TAISUKE KOYAMA
Born in 1978, Japan. Based in Tokyo.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS (SELECTED)
2019 WAVES AND PARTICLES, Metronom, Modena, IT
RAINBOW VARIATIONS, Tokyo Polytechnic University COL.LAB GALLERY, Kanagawa, JP
2018 SENSOR_CODE, Seen Fifteen, London, GB
TOKYO PHOTOGRAPHIC RESEARCH #1: PHASE TRANS, G/P gallery, Tokyo, JP
2017 POST BODY / NATURE - TAISUKE KOYAMA + TAKASHI KAWASHIMA, LhGWR, The Hague, NL
Generated X, G/P gallery, Tokyo, JP
2016 Generated Images, Daiwa Foundation Japan House Gallery, London, GB
2015 NEW LIGHT, Sunday Gallery, Zurich, CH
2013 Rainbow Waves, G/P gallery, Tokyo, JP
Circulation, G/P + g³/ gallery, Tokyo, JP
Rainbow Waves / Setouchi Installations, Hasseleblad Japan Gallery, Tokyo, JP
Rainbow Variations & Other Works, Metronom, Modena, IT
DOTS, FUNGUS, CRYSTALS & MOONLIGHT, Setouchi Art Triennale 2013, Soy Sauce Warehouse, Shodoshima Island, JP
2012 in fragments, Video Art Festival MOVING 2012, Kyoto Art Center, Kyoto, JP
NONAGON PHOTON, G/P gallery, Tokyo, JP
2011 SANDWICH Textures, G/P gallery, Tokyo, JP
POLYTOPE, GALLERY 9.5, HOTEL ANTEROOM KYOTO, Kyoto, JP
2010 NONAGON PHOTON 1, Matsudo Artline Project, Chiba, JP
Melting Rainbows / Starry, G/P gallery, Tokyo, JP
Artworks from AN10, Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo - Foyer, Tokyo, JP
2009 entropix, Spiral Garden, Tokyo, JP
entropix, G/P gallery, Tokyo, JP
entropix: high speed slide show, NADiff Gallery, Tokyo, JP
2008 Boundary X, gallery ROCKET, Tokyo, JP
2007 Dark Matter, PUNCTUM Photo+Graphix Tokyo, Tokyo, JP
Dark Matter, No.12 Gallery, Tokyo, JP
2006 ON THE OTHER SIDE, PUNCTUM Photo+Graphix Tokyo, Tokyo, JP
GROUP EXHIBITIONS (SELECTED)
2019 Moving the Image: photography and its actions, Camberwell Space, London, GB
Red Bull Music Festival Tokyo 2019, Spiral Garden, Tokyo, JP
Illuminating Graphics 2, Creation Gallery G8, Tokyo, JP
#005 PHOTO Playground, Ginza Sony Park, Tokyo, JP
2018 2018 SEOUL PHOTO FESTIVAL <BRAVE NEW WORLD>, SeMa, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, KR
SEEN WITHOUT A SEER | Radical Reversibility, Looiersgracht 60, Amsterdam, NL
Asama International Photo Festival, Miyota (Former Mercian Karuizawa Art Museum), Nagano, JP
the amana collection Exhibit 01, IMA gallery, Tokyo, JP
2017 AIMIA | AGO PHOTOGRAPHY PRIZE 2017, ART GALLERY OF ONTARIO, Toronto, CA
ANTOLOGIA, Metronom, Modena, IT
2016 THE KING AND I, Palazzo Reale, Milan, IT
Aichi Triennale 2016 Trans Dimension, Okazaki Cibico, Aichi, JP
Japanese Prints and Photographs: Paths Through Modernity, LACMA, Los Angeles, US
Close to the Edge: New Photography From Japan, Miyako Yoshinaga, New York, US
Japan Media Arts Festival in Aomori - Into the Phantom Villages, Aomori Museum of Art, Aomori, JP
