Taisuke KOYAMA
小山泰介
Born in 1978, Lives and works in Tokyo. Based on his experience of studying biology and the natural environment, he has been presenting photographic works and video works with an experimental approach. Especially in recent years, he has been exploring the possibilities of extended photographic expression by focusing on contemporary photographic technology in terms of “sensing.” He stayed in London for two years from 2014 under the “Japanese Government Overseas Study Program for Artists” by the Agency for Cultural Affairs, and later based himself in Amsterdam. Since 2018, he has been leading the “TOKYO PHOTOGRAPHIC RESEARCH PROJECT,” which explores the city and the society through contemporary photographic and video expression. He has also had many solo and group exhibitions in Japan and abroad.
Publications
2023 - PHASE TRANS, G/P + abp, Tokyo, JP
2017 - VESSEL - XYZXY, Rrose Editions + taisuke koyama projects, Paris/Tokyo, FR/JP
2017 - POST BODY / NATURE - TAISUKE KOYAMA + TAKASHI KAWASHIMA, Self-Published, Amsterdam, NL
2015 - RAINBOW VARIATIONS, artbeat publishers + Kodoji Press, Tokyo/Baden, JP/CH
2015 -LIGHT FIELD / PHOTONS, taisuke koyama projects, London, GB
2013 - COLLECTED PHENOMENA / WORKS: 2006 - 2013, G/P gallery, Tokyo, JP
2013 - DOTS, FUNGUS, CRYSTALS & MOONLIGHT, taisuke koyama projects, Tokyo, JP
2011 - SANDWICH Textures, LUMEN #09, G/P gallery + artbeat publishers, Tokyo, JP
2010 - Melting Rainbows, taisuke koyama projects, Tokyo, JP
2008 - entropix, artbeat publishers, Tokyo, JP
2007 - Dark Matter, Utrecht, Tokyo, JP
2017 - VESSEL - XYZXY, Rrose Editions + taisuke koyama projects, Paris/Tokyo, FR/JP
2017 - POST BODY / NATURE - TAISUKE KOYAMA + TAKASHI KAWASHIMA, Self-Published, Amsterdam, NL
2015 - RAINBOW VARIATIONS, artbeat publishers + Kodoji Press, Tokyo/Baden, JP/CH
2015 -LIGHT FIELD / PHOTONS, taisuke koyama projects, London, GB
2013 - COLLECTED PHENOMENA / WORKS: 2006 - 2013, G/P gallery, Tokyo, JP
2013 - DOTS, FUNGUS, CRYSTALS & MOONLIGHT, taisuke koyama projects, Tokyo, JP
2011 - SANDWICH Textures, LUMEN #09, G/P gallery + artbeat publishers, Tokyo, JP
2010 - Melting Rainbows, taisuke koyama projects, Tokyo, JP
2008 - entropix, artbeat publishers, Tokyo, JP
2007 - Dark Matter, Utrecht, Tokyo, JP
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2021 - YURAKUCHO ART SIGHT PROJECT Vol.2 INTERFACE_YURAKUCHO, Tokyo, JP
2019 - AVES AND PARTICLES, Metronom, Modena, IT
2019 - RAINBOW VARIATIONS, Tokyo Polytechnic University COL.LAB GALLERY, Kanagawa, JP
2018 - SENSOR_CODE, Seen Fifteen, London, GB
2018 - PHASE TRANS, G/P gallery, Tokyo, JP
2017 - POST BODY / NATURE - Taisuke Koyama + Takashi Kawashima, LhGWR, The Hague, NL
2017 - Generated X, G/P gallery, Tokyo, JP
2016 - Generated Images, Daiwa Foundation Japan House Gallery, London, GB
2015 - NEW LIGHT, Sunday Gallery, Zurich, CH
