Youkobo Art Space - Past Events
Below is a list of all past events for Youkobo Art Space. Current and upcoming events, as well as other details, are available on the venue's page.
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Japan-Lithuania Exchange Exhibition
Introducing the work of two female artists who observe people living in contemporary society, "form in the space between layers".
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Amelie Clavier "Postcosmic Spirits"
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Air "Boon"
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Chihiro Kabata "Superposition - Triptych"
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"Daylight Space" Performance
In Daylight Space, an ongoing project by Groupe du Vent (Myriam Zoulias and Iguy Roulet), the space is used creatively as a stage for a dance performance. In this fourth performance, the theme is 'Summer', (...)
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Miwako Ishihara "The Start Of a Forest, a Repeating Journey"
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Yuichiro Kurono "Ventricular Adyss"
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Katrin Paul "20070714_No4"
Katrin Paul, a Tokyo-based German artist will present an installation at Youkobo Art Space, her second solo show there. The work presented is a continuation of her investigation into the behavior of "Black (...)
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D Hwang "Erasure"
This exhibition will be held in Gallery and Studio B. D Hwang will be resident at Youkobo during the exhibition period. Opening party: May 16th (Fri), 17:00-20:00
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Hitoshi Kuriyama "Traveler"
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Mitsuo Kadota "Heterokaryon"
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Fumiko Kobayashi "Homing"
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Nu Amu Misin "Zenpukuji San-chome Park"
Nu Amu Misin was formed by Yoshiko Yui and Kazuhiro Iwasaki in 1998, and they were joined by Kaoru Nago in 2002. The three-person artistic unit celebrates 10 years since their founding. Focusing mainly (...)
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Yuko Kobayashi "Gradual Erosion"
"I try to make works using the idea of a window, situated between inside and out, making small changes to it. When a work of art first appears in the world, it seems to be a kind of illusion, and I'm not (...)
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Naoko Tamaki "A Standard"
The intrinsic space and perspective in Naoko Tamaki's works transform instantly with shifts in the natural light of the space and the position of the viewer. At first glance the works appear to have been (...)
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Silvan Laan "Ant Trail"
This Amsterdam-based artist, who creates paintings and designs furniture, will be staying at Youkobo for a month. This exhibition will be an installation of paintings based on army ant research that the (...)
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Neil Malone Exhibition
Artist in residence, Neil Malone from Australia will present 2D works. Open Studio: January 20th (Sun), 25th (Fri), 26th (Sat) Farewell Party: January 26th (Sat), 17:00-
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"Daylight Space" Performance and Workshop
Performance "Daylight Space" by Myriam Zoulias and Iguy Roulet (Groupe Du Ven) and Hiroshi Itami (Sound=Para Round) will take place at Youkobo Art Space on January 19th, 20tj, 25th and 26th in the gallery (...)
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Midori Suzuki "The Moment"
The artist created this work between 1999 and 2001 while thinking about concept, process, materials, space and balance. Her long awaited with of showing it in Japan has come true after finding this space. (...)
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Art Trace × Youkobo Exhibition
This is a group exhibition by 9 artists participating in Art Trace Gallery, an artist-run gallery. Locations First half (November 21st - 28th): Gallery, Studio A, Studio B (Studio B only until November (...)
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Video Salon
With the strengthening of Dutch representation and an opportunity for mutual exchange with Japanese artists as our focus, we have invited 5 young artists from the Nethrlands to take part in a series of (...)
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Dutch Artists Exhibition
This is an exhibition of video by Bas van Huizen and 3D objects with some tricks by Jak Peters who are both artists in residence at Youkobo Art Space. Related works can also be seen in the Trolls outdoor (...)
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"Daylight Space: Utopian project for scenic space"
Technology is a prominent presence in our lives today, and in scenic spaces. Daylight incites, spurs on our imagination and resonates with the time and space necessary for life. The human body can modulate (...)
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"Trolls in the Park 2007" Exhibition
Trolls in the Park is an outdoor art exhibition that aims to bring contemporary art closer to the urban community. Zenpukuji Park serves as the setting for the event, where visitors are encouraged to ponder (...)
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Yasushi Nakase "Horizon Ware"
This event is related to the outdoor art exhibition.
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NPO Nishi-ogi Machi Media + Asagaya College of Art and Design Collaborative Public Lectures "Enjoying Autumn 2007 Exhibitions and Works"
Asagaya College of Art and Design lecturer and art critic Takasi Hayami will be holding a series of lectures on the topic of art appreciation. The content will be approachable for beginners and experienced (...)
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Yu Mikajiri Exhibition
Yu Mikajiri uses natural materials close at hand such as wood, plants, earth, that through a distinctive process are turned into powder, mixed together, and then restored to their original form. The end (...)
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Andres de Santiago Areizaga Exhibition
This artist is active not only as an artist, designer, and product designer, but has also been involved in the private and public spheres of art museums, industrial design, interior design, and in archives. (...)
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Tamiko O'Brien + Mark Dunhill "Yama to Ana"
These two artists have been collaborating since 1998 and are based in Bristol, England and London. The reason they continue to work together is from their perspective of trying not to rely on a personal (...)
