Yukihiro Taguchi / 田口 行弘

Born in 1980, in Osaka, Japan
2005-Present – Living in Berlin, Germany

Education 2004- Graduated from Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, Painting Department (B.A. in oil painting)

Japanese artist Yukihiro Taguchi garnered much attention for his unique “performative installations,” which combines elements of drawing, performance, animation and installation, getting inspiration from and capturing the feature and history of the place where he engages.

Solo Exhibitions 2018
“Jichiku AIR” Residence Program of 21stCentury Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan
“CHAT GO! Let’s Build a Textile Village CHAT < Spun Dragon Project >”CHAT, The Mills, Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong
“If you want to go fast, go aone. If you want to go far, go together.” Mujin-to production, Tokyo, Japan

2017
“PokePoke” Te Uru Waitakere Contemporary Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand

2016
Project “Patch Pass” Mills6 foundation, Hong Kong
“IN FORMATION” Te Uru Waitakere Contemporary Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
“Kettenreaktion” HB55, Berlin Germany

2015
“Inkarnation” Tangency 2015 Hasestr., Osnabrück, Germany
“TERASU” Kunstverein Arnsberg e.V., Arnsberg/ Germany

2014
Projekt “Wittekindsburg” Rulle / Osnabrück, Germany
Project “Funke” Göttingen, Germany

2013
“Makeover” Mujin-to Prpduction, Tokyo

2012
“Breathing Atolls” arthobler gallery, Zurich
Project “Skip” Loughborough University, Loungborough, England
Project “Made In Kenia” Kaimosi, Kenia (5 years work in progress)

2011
“Sequenz” Sakamotocontemporary, Berlin
“Moment” das weisse haus, Wien, Austria
“MAM project 014” MoriArt Museum, Tokyo
“Pan! Pan! Pan!” Mujin-to production, Tokyo
“Moment-TATAMI”remo, Osaka

2010
“ABOUT”Pinebrooklyn, Osaka
“Complex Circuit” gallery M, Tokyo

2009
“Latest stop-motion-video-editions” SAKAMOTOcontemporary, Berlin
“über-performative sketch” Mujin-to production, Tokyo, Japan

2008
“über” SAKAMOTOcontemporary, Berlin
“A Window to the World” Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Japan
“Moment -Performatives Spazieren-” galerie air garten, Berlin
“Ordnung -performative installation-” GDK-Galerie der Künste-, Berlin

2007
“Moment” galerie air garten, Berlin(solo)
“DIE TASSE” Tornado-am-Ostkreuz, Berlin(solo)

2006
“Domino” Het Plafond, Rotterdam, Netherlands
“Pumpen” RS 21 Berlin, Berlin-Friedrichshain
“chews -open studio-” gallery ZeKuSchEx, Berlin-Kreuzberg

Selected Group Exhibitions

2018
“[Popularity is being held.] 02” Tottori Prefectural Museum, Tottori, Japan
“Soft City” Schloss Biesdorf, Berlin, Germany
“Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale 2018” Tsunan, Echigo-Tsumari Region, Niigata, Japan

2017

“Open Art Biennale 2017” Örebro, Sweden
“KooKoo” Jan. Mar. May. Jul. (one day event every 2 month) OHM gallery, Berlin

2016
“Ubiquitous Humanity” the Annex, Hong Kong
“In your heart | In your city” Koges Museum, Denmark
“KooKoo” Jan. Mar. May. Jul. Sep. Nov. (every 2 Month) OHM, Berlin

2015
“d’Avril en Mai. Quand les artistes chapardent le vegetal” ULB, Brussels
“KooKoo” in Jan. Mar. May. Jul. Sep. Nov. (every 2 Month) OHM Gallery, Berlin
“STREET SPINS” Ileana Tounta Contemporary Art Center, Athens

2014
“Treffpunkte” HAU(Hebbel am Ufer), Berlin
“Japan Syndrom” HAU(Hebbel am Ufer), Berlin
“The Kennedy Bunker” REH-transformer, Berlin
“KooKoo” OHM Gallery, Berlin

