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BIOGRAPHY
Yuki Itoda was born in Japan in 1982, a third generation Tokyo resident. He works in a variety of media, including oil, acrylic, spray paint, and neon. His work draws on an array of techniques ranging from traditional oil painting to graffiti and experimental video. Sometimes starkly simple, elsewhere striped and patterned like tacky retro jumpsuits seen through a kaleidoscope, his works alternate between an endearing vulnerability and an infectious retinal assault.
Prolific Japanese artist and founder of Geisai, Takashi Murakami, took early notice of his work and became Yuki’s first commercial collector in 2006. In 2007, Itoda collaborated with the group AVAF on the exhibition
“Space for your Future: Recombining the DNA of Art and Design” at the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo (MOT). More recently, Itoda was invited to participate in the 2009 Armory Show VIP Reception at the St. Regis Residences. The group show, to which Itoda contributed over 70 paintings, was titled “The Girls from Kyoto and other Japanese Contemporary Masters,” and received immediate critical attention.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2014 - 2016
- PTE Fine Arts, New York, USA
- Neovandalism Gallery. Basel, Switzerland
- IKOI TEI. Tokyo, Japan
- Triple five soul Design Collective. New York, USA
2012
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Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week, Königliche Porzellan-Manufaktur. Berlin, Germany
- Group show, ULA gallery. Berlin, Germany
- Neovandalism Gallery. Basel, Switzerland
- "Pure Art", Live painting show. Zurich, Switzerland
- Two Person show: "Lisa & Yuki". Swissotel, Berlin, Germany
- IKOI TEI. Tokyo, Japan
2011
- Artist in residence at Superficial: Shop, Art & Design Gallery. Berlin, Germany
- Project for Berlin Fashion Week at Kitty Cheng. Berlin, Germany
- Japan Fund Raiser, Graphite, group show. New York, USA
2010
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Tina B, Prague Contemporary Art Festival. Prague, Czech Republic
- “Qui Vive?" 2nd Young Art Biennale, Moscow Museum of Modern Art. Moscow, Russia
- “Postcards from the Edge” benefit exhibition, group show, Kunstraum Richard. Berlin, Germany
- Solo show at Swissotel hotel. Berlin, Germany
2009
- Two person show, APW Gallery. Brooklyn, USA
- New York Art Beat 1st Anniversary Group Show. Brooklyn, USA
- White Box Gallery, Benefit Event, group show. New York, USA
- "10%" group show, The Rema Hort Mann Foundation, Charity Event. New York, USA
- “ Fresh Paint” solo exhibition, KUMUKUMU Gallery. New York, USA
- “The Girls from Kyoto and other Japanese Contemporary Masters” group show, (The Armory Show at St. Regis Residences). New York, USA
2007 - 2008
- Geisai #11, Art Festival. Tokyo, Japan
- Geisai Museum #2, Art Festival. Tokyo, Japan
- Magic Room Gallery, group show. Tokyo, Japan
- “Space for your Future: Recombining the DNA of Art and Design” group show, Museum of Contemporary Art. Tokyo, Japan
- “Image to Survive”, Sprout, Vol. 11. Tokyo, Japan
- Zenshi Gallery, solo show. Tokyo, Japan
- Geisai #10 Art Festival. Tokyo, Japan
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