Born in 1981 in Obihiro, Hokkaido, Japan, Yamamoto completed his graduate studies at the Hokkaido University of Education in 2007.
After receiving a grant from Sapporo City, Yamamoto resided in Berlin from 2012 to 2013. He currently lives and works in Sapporo.
Yamamoto’s works feature interlaced circles in multiple transparent layers.
Through his paintings, Yamamoto reflects upon the oppositional relationships between objects by varying the thickness of layers and the illusionary space of the paintings, as well as the intersections of coloured and hollowed out circles.
Major exhibitions to date include; "PLACE OF HELLO" at the MIKIKO SATO GALLERY(2020), an exhibition at Daikokuya, Itamuro-Onsen (2020), ”Flatten Image” Yuki Yamamoto・Taishi Urakawa Exhibition at Gallery Monma, Sapporo (2019), "2014 VOCA exhibition" at The Ueno Royal Museum, Tokyo (2014), and "Doto Art File 2013" at Obihiro Art Museum (2013) among others.
Yamamoto received the 30th Holbein Scholarship in 2015 and the Grand Prize at the 5th Daikokuya Contemporary Art Competition (Itamuro-Onsen Daikokuya) in 2010. Since 2017 he has been Co-Manager of the Naebono Art Studio.
http://yamamotoyuki.com
PROFILE
| 1981 | Born in Obihiro, Japan |
| 2007 | Graduated from Hokkaido University of Education graduation school |
| 2012-2013 | lived in Berlin by Sapporo city Foundation for Arts and Cultural Promotion |
| 2017 | naebono art studio Joint operation Currently, based in Sapporo, Japan |
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
| 2020 | “PLACE OF HELLO” MIKIKO SATO GALLERY,Hamburg “Yuki Yamamoto Exhibition” Itamuro Onsen Daikokuya, Nasushiobara |
| 2018 | “OHNE TITEL. WENN ÜBERHAUPT, DANN EINE HYPOTHESE: MALEREI ÜBER ÄQUIVALENTE DIFFERENZEN” MIKIKO SATO GALLERY,Hamburg “Yuki Yamamoto Exhibition” Itamuro Onsen Daikokuya, Nasushiobara |
| 2017 | “Yuki Yamamoto new paintings” Itamuro Onsen Daikokuya, Nasushiobara |
| 2016 | “new paintings” Gallery Monma, Sapporo |
| 2015 | “Multifaceted Acts” MIKIKO SATO GALLERY, Hamburg “Yuki Yamamoto new paintings” Itamuro Onsen Daikokuya, Nasushiobara |
| 2014 | “new paintings” Isetan Shinjyuku store, Tokyo “new paintings” GALLERY MONMA, Sapporo “Yuki Yamamoto new paintings” Itamuro Onsen Daikokuya, Nasushiobara |
| 2013 | “Yuki Yamamoto Paintings” Rokkagei West 3 Branch, Obihiro |
| 2012 | “Parallel Circles” MIKIKO SATO GALLERY, Hamburg |
| 2011 | “Yuki Yamamoto works” Itamuro Onsen Daikokuya, Nasushiobara “Graysone is dancing” Rokkkatei Fukuzumi Branch, Sapporo KOHBUNDO ART CASE, Obihiro |
| 2010 | “Plain Bubble” CAI02,Sapporo |
| 2009 | JR TOWER ART BOX Yuki Yamamoto “visible/invisible” JR TOWER,Sapporo |
| 2006 | “Yuki Yamamoto Paintings Exhibition” SAG, Sapporo |
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
| 2019 | “Grafting” naebono art studio, Sapporo Art Space & Cafe Barrack, Seto “Flatten Image Yuki Yamamoto & Taishi Urakawa Exhibition” Gallery Monma, Sapporo |
| 2018 | “Shelf Life” OOTE41221, Matsumoto “Spreading lusters” JR TOWER ART BOX Award Artists Exhibition, JR TOWER PLANIS HALL, Sapporo |
| 2017 | “Sighting~ Amanatsu Aono×Shino Hisano×Yuki Yamamoto” Gallery Monma&ANNEX, Sapporo “Japan Taiwan Cultural Exchange Exhibition Art Collection Exhibition Sensibility at Parts of Call” T-Art Gallery, Tokyo |
| 2015 | PARC5: Meeting Table PARC Library “Our time” CHI・KA・HO, Sapporo “3331 ART FAIR 2015 Various Collectors’ Prizes” 3331Arts Chiyoda, Tokyo |
| 2014 | “VOCA 2014” Ueno Royal Museum, Tokyo |
| 2013 | “East Hokkaido Art File2013” Hokkaido Obihiro Museum of Art, Obihiro |
| 2012 | “Case of the Paintings 2012final chapter” Polto Gallery, Sapporo |
| 2011 | “Approach design and art” Room11, Sapporo |
| 2010 | “Sapporo Art Stage 500m Museum” Subway Odori st.～Buscenter st. “5th DAIKOKUYA contemporary art competition” Itamuro Onsen DAIKOKUYA, Tochigi “International Plain-Air Meeting of Painters Symposium of Local Cultures” Stary, Satz |
| 2009 | “GOLDEN COMPETITION 09’” O Museum,Tokyo |
| 2008 | “SAG INTRODUCTION” Cafe HOUMURA Gallery,Sapporo “FIX・MIX・MAX!2 TAKEDAsystem vol.009” Sapporo MIYANOMORI Museum, Sapporo “on the wall/off the wall” STV North2street building, Sapporo |
| 2007 | “TAKEDAsystem vol.008” Au Kuru, Sapporo “1st FIX・MIX・MAX!AWARD” CAI, Sapporo “post ship exhibition002” soso cafe, Sapporo “Hokkaido University of Education Completion Exhibition” Hokkaido Clock Tower Gallery, Sapporo |
| 2006 | “PLUS 1” Continental Gallery, Sapporo “One! Double Art Parade” JR Tower, Sapporo |
| 2004 | “Outrange” Free Space PRAHA, Sapporo “OTONAYOUKI” GalleryBE&be, Nagoya CAP HOUSE, Kobe Free Space PRAHA, Sapporo |
ACCOLADES, OTHERS
| 2015 | The 30th HOLBEIN Scholarship |
| 2014 | Contemporary Art Foundation Grants |
| 2012 | Sapporo City Foundation for Arts and Cultural Promotion |
| 2011 | “AAW2011 1st Asian Art Way 2011 in SHANGHAI Grand Prix” Shanghai Band 1919, Shanghai “Selected at 2011Rokka file” Rokka Library, Sapporo |
| 2010 | “1st Prize at 5th DAIKOKUYA Contemporary Art Conpetition” Itamuro Onsen Daikokuya, Nasushiobara |
| 2009 | “U35prize at GOLDEN COMPETITION O9’” O Museum, Tokyo “Selected at 2009 Rokka file” Rokka Library, Sapporo “2nd Prize at JR tower ART BOX” JR TOWER, Sapporo |
| 2007 | “Selected at 1st FIX・MIX・MAX! AWARD” CAI, Sapporo |
| 2005 | “1st prize at 80th DOTEN” Sapporo Citizenes Gallery, Sapporo |
COLLECTIONS
Kienbaum collection, Cologne
Itamuro Onsen Daikokuya, Nasushiobara
ROKKATEI CONFECTIONERY CO.,LTD, Obihiro
Nayoro City University, Nayoro
