Yusuke YAMATANI
山谷佑介
After working for Photo Studio, Yusuke Yamatani(born in Japan, 1985) relocated in Nagasaki where he met Shomei Tomatsu and other no-name photographers. He gained actual knowledge and technique of photography by interacting with them and getting started as an artist. Since then, with his sensitive perspective as one of outsiders, he has been photographing of every day life in underground communities by integrating himself into their life by living and hanging out with them, traveling various cities such as a squat in Milano and punks in South East Asia.
Chronology
1985 - Born in Nigata, Japan
Publications
2017 - Into the Light
2015 - RAMA LAMA DING DONG
2015 - Use Before, a0
2014 - ground , lemon books
2014 - Tsugi no yoru e (2nd version), YUKA TSURUNO Gallery
2013 - Tsugi no yoru e
2015 - RAMA LAMA DING DONG
2015 - Use Before, a0
2014 - ground , lemon books
2014 - Tsugi no yoru e (2nd version), YUKA TSURUNO Gallery
2013 - Tsugi no yoru e
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2019 -
Doors performance tour,
TIFF FESTIVAL,Wroclaw / +DEDE, Berlin / FLUC, Vienna / Umbo, Zurich /
UNSEEN, Amsterdam / iso, Amsterdam / New River Studios, London
2018 -
Doors, YUKA TSURUNO Gallery, Tokyo
The doors, Gallery Yamatani, Kyoto
2017 - Into the Light, BOOKMARC, Tokyo
2016 - RAMA LAMA DING DONG, Lianzhou Foto 2016, Lianzhou, Guangdong
2015 -
RAMA LAMA DING DONG, YUKA TSURUNO Gallery, Tokyo
Use before, Gallery Yamatani, Tokyo / PULP, Kyoto
Tsugi no yoru e, Mumeisha (KYOTOGRAPHIE), Kyoto
Yusuke Yamatani: Recent Works, Alison Bradley Projects, New York
2014 -
ground, POST/limArt, Tokyo
Tsugi no yoru e, YUKA TSURUNO Gallery, Tokyo
Doors performance tour,
TIFF FESTIVAL,Wroclaw / +DEDE, Berlin / FLUC, Vienna / Umbo, Zurich /
UNSEEN, Amsterdam / iso, Amsterdam / New River Studios, London
2018 -
Doors, YUKA TSURUNO Gallery, Tokyo
The doors, Gallery Yamatani, Kyoto
2017 - Into the Light, BOOKMARC, Tokyo
2016 - RAMA LAMA DING DONG, Lianzhou Foto 2016, Lianzhou, Guangdong
2015 -
RAMA LAMA DING DONG, YUKA TSURUNO Gallery, Tokyo
Use before, Gallery Yamatani, Tokyo / PULP, Kyoto
Tsugi no yoru e, Mumeisha (KYOTOGRAPHIE), Kyoto
Yusuke Yamatani: Recent Works, Alison Bradley Projects, New York
2014 -
ground, POST/limArt, Tokyo
Tsugi no yoru e, YUKA TSURUNO Gallery, Tokyo
Selected Group Exhibitions
2018 - NON FICTION 2018, Manpukuji/ peel/ Pulp, Osaka
2017 - BEYOND 2020, KunstENhuis, Amsterdam/ amana Gallery, Tokyo/ Galerie Nicolas Deman, Paris
2016 -
at home, Yuka Tsuruno Gallery, Tokyo
dix vol.1, QUIET NOISE arts and break, Tokyo
2015 -
FOUR FROM JAPAN: CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHY, Conde Nast Gallery, New York
Tokyo International Photography Festival, Tokyo
2014 - Some like it witty, Gallery Exit, Hong Kong
2013 - burst, tokyo arts galley, Tokyo
2012 -
Possibly Talrented, The blank GALLERY, Tokyo
FROM THE SUBLIME TO THE RAD, No.12 GALLERY, Tokyo
2011 - asian photo arts, Instyle Phorography Center, Tokyo
2017 - BEYOND 2020, KunstENhuis, Amsterdam/ amana Gallery, Tokyo/ Galerie Nicolas Deman, Paris
2016 -
at home, Yuka Tsuruno Gallery, Tokyo
dix vol.1, QUIET NOISE arts and break, Tokyo
2015 -
FOUR FROM JAPAN: CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHY, Conde Nast Gallery, New York
Tokyo International Photography Festival, Tokyo
2014 - Some like it witty, Gallery Exit, Hong Kong
2013 - burst, tokyo arts galley, Tokyo
2012 -
Possibly Talrented, The blank GALLERY, Tokyo
FROM THE SUBLIME TO THE RAD, No.12 GALLERY, Tokyo
2011 - asian photo arts, Instyle Phorography Center, Tokyo
