Born in Shimane, Japan
BFA, Tokyo University of the Arts, Tokyo, Japan
Lives and works in Tokyo, Japan

Publications

2016 - "HARUMI GALS", published by Hioshina, Tokyo, Japan
2001 - "WOMAN", Published by Rokuyõ-sha, Tokyo, Japan
1980 - "Dream of Movies, Woman of Dream"(Collaborated with Koichi Yamada), Published by Hanashi-no-Tokushu-sha, Tokyo, Japan
1978 - "HARUMI GALS", Published by PARCO, Tokyo, Japan

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2020 - "Harumi Gals", 3110NZ by LDH kitchen, Tokyo, Japan
2020 - "HARUMI YAMAGUCHI × YOSHIROTTEN ‘HARUMI'S WINTER’ ", NANZUKA 2G, Tokyo, Japan
2019 - "Art Basel Hong Kong", Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center, Hong Kong
2018 - "HARUMI YAMAGUCHI × YOSHIROTTEN ’Harumi's Summer’", ginza graphic gallery (ggg), Tokyo, Japan
2017 - CONDO NY, Bridget Donahue, New York, NY, US
2017 - "Harumi Yamaguchi Selected Works 1974 – 1985" Project Native Informant, London, UK
2016 - "Hyper! HARUMI GALS!!", PARCO MUSEUM, Tokyo, Japan
2016 - "WOMEN", Gallery Retara, Sapporo, Japan
2016 - "HARUMI GALS", POST, Tokyo, Japan
2015 - "HARUMI GALS", AISHONANZUKA, Hong Kong
2015 - "HARUMI GALS", NANZUKA, Tokyo, Japan
2013 - "Harumi Yamaguchi - femmes japonaises", Gallery House MAYA, Tokyo, Japan
2011 - "Yamaguchi Harumi meets Seibu shibuya", Seibu shibuya, Tokyo, Japan
2009 - "Ecchi", GALERIE Malle, Tokyo, Japan
2002 - "Fall in Love with Thoroughbreds", Minami-Aoyama Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2001 - "Time Tunnel Series VOL.13 – Heroine at the Time", Creation Gallery G8, Tokyo / Guardian Garden, Tokyo, Japan
2000 - "A Message to the 21 Century – Dignify Woman – Harumi Yamaguchi Oroginal Poster", PARCO Gallery, Tokyo / (Traveled to) Shimane Art Museum, Shimane, Japan

Selected Group Exhibitions

2021 - "VAMOS NIPPON!", The Naughton Gallery, Belfast, Northern Ireland
2021 - "POP-ING NANZUKA at AKI Gallery", AKI Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
2020 - "Underground of Diversity", Art Basel Miami Beach Online 2020
2020 - "GLOBAL POP UNDERGROUND" PARCO MUSEUM TOKYO, Tokyo, Japan
2020 - "JP POP UNDERGROUND", Shinsaibashi PARCO 14F, Osaka, Japan
2020 - "HARUMI'S WINTER", SHIBUYA PARCO NANZUKA 2G, Tokyo, Japan
2019 - "Wanderlust", PARCO MUSEUM TOKYO, Tokyo, Japan
2019 - "TOKYO POP UNDERGROUND", Jeffrey Deitch, New York, NY, US
2019 - "They Gaze", James Fuentes, New York, NY, US
2019 - "MSD - Global POP Wave in the 21st Century", CAC Málaga, Antiguo Mercado de Mayoristas, Malaga, Spain
2018 - "Bubble wrap", Contemporary Art Museum Kumamoto, Kumamoto, Japan
2018 - "CONTEMPORARY CHIC -In Fasion Illustration-", Hankyu Umeda Gallery, Osaka, Japan
2018 - "Takahashi Collection | Face and Abstraction", Kiyoharushirakaba Museum, Museum of the Light, Ryuzaburo Umehara Atelier, Yamanashi, Japan
2018 - "The House of Fame - Convened by Linder," Nottingham Contemporary, Nottingham, UK
2017 - "Japanorama. A new vision on art since 1970", Centre Pompidou-Metz, Metz, France
2017 - "TAITTINGER ART EXHIBITION", MDP GALLERY, Tokyo, Japan
2017 - "EAST Tokyo - Discovery in old town -", Creation Gallery G8, Tokyo, Japan
2017 - "Parody and Intertextuality:Visual Culture inJapan around the1970s", TOKYO STASION GALLERY, Tokyo, Japan
2017 - "I♥LOVE SAKE in TOKYO", PARCO MUSEUM, Tokyo, Japan
2016 - "TOKYO ILLUSTRATORS SOCIETY PRESENTS 158 Sosekis Time Travel through a Century", Creation Gallery G8, Tokyo, Japan
2016 - "Desire", Moore Building, Miami, USA
2015 - "Scarves and Blankets by 177 Creative Artists and a Knitwear Manufacturer in Date City, Fukushima" Creation Gallery G8 / Guardian Garden, Tokyo, Japan
2015 - "PEACE CARD 2015 TOKYO", gallery MAYA 2, Tokyo, Japan
2015 - "TOKYO ILLUSTRATORS SOCIETY PRESENTS Decoleles ♪ 148 Ukuleles Designed by Illustrators", Creation Gallery G8, Tokyo, Japan
2014 - "Here is ZINE tokyo BANGKOK 8", TOKYO CULTuART by BEAMS, Tokyo, Japan
2014 - "TIS Exhibition", Creation Gallery G8, Tokyo, Japan
2013 - "Shibuya PARCO 40TH anniversary exhibition ‘SHIBUPAR’ ", PARCO MUSEUM, Tokyo, Japan
2013 - "Kabuki illustration", Creation Gallery G8, Tokyo, Japan
2013 - "TOKYO ILLUSTRATORS SOCIETY PRESENTS Konjaku Monogatarishuu", MATSUYA GINZA, Tokyo, Japan
2012 - "The Tokyo Illustrators Society Presents Favorite Sayings in Pictures", Creation Gallery G8, Tokyo, Japan
2012 - " わたしの句読点 2〈食いろいろ〉", TOBACCO & SALT MUSEUM, Tokyo, Japan
2011 - "Woman on the TOWN", Advertising Museum Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
2011 - "The Tokyo Illustrators Society Presents Smiles by 178 Illustrators", Creation Gallery G8, Tokyo, Japan
2004 - "The Golden Age of Illustration", CCGA Graphic Art Center, Fukushima, Japan
2001 - "Parco poster collection 1969-1986", Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography Library, Tokyo, Japan
1992 - "Tadahito Nadamoto, Akira Uno, Makoto Wada, Harumi Yamaguchi Exhibition", ginza graphic gallery (ggg) Gallery, Tokyo / ddd Gallery, Osaka, Japan

Awards

Warsaw International Poster Biennale special prize
Tokyo ADC Award

Collections

Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, US
WALKER ART CENTER, Minneapolis, MN, US
Kawasaki City Museum, Kanagawa, Japan
CCGA Graphic Art Center, Fukushima, Japa

Books from Harumi YAMAGUCHI