2013 - Rainbow Waves, G/P gallery, Tokyo, JP
2013 - Circulation, G/P + g³/ gallery, Tokyo, JP
2013 - Rainbow Variations & Other Works, Metronom, Modena, IT
2012 - in fragments, Video Art Festival MOVING 2012, Kyoto Art Center, Kyoto, JP
2011 - SANDWICH Textures, G/P gallery, Tokyo, JP
2011 - POLYTOPE, GALLERY 9.5, HOTEL ANTEROOM KYOTO, Kyoto, JP
2010 - NONAGON PHOTON 1, Matsudo Artline Project, Chiba, JP
2010 - Melting Rainbows / Starry, G/P gallery, Tokyo, JP
2010 - Artworks from AN10, Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, Foyer, Tokyo, JP
2009 - entropix, Spiral Garden, Tokyo, JP
2009 - entropix, G/P gallery, Tokyo, JP
2009 - entropix: high speed slide show, NADiff Gallery, Tokyo, JP
2008 - Boundary X, gallery ROCKET, Tokyo, JP
2007 - Dark Matter, No.12 Gallery, Tokyo, JP
2019 - AVES AND PARTICLES, Metronom, Modena, IT
2019 - RAINBOW VARIATIONS, Tokyo Polytechnic University COL.LAB GALLERY, Kanagawa, JP
2018 - SENSOR_CODE, Seen Fifteen, London, GB
2018 - PHASE TRANS, G/P gallery, Tokyo, JP
2017 - POST BODY / NATURE - Taisuke Koyama + Takashi Kawashima, LhGWR, The Hague, NL
2017 - Generated X, G/P gallery, Tokyo, JP
2016 - Generated Images, Daiwa Foundation Japan House Gallery, London, GB
2015 - NEW LIGHT, Sunday Gallery, Zurich, CH
2013 - Rainbow Waves, G/P gallery, Tokyo, JP
2013 - Circulation, G/P + g³/ gallery, Tokyo, JP
2013 - Rainbow Variations & Other Works, Metronom, Modena, IT
2012 - in fragments, Video Art Festival MOVING 2012, Kyoto Art Center, Kyoto, JP
2011 - SANDWICH Textures, G/P gallery, Tokyo, JP
2011 - POLYTOPE, GALLERY 9.5, HOTEL ANTEROOM KYOTO, Kyoto, JP
2010 - NONAGON PHOTON 1, Matsudo Artline Project, Chiba, JP
2010 - Melting Rainbows / Starry, G/P gallery, Tokyo, JP
2010 - Artworks from AN10, Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, Foyer, Tokyo, JP
2009 - entropix, Spiral Garden, Tokyo, JP
2009 - entropix, G/P gallery, Tokyo, JP
2009 - entropix: high speed slide show, NADiff Gallery, Tokyo, JP
2008 - Boundary X, gallery ROCKET, Tokyo, JP
2007 - Dark Matter, No.12 Gallery, Tokyo, JP
Selected Group Exhibitions
2023 - SENSE ISLAND 2023, Yokosuka, JP
2023 - TOKYO CREATIVE SALON 2023 / 100 WINDOWS, Tokyo, JP
2022 - SENSE ISLAND 2022, Yokosuka+Sarushima, JP
2022 - YAU TEN, YAU STUDIO, Tokyo, JP
2021 - Encounter in Parallel, ANB TOKYO, Tokyo, JP
2021 - FISSION and FUSION − POST/PHOTOGRAPHY 2011-2021, Ginza Okuno Building Room 306, Tokyo, JP
2020 - ENCOUNTERS / SOURCE/ADIT: Studio TOKYO PHOTOGRAPHIC RESEARCH, ANB TOKYO, Tokyo, JP
2020 - GINZA ROOFTOP PROJECT, collaboration with Party and Shohei Amimori, GINZA SIX Garden, Tokyo, JP
2020 - TOKYO PHOTOGRAPHIC RESEARCH 2020061620200726, Roppongi Tsutaya Book Gallery, Tokyo, JP
2019 - Moving the Image: photography and its actions, Camberwell Space, London, GB
2019 - Red Bull Music Festival Tokyo 2019, Spiral Garden, Tokyo, JP
