Born 1951, Tokyo, Japan
Graduated from the Department of Oil Painting, Tama Art University
Lives and works in Tokyo
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2011
New York, Marianne Boesky Gallery, January 15 – February 12, 2011
2010
Hong Kong, Gallery EXIT, Yuichi Higashionna: New Works, 5 November - 11 December
Tokyo, Nadiff Gallery 2F, fluorescent, June-July, 2010
Hiroo, Japan, Berengo Akatsu Collection, May 18 - June 19, 2010
2009
Tokyo, Japan, Gallery αM, METAMORPHOSIS - Objects today Vol.4 Yuichi HIGASHIONNNA, Exhibition on the 80th Anniversary of Musashino Art University, 12 - October 10, 2009
Tokyo, Japan, Nihonbashi Takashimaya Art Gallery X, 2009
Shizuoka, Japan, The Sculpture Garden Museum VANGEI MUSEO, 2009
2008
New York, Marianne Boesky Gallery Project Space, October 11 – November 1, 2008
Paris, Galerie Jean-Luc & Takako Richard, Chandelier, December 1 – February 9, 2008
Aichi, Japan, Gallery M, October 19 – November 16, 2008
Tokyo, Calm & Punk Gallery, Refract, May 16 – June 5, 2008
Tokyo, Yumiko Chiba Associates, White Light, White Heat, April 2 – 28, 2008
Tokyo, GALLERY at lammfromm, dazzling & doodling, March 7 – April 21, 2008
2007
Tokyo, Viewing Room Ginza/Yumiko Chiba Associates, FLOWERS, 2007 Kagoshima, Japan, Mizuho Oshiro Gallery, FLOUNNESENT, November 18- December 25, 2007
2006
Tokyo, H.P.France Window Gallery Marunouchi, mille miroirs, December 1 , 2006 – Febuary 2, 2007
2005
Osaka, Japan, Inart, 2005
Osaka, Japan Guild, 2005
Tokyo, YAMAMOTO GENDAI, Chandelier! October 22-November 26, 2005
2004
Paris, Galerie Jean-luc & Takako Richard, Flowers, July 15- September 7, 2004
2003
Tokyo, Morimoto, 2003
Tokyo, Setagaya Art Museum (corridor), 2003
2002
New York, Ise Cultural Foundation, Walking the Windo, January 15- February 23,2002
Tokyo, Shibuya Seibu Art Gallery, 2002
Tokyo, Yumiko Chiba Associates, 2002
Osaka, Inart Gallery, 2002
2001
Osaka, Amus, 2001
Tokyo, Cassina Inter-Decor, 2001
Osaka, Inart Gallery, 2001
Ottawa, Canada, Gallery 101, October 25-December 1, 2001
2000
Tokyo, NADiff, 2000
Tokyo, Gallery NW House, 2000
1998
Tokyo, Tokyo University Komaba Dormitory, 1998
Tokyo, Gallery NW House, 1998
1997
Tokyo, Play Bill, 1997
1996
Tokyo, Gallery NW House, 1996
1994
Tokyo, Gallery NW House, 1994
1992
Tokyo, Gallery NW House, 1992
Tokyo, Tokyo Design Center, Decoration, September 14- November 7,1992
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2011
Riga, Latvia, The Art Museum Riga Bourse, Glasstress, August 20 – December 11, 2011
Venice, Italy, Glasstress 2011, Collateral Event of the 54th International Art Exhibition La Biennale di Venezia, June 4 – November 27, 2011
2010
Moscow, Travels to Moscow, Garage Center for Contemporary Culture, October, 2010 - January 2011.
London, Southbank Centre, Hayward Gallery, The New Decor, June 18 – September 5, 2010.
