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Youki Hirakawa (b.1983, Nagoya, Japan)

By analyzing the structures and information embedded in various daily and historical found objects, I set up situations where explore how these elements function as transmitter within the framework of art. Moving between Eastern and Western contexts, I seek to capture the strong connection between the climate and the artwork—a dynamic where, in a humid subtropical climate of the far-east, contemporary art, typically "dry" and detached, absorbs a sense of humidity, almost condensing on the surface. I approach my role not as a primary creator but as a mediator, with some works assembled from ready-made objects and others constructed solely through instructions.

Selected Solo Exhibitions  

24 Sorry We're Closed. | Standing Pine, Tokyo, Japan
23 Fading Away | Tikotin Museum, Haifa, Israel
22 D.F.N | Standing Pine, Nagoya, Japan
22 Untitled Tear | Ando Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
21 a film by | Ando Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
19 Years Later | Standing Pine, Nagoya, Japan
19 Rêve d’artiste La Magie à travers les âges" | Ando Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
18 Nitrate Dreams | Pola Art Museum, Hakone, Japan
18 A River Under Water | Anima Mundi, St.Ives, United Kingdom
18 Two Hearts Lost in the Darkness Two Eyes to not See | Carme Brescia, Brescia, Italy
18 Until It Becomes a Film Sing in a Loud Voice | Ando Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
17 The Better Way Back to the Soil | Double Square Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
17 Shadow of Film | Standing Pine, Nagoya, Japan
16 Secret Fire | Anima Mundi, St Ives, United Kingdom  
15 Into a Horizon | White Rainbow, London, United Kingdom  
15 Close Your Eyes | Kunstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany
 15 Same Places, Different Phases -Energy, Matter and Time | Kunstkraftwerk, Leipzig, Germany
15 Unseen/Unscene | Kunstverein Wolfenbüttel, Wolfenbüttel, Germany
14 In Remembrance of Disappearance | MOT/ARTS, Taipei, Taiwan
 14 Event Horizon | Standing Pine, Nagoya, Japan 
13 Until You Fall into a Deep Sleep | Minokamo City Museum, Japan 

Selected Group Exhibitions

24 Altered States | ArtScience Museum, Singapore, Singapore
23 Hualien International Stone Sculpture Festival | Hualien Stone Sculpture Museum, Hualien, Taiwan
23 Earth, Water, Wind, Fire...and Emptiness | Tikotin Museum, Haifa, Israel
22 From Sky to Sea | Sheffield Museum, Sheffield, United Kingdom
21 LUMIERE | Durham Cathedral, Durham, United Kingdom
20 Spirit and Endeavours | Salisbury Cathedral, Salisbury, United Kingdom
20 State of Motion 2020: Rushes of Time | National Archives of Singapore, Singapore
19 65th International Short Film Festival Oberhausen | Oberhausen, Germany
19 Painful Happy | C-LAB, Taipei, Taiwan
19 11th Short Waves Festival | Poznan, Poland
19 48th International Film Festival Rotterdam | Rotterdam, Netherlands
18 Greater Taipei Biennial of Contemporary Arts | Our Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
 17 Digital Art Festival Taipei | Taipei, Taiwan
16 Yokyerler/Nonspaces | AKBANK SANAT, Istanbul, Turkey
 16 Domani - The Art of Tomorrow | National Art Center, Tokyo, Japan
 16 International Contemporary Art Festival "Kaunas in Art" | Kaunas, Lithuania 
14 Sapporo International Art Festival | Sapporo, Japan 
 14 Daily Reflections | Total Museum of Contemporary Art, Republic of Korea
13 Aichi Triennale 2013 | Nagoya and Okazaki, Japan 
13 Stranger | National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taiwan
 13 Twilight and we have something in mind | Hsin Chu Art Museum the Art Park, Taiwan
 12 Ko-In -lights, shadows, time | Okazaki Mind-scape Museum, Okazaki, Japan
12 Now&After | Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Vyatka Art Museum, Russia

Awards and Residencies

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