CV
Yo Okada
1974 born in Kanagawa, Japan
2005-2007 MFA Fine Art, Goldsmiths College, London
2002-2004 Bow Arts Trust in London (http://www.bowarts.com/)
1997-1999 MA of Fine Arts, Musashino Art University, Tokyo JAPAN
1993-1997 BA of Fine Arts, Musashino Art University, Tokyo JAPAN
Solo Exhibition
2000 Bunbodo Gallery, Tokyo
supported by Sezon Art Program
Group Exhibitions
2014 'Japanische Gegenwartskunst und Textil' (Japanese Contemporary Art and Textile), Mikiko Sato Gallery, Hamburg Germany
2013 'MY DEPTFORD' at Festival of Neighbourhood, Royal Festival Hall, London
2011 'Baek yeun mong won' Seoul Museum of Art, Nanji Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2011 'Object, Object, Object...' Artspace H, Seoul, Korea
2010 'Tag: From 3 to 36 – New London Painting' Brown, London
2010 'Down the Road of Globalisation' Crypt Gallery, St. Martin in the fields church, London *Curator: Anna miyoung Kim www.annaartproject.co.uk
2009 ‘Pairs’ Kamakura Gallery, Kanagawa, Japan
2009 ‘Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2008’ Club Row, Rochell School, London
2008 ‘Liverpool Biennial; Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2008’ A Foundation, Liverpool
2008 'Blitzkrieg Bop' Man&Eve, London
2007 ‘Allotment’ Seven Seven Contemporary Art, London
2007 ‘Pages’ Notice Gallery, London
2007 'Jungle Juice' Gallery EM, Seoul
2007 'Black Powder White Party' Kyung-hee University of Contemporary Art Museum, Seoul
2007 ‘COLLECTIONS’ Kamakura Gallery, Kanagawa
2006 ‘Wight Biennial: Anxiety of Influence’New Wight Gallery UCLA, Los Angels
2005 ‘Summer show' Kamakura Gallery, Kanagawa
2004 ‘VOCA (The Vision Of Contemporary Art; visual arts' award)' Ueno Royal Museum, Tokyo
2004 ‘China Fifth Art Industry Forum First Salon of Art In Autumn' Chinese Museum, Beijing
2004 ‘Open Studio '04' Bow Art Trust, London
2004 ‘Blue' Kamakura Gallery, Kanagawa
2003 'NICAF’ Tokyo International Forum, Tokyo
2003 'Paintings' Kamakura Gallery, Kanagawa
2003 'Open Studio '03' Bow Art Trust, London
2002 'Dear Mr. John Cage : Yo Okada/Megumi Nakai/Sho Matsuo' Kamakura Gallery, Kanagawa (http://www.kamakura-g.com/)
2001 '01 Collection' Bunbodo Gallery, Tokyo
2001 'Gunma Youth Biennale 2001' Gunma Modern Museum, Gunma
2000 ‘Aobijutu' (Art for children) with collections of Sezon Museum of Modern Art, Seibu Gallery, Tokyo
2000 'Politics of paintings' touch-The collections directed by Yasuo Kobayashi' Sezon Museum of Modern Art, Nagano
1999 'Face to face; Francisco Clemente/Dieter Hacker/Yo Okada ' Sezon Art Program Gallery, Tokyo
Prize / Fellowships
2004 ‘VOCA (The Vision Of Contemporary Art; visual arts' award)’ Ueno Royal Museum, Tokyo
2002-2003 National fellowship to stay and research in London, supported by Overseas Study programme for Artists of the Japanese Government
2001 'Gunma Youth Biennale 2001' the winner of Prize, Gunma Modern Museum, Gunma
2000 Holbein Art Fellowship
1974 born in Kanagawa, Japan
2005-2007 MFA Fine Art, Goldsmiths College, London
2002-2004 Bow Arts Trust in London (http://www.bowarts.com/)
1997-1999 MA of Fine Arts, Musashino Art University, Tokyo JAPAN
1993-1997 BA of Fine Arts, Musashino Art University, Tokyo JAPAN
Solo Exhibition
2000 Bunbodo Gallery, Tokyo
supported by Sezon Art Program
Group Exhibitions
2014 'Japanische Gegenwartskunst und Textil' (Japanese Contemporary Art and Textile), Mikiko Sato Gallery, Hamburg Germany
2013 'MY DEPTFORD' at Festival of Neighbourhood, Royal Festival Hall, London
2011 'Baek yeun mong won' Seoul Museum of Art, Nanji Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2011 'Object, Object, Object...' Artspace H, Seoul, Korea
2010 'Tag: From 3 to 36 – New London Painting' Brown, London
2010 'Down the Road of Globalisation' Crypt Gallery, St. Martin in the fields church, London *Curator: Anna miyoung Kim www.annaartproject.co.uk
2009 ‘Pairs’ Kamakura Gallery, Kanagawa, Japan
2009 ‘Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2008’ Club Row, Rochell School, London
2008 ‘Liverpool Biennial; Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2008’ A Foundation, Liverpool
2008 'Blitzkrieg Bop' Man&Eve, London
2007 ‘Allotment’ Seven Seven Contemporary Art, London
2007 ‘Pages’ Notice Gallery, London
2007 'Jungle Juice' Gallery EM, Seoul
2007 'Black Powder White Party' Kyung-hee University of Contemporary Art Museum, Seoul
2007 ‘COLLECTIONS’ Kamakura Gallery, Kanagawa
2006 ‘Wight Biennial: Anxiety of Influence’New Wight Gallery UCLA, Los Angels
2005 ‘Summer show' Kamakura Gallery, Kanagawa
2004 ‘VOCA (The Vision Of Contemporary Art; visual arts' award)' Ueno Royal Museum, Tokyo
2004 ‘China Fifth Art Industry Forum First Salon of Art In Autumn' Chinese Museum, Beijing
2004 ‘Open Studio '04' Bow Art Trust, London
2004 ‘Blue' Kamakura Gallery, Kanagawa
2003 'NICAF’ Tokyo International Forum, Tokyo
2003 'Paintings' Kamakura Gallery, Kanagawa
2003 'Open Studio '03' Bow Art Trust, London
2002 'Dear Mr. John Cage : Yo Okada/Megumi Nakai/Sho Matsuo' Kamakura Gallery, Kanagawa (http://www.kamakura-g.com/)
2001 '01 Collection' Bunbodo Gallery, Tokyo
2001 'Gunma Youth Biennale 2001' Gunma Modern Museum, Gunma
2000 ‘Aobijutu' (Art for children) with collections of Sezon Museum of Modern Art, Seibu Gallery, Tokyo
2000 'Politics of paintings' touch-The collections directed by Yasuo Kobayashi' Sezon Museum of Modern Art, Nagano
1999 'Face to face; Francisco Clemente/Dieter Hacker/Yo Okada ' Sezon Art Program Gallery, Tokyo
Prize / Fellowships
2004 ‘VOCA (The Vision Of Contemporary Art; visual arts' award)’ Ueno Royal Museum, Tokyo
2002-2003 National fellowship to stay and research in London, supported by Overseas Study programme for Artists of the Japanese Government
2001 'Gunma Youth Biennale 2001' the winner of Prize, Gunma Modern Museum, Gunma
2000 Holbein Art Fellowship