2015 Nicely Offensive, Ponce+Robles, Madrid, ES
hyper-materiality on photo - Hidden Sense of Japanese Photography II, G/P gallery Shinonome, Tokyo, JP
2014 anima on photo - Hidden Sense of Japanese Photography, UNSEEN Photo Fair, Amsterdam, NL
G/P Collection #2, G/P gallery Shinonome, Tokyo, JP
2013 NEW JPN GEN, ART LIGUE, Paris, FR
2012 PHOTOGRAPHY IS MAGIC!, Daegu Photo Biennale 2012, Daegu Culture & Arts Center, Daegu, KR
Contemporary Japanese Photobooks, The Photographer’s Gallery, London, GB
The 15th Japan Media Arts Festival, The National Art Center, Tokyo, JP
2011 PICTURES, Diptrics, Tokyo, JP
INSITU Fort Canning Hill, Singapore Art Festival, Singapore, SG
As Long As Rainbow Lasts, SOKA Art Center, Taipei, TW
JAPANESE PHOTOBOOKS NOW, Le Bal, Paris, FR
2010 3331 Presents Tokyo, 3331 Arts Chiyoda, Tokyo, JP
TOKYO VISUALIST, National Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, MY
Exhibition from TOKYO PORTFOLIO REVIEW, Yokohama Photo Festival, Yokohama Red Brick Warehouse, Yokohama, JP
2009 TOKYO PLAY GROUND, DESIGNTIDE TOKYO 2009, Tokyo Midtown Hall, Tokyo, JP
TOKYO PORTFOLIO REVIEW, Tokyo Wonder Site Hongo, Tokyo, JP
THE EXPOSED #4, CASO, Osaka, JP
2008 THE EXPOSED #3: PhotoDazE, CASO, Osaka, JP
2007 Subtle Green, Ikejiri Institute of Design Gallery, Tokyo, JP
THE EXPOSED #2: OVEREXPOSED, CASO, Osaka, JP
2006 THE EXPOSED #1.2, ARTZONE, Kyoto, JP
THE EXPOSED #1, CASO, Osaka, JP
2005 The 25th Photography “HITOTSUBO AWARD", Guardian Garden, Tokyo, JP
INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITIONS
2018 SEOUL PHOTO FESTIVAL, Seoul, KR
2016 AICHI TRIENNALE 2016, Aichi, JP
2013 SETOUCHI ART TRIENNALE 2013, Shodoshima Island, JP
2012 DAEGU PHOTO BIENNALE 2012, Daegu, KR
NOMINATIONS / PRIZES (SELECTED)
2017 AIMIA | AGO PHOTOGRAPHY PRIZE 2017, Finalist, ART GALLERY OF ONTARIO, Toronto, CA
2015 Selected for PLAT(T)FORM 2015, FOTOMUSEUM WINTERTHUR, Winterthur, CH
PRIX PICTET, Long-listed, Paris, FR
2012 THE 15TH JAPAN MEDIA ARTS FESTIVAL, Jury Selection, Tokyo, JP
2010 PAUL HUF AWARD, Nominee, Foam Photography Museum, Amsterdam, NL
2009 Selected for FOAM TALENT CALL 2009, Foam Magazine, Amsterdam, NL
2005 The 25th Photography "HITOTSUBO AWARD", Nominee, Tokyo, JP
GRANTS
2018 Tokyo Tokyo FESTIVAL Grant [TOKYO PHOTOGRAPHIC RESEARCH PROJECT], Arts Council Tokyo, Tokyo, JP
Single Grant [SENSOR_CODE], Arts Council Tokyo, Tokyo, JP
2017 Single Grant [POST BODY/NATURE], Arts Council Tokyo, Tokyo, JP
Stroom Den Haag, The Hague, NL
2016 Single Grant [Generated Images], Arts Council Tokyo (Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture), Tokyo, JP
2014 Japanese Government Overseas Study Program for Artists [2 Years in London], The Agency for Cultural Affairs, JP
RESIDENCIES
