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Yuichi Higashionna (Japanese, 1951)

Timeline

1951: Born in Tokyo, Japan
: Currently lives and works in Tokyo
: Graduated from the Department of Oil painting, Tama Art University, Tokyo

Exhibitions

2009: METAMORPHOSIS - Objects today Vol.4　Yuichi HIGASHIONNNA,” Exhibition on the 80th Anniversary of Musashino Art University, gallery αM, Tokyo, September 12 - October 10 (solo)
2009: Nihonbashi Takashimaya Art Gallery X, Tokyo (solo)
2009: The Sculpture Garden Museum VANGEI MUSEO, Shizuoka, Japan (solo)
2009: “Flowers,” Utrecht/NOW IDeA, Tokyo, November 24 – December 6
2009: ”Second nature,” Rundetaarn, Copenhagen, Denmark, August 8 - Sepember 20
2009: “Discoveries: Artists,” selected artists’ exhibition by three curators at ”Shanghai Contemporary Art Fair 2009,” Shanghai Exhibition Center, Shanghai, September 10 –13
2009: "Constructivismes,” Almine Rech Gallery, Brussels, January 22 – February 27
2008: “Double Chonos,” ZAP, Tokyo, November 15 – 24
2008: “Chinese and Japanese Contemporary Paintings from Zeit-Foto Collection,” Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, May 6 – 27
2008: “Chinese Inernational Gallery Exhibition 2008,” At Ziet-Foto Collection, Beijing, April 25 –28
2008: “The Bombay Sapphire Exhibition,” Salone del Mobile, Milano
2008: “The Masked Portrait,“ Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York, January 10 – February 9
2008: Marianne Boesky Gallery Project Space, New York, October 9 – November 1 (solo)
2008: "Chandelier,” Galerie Jean-Luc & Takako Richard, Paris, December 1 – February 9 (solo)
2008: Gallery M, Aichi, Japan, October 19 – November 16 (solo)
2008: "Refract,” Calm & Punk Gallery, Tokyo, May 16 – June 5 (solo)
2008: “White Light, White Heat,” Yumiko Chiba Associates, April 2 – 28 (solo)
2008: “dazzling & doodling,” GALLERY at lammfromm, Tokyo, March 7 – April 21 (solo)
2007: Yuichi Higashionna, Risa Sato, Kiyoshi Nakagami, Galerie Jean-Luc & Takako Richard, Paris
2006: Any Human There ?, Galerie Jean-Luc & Takako Richard, Paris
2006: Pusan Biennale, Sea Art Festival, Living Furniture, Pusan, South Korea
2006: Enjoyable House, Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art, Aichi, Japan
2006: Tokyo art fair, Tokyo
2006: Installation work, Marunouchi Bld. Tokyo (solo)
2006: Installation, Hermes, Tokyo (solo)
2005: Art Miami, Galerie Jean-luc & Takako Richard, Miami, USA
Art Rotterdam, Galerie Jean-Luc & Takako Richard, The Netherlands
artparis, Galerie Jean-Luc & Takako Richard, Paris
2004: Flowers, Galerie Jean-Luc & Takako Richard, Paris, France -solo
2004: Officina Asia, Bologna, Italia
art.fair, Galerie Jean-Luc & Takako Richard, Cologne, Germany
art paris, Galerie jean-Luc & Takako Richard, Paris
2004: Art Paris, Galerie Jean-Luc & Takako Richard, Paris
2003: Zone, Fuchu Art Museum, Fuchu, Tokyo
2003: Setagaya Art Museum, Tokyo -solo
Morimoto, Mansion Galler, Tokyo -solo
2002: Ise Foundation, New York-solo
Shibuya Seibu Art Gallery, Tokyo-solo
Yumiko Chiba Associates, Tokyo-solo
Inart Gallery, Osaka -solo
2001: Gallery 101, Ottawa, Canada -solo
Inart Gallery, Osaka -solo
Cassina, Tokyo -solo
Amus, Osaka -solo
2000: Nadiff, Tokyo -solo
Gallery NW House, Tokyo -solo
1998: Gallery NW House, Tokyo -solo
Tokyo University Komaba, Tokyo -solo
1997: Play Bill, Tokyo -solo

Literature

2009: Higashionna, Yuichi. Contributer, T Magazine, October
2008: Rosenberg, Karen. “Art in Review: Donald Moffett/Yuichi Higashionna,” The New York Times, October 30
2008: Vilades, Pilar. “White Castle,” T Magazine, October
2008: Higashiona, Yuichi. “Japanese Monster,” NY Arts, September/October
2007: “More Art to Life! Buy Art in a Hotel Room? Go to Art Fair!” SPUR Art Complex, A Guide to Arty Life, SPUR, No. 210, April 2007, pp.414-415
2007: Yuichi Higashionna’s Chandelier, Fujin Koron, April 2007, p.77
2007: My Dream Department Store ’03, Taro Nasu x Art Events, TITLE, July 2007, pp.116-117
2006: Maya Nago, “Dover Street Market Tokyo and Michael Kostiv’s World Archive,” Departments (column), high fashion, No.312, December 2006, p.15
2006: Yayoi Kojima, “Three Artists around Black,” Art (column), “Ryuko Tsushin 2nd Renewal Project, Wind, Rock, and United Arrows,” 2006, p.154
2005: Yoshio Kato: Asahi News, March.18, 2005 Mari Hashimoto, “A dazzling circle that has shone on all-Japanese-are-middle-class mentality,” ART Bit (column), Asahi Shimbun: WEEKLY AERA, March 21, 2005
2004: Shimzu, Minoru. Politics of a New Optical Art - Yuichi Higashionna's recent works, cat. Higashionna, Coll. Painters of the XXI century, Galerie Jean-Luc & Takako Richard, Paris
2000: Ozawa, Yuko. "A Day on Earth 45 Exhibitions 28 Countries 1 Day," CONTEMPORARY VISUAL ARTS, Issue 29, 2000
1999: Dipietro, Monty. "Color, light, sound, but not much heat, THE JAPAN TIMES, Feb. 28, 1999 (English))
1999: Ichihara, Kentaro. "Between 'Art' and 'Domestic', THE BOOK REVIEW PRESS, Mar. 13, 1999
1999: Shinkawa, Takashi. "Far away from a haze called 'Context'’, BT, n° 771, Jun. 1999, p.107-110
1998: Fujihara, Erimi. "When you stop and see objects or images around you…’’, BRUTUS, No.407, Apr. 15, 1998, p.112
1997: Fujihara, Erimi. (interview) "Exquisite Corpses," BT, n° 745, Aug. 1997, pp.103-120
1995: Fujihara, Erimi. "Yuichi Higashionna - A Light, Ironic Sampling," JA, Nov. 1995, p.1
1991: Kaihotsu, Chie. ’’Ai Gallery ‘’, BT, n°.636, Apr. 1991, p.248
1990: Sawaragi, Noi. ‘’Kobayashi Gallery’’, BT, n° 618, Jan. 1990, p.234
: Fujihara, Erimi. "Negative portraits on a detached view of newspaper fliers by Higashionnna Yuichi," BRUTUS, Oct.1, p.15