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 Bigakko 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
2023
B.A. in Art (Studio Art) San Francisco State University, San Francisco CA, USA
2023-Present
M.F.A. in Art (Sculpture) Candidate at The Ohio State University, Columbus OH, USA
Solo Exhibitions:
2023
2022
2021
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:
2025
Body as Land, Land as Memory, Blockfort, Columbus OH, USA <Kinetic sculpture>
2024
Here & There—The Ohio State University 2nd Year MFA Exhibition, Wexner Plaza, The Ohio State University, Columbus OH, USA <Outdoor installation>
Kuzure Hamanko Rashomon—Nobuhiko Utsumi Pictorial Expression Lab. 22nd Exhibition, Gallery K, Tokyo, JAPAN <Kinetic sound sculpture>
Convergence—The Ohio State University 1st Year MFA Exhibition, Hopkins Hall Gallery, The Ohio State University, Columbus OH, USA <Kinetic/interactive painting sculpture>
Asyl I, Gallery K, Tokyo, JAPAN <Kinetic/interactive painting sculpture>
2023
Apocalypse or Twilight of Human World—Nobuhiko Utsumi Pictorial Expression Lab. 21st Exhibition, Gallery K, Tokyo, JAPAN <Kinetic/interactive sculpture>
2022
Apocalypse, Artemisia absinthium, or A Rainbow of the Hope—Nobuhiko Utsumi Pictorial Expression Lab. 20th Exhibition, Gallery K, Tokyo, JAPAN <Kinetic painting sculpture>
2021
Moonlight Anus—Nobuhiko Utsumi Pictorial Expression Lab., Gallery K, Tokyo, JAPAN <Painting, installation>
Beautiful Time, Gallery K, Tokyo, JAPAN <Painting installation>
2020
2019
Nippon Collage 2019, Gallery K, Tokyo, JAPAN <Painting sculpture>
2018
What are the colors of the winds?, Gallery K, Tokyo, JAPAN <Painting sculpture>
2017
Words and the Sky—Charity Exhibition: Postcards of Words, 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 Nobuhiko Utsumi Pictorial Expression Lab. Exhibition, Bigakko Art School, 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>
Other Projects:
2023-2024
2022
Den Installation for Remote Working in Tokyo, Private residence, Tokyo, Japan
2022-2023
Awards / Grants:
2022
35th Annual Stillwell Exhibition - Best in Show, San Francisco CA, USA
Andrew Sanders Memorial Art Scholarship
2020
Martin Wong Scholarship for Painting
2019
32nd Annual Stillwell Exhibition - Best in Show, San Francisco CA, USA
Featured Publications:
2023
Statements from Galleries: Focusing on a New Generation in Tokyo 2023, published by Tokyo Contemporary Art Gallery Meeting
Artist Talks / Panel Discussions:
2023
Artist Talk, Columbus College of Art & Design, Columbus OH
Artist Panel Discussion, Gallery Q, Tokyo, Japan
Teaching Experiences / Related Employments:
2025
Mechanic Assistant to Manami Ishimura, Gambier OH, USA & Nagano, JAPAN
2024-Present
Teaching the course 3-Dimensional Art, The Ohio State University, Columbus OH, USA
2024
Teaching Assistant for the course Introduction to Sculpture, The Ohio State University, Columbus OH, USA
2023-2024
Teaching Assistant for the course Life Sculpture, The Ohio State University, Columbus OH, USA
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 for the course Video Art, San Francisco State University, San Francisco CA, USA
2019-Present
Lecturer at Waseda Juku Prep School, Tokyo, JAPAN
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
2011-2017
Teaching Assistant at Waseda Juku Prep School, Tokyo, JAPAN