2013 Artists-in-Residence Project at Soy Sauce Warehouse, Setouchi Art Triennale 2013, Shodoshima Island, JP
2011 INSITU Fort Canning Hill, INSITU, Singapore, SG
LECTURES / ARTIST TALKS (SELECTED)
2017 VISIBILITY, ART GALLERY OF ONTARIO, Toronto, CA
2015 PLAT(T)FORM 2015, FOTOMUSEUM WINTERTHUR, Winterthur, CH
2013 Interactive Lecture 2013 #1, The Sendai School of Design, Sendai, JP
2011 Dentsu Design Talk, Dentsu, Tokyo, JP
2010 Tokyo Open Intellects: 01, 3331 Arts Chiyoda, Tokyo, JP
Photographic Conversations, Roppongi Art Night, Wired Cafe Roppongi Hills, Tokyo, JP
Tokyo Visualist: Three Views, Japan Society, New York, US
Tokyo Visualist, Smithsonian National Museum, Freer Gallery, Washington, D.C., US
Photographic Conversations, Yokohama Red Brick Warehouse 1, Kanawaga, JP
2009 Tokyo Visualist Symposium, Bellesalle Harajuku, Tokyo, JP
PROJECTS / COMMISSION WORKS (SELECTED)
2019 Red Bull: Red Bull Music Festival Tokyo 2019, Tokyo, JP
2017 Het Nieuwe Instituut: Designing the Surface, Rotterdam, NL
2016 CAMPER: CAMPER by TAISUKE KOYAMA, Tokyo, JP
Alcantara: THE KING AND I, Milan, IT
2014 Perrier-Jouët: Taisuke Koyama for Perrier-Jouët, ISETAN SHINJUKU THE STAND, Tokyo, JP
TOKYO ELECTRON: solaé art gallery project vol. 7, Tokyo, JP
ISETAN MITSUKOSHI: KISS THE HEART #3, Collaboration with Kohei Nawa, Tokyo, JP
2013 TAKEO: TAKEO Season”s Greetings, Tokyo, JP
shu uemura: shu uemura 30th anniversary book, Tokyo, JP
2012 ISETAN MITSUKOSHI: KISS THE HEART #1, Tokyo, JP
2011 MORI Building: ROPPONGI HILLS Summer Sale 2011, Main Visual, Tokyo, JP
BMW Group Japan: MINI CLUBMAN GO EDGY, Tokyo, JP
JAXA + IDEE + G/P: Share a Piece of the Earth, Tokyo, JP
HAKUHODO ART PROJECT: SONY Love zine, Tokyo, JP
2010 Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo: Mot Annual 2010 AN10, Official Catalogue, Tokyo, JP
D.D.Wave: +81 Voyage Tokyo Graphic Passport Issue, Tokyo, JP
2009 TAKEO: TAKEO DESK DIARY 2009, Tokyo, JP
2007 NTT Publishing: INTER COMMUNICATION No.61 Tokyo Scaning, Tokyo, JP
COLLECTIONS
AMANA COLLECTION, JP
LOS ANGELES COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART, US
PIGOZZI COLLECTION, US
BIBLIOGRAPHY
ARTIST BOOKS
2017 POST BODY / NATURE - TAISUKE KOYAMA + TAKASHI KAWASHIMA, Self-Published, Amsterdam, NL
VESSEL - XYZXY, Rrose Editions + taisuke koyama projects, Paris/Tokyo, FR/JP
2015 RAINBOW VARIATIONS, artbeat publishers + Kodoji Press, Tokyo/Baden, JP/CH
LIGHT FIELD / PHOTONS, taisuke koyama projects, London, GB
2013 COLLECTED PHENOMENA / WORKS: 2006 - 2013, G/P gallery, Tokyo, JP
DOTS, FUNGUS, CRYSTALS & MOONLIGHT, taisuke koyama projects, Tokyo, JP
2011 Physical Forest, Planetary Photobooks 001, heuristic + artbeat publishers, Tokyo, JP
SANDWICH Textures, LUMEN #09, G/P gallery + artbeat publishers, Tokyo, JP
WIILDFFIRRRE, SONY Lovezine Project, Tokyo, JP
