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Yoh Nagao | Artist from Japan Biography Yoh Nagao is an artist from Aichi Prefecture, Japan, based in Berlin since April 2012. After graduating from Nagoya Zokei University, he began working as a graphic designer and illustrator, while freely expressing his unique style as an artist. He gained prominence in Japan after receiving the Uniqlo Creative Award in 2005 (now UTGP), exhibiting at the International Poster Triennial in Toyama, and being selected for the SHIFT calendar design contest. These successes at international competitions led Nagao to expand his work overseas. After a successful first-ever solo exhibition in Hong Kong in 2009, he received an honorable mention in the collage category of the international competition ARTAQ Urban Art Award (France) in 2011. He was invited to participate in the PICK ME UP Contemporary Graphic Art Fair held in London that same year, becoming a serious contender on the international art stage. Since then, his pieces were also showcased in numerous art fairs and projects in Los Angeles, Miami, New York, Zurich, Berlin, Paris, Angers, London, and Tokyo. In 2008, his work was displayed in Colette in Paris. His work has also been published in high profile magazines such as Nakedbutsafe (Germany), Lodown (Germany), Dazed and Confused (England), and DPI (Taiwan). In the summer of 2014, in Isla Mujeres (Mexico), he collaborated with the project SEA WALLS by PangeaSeed (USA), creating an outdoor mural with the artist Aaron Glasson (New Zealand) that was showcased in The New York Times on-line. He was also selected by the organization World Art Destinations as one of the 30 artists who took part in the Festival International de Arte Público in Cancún, Mexico, where he created an installation of a 100 multicolored paper planes that captivated the Festival's audience. Back in Japan, his art works were selected to depict the popular JRA Chukyo Racecourse in Japan for 2015, widely showcased in the subway network of Nagoya. Nagao’s works, exhibitions and artistic collaborations have steadily gained specialized but also wide public appreciation, confirming the rising value of his unique style and endless creativity, which is being recognized all over the World.
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Yoh Nagao | Artist from Japan
Biography
Yoh Nagao is an artist from Aichi Prefecture, Japan, based in Berlin since April 2012. After graduating from Nagoya Zokei
University, he began working as a graphic designer and illustrator, while freely expressing his unique style as an artist.
He gained prominence in Japan after receiving the Uniqlo Creative Award in 2005 (now UTGP), exhibiting at the
International Poster Triennial in Toyama, and being selected for the SHIFT calendar design contest. These successes
at international competitions led Nagao to expand his work overseas. After a successful first-ever solo exhibition in
Hong Kong in 2009, he received an honorable mention in the collage category of the international competition ARTAQ
Urban Art Award (France) in 2011. He was invited to participate in the PICK ME UP Contemporary Graphic Art Fair
held in London that same year, becoming a serious contender on the international art stage. Since then, his pieces
were also showcased in numerous art fairs and projects in Los Angeles, Miami, New York, Zurich, Berlin, Paris,
Angers, London, and Tokyo.
In 2008, his work was displayed in Colette in Paris. His work has also been published in high profile magazines such
as Nakedbutsafe (Germany), Lodown (Germany), Dazed and Confused (England), and DPI (Taiwan). In the summer of
2014, in Isla Mujeres (Mexico), he collaborated with the project SEA WALLS by PangeaSeed (USA), creating an
outdoor mural with the artist Aaron Glasson (New Zealand) that was showcased in The New York Times on-line. He
was also selected by the organization World Art Destinations as one of the 30 artists who took part in the Festival
International de Arte Público in Cancún, Mexico, where he created an installation of a 100 multicolored paper planes
that captivated the Festival's audience. Back in Japan, his art works were selected to depict the popular JRA Chukyo
Racecourse in Japan for 2015, widely showcased in the subway network of Nagoya.
Nagao’s works, exhibitions and artistic collaborations have steadily gained specialized but also wide public appreciation,
confirming the rising value of his unique style and endless creativity, which is being recognized all over the World.
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[Competition]
Artaq Awards 2011, Collage MENTION, France
SHIFT 2008 CALENDAR competition selected
8th INTERNATIONAL POSTER TRIENNIAL IN TOYAMA 2006
UNIQLO Creative Award 2005 top selection
14th CNIC New Illustrator Competition etc...
