YOKOTAMA Osamu
aqua II
bamboo, rattan

2021
TOKYO TORCH Tokiwabashi Tower
Tokyo

Client: Mitsubishi Estate Co., Ltd.
Curating & Direction: Code-a-Machine
Project members: NAKAHARA Takashi (DENBAK-FANO DESIGN)、TSUNOO Mai
Assistant: SONOBE Tatsuri
Technical Team: HIGURE 17-15 cas
PR: KOIKE Miki（HOW）

Photo: OTA Takumi

  • Art Consulting
  • Curation/Planning
  • Management/Coordination

The work of Yokoyama Osamu fascinates us with its innovative shape, reminding us of the trajectory of a whirling airplane or an alien structure on another planet.
Following the path of the individual lines created by the bamboo strands with our eyes can make us feel incredibly free. Yokoyama became fascinated by the beauty of bamboo craftsmanship and decided to switch from being a graphic designer to a bamboo sculptor. Bamboo crafts have long been popular throughout Asia, but the number of craftsmen has been dwindling in recent years as the demand has been replaced by plastic and other synthetic materials. As one of the craft's few successors, Yokoyama is breaking new ground in a genre with a long history of tradition.

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YOKOYAMA Osamu

1980 Born in Matsumoto, Nagano, Japan. Currently lives and works in Beppu, Japan.
2016 Apprenticeship, Morigami Jin Studio

Selected Solo Exhibitions
2019 “silhouettes of you – osamu yokoyama – Solo Exhibition”, Yufuku Gallery, Tokyo
2017 “rewind – osamu yokoyama – Debut Exhibition”, Yufuku Gallery, Tokyo

Selected Group Exhibitions
2019 “West Bund Art and Design”, Shanghai, China (’20)
2018 “TEFAF Maastricht”, The Netherlands (’19, ’20, ’21)
2017 “Art Miami”, USA (’18)

Selected Awards
2018 The 23rd Japan Bamboo Art Exhibition, Grand Prize

Public Collections
The Klorfine Foundation, USA