London, Stephen Lawrence Gallery, Use & Mention, curated by John Chilver, Jan 26th - Feb 26th 2010
2009
Seoul, Korea, Johyun Gallery, LIGHT ON!, December 23, 2009 - January 25, 2010
Tokyo, Utrecht/NOW IDeA, Flowers, November 24 – December 6, 2009
Copenhagen, Denmark, Rundetaarn, Second nature, August 8 - Sepember 20, 2009
Shanghai, Shanghai Exhibition Center, Discoveries: Artists, selected artists’ exhibition by three curators at Shanghai Contemporary Art Fair 2009, September 10 –13, 2009
Brussels, Almine Rech Gallery, Constructivismes, January 22 – February 27, 2009
2008
Tokyo, ZAP, Double Chonos, November 15 – 24, 2008
Shanghai, Shanghai Art Museum, Chinese and Japanese Contemporary Paintings from Zeit-Foto Collection May 6 – 27, 2008
Beijing, At Ziet-Foto Collection, Chinese Inernational Gallery Exhibition 2008, April 25 –28, 2008
Milano, Salone del Mobile, The Bombay Sapphire Exhibition, April 16-21, 2008
New York, Marianne Boesky Gallery, The Masked Portrait, January 10 – February 9, 2008
2007
Hongo, Tokyo, Tokyo Wonder Site, IMAGINARY MUSEUM of the O-collection - magical museum tour Room , Yuichi Higashionna & Daisuke Ohba & Akiyoshi Mishima - Design&Soul, July 7- September 23, 2007
Tokyo, 21_21 Design Sight, THIS PLAY! 2007
Roppongi Hills, Tokyo, Mori Art Museum, Roppongi Crossing 2007: Future Beats in Japanese Contemporary Art, October 13, 2007- January 14, 2008
2006
Ozone, Tokyo “Living Design Gallery, Archi Romance, 2006
Aichi, Japan, Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art, Enjoyable House, 2006
Busan, Korea, Busan Biennale 2006-Sea Art Festival-Living Furniture, September 16-November 25, 2006
Dover Street Market, Tokyo Comme des Garçons, Comme des Garcons, 2006
2005
Tokyo, The Embassy of Canada, Architipes, 2005
2004
Vancouver, Canada/Sydney, Australia, Charles H. Scott Gallery, Architypes, 2004
Bologna, Italy, Istituzione Galleria d'Arte Moderna di Bologna, Officina Asia, 2004
2003
Tokyo, Fuchu Art Museum, Zone, 2003
2001
Hiroshima, Hiroshima Art Crossing, 2001
Osaka, Japan, Kirin Plaza Osaka, OP Trance! 2001
2000
Tokyo, Sumida Kindergarten, Kindergarten, 2000
Stockholm, Sweden, Lydomar Hotel, J-WAY, 2000
1999
"ART / DOMESTICS Temperature of the Time," Setagaya Art Museum, Tokyo
1998
"Asia Avant-garde, " CHRISTIE'S, London, UK
1997
"Bird House Art," Yamanashi
1996
"The Studio Show," Artist's studio, Tokyo
1995
The Studio Show," Artist's studio, Tokyo
"Ripple Across the Water" Curated by Jan Hoet, Tok
1993
"The Floating Gallery," Tokyo
CATALOGUES AND PUBLICATIONS
2009
“Yuichi Higashionna: Flowers,” True Ring Ltd., 2009
2008
"Yuichi Higashionna," Shinjiro Nishino, Tokyo, 2008
2007
"Enjoyable House" (Group Exhibition), Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art, Aichi, 2007,
１st pp.18-19, pp.54-55, 2nd pp.10-13、p93; in English & Japanese
"Roppongi Crossing 2007 Future Beats in Japanese Contemporary Art" Group Exhibition), Mori Art Museum 53F, Tokyo, 2007, pp.113-118, p309; in English & Japanese
2006
“Living Furniture″ Sea Art Festival
p.50, pp.103-104, pp.116-117; in Korean
Noi Sawaragi, “What Happened to Art? 1992 – 2006,” Kokusho Kanko-kai (publishers),
2006, pp.92-93
2004
Minoru Shimizu, “Politics of a new Optical Art – Yuichi Higashionna’s recent works”
"Flowers", Galerie Jean-Luc & Takako Richard, Paris, France 2004; in English & French
2001
“Untitled Works of Yuichi Higashionna”, Postcard Gallery Amus 2001
2000
Hina-gata, Nadiff, Tokyo, 2000, in English & Japanese
Kindergarten (Group Exhibition), Sumida Kindergarten, Tokyo, 2000; in English and Spanish
1999
Takashi Azumaya: "Uncomfortable Place," Art/Domestic Temperature of the Time (Group Exhibition), Setagaya Art Museum, Tokyo, 1999; pp.42-44
1997
“101 Little Match Girls,” 101 limited edition, 1997
1995
Ripple Across the Water (Group Exhibition), On Sundays, Tokyo, 1995, p.287
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2011
Rosa, Yvan A. “Not So Fixtured,” Artslant.com, http://www.artslant.com/ny/articles/show/21525, February 7, 2011
Heinrich, Will. “Matters of Black and White,” The New York Observer, January 26, 2011
Baker, R.C. “Yuichi Higashionna at Marianne Boesky Gallery; Autochromes by Stieglitz and Steichen at the Met,” The Village Voice, January 26, 2011
Robinson, Walter. “Weekend Update,” artnet, January 2011
2010
McDonald, Roger. “In Praise of Fluorescence: Yuichi Higashionna,” Artscape Japan, August 2, 2010.
2009
Higashionna, Yuichi. Contributer, T Magazine, October, 2009
“Studio Creator’s Workspace Yuichi Higashionna Flourescent Objects and White Atelier Walls,” High Fashion, February ,2009.
2008
Rosenberg, Karen. “Art in Review: Donald Moffett/Yuichi Higashionna,” The New York Times, October 30, 2008
Vilades, Pilar. “White Castle,” T Magazine, October 2008
Higashiona, Yuichi. “Japanese Monster,” NY Arts, September/October, 2008.
