hiromiyoshii, Tokyo, Japan
- 2007
- “Samayoibito” Space Kura, Kyoto, Japan
Public Collections
Contemporary Art Museum, Kumamoto, Japan
Takahashi Ryutaro Collection, Tokyo, Japan
