The first exhibition of our 2nd-floor space 'Onikai', 'After IAN Trip,' a solo show by Yuichiro Tamura will start on 29th February.

Tamura transforms everyday life into a series of rare events by uncovering unconventional connections with the world.

This exhibition draws inspiration by the haiku 'You Only Live Twice,' that Ian Fleming, a British author of the '007' movie series, composed "after" Matsuo Basho, during his trip to Japan. Taking its cue from the first part of this haiku suggesting 'resurrection,' later becoming the title of Fleming's book,  this is an attempt to see the world through a new set of eyes see the world.

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Yuichiro TAMURA

Born in Toyama, 1977. Currently resides in Kyoto.

Using found images and objects, the artist creates various works including photographs, videos, installation works, performances, and productions with multiple layers of real and made-up narratives, from historical to everyday, common themes. Those works lay out new perspectives on the original history or memories, ask viewers to question and rethink on matters in contemporary manners.

The recent exhibitions include the solo shows After IAN Trip (Onikai MtK Contemporary Art, 2024), Milky Mountain (Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Zealand, 2019), Hell Scream (Kyoto City University of Arts Art Gallery @KCUA, Kyoto, 2018) and G (Yuka Tsuruno Gallery, Tokyo, 2018), and group shows Wunderkammer to Come: From the Uncompleted, a Beginning (Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, 2024), Asian Art Biennial (National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung, 2019), Image Narratives: Literature in Japan (National Art Center, Tokyo, 2019), The Seven Lamps of the Art Museum (Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Hiroshima, 2019), Where Am I?: The Art and Design of Signage (Toyama Prefectural Museum of Art & Design, Toyama, 2019), Roppongi Crossing 2019: Connexions (Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, 2019), Busan Biennale (Museum of Contemporary Art Busan, Korea, 2018), Nissan Art Award 2017 (BankART Studio NYK, Yokohama, 2017), 2 or 3 Tigers (Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, 2017) and BODY/PLAY/POLITICS (Yokohama Museum of Art, 2016).

CURRICULUM VITAE

2017 PhD, Graduate School of Film and New Media, Tokyo University of the Arts
2013 Guest Researcher, Institut für Raumexperimente, Berlin University of the Arts
2010 MFA, Graduate School of Film and New Media, Tokyo University of the Arts
2003 BFA, Department of Photography, College of Art, Nihon University