Biographie

SEITARO YAMAZAKI
1982-

Artist / TOKYO

Sei Yamazaki Artworks / Sei Yamazaki Biography

Seitaro Yamazaki (Tokyo) est un artiste et designer contemporain dont la pratique explore la beauté fragile dissimulée dans ce qui est négligé ou oublié. Travaillant entre installation, sculpture, peinture et art numérique, il s’inspire des concepts japonais de ma et d’impermanence tout en résonnant avec des traditions occidentales telles que les vanitas et l’espace négatif. Ses œuvres ont été exposées à l’international, notamment lors d’expositions personnelles à Spiral (Tokyo, 2024) et au K11 Art Center (Shanghai, 2025), ainsi que dans le cadre de la Biennale de Larnaca (Chypre, 2025) et du SXSW (Austin, États-Unis, 2025).

Parcours académique

2006-

université Rikkyo, faculté de sociologie, département culture et société contemporaines, spécialité photographie

2016-

master de l’université d’art et de design Kyoto (environnement artistique)

Expositions individuelles

2025-

STILL VOICE / Shanghai K11 Art Center, Shanghai

2024-

Contour of Yohaku / Hosek Contemporary, Berlin
Art that Crosses Borders, Design that Traverses. / Aoyama Spiral Garden, Tokyo

2023-

TIME SPILLED OVER / BlueLine Arts, California
L’utérus urbain / Parkhabio Shibuya, Tokyo

2021-

“MUSIC FOR THE MARGINS” #01 STEVE REICH / COUNTERPOINT/ KIWA, Tokyo

2019-

UNIT FOR Y-AXIS / J-COLLABO, NewYork
TAYUTAI / Naha Airport, Naha

2018-

Éloge de l’ombre / MONO JAPAN 2018, Amsterdam

Expositions collectives

2025-

Larnaca Biennale / Larnaca, Cyprus (Upcoming)
The Book As Art v.13: Mixed Messages / Decatur Arts Alliance / Decatur, GA
Urban Break 2025 / Coex Center, Seoul, South Korea
NordArt 2025 / Vorwerksallee, Büdelsdorf, Germany 
In Search of Ghosts / Fringe Arts Bath, Bath, UK
All the light I see / Van Der Plas Gallery, New York
Satellite Ranch / 719 Shady Lane, Austin, TX
Art is / Czong Institute for Contemporary Art , Gimpo, South Korea
Marginal Art Fair Fukushima Hirono / Futatsunuma General Park, Hirono

2024-

Rotten Donuts at 100+ Fair Shenzhen / Longgang District,​ Shenzhen
Czym wypełnić puste pomniki? / Kolorowa Culture Center, Warsaw
FORM + SPACE / The Museum of Art DeLand, DeLand, FL
Jukebox of Dissonance / G-Gallery, New York, NY
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 / 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-

The koto Sea, Tales of the Pearl Sea / Nagasaki Holland Village, Nagasaki

2018-

ENSEMBLE CAST / J-COLLABO, New York

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 « Starbucks Coffee » / Ambient Works ,inc.

2019-

Once in the beauty / Tatcha LLC (Unilever plc)

Travail en commission

2024-

We all Wesmo! / West Japan Railway Company

2023-

L’utérus urbain / 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

Travaux de commissaire d’exposition

2025-

Director / Marginal Art Fair Fukushima Hirono / Futatsunuma General Park, Hirono

Publications

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

Seitaro Yamazaki, « IN PRAISE OF SHADOWS », Keyaki Publishing, 2017

Récompenses

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-

Lauréat du prix Annual Group Exhibition and Showcase 2018 / J-COLLABO, New York

Bibliography

2025-

SAND Literature and Art, Issue 28, SAND, (upcoming)

2024-

Aedra Fine Arts, “Seitaro Yamazaki”, Aedra Fine Arts
TIMES VII « Shelter », 87 Gallery, November 2024

2022-

“Spotlight: Japanese Conceptual Artist Seitaro Yamazaki Transforms the Objects of Our Time Into Eerie Fossils”, Artnet, August 2022
Adonay Bermúdez, “Artists to Watch ʼ22”, Artconnect, May 2022

2020-

The Art Insider
＋81 VOL.86 CREATOR WORKING STYLE ISSUE
DESIGN NOTE

2019-

Art Business Journal
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