Okubo, Takahiro
大久保 貴裕
Painter / Sculptor / Mechanic Artist based in Tokyo (JAPAN) / San Francisco (CA, USA) / Columbus (OH, USA)
Takahiro Okubo is a painter/sculptor/mechanic artist from Tokyo, Japan. He explores the relationship between human and object through building interactive/kinetic sculptures and combining them to painting art or other objects. After learning contemporary painting at Bi-gakko Art School in Tokyo, he worked as a studio assistant to a contemporary painter Nobuhiko, Utsumi in Japan. He received B.A. in Art (Studio Art) at San Francisco State University and is currently an M.F.A. in Art (Sculpture) candidate at The Ohio State University.
1990
Born in Tokyo (JAPAN)
2010-2012
Bigakko Art School: Nobuhiko Utsumi Pictorial Expression Laboratory, Tokyo (JAPAN)
2013-2017
Studio Assistant to artist Nobuhiko Utsumi, Tokyo (JAPAN)
2019-2023
B.A. in Art (Studio Art) San Francisco State University (SFSU), San Francisco (CA, USA)
2023-
M.F.A. in Art (Sculpture) The Ohio State University (OSU), Columbus (OH, USA)
Solo Exhibitions
2023
-Inter-Action, Gallery K, Tokyo (JAPAN) <kinetic/interactive painting installation)>
2022
-Mobile-Picture, SFSU Martin Wong Gallery, San Francisco (CA, USA) <kinetic painting installation>
2021
-Swarm and Matrix, SFSU Martin Wong Gallery, San Francisco (CA, USA) <painting, installation>
-Scale Control, SFSU Mini Martin Wong Gallery, San Francisco (CA, USA) <painting, installation>
2019
-On Desiring-Machines, Gallery K, Tokyo (JAPAN) <painting, installation>
2018
-The Archi-Picture, Gallery K, Tokyo (JAPAN) <painting, installation>
2017
-EVIL - Painting/Architecture, Gallery K, Tokyo (JAPAN) <painting, installation>
2016
-Sailing the Ocean Of Contingency, Gallery K, Tokyo (JAPAN) <painting>
2013
-The Eye Exists In Its Savage State, Gallery K, Tokyo (JAPAN) <painting>
2011
-HORIZON, Gallery K, Tokyo (JAPAN) <painting>
Group Exhibitions
2024
-Asyl I, Gallery K, Tokyo (JAPAN) <kinetic/interactive painting sculpture>
2023
-Nobuhiko Utsumi Pictorial Expression Lab. 21st Exhibition "Apocalypse or Twilight of Human World”, Gallery K, Tokyo (JAPAN) <kinetic/interactive sculpture>
2022
2021
-Beautiful Time, Gallery K, Tokyo (JAPAN) <painting, sculpture>
2020
-33rd Annual Stillwell Student Exhibition, online juried exhibition (painting, installation)
2019
-The Elephant in the Room, SFSU Martin Wong Gallery, San Francisco (CA, USA) <painting, sculpture>
-Nippon Collage 2019, Gallery K, Tokyo (JAPAN) <painting, sculpture>
2018
-What are the colors of the winds? , Gallery K, Tokyo (JAPAN) <painting, sculpture>
2017
-Charity Exhibition: Postcards of Words - Words and the Sky, Gallery K, Tokyo (JAPAN) <painting>
-What are the colors of the winds? , Gallery K, Tokyo (JAPAN) <painting, sculpture>
-Nobuhiko Utsumi Pictorial Expression Lab 16th Exhibition, Gallery K, Tokyo (JAPAN) <painting>
2016
-Momo Tent -Performance Vol.7- “Hatsuboku-Sansui Story - Grace and Sex Road”, Gallery K, Tokyo (JAPAN) <performance, installation>
-Nobuhiko Utsumi Pictorial Expression Lab: 3+4 Exhibition, Gallery K, Tokyo (JAPAN) <painting>
2015
-Momo Tent -Performance Vol.6- “Phallusfal - the Phimosis Operating Room PIG'S STOMACH”, Gallery K, Tokyo (JAPAN) <performance, installation>
-Nobuhiko Utsumi Pictorial Expression Lab: 2+2 Exhibition, Gallery K, Tokyo (JAPAN) <painting>
2014
-One in 31,536,000: Now, Gallery K, Tokyo (JAPAN) <painting>
-Momo Tent -Performance Vol.5- “Degenerate Art Exhibition”, Gallery K, Tokyo (JAPAN) <performance, installation>
2013
-Momo Tent -Performance Vol.4- “Karamanzok’s Trial”, Gallery K, Tokyo (JAPAN) <performance, installation>
-Momo Tent -Performance Vol.3- “Kuritori Story - the Premature Ejaculation Tower and the Sandglass on a Crotch”, Gallery K, Tokyo (JAPAN) <performance, installation>
2012
-TAKAGI Yosuke + OKUBO Takahiro Exhibition, Gallery K, Tokyo (JAPAN) <painting>
-Bigakko Art School UTSUMI Nobuhiko Pictorial Expression Lab Degree Show, Bigakko, Tokyo (JAPAN) <painting>
2011
-Momo Tent -Performance Vol.2-, Bumpodo Gallery, Tokyo (JAPAN) <performance, installation>
-Nippon Collage 2011, Gallery K, Tokyo (JAPAN) <painting>
2010
-Momo Tent -Performance Vol.1-, Gallery K, Tokyo (JAPAN) <performance, installation>
Awards / Grants
2022
-35th Annual Stillwell Student Exhibition - Best in Show, San Francisco (CA, USA)
-Andrew Sanders Memorial Art Scholarship
2020
-Martin Wong Scholarship for Painting
2019
-32nd Annual Stillwell Student Exhibition - Best in Show, San Francisco (CA, USA)
Teaching Experiences / Related Employments
2022-2023
-Equipment Assistant at DMET (Digital Media / Emerging Technologies), San Francisco State University, San Francisco (CA, USA)
2021-2023
-Research Assistant at Fine Arts Gallery, San Francisco State University, San Francisco (CA, USA)
2021
-Teaching Assistant to Paula Levine, Video Art, San Francisco State University, San Francisco (CA, USA)
2017
-Art Manager at Gallery Center Point, Tokyo (JAPAN)
2013-2017
-Studio Assistant to Nobuhiko Utsumi, Tokyo (JAPAN)
2012-2016
-Executive Director of Nobuhiko Utsumi Lecture Series "Dropout School", Waseda University, Tokyo (JAPAN)
2012-2016
-Travel Coordinator for Nobuhiko Utsumi Summer Workshop, Tokyo (JAPAN)