2013
“ARAKAWA AFRIKA 4” arakawa1-1-1 gallery, gallery OGU MAG, Tokyo
“SITE” Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Hiroshima, Japan
“Open Monument” Kunstraum Kreuzberg Bethanien, Berlin

2012
“PARADE” Japan Media Arts Festival, ArtisTree, TaiKoo, Hong Kong
“Junge Hunde Festival 2012” Aarhus, Denmark
“Video/Choreo” University of Hawai’i Art Gallery, Honolulu
“Havana biennale” Havana, Cuba
“Humour, parodie et videos” Maison de la culture du Japon a Paris, Paris, France
“Breathing Atolls” National Gallery, Male, Maldives

2011
“SubtleConstruction” Galeria Plataforma Revolver, Lisbon, Portugal
“SUSTAIN” Nature Morte Berlin, Berlin
“Durchgang” 48 Stunden Neukölln, Berlin
“Berliner Zimmer Genossen” funkhaus, Berlin
“Moment＋Nomiso TATAMI” 10Watt gallery, Osaka

2010
“Nishinomiya Funasaka Biennale” Hyogo, Japan
“Zwischen/Formen” Artitude, Berlin
“Repair-ars ekectronica 2010” Linz, Austria
“Black and Brunn” Brunnhofer Galerie/Black Box gallery, Linz, Austria

2009
“5+1: Jungtion Box” Tokyo, Japan
“Japan Media Arts Festival in Kobe Biennale” Hyogo, Japan
“Nishinomiya Funasaka Biennale” Hyogo, Japan
“A Blow to the Eeryday” Hong Kong, China
“Next Reality” Tokyo, Japan
“Performance Presente Futuro Vol. 2” Oi Futuro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
“5th VentoSul Biennal” Curitiba, Brasil
“LIVE BY PLAY” Art Taipei 2009, Taipei, Taiwan
“Hakodate triennale 2009” hakodate, Japan
“The matter of things” ScalaMata Exhibition Space, Venice, Italy
“Hamburger Architektursommer 2009” White Trash contemporary, Hamburg, Germany
“Re:Membering Next of Japan” Loop, Seoul, Korea
“Video Kunst im Spiegel” Spiegel, Munich, Germany
“Thomas Raschke and Yukihiro Taguchi” Weltraum, Munich, Germany
“12th Japan Media Arts Festival” The National Art Center, Tokyo, Japan
“2008 Asia Digital Art Award Exhibiton” Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Fukuoka, Japan
“Tape Modern Number 07” Tape culb, Berlin

2008
“PIECE” Kulturpalast Wedding International, Berlin
“Tape Modern at the 05. Berliner Kunstsalon” Humboldt-Umspannwerk, Berlin
“FABRIC/K” Program, Berlin
“ARMUT MACHT GEIL, NO Budget Festival – Berlin edition” Temporary Art Centre, Eindhoven, Netherlands
“ONE+TWO” SAKAMOTOcontemporary, Berlin
“UFERHALLEN” Uferhallen-Wedding, Berlin
“Hunt for This Century’s Leonardo da Vinci! International Art Exhibition” Osaka, Japan
“Tape Modern Number 03” Tape culb, Berlin
“Tape Modern Number 02” Tape club, Berlin
“Between Fiction and Fact” Strictly Berlin 2008” GDK-Galerie der Künste-, Berlin

2007
“Hunt for This Century’s Leonardo da Vinci! International Art Triennale 2007” (Grand prize) Osaka, Japan
“CET07/ STREET NIGHT GALLERY” Tokyo
“transfer” gallery K:ITA, Berlin
“In Neuem Kontext” Asia-Pacific weeks 2007 at St. Johannes-Evangelist-Kirche, Berlin
“Japan now” Asia-Pacific weeks 2007, Theaterhaus, Berlin, Prague
“SICE 2007” Bosnia Herzegovina, Sarajevo
“Double Cast” Tokyo Wonder Site Hongo, Tokyo

