Biography

SEITARO YAMAZAKI
1982-

Artist / TOKYO

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Seitaro Yamazaki is a contemporary artist and designer living and working in Tokyo. Earning BA in Sociology from Rikkyo University in 2006 and a successful career as designer, he earned MFA in Architecture from Kyoto University of Arts in 2016. Since then, he has been creating contemporary art works in the fields of sculpture, installation, video, painting, and media art. His works had been exhibited in London, NY, Venice, Washington DC, Nagasaki, Tokyo, etc. He also commissioned artworks by companies such as Mitsubishi Estate. He has been trying to find and show the beauty of ambiguity, transience, and the things that were never depicted, spoken, or formed in his works. Recently he focused on media art using sonographs. He also studied ink wash painting under Tsuchiya Shukou, along the lines of 18th Century Japanese painter Maruyama Okyo, and Ikebana of Obara school under Toru Watarai.

EDUCATION

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

SOLO EXHIBITION

2024-: Awai Awahii / Hosek Contemporary, Berlin (Upcoming)
Awai Awahii / VRBA, Široki Brijeg (Upcoming)
Art that crosses borders, design that traverses. / Aoyama Spiral Garden, Tokyo (Upcoming)
2023-: Time Spilled Over / Blue Line Arts, Roseville CA
2021-: Music for the margin #01 STEVE REICH COUNTERPOINT/ KIWA, Tokyo
2019-: Unit fo Y-axis / J-COLLABO, NewYork
2018-: In Praise of Shadows / MONO JAPAN 2018, Amsterdam

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2024-: Art Shodo MDP Selection Vol. 1 / MDP Gallery Nakameguro, Tokyo
2023-: Small Works / Five Points Arts, Torrington, CT
BODYSPACES: Canvas International Aat Fair 2023 / THE LINE Contemporary Art Space, London
Secret Spaces: Borders Art Fair / Palazzo Albrizzi-Capello, Venice
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

COLLECTIONS

2024-: Specimens of the spilled over, 8 million traces / LEAP CO., LTD.
2023-: Fossils from the future “Nike Air Jordan” / REFRAME ,inc.
Fossils from the future “Starbuck Coffee” / Ambient Works ,inc.
2019-: Once in the beauty / Tatcha LLC (Unilever plc)

COMMISSIONED WORKS

2023-: Womb of the city / Mitsubishi Estate CO., LTD.
2019-: TAYUTAI / Naha Airport Building CO.,LTD. , General Incorporated Association Ryukyu Bingata Preservation and Expansion Consortium
Nameless Portrait / General Incorporated Association Art Culture Matrix

PUBLICATIONS

Seitaro Yamazaki, “Yohaku Shiko (Think with marginal spaces): How I use marginanl spaces in thinking to suepass “logical” as an artist and a designer”, Nikkei BP, 2024

AWARDS

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/ Espronceda (BARCELONA, SPAIN)
2018-: Annual Group Exhibition And Showcase 2018 Winner / J-COLLABO, NewYork