Biography

SEITARO YAMAZAKI
1982-

Artist / TOKYO

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Seitaro Yamazaki is a conceptual artist based in Tokyo, Japan. He showcases exhibitions and installations across the world. Yamazaki works around the theme of finding and casting a spotlight on elements that weren’t chosen for one reason or another in the evolution process. Yamazaki is the founder and director of Seitaro Design, Inc., radio personality of FM Yokohama “Culture Department” and the Creative Advisor of Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Organization Committee.

EDUCATION

2006, BA in Sociology, Rikkyo University.
2016, M.F.A in Art, Kyoto University of the Arts.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2023-: TIME SPILLED OVER / BlueLine Arts, California
2021-: Music for the margin #01 STEVE REICH COUNTERPOINT/ KIWA, Tokyo
2019-: UNIT FOR Y-AXIS / J-COLLABO, NewYork
2018-: In Praise of Shadows / MONO JAPAN 2018, Amsterdam

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2023-: 28th Arts North International / Hopkins Center for the Arts, Hopkins, MN
Sequence: Art + Technology / Touchstone Gallery / Washington, DC
2022-: At a Crossroads: All Art+ / Van Der Plas Gallery, New York
2:3 Virtual Exhibition / WetDovetail , Middlesbrough
Memory and Identity / Cista Arts, London
2021-: ARTPRIZE / Muse GR, Grand Rapids, USA
YICCA 2021 Final exhibition / Hernandez art gallery, Milan
2020-: RESONANCE / Camden Image Gallery, London
2019-: NAMELESS PORTRAIT / Nagasaki Holland Village
2018-: UNSAMBLE CAST / J-COLLABO, NewYork

AWARD

2021-: Professional / CREATE (Art) Finalist / London International Creative Competition
YICCA 2021 WINNING ARTIST (2nd place) / YICCA, Italy
YICCA SELECTED 18 ARTISTS / YICCA, Italy
PREMIO COMBAT PRIZE 2021 RECOMMENDED ARTIST
2020-: The winner of 14th Arte Laguna Prize for an artistic residency at Espronceda / Espronceda (BARCELONA, SPAIN)
2018-: Annual Group Exhibition And Showcase 2018 Winner / J-COLLABO, NewYork

2022. “Spotlight: Japanese Conceptual Artist Seitaro Yamazaki Transforms the Objects of Our Time Into Eerie Fossils”, Artnet, August 2022

2022. Adonay Bermúdez, “Artists to Watch ’22”, Artconnect, May 2022

2020. The Art Insider

2020. ＋81 VOL.86 CREATOR WORKING STYLE ISSUE
2020. DESIGN NOTE

2019. Art Business Journal

2019. Aesthetica the art & culture magazine

2019. billboard

COLLECTIONS

Once in the beauty (2019) / Tatcha LLC ( Unilever plc)