[Press Print]
NAKEDBUTSAFE Magazine Issue 7, 2014, Germany
MITTESCHöNE Magazine July 2012, Germany
Fresh 3: Cutting Edge Illustrations Print, Slanted Germany
dpi Magazine vol.139, TAIWAN
DAZED AND CONFUSED, KOREA
West East Magazine issue 28 "YOUTH", HONG KONG
Ming Pao daily weekly magazine, HONG KONG
iLLUSTRATiON BOOK PRO 02, JAPAN
ASIAN YOUNG GRAPHIC DESIGNERS, GERMANY
STREET T, SPAIN
Khooligan magazine, RUSSIA
[Art Project]
Wonder Colors in Mexico, 2016
FIAP by WAD in Cancun, 2015
Colors of my Home by URBAN NATION in Berlin, 2014
SEA WALLS on Isla Mujeres by PanseaSeed in Mexico , 2014
[Press Web]
DOZE COLLECTIVE
Girlsartalk
Pull the Metal
Juxtapoz
Hi-Fructose Magazine
NEW YORK TIMES
Zucca Blongzine
Stafmagazine
KALTBLUT Magazine
LIVERARY
ART WEB
FAD
Ape on the moon
DESIGN VIEW ONLINE
ILUSTRAME
PLAIN JANES
DAZED DIGITAL
栄経済新聞SHIFT
Exhibitions and Carreer
2016 - Group Exhibition, ENTER ART FOUNDATION, Berlin, Germany
2015 - Group Exhibition DREAMLANDS, CHG Circa, Los Angeles, USA
2015 - LA ART SHOW, Los Angeles, USA
2014 - SCOPE Miami Beach, Miami, USA
2014 - Birth of Cool group exhibition at The Ballery, Berlin, Germany
2014 - Detour Through Wonderland, first european solo exhibition, Berlin, Germany
2013 - Art Fair ULTRA 006 at Aoyama Spiral, Tokyo, Japan
2012 - ARTAQ URBAN ARTS AWARDS, Angers, Paris, France
2011 - ARTAQ URBAN ARTS AWARDS, Angers, Paris, France
2011 - Mar. Pick Me Up contemporary graphic art fair at Somerset house, London, UK
2010 - Oct. Group exhibition “ism 2010” , tambourin-gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2009 - Dec. Fountain Miam Art fair, Miami Florida, USA
2009 - Feb. JOURNEY solo exhibition, Gallery Benten 17, Hong Kong
2008 - Dec. WONDERLAND art for all Group exhibition, Gallery Benten 17, Hong Kong
2007 - Dec. Project "WE-ARE -FAMILIA" at Colette, Paris, France
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Art works
Heart Beat I
Collage, Acrylic, Marker on Paper
50cm - 40cm/19inch - 16inch
2015
Heart Beat II
Collage, Acrylic, Marker on Paper
50cm - 40cm/19inch - 16inch
2015
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Art works
Rumbling
Collage, Acrylic, Marker,Ballpoint on Canvas
70cm-50cm/27inch-19inch
2015
Smell Of Harvest
Collage, Acrylic, Marker, Ballpoint on Canvas
60cm-50cm/23inch-19inch
2015
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Art works
Pace Maker, Horse
Acrylic, Collage, Marker on Canvas
92cm - 92cm/38inch-38inch
2015
My Favorite Thing
collage, acrylic, marker, ballpoint
515mm-364mm/20inch-14inch
2016
*commission work
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Art works
Girl with Accessories
Collage, Acrylic, Marker, Ballpoint
on Paper
55cm-40cm/21inch-16inch
2014
Field Strolling
Collage, Acrylic, Marker,
Ballpoint on Paper
145cm-103cm/57inch-40.5inch
2014
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Art works
Neo Urban Tribes “Carnival”
*Collaboration work with Photographer Manolo Ty
acrylic, collage, marker, ball point on photo paper
70cm-50cm/27inch-19inch
2013
Horse Cruising
Collage, Acrylic, Marker, Ballpoint
on Paper
145cm-103cm/57inch-40.5inch
2014
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Yoh Nagao | Artist from Japan
Art works
Untitled
Collage, Acrylic, Marker, Ballpoint on Canvas
100cm-100cm/39inch-39inch
2016
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Art works
Color Envoys III
acrylic, collage on canvas
400mm x 300mm/12inch x15inch
2016
Puma, the witness
acrylic, collage on canvas
1500mm x 1800mm
59inch x 70inch
2016
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Art works
Floating ColorsV
acrylic, collage on canvas
800mm x 800mm
31inch - 31inch
2016
Color Envoys VI
acrylic, collage on canvas
400mm x 300mm/12inch-15inch
2016
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Art Project
Colors of my Home by URBAN NATION in Berlin, 2014
SEA WALLS on Isla Mujeres by PanseaSeed in Mexico , 2014
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Exhibitions and Carreer
Wonder Colors Exhibition, Cancun, Mexico
FIAP by WAD in Cancun, 2015
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Press
New York Times
JUXTAPOZ Magazine
Naked But Safe Magazine
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Collage Work Shop
Spain Malaga
at escuela san telmo
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Exhibitions
Group Exhibition
ENTER ART FOUNDATION, Berlin, Germany
Wonder Colors Exhibition, Cancun, Mexico
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Contact
@yohnagao
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