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Katrin Paul Slide Show & Talk "Art Summer 2007 in Europe"
The result of a coincidence occurring once a decade, the three major exhibitions of contemporary visual arts, 'The 52nd International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia', 'Documenta12', and the 'Skulptur (...)
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Aya Komatsu "A Room in a State of Stillness"
A number of acrylic mirrors with uneven surfaces are placed in a square formation on the floor. The surface of the mirror looks like the surface of water at the moment that rain falls or the moment when (...)
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Yoko Hiramaru Exhibition
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Clinton King "Split ends"
Closing Reception: July 8th, 18:00-
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Scott Townsend "Map Stories"
Map stories are a new form of online art in which the works are created by viewer interaction. Themes are explored through text, images, and animation. During this exhibition, both gallery and online viewers (...)
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Julie Curtiss "Split Ends"
Opening Reception: June 21st (Thu) 18:00-
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Ojun Exhibition
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Karen McCoy + Robert Carl ”Light and Shadow"
Karen McCoy has been making site specific works for numerous years. Robert Carl has been active as a composer for many years, and also played the Japanese shakuhachi while he was undertaking this gallery's (...)
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Melissa Dickenson "Exploration"
This artist, who is from Maryland in the U.S., uses Awa washi paper to create modern images. She has been interested in Japanese traditional crafts and how they are handed down, and learned to make this (...)
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Mitsumasa Kadota "Predictions by a Monster of Violent Colors"
There is a legendary monster called Kudan that is half human half bull. Kudan was born from a cow and speaks the human language. He only lives for a few days, but during that time makes grand predictions (...)
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Daniel Göttin "Transformer"
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Yuko Onose "Where Rainbows Lie"
What do you think of when you hear the word "rainbow"? In this exhibition, gallery-goers will be asked to write their thoughts and memories relating to this word in a book. Based on these writings, the (...)
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Katrin Paul "100 100 100 0 or 0 0 0 100 or the Devil Grandmother"
Black is the new theme of Katrin Paul. Her large-sized photographs, in which she is concerned with the presence of light in almost absolute blackness, indicates a change of direction within Katrin Paul’s (...)
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Leo van der Keij "Den Haag Nightlife 1973-2007"
The photographer who is from Den Haag in Holland, wants to take on themes that famous Japanese photographers have already adopted such as the people and scenes from Tokyo's nightlife. The artist has been (...)
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OJun "Lifetime Drawing Seminar"
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Fumiko Kobayashi & Moritz Fehr "Silent Structures"
Up and coming artist Fumiko Kobayashi and German artist Moritz Fehr have both studied in each other's countries and through that experience have taken a close look at life in Tokyo. •Related events Opening (...)
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Jah-young Park "Weight of Emptiness"
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Mins Yan "Hatching Films"
In his work, Mins explores the possibilities of film as art, as opposed to a commercial product, building up his work out of cut outs from Korean films from the 1980s and 90s that he accidentally found (...)
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"Intersections" Exhibition
This is an exhibition of eleven contemporary artists from Northern Ireland. By bringing artists from Japan and the UK together, it is possible to use art as a medium through which one can hold discussions (...)
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Linda Dennis "Don't forget your handkerchief"
For this exhibition, Linda Dennis is showing new work, made to the theme of achieving communication through touch. In her past exhibitions at this gallery in 2003 and 2004, where she set up installations (...)
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Ryotaro Hori "25 Year-old Colour"
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Denis Beaubois "Terminal Vision Project"
This exhibition features photography and footage taken with a tracking camera as well an installation showing the situations in which the camera was placed.
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Karien Vandekerkhove "OVT Series Edition 7"
Vandekerkhove is the first Belgium artist to stay at Yukobo as an artist in residence. OVT stands for "Onvoltooid Verleden Tijd" or "past imperfect time". The site specific installation will involve volumes (...)
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Toshihiro Komatsu Exhibition
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Kazuhiro Masuda "She is drowning"
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Yoko Iida "The Uneasy Journey"
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Sayaka Yamakawa "Fragments of Memories"
The artist has made the works for this exhibition in the time since she held her last solo exhibition at the Youkobo Art Space. She is unsure of what the meaning of her existence is in this world and does (...)
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Yasushi Yokoiyama "The Tiger's Scratch"
The artist makes works using papier maché. They sometimes resemble humans, sometimes animals, but being made with papier maché, have always been limited in size. This exhibition has been motivated by his (...)
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Yoshiko Maruyama "Understanding"
The work on show in this exhibition consists of two desolate plots of land which have been in conflict with each other. The artist uses plaster to express the moments of tension between the people who (...)
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Japan-Turkey Exchange Exhibition
As a continuation of the "More Wind!" exhibition of Turkish contemporary artists held by the Yokohama Portside Gallery in 2004, earlier this year from January to February, the "Wandering Wind - 3 Japanese (...)
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Susana Reberdito Exhibition
This is Susana Reberdito's third exhibition in Tokyo, and will feature two large works with numerous small works. Reberdito is an artist as well as the mother of three young boys. Her works are filled (...)