2010 Melting Rainbows, taisuke koyama projects, Tokyo, JP
2008 entropix, artbeat publishers, Tokyo, JP
2007 Dark Matter, Utrecht, Tokyo, JP
2004 Your Surviving Door, Self-Published, Tokyo, JP
CATALOGUES / OTHER PUBLICATIONS (SELECTED)
2018 2018 SEOUL PHOTO FESTIVAL <BRAVE NEW WORLD>, SeMa, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, KR
2017 un' apparizione di superfici, Luca Panaro, APM edizioni, Carpi, IT
UAL Photography Research Forum: What is Photographic Research?, Camberwell Press, London, GB
2016 G/P YEARBOOK 2015/16 TRANS#1, artbeat publishers, Tokyo, JP
2015 Photography is Magic, Charlotte Cotton, Apature, New York, US
hyper-materiality on photo - Hidden Sense of Japanese Photography II, artbeat publishers, Tokyo, JP
2014 KOHEI NAWA / SANDWICH, CREATIVE PLATFORM FOR CONTEMPORARY ART, Gakugei Shuppansha, Kyoto, JP
anima on photo - Hidden Sense of Japanese Photography, artbeat publishers, Tokyo, JP
10x10 Japanese Photobooks, 10x10 photobooks, New York, US
2013 The City Breathes and Ages, A World of Wonders Vol. 340, Fukuinkan Shoten Publishers,Tokyo, JP
COMPILATION TOKYO, Self Publish, Be Happy x Goliga, Tokyo, JP
shu uemura 30th anniversary book, shu uemura, Tokyo, JPTokyo Tokyo FESTIVAL Grant Programs
2012 Photography is Magic!, Daegu Photo Biennale Organizing Committee, Daegu, KR
2011 INSITU FORT CANNING HILL, A Beautiful /Banal Book, Singapore, SG
As Long As Rainbow Lasts, SOKA Art Center, Taipei, TW
2009 FOAM ALBUM 09, Foam_Fotografiemuseum, Amsterdam, NL
MODERN ARCHITECTURES GUIDE BOOK: CHIBA CITY, Kenchiku Shiryo Kenkyusha, Tokyo, JP
NEW DIRECTION #1 exp., Tokyo Wonder Site, Tokyo, JP
TOKYO VISUALIST, D.D.Wave, Tokyo, JP
2007 INTER COMMUNICATION No.61 Tokyo Scaning, NTT Publishing, Tokyo, JP
SUBTLE GREEN, Ikejiri Institute of Design Gallery, Tokyo, JP
ARTICLES (SELECTED)
2018 Mackiewicz, Dominika. "TAISUKE KOYAMA ‘TOKYO PHOTOGRAPHIC RESEARCH # 1: PHASE TRANS’" betweentheimages.com
Stojković, Jelena. "Vision Without the Eye: Following the Material of Abstract Photography",
University of Westminster Press, London, UK, pp. 39-69
2017 Wilson, Kent. “Taisuke Koyama, Generated X” the SubMachine.net
Wooldridge, Duncan. “Taisuke Koyama - Picture Elements” Essay for solo exhibition "Generated X", Tokyo, JP
2016 Albers, Kate Palmer. “Rainbow Variations” The Photobook Review, New York, US, Vol. 010, p. 24
Rodney, Seph. “Developing the Edges of Japanese Photography” Hyperallergic, 26th May, Hyperallergic.com
Knoblauch, Loring. “Close to the Edge: New Photography from Japan” Collector Daily, 20th May, Collectordaily.com
Holland, Claire. “Japan’s photographers capture new realities” Financial Times, 1st Apr., FT.com
2015 Cotton, Charlotte. “Rainbow Variations - Taisuke Koyama.” Essay for the photo book "Rainbow Variations", Tokyo, JP
