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ARTIST

MICHAEL HO

Michael Ho was born in 1996, in Hawaii and currently lives and works in Tokyo, Japan. Ho graduated summa cum laude with a BA in fine arts from the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) in 2018. In the UCLA art department, Ho worked under and among the department's artists/professors: Barbara Kruger, Lari Pittman, Andrea Fraser, Catherine Opie, Adrian Wong, Adrian Saxe, Mary Kelly, and Silke Otto-Knapp. At the end of 2018, he moved to Tokyo, Japan and began showing work in Tokyo and Hong Kong. Focusing on the visual semantics and quasi didacticism, his paintings and sculptures take from fleeting moments of American pop culture, investigating the more intricate ability for painting to engage in a contentious, active conversation with the viewer.

https://www.michaelho.xyz

BIOGRAPHY

1996
Born in Hawaii
2018
Graduated from University of California at Los Angeles, BA in Fine Art, Summa cum laude
　
Currently, based in Tokyo, Japan

CV

2017
UCLA Internet Research Incubator Grant

EXHIBITIONS

2022
Solo Exhibition“HIDDEN IN PLAIN SIGHT AND NOT AFRAID TO DIE” Tokyo International Gallery, Tokyo
“Tempered Temporality” Sonoaida #Shinyurakucho,Tokyo
2021
Solo Exhibition “Welcome to the Grey Market” Tokyo International Gallery, Tokyo
2020
Solo Exhibition“HAPPINESS IS SUBMISSION TO GODZILLA” , Tokyo International Gallery, Tokyo
Solo Exhibition“I_AM_BECOME.pdf.”, Tokyo International Gallery, Online
Tokyo International Gallery 1 Year Anniversary Show, Imperial Hotel, Tokyo
Solo Exhibition“Tokyo / Season 1” Tokyo International Gallery, Tokyo
2019
Solo ExhibitionSEQUENCE 1 Pop-up Shop, FR2 Gallery, Tokyo

WORKS

Michael Ho

Spiders Die on Their Backs – Composition 2,

2019

Matte acrylic, meat prints, silk screen prints, enamel, and spray paint on canvas
200cm x 200cm

Spiders Die on Their Backs – Composition 2

Michael Ho

Spiders Die on Their Backs – Composition 4,

2019

Matte acrylic, meat prints, silk screen prints, enamel, and spray paint on canvas
200cm x 200cm

Spiders Die on Their Backs – Composition 4

Michael Ho

Also sprach Zrathustra, Op. 30.,

2020

Acrylic, ink transfers, and spray paint on canvas
194cm x 194cm

Also sprach Zrathustra, Op. 30.

Michael Ho

The Tragedy of Ongo Gablogian the Collector,

2020

Matte acrylic, enamel, and spray paint on canvas
100cm x 100cm

The Tragedy of Ongo Gablogian the Collector

Michael Ho

God is Bread and We Baked Him,

2020

Matte acrylic, ink transfers, and spray paint on canvas
100cm x 100cm

God is Bread and We Baked Him

Michael Ho

“I am become”,

2020

Matte acrylic, enamel, ink transfers, and spray paint on canvas
100cm x 100cm
2020

“I am become”