Yoshiki Tanaka

Born in 1995 in Mie Prefecture, currently residing in Tokyo. Graduated from Musashino Art University in 2017 with a concentration in Sculpture.

Group Exhibitions (since 2015)
2020 23rd Exhibition of the Taro Okamoto Award for Contemporary Art (Taro Okamoto Museum of Art, Kawasaki)
2020 “Supporting each other, OKUTAMA coin,” The National Museum of Art, Okutama (MOAO) (gallery αM, Bakurocho)
2019 21st “1_WALL” Graphics Exhibition (Guardian Garden, Ginza)
2019 22nd Exhibition of the Taro Okamoto Award for Contemporary Art (Taro Okamoto Museum of Art, Kawasaki)
2019 Independent Tokyo 2019 (Tokyo University of the Arts)
2019 Gunma Biennale for Young Artists 2019 (Museum of Modern Art, Gunma)
2017 Musashino Art University Superior Graduation Works Exhibition (Musashino Art University Museum)
2017 Musashino Art University Graduation Works Exhibition (Musashino Art University)
2016 Teratotera Festival 2016 – involve – (Uwatoko Coffee Shop, Mitaka)
2016 Art Program Run! (Art Laboratory Hashimoto, Kanagawa)
2016 Itsudatsuten (Musashino Art University)
2015 Teratotera Festival 2015 – Sprout – pre-event (in front of Sumitomo Mitsui Bank, Mitaka)
2015 Ongoing Xmas (Art Center Ongoing)

Solo Exhibitions
2020 “What’s the color of seagull God’s eyes like? The curiosity is killing me!” (Guardian Garden, Ginza)
2020 “I’m an idol” (Art Center Ongoing)
2019 “I love you TOO VERY MUCH!!” (V54, Hong Kong)
2018 “Troubled Times Outside the Speech Balloon” (Kitakore Bldg., Koenji)
2018 “Wine” (Art Center Ongoing)
2016 “Pretty Art Revolution” (Art Center Ongoing)
2016 “Shooting Star” (Joinus Takanodai)
2014 “The Ichizu” (Musashino Art University)

Awards
2020 23rd Taro Okamoto Award for Contemporary Art, finalist
2019 21st “1_WALL” Graphics Competition, Grand Prize
2019 22nd Taro Okamoto Award for Contemporary Art, finalist
2019 Gunma Biennale for Young Artists 2019, finalist
2017 Musashino Art University Graduation Works Exhibition, Outstanding Award
2013 Mie Prefecture Exhibition, Sculpture Category, The Cultural Foundation of Okada Award
2012 Osaka University of Arts “Hunt for This Century’s Leonardo da Vinci!” High School Students Art Competition, Outstanding Award
2012 1st Osaka Seikei University High School Students Art & Design Competition, Grand Prix

Solo Performances
2020 Taro Okamoto Museum of Art Commemorative Performance: “The one who dies is you! Asia’s first down with Duchamp Exhibition” (Taro Okamoto Museum of Art, Kawasaki)
2019 Reiwa 5-Month Turn Over in Sleep Commemorative Performance: “The one who dies is you! Asia’s first down with Duchamp Exhibition” (Art Center Ongoing)
2018 The National Museum of Art, Okutama Presents “Someday let’s live in Minato-ku” (The National Museum of Art, Okutama)
2018 150th Anniversary of the Meiji Restoration Commemorative Skit Live Performance: “Limelight Tour of the Whore of Babylon 2018” (Art Center Ongoing)
2018 First Anniversary of the Formation of the Sontaku-zu Skit Live Performance: “Vega is sexy; she gives Altair a magazine on marriage” (Shinjuku Golden Gai Theater)
2017 Sontaku-zu’s 1st Solo Comedy Skit Live Performance: “All the weeds you can eat, Shakkiripon Theater” (Art Center Ongoing)