Night Flower
65 x 55 cm
Day Flower
65 x 55 cm
YUICHI HIGASHIONNA
1951 BORN IN TOKYO, JAPAN
LIVES AND WORKS IN TOKYO
EDUCATION
GRADUATED FROM THE OIL PAINTING DEPARTMENT,
TAMA UNIVERSITY, TOKYO
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2007 ARTIS CAUSA GALLERY THESSALONIKI, GREECE
2006 INSTALLATION WORK, MARUNOUCHI BLD. TOKYO
INSTALLATION, HERMES, TOKYO
2005 INART GALLERY, OSAKA
GUILD GALLERY, OSAKA
2004 GALERIE JEAN-LUC & TAKAKO RICHARD, PARIS, FRANCE
2003 SETAGAYA ART MUSEUM, TOKYO
MORIMOTO, TOKYO
2002 ISE FOUNDATION, NEW YORK
SHIBUYA SEIBU ART GALLERY, TOKYO
YUMIKO CHIBA ASSOCIATES, TOKYO
INART GALLERY, OSAKA
2001 GALLERY 101, OTTAWA, CANADA
INART GALLERY, OSAKA
CASSINA IXC, TOKYO
AMUS, OSAKA
2000 NADIFF, TOKYO
GALLERY NW HOUSE, TOKYO
1998 GALLERY NW HOUSE, TOKYO
TOKYO UNIVERSITY KOMABA, TOKYO
1997 PLAY BILL, TOKYO
1996 GALLERY NW HOUSE, TOKYO
1994 GALLERY NW HOUSE, TOKYO
1992 TOKYO DESIGN CENTER, TOKYO
GALLERY NW HOUSE, TOKYO
1991 AI GALLERY, TOKYO
1989 KOBAYASHI GALLERY, TOKYO
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2007 YUICHI HIGASHIONNA, RISA SATO, KIYOSHI NAKAGAMI,
GALERIE JEAN-LUC & TAKAKO RICHARD, PARIS ART COLOGNE,
GALERIE JEAN-LUC & TAKAKO RICHARD, COLOGNE
2006 ANY HUMAN THERE ?, GALERIE JEAN-LUC & TAKAKO RICHARD,
PARIS PUSAN BIENNALE, SEA ART FESTIVAL, LIVING FURNITURE,
PUSAN, SOUTH KOREA ENJOYABLE HOUSE, AICHI PREFECTURAL
MUSEUM OF ART, AICHI, JAPAN,TOKYO ART FAIR, TOKYO
2005 ARTPARIS, GALERIE JEAN-LUC & TAKAKO RICHARD, PARIS
ST’ART 05, GALERIE JEAN-LUC & TAKAKO RICHARD, STRASBOURG FRANCE
ART MIAMI, GALERIE JEAN-LUC & TAKAKO RICHARD, MIAMI, FL, USA
ART ROTTERDAM, GALERIE JEAN-LUC & TAKAKO RICHARD, ROTTERDAM, HOLLAND
2004 ART.FAIR, GALERIE JEAN-LUC & TAKAKO RICHARD, COLOGNE
ARTPARIS, GALERIE JEAN-LUC & TAKAKO RICHARD, PARIS
0FFICINA ASIA, BOLOGNA, ITALIA
2003 ZONE, FUCHU ART MUSEUM, FUCHU, TOKYO
2001 HIROSHIMA ART CROSSING, HIROSHIMA
OP TRANCE !, KIRIN PLAZA OSAKA, OSAKA
2000 KINDERGARTEN, PARC DE SUMIDA, TOKYO
J-WAY, LYDOMAR HÔTEL, STOCKHOLM
1999 ART / DOMESTICS : TEMPERATURE OF THE TIMES, SETAGAYA ART MUSEUM, TOKYO
JAPAN CENTRE : ART VERSION, LONDON
1998 ASIA AVANT-GARDE, CHRISTIE’S, LONDON
1997 BIRD HOUSE ART, YAMANASHI
1996 THE STUDIO SHOW, ARTIST’S STUDIO, TOKYO
1993 THE FLOATING GALLERY, TOKYO
1991 JAN HOET IN TSURUGI, ISHIKAWA
JAN HOET’S VISION, ART GALLERY ARTIUM, FUKUOKA
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
EXHIBITION CATALOGUES
‘’FLOWERS’’, SHIMIZU, MINORU. ‘’POLITICS OF A NEW OPTICAL ART
– YUICHI HIGASHIONNA’S RECENT WORKS’’, YUICHI HIGASHIONNA,
COLL. PAINTERS OF THE 21ST CENTURY, EDITIONS GALERIE JEAN-LUC
& TAKAKO RICHARD, PARIS (ENGLISH,FRENCH, GERMAN), 2004
‘’OFFICIANA ASIA’’, GALLERIA D’ARTE MODERNA, BOLOGNE, ITALIA, 2004, P.134-135
