TAIHEI
STATEMENT
Born in Tokyo, 1977. Graduated from Tama Art University in 2001.
From around 2003, Taihei started to present his artworks featuring the “Art of the Internet age.”
His artworks have been exhibited not only virtually on the web but also in real art spaces such as galleries and art museums. His latest web-projects including ‘TENKA TAIHEI Project ver.2′, which fuses a free-style of Haiku and the newest internet system at the present time,
and ‘startbahn’, which is a new platform for art are waiting to be launched soon.
STATEMENT
TAIHEI was born in Tokyo and spent his childhood in America. From around 2003, he started to present his artworks featuring the “Art of the Internet age.” His artworks have been exhibited not only virtually on the web but also in real art spaces such as galleries and art museums. The largest work in his “Bookshelf” series works, which used loads of paperback books, was purchased by Tadao Ando, who is a world-famous architect. He is also known for various projects all over the world such as installing a huge piece of “Bookshelf” series work to the wall of a cafe-bar in NY and exhibiting works permanently at a gallery in Stockholm, Sweden. His latest web-projects including ‘TENKA TAIHEI Project ver.2′, which fuses a free-style of Haiku and the newest internet system at the present time, are waiting to be launched soon.
BIOGRAPHY
Biography
- 2007-
- Adjunct Professor, Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music
- 2001
- Lived in Monterey, CA, USA
- Bachelor of Fine Arts, Tama Art University, Tokyo, Japan
- 1994-5
- Studied in Philadelphia, PA, USA
- 1981-7
- Lived in Los Angels, CA, USA
- 1977
- Born in Tokyo, Japan
PROJECT
Selected Art Projects
- 2003-
- “Tenka Taihei Project”, on the internet
- 2001
- “I.R.P. (Intervenient Response Project)”, in Monterey, CA, USA
EXHIBITIONS ＆ ART FAIRS
Selected Solo Exhibitions
- 2008
- “Binoculars”, YUKARI ART CONTEMPORARY,Tokyo, Japan
- 2005
- “TENKA TAIHEI PROJECT”, Pepper’s loft gallery ,Tokyo, Japan
- 2002
- “Installation by 72 paintings”, Osaka Imperial Hotel, Osaka, Japan
- 2001
- “Inverted response”, Pepper’s loft gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Selected Group Exhibitions
- 2011
- YUKARI ART CONTEMPORARY’s 3rd year anniversary exhibition vol.2 “Garbage, IT and Me”, YUKARI ART CONTEMPORARY, Tokyo, Japan
- 2007
- “So many men,so many minds by YUKARI ART CONTEMPORARIES”, Gallery ES, Tokyo, Japan
- 2006
- “SCOUTED!” produced by yukari-art, Gallery ES, Tokyo, Japan
- “MORI-forest”, kukui cafe, Tokyo, Japan
- 2005
- “SHIN-KOBO”, new public competition, Hiroshima contemporary art museum, Hiroshima, Japan
- 2004
- “Peer view”, Parasite, Tokyo, Japan
- 2003
- “ZEROGO-TEN (Tokyo wonder seeds)”, Tokyo wonder site, Hongo, Tokyo, Japan
- “ ”, MAISON MARTIN MARGIELA, Tokyo, Japan
- “Artists by Artists”, Roppongi Hills, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
- 2002
- “Peer review”, Gallery le deco, Tokyo, Japan
- 2000
- “Square”, Tokyu square, Tokyo, Japan
- 1999
- “NMINYUNI”, Gallery le deco, Tokyo, Japan
- “Hollihock”, Tama Art University , Tokyo, Japan
Selected Art Fairs
- 2009
- Tokyo Contemporary Art Fair 2009, Tokyo, Japan
- 2008
- Tokyo Contemporary Art Fair 2008, Tokyo, Japan
- 2007
- ART@AGNES 2007, Tokyo, Japan
AWARDS
Selected Awards
- 2006
- The 21th Holbein Scholarship recipient
- GEISAI#9, Tadao Ando award
- yukari-art, Inc. award
- Roppongi Hills art and design store award
- 2005
- “SHIN-KOBO”, new public competition, Hiroshima contemporary art museum, Hiroshima, Japan
- 2003
- “ZEROGO-TEN (Tokyo wonder wall)”, Tokyo wonder site, Hongo, Tokyo, Japan
- “Artists by Artists”, Roppongi Hills, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
Commission Works
Selected Commission Works
- 2009
- Book cover artwork, “Hon no Mirai wo Tukuru Shigoto/ Shigoto no Mirai wo Tukuru Hon”, by Shintaro Uchinuma
- 2007
- Wall Installation, “Tokyo Bar”, Manhattan, N.Y., USA
- 2005
- Art direction, “Shibuya Caligari”, Shibuya, Tokyo
