MIZUMA ART GALLERY : AOYAMA Satoru / 青山悟

1973 born in Tokyo, Japan
Lives and works in London and Tokyo, Japan.
2001 The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, MFA Fiber and Material Study Department
1998 Goldsmiths College, University of London, BA Textiles, Visual Art Department
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Solo Exhibitions

2010: "COMPLEX CIRCUIT － Contact Zone 5 / Satoru AOYAMA", AlphaM Gallery, Tokyo, curated by Mizuki Takahashi
2009: "Glitter Pieces #1-22," MIzuma Art Gallery, Tokyo (cat.); "Open Studio", Fuchu Art Museum, Tokyo
2007: "Ancient Pixels" Chicago Cultural Center, Michigan Avenue Gallery, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.; "Crowing in the Studio", Mizuma Art Gallery, Tokyo; "Good Aliens" One in the Other, London, UK
2005: "Air, Coffee, Good Morning Tokyo", Mizuma Art Gallery, Tokyo
2004: "Aoyama Satoru Criterium 60", Art Tower Mito, Ibaraki (cat.); "YU-KEI", Mizuma Art Gallery, Tokyo
2002: "Satoru Aoyama" Finesilver Gallery, San Antonio, TX, U.S.A.; "In Stiched", Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.

Group Exhibitions

2010: "Roppongi Crossing 2010: Can There Be Art?", Mori Art Museum, Tokyo (cat.)
2009: "TWIST AND SHOUT: Contemporary Art from Japan", Bankok Art and Cultural Center (cat.)
2008: "Neoteny Japan: from Takahashi Collection" Kirishima Open-Air Museum, Kagoshima ; traveled to the Museum of Contemporary Art, Sapporo & Ueno Royal Museum, Tokyo (cat.); "THE ECHO" ZAIM, Yokohama; "Akasaka Art Flower 08" Akasaka Sacas, Tokyo (leaf)
2007: "Neighbourhood Watch" Nettie Horn, London, U.K.
2006: "New Art 2006" Yokohama Civic Gallery, Yokohama (cat.); "All look same. Art ChinaKorea JapanArt", Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin, Italy, curated by Francesco Bonami (cat.); "The Souvenir Mine", Mizuma Art Gallery, Tokyo, curated by Satoru Aoyama; "Swallow harder", Frey Art Museum, Seattle, W.A., U.S.A.
2005: "-Since 1994- Mizuma Art Gallery, The 10th Anniversary Exhibition"; "Scape Codes: Neo-Topography", PKM Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2004: "Officina Asia", Galleria de Arte Moderna, Bologna, Italy curated by Renato Barilli (cat.); "Boys Who Sew", Crafts Council, London, U.K., curated by Janis Jefferies (leaf.)
2003: "Don't Look Down", Nunnery, London, U.K.
2002: "Small Collection", Govett-Brewster Gallery, New Plymouth, New Zealand, curated by Roger MacDonald
2001: "MFA Thesis Exhibition", The Art Institute of Chicago Gallery 2, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
2000: "Kindergarten", Sumida Kindergarten, Tokyo, curated by Roger McDonald

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