2019 - Illuminating Graphics 2, Creation Gallery G8, Tokyo, JP
2019 - #005 PHOTO Playground, Ginza Sony Park, Tokyo, JP
2018 - 2018 SEOUL PHOTO FESTIVAL , SeMa, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, KR
2018 - SEEN WITHOUT A SEER, Looiersgracht 60, Amsterdam, NL
2018 - ASAMA INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY FESTIVAL, Nagano, JP
2018 - the amana collection Exhibit 01, IMA gallery, Tokyo, JP
2017 - AIMIA | AGO PHOTOGRAPHY PRIZE 2017, ART GALLERY OF ONTARIO, Toronto, CA
2016 - HO VISTO UN RE (THE KING AND I), Palazzo Reale, Milan, IT
2016 - Trans Dimension, Aichi Triennale 2016, Okazaki Cibico, Aichi, JP
2016 - Japanese Prints and Photographs: Paths Through Modernity, LACMA, Los Angeles, US
2016 - Close to the Edge: New Photography from Japan, Miyako Yoshinaga, New York, US
2016 - Japan Media Arts Festival in Aomori, Aomori Museum of Art, Aomori, JP
2015 - Nicely Offensive, Ponce+Robles, Madrid, ES
2015 - hyper-materiality on photo - Hidden Sense of Japanese Photography II, G/P gallery Shinonome, Tokyo, JP
2014 - anima on photo - Hidden Sense of Japanese Photography, Unseen Photo Fair, Amsterdam, NL
2012 - PHOTOGRAPHY IS MAGIC!, Daegu Photo Biennale 2012, Daegu Culture & Arts Center, Daegu, KR
2012 - Contemporary Japanese Photobooks, The Photographer’s Gallery, London, GB
2012 - THE 15th JAPAN MEDIA ARTS FESTIVAL, The National Art Center, Tokyo, JP
2011 - PICTURES, Diptrics, Tokyo, JP
2011 - INSITU Fort Canning Hill, Singapore Art Festival, Singapore, SG
2011 - As Long As Rainbow Lasts, SOKA Art Center, Taipei, TW
2011 - JAPANESE PHOTOBOOKS NOW, Le Bal, Paris, FR
2010 - 3331 Presents Tokyo, 3331 Arts Chiyoda, Tokyo, JP
2010 - TOKYO VISUALIST, National Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, MY
2009 - THE EXPOSED #4, CASO, Osaka, JP
2008 - THE EXPOSED #3: PhotoDazE, CASO, Osaka, JP
2007 - THE EXPOSED #2: OVEREXPOSED, CASO, Osaka, JP
2007 - Subtle Green, Ikejiri Institute of Design Gallery, Tokyo, JP
2006 - THE EXPOSED #1.2: the other side, ARTZONE, Kyoto, JP
2006 - THE EXPOSED #1, CASO, Osaka, JP
2005 - 25th Photography "Hitotsubo Award", Guardian Garden, Tokyo, JP
2023 - TOKYO CREATIVE SALON 2023 / 100 WINDOWS, Tokyo, JP
2022 - SENSE ISLAND 2022, Yokosuka+Sarushima, JP
2022 - YAU TEN, YAU STUDIO, Tokyo, JP
2021 - Encounter in Parallel, ANB TOKYO, Tokyo, JP
2021 - FISSION and FUSION − POST/PHOTOGRAPHY 2011-2021, Ginza Okuno Building Room 306, Tokyo, JP
2020 - ENCOUNTERS / SOURCE/ADIT: Studio TOKYO PHOTOGRAPHIC RESEARCH, ANB TOKYO, Tokyo, JP
2020 - GINZA ROOFTOP PROJECT, collaboration with Party and Shohei Amimori, GINZA SIX Garden, Tokyo, JP
2020 - TOKYO PHOTOGRAPHIC RESEARCH 2020061620200726, Roppongi Tsutaya Book Gallery, Tokyo, JP
2019 - Moving the Image: photography and its actions, Camberwell Space, London, GB
2019 - Red Bull Music Festival Tokyo 2019, Spiral Garden, Tokyo, JP
