Daisuke YOKOTA
横田大輔
Born in Saitama, Japan in 1983. Graduated from Nippon Photography Institute. His work questions the relationship between memory and the present, image and reality, through the complex use of post-photography data processing, repetitive output and reproduction, and special development methods. 2010 Grand Prix at the 2nd Photography “1_WALL”, 2013 OUTSET｜UNSEEN Exhibition Fund in 2010, the John Kobal Residency Award at Photo London in 2015, the Foam Paul Huf Award in 2016, and the 45th (2019) “Ihei Kimura Photography Award”. He has exhibited and presented his work in Japan and abroad, including two solo exhibitions at the FoamFotografiemuseum (Amsterdam) (2014, 2017), and has published numerous photography books in Japan and abroad, including “垂乳根” (Session Press, 2015) and “VERTIGO” (Newfave, 2014).
Publications
2011 - MP1/Expanded Retina, Bamba books, Japan
2011 - Back Yar, Self Published, Japan
2011 - Site, Self Published, Japan
2012 - Nocturnes, AM Projects/Dienacht Publishing
2012 - MONO, Gomma magazine, Japan
2013 - site/cloud (art beat publishers)
2013 - Untitled, Goliga Books, Japan
2014 - Linger "Teikai", Akina books, Japan
2014 - VERTIGO, Newfave books, Japan
2014 - Corpus, art beat publishers
2014 - Wandering at midnight "Tekai", Akina books, Japan
2014 - Transupearento, Kominek & Newfave books
2015 - Abstracts, AM Projects & ADAD books, Japan
2015 - Immerse "Teikai", Akina books, Japan
2015 - Matter, Self-published
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2013 - "Site/Cloud" G/P gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2014 - "Daisuke Yokota - Site/Cloud", Foam Museum, Amsterdam, Netherland
2014 - "Vertigo/Corpus" G/P gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2015 - "Site/Cloud" Stieglitz 19, Antwerpen, Belgium
2015 - "Vertigo & Corpus & Matter", G/P gallery, Photo London, U.K
Selected Group Exhibitions
2008 - "Color Imaging Context Tokyo Exhibition 2008", Spiral Garden, Tokyo, Japan
2010 - "1_Wall Exhibition 2nd Competition 2010", Gardian Garden, Tokyo, Japan
2010 - "Tokyo Portfolio Review Vol. 4" Tokyo Wondersite Hongo, Tokyo, Japan
2010 - "ParaPera Show" Cashi - Contemporary Art Shima, Tokyo, japan
2011 - "YOKOHAMA PHOTO MARKET PH4+ Photo Exhibition", Arts Commission Yokohama, Japan
2011 - "TOKYO FRONTLINE" 3331 Arts Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan
2011 - "THE PHOTO/BOOKS HUB TOKYO" Omotesando Hills, Tokyo, Japan
2011 - "CULTIVATE #9", Cultivate, Tokyo, Japan
2011 - "parapera presents FUTURE/NEW ZINE WORKSHOP" (lecturer), Cashi, Contemporary Art Shima, Tokyo, Japan
2011 - "Yokohama Triennale 2011 Related Program BankART Life III", Shinminatopia, Yokohama, Japan
2012 - "MP1 Expanded Retina, G/P Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2012 - "TOKYO FRONTLINE" 3331 Arts Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan
2012 - "THE PHOTO/BOOKS HUB TOKYO, Omotesando Hills, Tokyo, Japan
2012 - "Unseen Photofair Unseen collection (G/P gallery)/AM Projects (East Wing), Amsterdam, Netherlands
2013 - "AM Projects All Colours Will Agree in the Dark", Noorder Light Amsterdam, Netherlands
2013 - "Actual Colour May Vary, AM Projects Artist as Curator Projection Program", Belfast Photo Festival, Ireland
2014 - "Nocturnes", Tiff Photo Festival, Poland
2014 - "Anima on Photo", Unseen Photo Festival, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2015 - "In the Wake Japanese Photographers Respond to 3/11", Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Boston, U.S.A
2015 - "Shashin Festival/Peformance with Aki Onda at New York Public Library", New York, U.S.A
2015 - "Abstracts", AM Projects at Copperfield Gallery, London, U.K
2015 - "Offprint/Live Performance Effect Twin", Tate Modern, London, U.K
2015 - "Vertigo & Corpus & Matter", Photo London, G/P Gallery, London, U.K
Awards
2010 - 1_Wall Exhibition 2nd Competition; Grand Prix
2013 - OUTSET UNSEEN AWARD
2015 - John Kobal Residency Award
