The Jean Pigozzi Collection Of Contemporary Japanese Art
Untitled - 2006
Mixed Media
Variable Dimensions
Yamataka Eye
b. 1964, Kobe, Japan
Lives and works in Japan
Known primarily as the vocalist of the BOREDOMS (VOREDOMS), Yamataka Eye has also worked with artists such as Nam June Paik and John Zorn, and has recently started performing solo as DJ Pika Pika Pika. In addition, EYE is an accomplished visual artist. His work includes collaborations with Shinro OTAKE (as PUZZLE PUNKS), and he has designed many record covers, including the jacket of the Beck album Midnight Vultures.
Selected Exhibitions:
2009
Mr.FREEDOM X, A+, Tokyo
Yamataka EYE edition x Ai Tsuchikawa＋Ryohei Kobayashi, Magical, ARTROOM, Tokyo
OBSESSIONS, guest curator John Zorn, MEM, Osaka & Co. Soon, Magical, ARTROOM, Tokyo
2008
NEW BEGINNING-The show must go on!,
Magical, ARTROOM, Tokyo
Frieze Art Fair 09, Magical, ARTROOM, London
ONGALOO, alt.gallery, Newcastle
Yamataka EYE installation, b Store, London
Death by Basel, Fredric Snitzer Gallery, Miami
2006
ONGALOO, ARTZONE, Kyoto, Magical, ARTROOM, Tokyo
2005
WEYEW, Someday Gallery, Melbourne, Transplant Gallery, New York
ONGALOO, GBE@Passerby, New York
2004
GATAX, Trees are so special, Tokyo
2000
Volume:Bed of Sound, P.S.1, New York
1996
Graphic Fighting 1996 (with Tycoon Graphics), Shibuya Parco Square, Tokyo
Publications:
DONKEDELICO, co-authored with Shinro OTAKE, Sakuhin-sha, Tokyo, 1996
NANOO, Little More, Tokyo, 1996
WEOOEM, P.A.M., Melbourne, 2005
ONGALOO, Little More, Tokyo, 2006