2019 - Illuminating Graphics 2, Creation Gallery G8, Tokyo, JP
2019 - #005 PHOTO Playground, Ginza Sony Park, Tokyo, JP
2018 - 2018 SEOUL PHOTO FESTIVAL , SeMa, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, KR
2018 - SEEN WITHOUT A SEER, Looiersgracht 60, Amsterdam, NL
2018 - ASAMA INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY FESTIVAL, Nagano, JP
2018 - the amana collection Exhibit 01, IMA gallery, Tokyo, JP
2017 - AIMIA | AGO PHOTOGRAPHY PRIZE 2017, ART GALLERY OF ONTARIO, Toronto, CA
2016 - HO VISTO UN RE (THE KING AND I), Palazzo Reale, Milan, IT
2016 - Trans Dimension, Aichi Triennale 2016, Okazaki Cibico, Aichi, JP
2016 - Japanese Prints and Photographs: Paths Through Modernity, LACMA, Los Angeles, US
2016 - Close to the Edge: New Photography from Japan, Miyako Yoshinaga, New York, US
2016 - Japan Media Arts Festival in Aomori, Aomori Museum of Art, Aomori, JP
2015 - Nicely Offensive, Ponce+Robles, Madrid, ES
2015 - hyper-materiality on photo - Hidden Sense of Japanese Photography II, G/P gallery Shinonome, Tokyo, JP
2014 - anima on photo - Hidden Sense of Japanese Photography, Unseen Photo Fair, Amsterdam, NL
2012 - PHOTOGRAPHY IS MAGIC!, Daegu Photo Biennale 2012, Daegu Culture & Arts Center, Daegu, KR
2012 - Contemporary Japanese Photobooks, The Photographer’s Gallery, London, GB
2012 - THE 15th JAPAN MEDIA ARTS FESTIVAL, The National Art Center, Tokyo, JP
2011 - PICTURES, Diptrics, Tokyo, JP
2011 - INSITU Fort Canning Hill, Singapore Art Festival, Singapore, SG
2011 - As Long As Rainbow Lasts, SOKA Art Center, Taipei, TW
2011 - JAPANESE PHOTOBOOKS NOW, Le Bal, Paris, FR
2010 - 3331 Presents Tokyo, 3331 Arts Chiyoda, Tokyo, JP
2010 - TOKYO VISUALIST, National Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, MY
2009 - THE EXPOSED #4, CASO, Osaka, JP
2008 - THE EXPOSED #3: PhotoDazE, CASO, Osaka, JP
2007 - THE EXPOSED #2: OVEREXPOSED, CASO, Osaka, JP
2007 - Subtle Green, Ikejiri Institute of Design Gallery, Tokyo, JP
2006 - THE EXPOSED #1.2: the other side, ARTZONE, Kyoto, JP
2006 - THE EXPOSED #1, CASO, Osaka, JP
2005 - 25th Photography "Hitotsubo Award", Guardian Garden, Tokyo, JP
Awards
2017 - AIMIA | AGO PHOTOGRAPHY PRIZE 2017, Finalist, Toronto, CA
2015 - PRIX PICTET, Nominee, Paris, FR
2012 - THE 15TH JAPAN MEDIA ARTS FESTIVAL, Jury Selection, Tokyo, JP
2010 - PAUL HUF AWARD, Nominee, Amsterdam, NL
2009 - FOAM TALENT 2009, Selected, Amsterdam, NL
2005 - The 25th Photography "HITOTSUBO AWARD", Nominee, Tokyo, JP
2015 - PRIX PICTET, Nominee, Paris, FR
2012 - THE 15TH JAPAN MEDIA ARTS FESTIVAL, Jury Selection, Tokyo, JP
2010 - PAUL HUF AWARD, Nominee, Amsterdam, NL
2009 - FOAM TALENT 2009, Selected, Amsterdam, NL
2005 - The 25th Photography "HITOTSUBO AWARD", Nominee, Tokyo, JP
Collections
AMANA COLLECTION, JP / LOS ANGELES COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART, US / PIGOZZI COLLECTION, US
