Okubo, Takahiro
大久保 貴裕
Painter / Contemporary Artist based in Tokyo/San Francisco/Columbus
1990
Born in Tokyo
2010-2012
Bigakko Art School: Nobuhiko Utsumi Pictorial Expression Laboratory, Tokyo
2013-2017
Studio Assistant to artist Nobuhiko Utsumi, Tokyo
2019-2023
B.A. in Art (Studio Art) San Francisco State University (SFSU), San Francisco
2023-
M.F.A. in Art (Sculpture) The Ohio State University (OSU), Columbus
Solo Exhibitions
2023
-Inter-Action, Gallery K, Tokyo (kinetic/interactive painting installation)
2022
-Mobile-Picture, SFSU Martin Wong Gallery, San Francisco (kinetic painting installation)
2021
-Swarm and Matrix, SFSU Martin Wong Gallery, San Francisco (painting, installation)
-Scale Control, SFSU Mini Martin Wong Gallery, San Francisco (painting, installation)
2019
-On Desiring-Machines, Gallery K, Tokyo (painting, installation)
2018
-The Archi-Picture, Gallery K, Tokyo (painting, installation)
2017
-EVIL - Painting/Architecture, Gallery K, Tokyo (painting, installation)
2016
-Sailing the Ocean Of Contingency, Gallery K, Tokyo (painting)
2013
-The Eye Exists In Its Savage State, Gallery K, Tokyo (painting)
2011
-HORIZON, Gallery K, Tokyo (painting)
Group Exhibitions
2022
2021
-Nobuhiko Utsumi Pictorial Expression Lab: Moonlight Anus, Gallery K, Tokyo (painting, installation)
-Beautiful Time, Gallery K, Tokyo (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 (painting, sculpture)
-Nippon Collage 2019, Gallery K, Tokyo (painting, sculpture)
2018
-What are the colors of the winds? , Gallery K, Tokyo (painting, sculpture)
2017
-Charity Exhibition: Postcards of Words - Words and the Sky, Gallery K, Tokyo (painting)
-What are the colors of the winds? , Gallery K, Tokyo (painting, sculpture)
-Nobuhiko Utsumi Pictorial Expression Lab 16th Exhibition, Gallery K, Tokyo (painting)
2016
-Momo Tent -Performance Vol.7- “Hatsuboku-Sansui Story - Grace and Sex Road”, Gallery K, Tokyo (performance, installation)
-Nobuhiko Utsumi Pictorial Expression Lab: 3+4 Exhibition, Gallery K, Tokyo (painting)
2015
-Momo Tent -Performance Vol.6- “Phallusfal - the Phimosis Operating Room PIG'S STOMACH”, Gallery K, Tokyo (performance, installation)
-Nobuhiko Utsumi Pictorial Expression Lab: 2+2 Exhibition, Gallery K, Tokyo (painting)
2014
-One in 31,536,000: Now, Gallery K, Tokyo (painting)
-Momo Tent -Performance Vol.5- “Degenerate Art Exhibition”, Gallery K, Tokyo (performance, installation)
2013
-Momo Tent -Performance Vol.4- “Karamanzok’s Trial”, Gallery K, Tokyo (performance, installation)
-Momo Tent -Performance Vol.3- “Kuritori Story - the Premature Ejaculation Tower and the Sandglass on a Crotch”, Gallery K, Tokyo (performance, installation)
2012
-TAKAGI Yosuke + OKUBO Takahiro Exhibition, Gallery K, Tokyo (painting)
-Bigakko Art School UTSUMI Nobuhiko Pictorial Expression Lab Degree Show, Bigakko, Tokyo (painting)
2011
-Momo Tent -Performance Vol.2-, Bumpodo Gallery, Tokyo (performance, installation)
-Nippon Collage 2011, Gallery K, Tokyo (painting)
2010
-Momo Tent -Performance Vol.1-, Gallery K, Tokyo (performance, installation)
Awards / Grants
2022
-35th Annual Stillwell Student Exhibition - Best in Show, San Francisco
-Andrew Sanders Memorial Art Scholarship
2020
-Martin Wong Scholarship for Painting
2019
-32nd Annual Stillwell Student Exhibition - Best in Show, San Francisco
Teaching Experiences / Related Employments
2022-Current
-Equipment Assistant at DMET (Digital Media / Emerging Technologies), San Francisco State University, San Francisco
2021-Current
-Research Assistant at Fine Arts Gallery, San Francisco State University, San Francisco
2021
-Teaching Assistant to Paula Levine, Video Art, San Francisco State University, San Francisco
2017
-Art Manager at Gallery Center Point, Tokyo
2013-2017
-Studio Assistant to Nobuhiko Utsumi, Tokyo
2012-2016
-Executive Director of Nobuhiko Utsumi Lecture Series "Dropout School", Waseda University, Tokyo
2012-2016
-Travel Coordinator for Nobuhiko Utsumi Summer Workshop, Tokyo