2006
“switch on the light before sleeping” GDK-Galerie der Künste-, Berlin
“Speed Up Your Life” feld für kunst, Hamburg
“1:een / punten en komma’s” PICTURA, Dordrecht, Netherlands
“SICE ~Transition Compound Berlin~” gallery Nord, Berlin

2005
“SICE 2005” Bosnia Herzegovina, Sarajevo

2004
“SICE 2004” Sarajevo International Culture Exchange 2004, Bosnia Herzegovina, Sarajevo

2003
“Junction” Gallery Space, Tokyo, Japan
“Tension” Tokyo, Japan

2002
“Aruita Ten” Gallery Space, Tokyo, Japan
“Habit” Tokyo, Japan

2001
“Mapping” Tokyo, Japan
“DANKE” Gallery Space, Osaka, Japan
“Kume Show” Gallery Space, Tokyo, Japan

2000
“Sosaku 2000” Gallery Space, Tokyo, Japan
“Drawing 2000” Gallery Space, Tokyo, Japan

2008
“2008 Asia Digital Art Award” Fukuoka, Japan
“2008, 12thJapan Media Art Festival” Tokyo, Japan

2007
“Hunt for This Century’s Leonardo da Vinci! International Art Triennale 2007” Osaka, Japan

Selected < Group Exhibition

2018
“[Popularity is being held.] 02” Tottori Prefectural Museum, Tottori, Japan
“Soft City” Schloss Biesdorf, Berlin, Germany
“Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale 2018” Tsunan, Echigo-Tsumari Region, Niigata, Japan

2017
“Open Art Biennale 2017” Örebro, Sweden
“KooKoo” Jan. Mar. May. Jul. (one day event every 2 month) OHM gallery, Berlin

2016
“Ubiquitous Humanity” the Annex, Hong Kong
“In your heart | In your city” Koges Museum, Denmark
“KooKoo” Jan. Mar. May. Jul. Sep. Nov. (every 2 Month) OHM, Berlin

2015
“d’Avril en Mai. Quand les artistes chapardent le vegetal” ULB, Brussels
“KooKoo” in Jan. Mar. May. Jul. Sep. Nov. (every 2 Month) OHM Gallery, Berlin
“STREET SPINS” Ileana Tounta Contemporary Art Center, Athens

2014
“Treffpunkte” HAU(Hebbel am Ufer), Berlin
“Japan Syndrom” HAU(Hebbel am Ufer), Berlin
“The Kennedy Bunker” REH-transformer, Berlin
“KooKoo” OHM Gallery, Berlin

2013
“ARAKAWA AFRIKA 4” arakawa1-1-1 gallery, gallery OGU MAG, Tokyo
“SITE” Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Hiroshima, Japan
“Open Monument” Kunstraum Kreuzberg Bethanien, Berlin

2012
“PARADE” Japan Media Arts Festival, ArtisTree, TaiKoo, Hong Kong
“Junge Hunde Festival 2012” Aarhus, Denmark
“Video/Choreo” University of Hawai’i Art Gallery, Honolulu
“Havana biennale” Havana, Cuba
“Humour, parodie et videos” Maison de la culture du Japon a Paris, Paris, France
“Breathing Atolls” National Gallery, Male, Maldives

2011
“SubtleConstruction” Galeria Plataforma Revolver, Lisbon, Portugal
“SUSTAIN” Nature Morte Berlin, Berlin
“Durchgang” 48 Stunden Neukölln, Berlin
“Berliner Zimmer Genossen” funkhaus, Berlin
“Moment＋Nomiso TATAMI” 10Watt gallery, Osaka

2010
“Nishinomiya Funasaka Biennale” Hyogo, Japan
“Zwischen/Formen” Artitude, Berlin
“Repair-ars ekectronica 2010” Linz, Austria
“Black and Brunn” Brunnhofer Galerie/Black Box gallery, Linz, Austria