Goto, Shigeo. "The Hyper-Materiality of Photography.” Hyper Materiality on Photo, Tokyo, JP, pp. 97-98, 105, 108
2014 G/P gallery. "Contemporary Photography in Tokyo." UNSEEN MAGAZINE, Amsterdam, NL, pp. 108-109
Vartanian, Ivan. “Rainbow.” GRANTA, London, GB, web site
Tsubaki, Noboru. “The Work of Taisuke Koyama.” Setouchi Triennale 2013 Hishio Sakate Area, Shodoshima-island
- Relational Tourism - Document Artist-in-Residence Project the Soy Sauce Warehouse 2013.Summer, JP, pp. 2-5
Goto, Shigeo. “About Rainbow Waves, Circulation.” Setouchi Triennale 2013 Hishio Sakate Area, Shodoshima-island
- Relational Tourism - Document Artist-in-Residence Project the Soy Sauce Warehouse 2013.Summer, JP, pp. 32-33
Huang, Yaji. ZHI JAPAN, Beijing, CN, no. 16, pp. 118-121
2013 Abbe, Dan. interview. IMA, Tokyo, JP, vol. 4, p. 145
Abbe, Dan. IMA Japanese Art Photographers 107, Tokyo, JP, p. 8
2012 Homma, Takashi. x Cotton, Charlotte. "Japanese Photography of Today 2012." ASAHICAMERA, Tokyo, JP, pp. 183 - 186
Cotton, Charlotte. Daegu Photo Biennale 2012 Photography is Magic!, Daegu, KR, pp. 018, 124-127
“Photography after 3.11.” discussion. INVISIBLE MAN / Magazine, Tokyo, JP, No. 3, pp. 42-45
interview. Canon Photo Circle moments, Tokyo, JP, Vol. 620, pp. 68-71
2011 “Ishinomaki.” UNDERSCORE, Singapore, SG, No. 3, Front Cover, pp. 34-41
“Physical Forest.” GUP Magazine, Amsterdam, NL, Vol. 31, pp. 118-126
2010 “Taisuke Koyama x Kohei Nawa” interview. INVISIBLE MAN / Magazine, Tokyo, JP, No. 2, pp. 35-37
Shinohara, Tomoari. “Shagan” interview. THE SANKEI NEWSPAPER, Tokyo, JP, 19th Jun. p. 7
FANTOM, Milano, IT, Vol. 3, pp. 20-21, 82-83, 118-119
Huang, Yaji. “Abstractive Photography to Challenge Our Perception.” CHINESE PHOTOGRAPHY, Beijing, CH, April, pp. 36-39
2009 Colberg, Jorg. “Rainbow Form” interview. FOAM Magazine, Amsterdam, NL, Vol. 20 Talent Issue, pp. 223-224
Takazawa, Kenji. "entropix 1.1" interview. IANN, South Korea, KR, Vol. 3, pp. 72-75
Shimizu, Minoru. "Trap of ‘Daily life’ and ‘Emptiness’." BIJUTSU TECHO, Tokyo, JP, Vol. 61 No. 919, pp. 88-95
2008 Feustel, Marc. "Koyama Taisuke." IMAGES Magazine, Paris, FR, No. 31, p. 68
Shimizu, Minoru. “Digital photography with impure beauty.” ESQUIRE Magazine Japan, Tokyo, JP, Vol. 22 No. 11, p. 31
Igarashi, Taro. "From the Gap Between abstract and representationality in city." Essay for the photo book "entropix", Tokyo, JP
2007 “Taisuke Koyama x Keigo Oyamada (CORNELIUS)” interview. STUDIO VOICE, Tokyo, JP, Vol. 381, pp. 28-29
Nakajima, Hideki. “Beauty in the contradiction and paradox.” STUDIO VOICE, Tokyo, JP, Vol. 381, p. 29
Goto, Shigeo. “Tokyo Re- structure, Photography, 2007.” INTER COMMUNICATION, Tokyo, JP, No. 61, p. 29
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