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
PROFILE
| 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 |
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
| 2022 | “HIDDEN IN PLAIN SIGHT AND NOT AFRAID TO DIE” Tokyo International Gallery, Tokyo |
| 2021 | “Welcome to the Grey Market” Tokyo International Gallery, Tokyo |
| 2020 | “HAPPINESS IS SUBMISSION TO GODZILLA” , Tokyo International Gallery, Tokyo “I_AM_BECOME.pdf.”, Tokyo International Gallery, Online Tokyo International Gallery 1 Year Anniversary Show, Imperial Hotel, Tokyo “Tokyo / Season 1” Tokyo International Gallery, Tokyo |
| 2019 | SEQUENCE 1 Pop-up Shop, FR2 Gallery, Tokyo |
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
| 2022 | “Tempered Temporality” Sonoaida #Shinyurakucho,Tokyo |
| 2021 | “UGO Persistence of We” Watarium Museum Ripple Across Water, Tokyo. “UGO Summer” Shinokubo UGO, Tokyo. |
| 2020 | “HCN”, Tokyo International Gallery, Tokyo “P.A.L.M.A.” who is seen Gallery, Los Angeles. |
| 2019 | Isaacs Art Center Annual Alum Show, Kamuela, Hawaii |
| 2018 | “Pleasures”, Broad Art Center 1200, Los Angeles “Are You Ready to Rock”, New Wight Gallery, Los Angeles “KILL THE BLOW FISH”, Broad Art Center, Los Angeles “Annual Powell Exhibition”, Powell Library, Los Angeles “Integer Overflow”, MAKE ROOM Gallery, Los Angeles |
| 2017 | “UCLA Undergraduate Juried Exhibition”, New Wight Gallery, Los Angeles |
ART FAIRS
| 2021 | Scope Art Fair Miami, Tokyo International Gallery, Miami |
| 2020 | Art Central Hong Kong, Tokyo International Gallery, Hong Kong |
| 2019 | Tokyo Tobi Art Fair, Tokyo International Gallery, Tokyo Tokyo International Art Fair, Tokyo International Gallery, Tokyo Art Central Hong Kong, Tokyo International Gallery, Hong Kong |
| 2018 | Tokyo Tobi Art Fair, Tokyo International Gallery, Tokyo |
ACCOLADES
| 2017 | UCLA Internet Research Incubator Grant |