2009
“5+1: Jungtion Box” Tokyo, Japan
“Japan Media Arts Festival in Kobe Biennale” Hyogo, Japan
“Nishinomiya Funasaka Biennale” Hyogo, Japan
“A Blow to the Eeryday” Hong Kong, China
“Next Reality” Tokyo, Japan
“Performance Presente Futuro Vol. 2” Oi Futuro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
“5th VentoSul Biennal” Curitiba, Brasil
“LIVE BY PLAY” Art Taipei 2009, Taipei, Taiwan
“Hakodate triennale 2009” hakodate, Japan
“The matter of things” ScalaMata Exhibition Space, Venice, Italy
“Hamburger Architektursommer 2009” White Trash contemporary, Hamburg, Germany
“Re:Membering Next of Japan” Loop, Seoul, Korea
“Video Kunst im Spiegel” Spiegel, Munich, Germany
“Thomas Raschke and Yukihiro Taguchi” Weltraum, Munich, Germany
“12th Japan Media Arts Festival” The National Art Center, Tokyo, Japan
“2008 Asia Digital Art Award Exhibiton” Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Fukuoka, Japan
“Tape Modern Number 07” Tape culb, Berlin

2008
“PIECE” Kulturpalast Wedding International, Berlin
“Tape Modern at the 05. Berliner Kunstsalon” Humboldt-Umspannwerk, Berlin
“FABRIC/K” Program, Berlin
“ARMUT MACHT GEIL, NO Budget Festival – Berlin edition” Temporary Art Centre, Eindhoven, Netherlands
“ONE+TWO” SAKAMOTOcontemporary, Berlin
“UFERHALLEN” Uferhallen-Wedding, Berlin
“Hunt for This Century’s Leonardo da Vinci! International Art Exhibition” Osaka, Japan
“Tape Modern Number 03” Tape culb, Berlin
“Tape Modern Number 02” Tape club, Berlin
“Between Fiction and Fact” Strictly Berlin 2008” GDK-Galerie der Künste-, Berlin

2007
“Hunt for This Century’s Leonardo da Vinci! International Art Triennale 2007” (Grand prize) Osaka, Japan
“CET07/ STREET NIGHT GALLERY” Tokyo
“transfer” gallery K:ITA, Berlin
“In Neuem Kontext” Asia-Pacific weeks 2007 at St. Johannes-Evangelist-Kirche, Berlin
“Japan now” Asia-Pacific weeks 2007, Theaterhaus, Berlin, Prague
“SICE 2007” Bosnia Herzegovina, Sarajevo
“Double Cast” Tokyo Wonder Site Hongo, Tokyo

2006
“switch on the light before sleeping” GDK-Galerie der Künste-, Berlin
“Speed Up Your Life” feld für kunst, Hamburg
“1:een / punten en komma’s” PICTURA, Dordrecht, Netherlands
“SICE ~Transition Compound Berlin~” gallery Nord, Berlin

2005
“SICE 2005” Bosnia Herzegovina, Sarajevo

2004
“SICE 2004” Sarajevo International Culture Exchange 2004, Bosnia Herzegovina, Sarajevo

2003
“Junction” Gallery Space, Tokyo, Japan
“Tension” Tokyo, Japan

2002
“Aruita Ten” Gallery Space, Tokyo, Japan
“Habit” Tokyo, Japan

2001
“Mapping” Tokyo, Japan
“DANKE” Gallery Space, Osaka, Japan
“Kume Show” Gallery Space, Tokyo, Japan

2000
“Sosaku 2000” Gallery Space, Tokyo, Japan
“Drawing 2000” Gallery Space, Tokyo, Japan

2008
“2008 Asia Digital Art Award” Fukuoka, Japan
“2008, 12thJapan Media Art Festival” Tokyo, Japan

2007
“Hunt for This Century’s Leonardo da Vinci! International Art Triennale 2007” Osaka, Japan