2007
“More Art to Life! Buy Art in a Hotel Room? Go to Art Fair!” SPUR Art Complex, A Guide to Arty Life, SPUR, No. 210, April 2007, pp.414-415
Yuichi Higashionna’s Chandelier, Fujin Koron, April 2007, p.77
My Dream Department Store ’03, Taro Nasu x Art Events, TITLE, July 2007, pp.116-117
Yuichi Higashionna and Ukawa Naohiro Channeling the myriad contradictions of reality into their art , Art it, Fall/Winter 2007, pp60-68 in English & Japanese
2006
Maya Nago, “Dover Street Market Tokyo and Michael Kostiv’s World Archive,”
Departments (column), high fashion, No.312, December 2006, p.15
Yayoi Kojima, “Three Artists around Black,” Art (column), “Ryuko Tsushin 2nd Renewal Project, Wind, Rock, and United Arrows,” 2006, p.154
Gallery Pick-Up, Weekly Pia, December 14, 2006, p.154
ELLE Loves Art (column), ELLE Japan, No. 265, Nov. 2006, pp.226-227
2005
Yoshio Kato:
Mari Hashimoto, “A dazzling circle that has shone on all-Japanese-are-middle-class mentality,” ART Bit (column), Asahi Shimbun: WEEKLY AERA, March 21, 2005
”Play with Skirt”,Ryuko Tsushin No.500、February, 2005 pp.60-61
Mikiko Kikuta: o-cube No.117, February, 2005 pp.1-4
GQ Japan No.22, March, 2005 p.115
2004
Chie Sumiyoshi: Brutus, No. 555, September 15th, 2004 pp.42-43
2003
Takashi Azumaya: "Vanitas," Studio Voice, No.325, Jan 2003, pp152-157
Sumau (Morimoto), No.006, May 2003, pp02-05
Tamaki Saito: < essay on "Light Bright Picnic" >, Yomiuri News, Aug. 15, 2003
2001
Akiko Miki: < exhibition review of "Vent d' Est" >, Studio Voice, Feb. 2001, p.75
Hisako Hara: < exhibition review of Amus >, Nikkei News, Feb. 15, 2001
Chie Sumiyoshi: Ginza, Jun. 6, 2001, p.136
Chie Sumiyoshi: Casa Brutus, Jun. 2001, p.157
Emiko Kato: < exhibition review of "Hiroshima Art Crossing" >, Studio Voice, Jul. 2001, p.85
Chie Sumiyoshi: "Close to bad taste, but fascinating "Tokyo Gothic style.'" Brutus, No. 482, Jul. 15, 2001, p.81 in English & Japanese
Takashi Azumaya: "OP Trance!," BT, No.808, Jul. 2001, pp.54-56
Chie Sumiyoshi: "Space-Jacker," Ryuko Tushin, No.458, Sep 2001, p.61
Noi Sawaragi: "Meaning of Darkness Hidden in the Outside 'Fancy,'" < do. >, Esquire, Jun. 2001, p196
2000
L.J. "News Tokyo,” Flash Art, October, 2000 p.43 in English
Monty Dipietro: "Brit's brainchild is a small wonder to behold,"
< exhibition review of "Kindergarten" >, Asahi Eveing News, Aug. 16, 2000 in English
Takashi Nihmi: < exhibition review of Gallery NW house >, BT, No.796, Dec.2000, p.197
Emiko Kato: < exhibition review of "J-Way" >, Studio Voice, Dec. 2000, p.100
Yuko Ozawa: "A Day on Earth 45 Exhibitions 28 Countries 1 Day," < exhibition review of "Hina-gata" >, Contemporary visual arts, Issue 29, 2000 pp.37-38 in English
Dipietro Monty: "Installation launches attack on grandma," < do. >, The Japan Times, March 11, 2000 in English
kentaro Ichihara: "Melancholic smell," < do. >, The Book Review Press, Apr. 29, 2000
1999
Dipietro Monty: "Color, light, sound, but not much heat,"
kentaro Ichihara: "Between 'Art' and 'Domestic',"
Takashi Shinkawa: "Far away from a haze called 'Context',"
1998
Erimi Fujihara: "When you stop and see objects or images around you…” Brutus, No.407, Apr. 15, 1998, p.112
1997
Erimi Fujihara(interview): "Exquisite Corpses," BT, No.745, Aug. 1997, pp.103-120
1995
Erimi Fujihara: "Yuichi Higashionna -A Light, Ironic Sampling," JA, Nov. 1995, p.1
1991
Chie Kaihotsu:
Erimi Fujihara: "Negative portraits on a detached view of newspaper fliers by Higashionnna Yuichi," Brutus, Oct. 1, p.15
1990
Noi Sawaragi:
AWARDS
2008 Bombay Sapphire Prize