‘’VENT D' EST’’, ROOM, GENTILLY, 2000 (ENGLISH, JAPANESE)
‘’KINDERGARTEN’’, SUMIDA KINDERGARTEN,TOKYO, 2000 (ENGLISH, JAPANESE)
’’HINA-GATA’’, NADIFF, TOKYO, 2000 (ENGLISH, JAPANESE)
‘’ART/DOMESTIC TEMPERATURE OF THE TIME’’, SETAGAYA ART MUSEUM, TOKYO, 1999, P.42-44
‘’RIPPLE ACROSS THE WATER’’, ON SUNDAYS, TOKYO, 1995, P.287
MAGAZINES AND NEWSPAPERS
AZUMAYA, TAKASHI. "VANITAS," STUDIO VOICE, N° 325, JAN 2003, P.152-157
AZUMAYA, TAKASHI. "OP TRANCE!" BT, N° 808, JULY 2001, P.54-56
DIPIETRO, MONTY. "BRIT'S BRAINCHILD IS A SMALL WONDER TO BEHOLD’’,
ASAHI EVENING NEWS, AUG. 16, 2000 (ENGLISH)
DIPIETRO, MONTY. "INSTALLATION LAUNCHES ATTACK ON GRANDMA’’,
THE JAPAN TIMES, MARCH 11, 2000 (ENGLISH)
DIPIETRO, MONTY. "COLOR, LIGHT, SOUND, BUT NOT MUCH HEAT ‘’,
THE JAPAN TIMES, FEB. 28, 1999 (ENGLISH)
FUJIHARA, ERIMI. "WHEN YOU STOP AND SEE OBJECTS OR IMAGES AROUND YOU…’’,
BRUTUS, NO.407, APRIL 15, 1998,P.112
FUJIHARA, ERIMI. (INTERVIEW). "EXQUISITE CORPSES," BT, N° 745, AUG. 1997, P.103-120
FUJIHARA, ERIMI. "YUICHI HIGASHIONNA - A LIGHT, IRONIC SAMPLING," JA, NOV. 1995, P.1
FUJIHARA, ERIMI. "NEGATIVE PORTRAITS ON A DETACHED VIEW OF NEWSPAPER FLIERS BY HIGASHIONNNA YUICHI," BRUTUS,
OCT. 1, P.15
HARA, HISAKO. ‘’AMUS’’, NIKKEI NEWS, FEB. 15, 2001
HOGYOKU, MASAHIKO. “TO COEXIST IN UNCOMFORT AND HELP”, NIKKEI SHIMBUN, DEC. 3, 2003
ICHIHARA KENTARO. "MELANCHOLIC SMELL‘’, THE BOOK REVIEW PRESS, APRIL 29, 2000
ICHIHARA, KENTARO. "BETWEEN 'ART' AND 'DOMESTIC’’, THE BOOK REVIEW PRESS, MARCH 13, 1999
J., L. "NEWS TOKYO," FLASH ART, OCTOBER, 2000, P.43 (ENGLISH)
KAIHOTSU, CHIE. ’’AI GALLERY ‘’, BT, N°.636, APR. 1991, P.248
KATO, EMIKO. "HIROSHIMA ART CROSSING", STUDIO VOICE, JULY 2001, P.85
KATO, EMIKO. "J-WAY", STUDIO VOICE, DEC. 2000, P.100
MIKI, AKIKO. "VENT D' EST", STUDIO VOICE, FEB. 2001, P.75
NIHMI, TAKASHI. ‘’GALLERY NW HOUSE’’, BT, N° 796, DEC.2000, P.197
OZAWA, YUKO. "A DAY ON EARTH 45 EXHIBITIONS 28 COUNTRIES 1 DAY," CONTEMPORARY VISUAL ARTS, ISSUE
29, 2000 P.37-38 (ENGLISH)
SAITO, TAMAKI. “PORTFOLIO HIGASHIONNA YUICHI” BT, N° 841, NOV. 2003, P.137-143
SAWARAGI, NOI. "MEANING OF DARKNESS HIDDEN IN THE OUTSIDE 'FANCY,'", ESQUIRE, JUNE 2001, P.196
SAWARAGI, NOI. ‘’KOBAYASHI GALLERY’’, BT, N° 618, JAN. 1990, P.234
SHIMIZU, MINORU. “MANNERISTS IN MODERN TIMES”, BT, N° 844, JUNE 2003, P.242-244
SHINKAWA, TAKASHI. "FAR AWAY FROM A HAZE CALLED 'CONTEXT'’, BT, N° 771, JUNE 1999, P.107-110
SUGAWARA, NORIO. “THEY EXPRESS THE UNCERTAINNESS OF TODAY BY MISSING THE POINT”, YOMURI SHIMBUN, DEC
18, 2003
SUMIYOSHI, CHIE. "SPACE-JACKER," RYUKO TUSHIN, N° 458, SEP 2001, P.61
SUMIYOSHI, CHIE. "CLOSE TO BAD TASTE, BUT FASCINATING "TOKYO GOTHIC STYLE.'" BRUTUS, N° 482, JULY 2001, P.81
(ENGLISH, JAPANESE)
SUZUKI, JOE. "STYLISH -- RIOTING -- A PERSON", MEMO, JUNE 2003, P.146