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NAOTAKA HIRO
(b. 1972 in Osaka, Japan, lives an works in Los Angeles, CA)
EDUCATION
2000 MFA, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA
1997 BA, University of California, Los Angeles, CA
1996 Universitas Gadja Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2018 BREAKING THE WAVES, Shane Campbell Gallery, Chicago, IL
2017 GIBBOUS, Brennan & Griffin, New York, NY
2016 PEAKING, The Box, Los Angeles, CA
BIG QUESTION, Brennan & Griffin, New York, NY
2015 RED OLIVE, GOLDEN LIPS, Misako & Rosen, Tokyo, Japan
2013 PIT AND LOG, Brennan & Griffin, New York, NY
2012 UNKNOWN: VIDEO WORKS 2006-2011, Brennan & Griffen, New York, NY
2009 TO AND FROM, with Sid M. Duenas, Dobaebacsa, Seoul, Korea
2008 WRONG PERSON, Misako & Rosen, Tokyo, Japan
NAOTAKA HIRO, The Box, Los Angeles, CA
TO AND FROM, with Sid M. Duenas, The Box, Los Angeles, CA
2007 KNOWS NOTHING, Misako & Rosen, Tokyo, Japan
1999 NAOTAKA HIRO, Taka Ishii Gallary, Tokyo, Japan
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2018 NAOTAKA HIRO, ERIC WESLEY, POONEH MAGHAZEHE & ROBIN PECK, Step Sister, New York, NY
MADE IN L.A. 2018, curated by Anne Ellegood and Erin Christovale, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA
HOG'S CURVE, Halsey McKay Gallery, New York, NY
ALAN SHIELDS PROJECT, Van Doren Waxter, New York, NY
2017 ABSTRACT / NOT ABSTRACT, curated by Jeffrey Deitch and Larry Gagosian, The Moore Building, Miami, FL
BETWEEN WORDS AND SILENCE: THE WORK OF TRANSLATION, Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA
THE ECSTASY OF MARY SHELLEY, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles, CA
2016 PROTUBERANCES, LA><ART, Los Angeles, CA
PLACEBOUND, Woodbury University, Burbank, CA
A MODEST PROPOSAL, Hauser & Wirth New York 18th Street, New York, NY
HUMAN AFTER ALL, VCUarts, Richmond, VA
IMPROMPTU, The Box, Los Angeles, CA
2015 GROUP EXHIBITION:GUY GOODWIN, HEATHER GUERTIN, NAOTAKA HIRO, DAVE McDERMOTT, JASON
MEADOWS, Brennan & Griffin, New York, NY
ALFRED JARRY ARCHIPELAGO: LA VALSE DES PANTINS - ACTE II, La Ferme du Buisson Centre d'Art
Contemporain, Paris, France
R.S.V.P.LOS ANGELES: THE PROJECT SERIES AT POMONA, Pomona College Muesum of Art, Pomona, CA
MIRROR EFFECT, The Box, Los Angeles, CA
2014 WHERE THE SAND WORMS SLUMBERS, Charlie James Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
HALF EMPTY, Brennan & Griffin, New York, NY
IS THE ART PRETTY? NO, SAYS MUMMY. PRETTY IS NOT IMPORTANT, Beefhaus, Dallas, TX
EAST SIDE TO THE WEST SIDE, FLAG Art Foundation, New York, NY
MEN IN LA: THREE GENERATIONS OF DRAWERS, The Box, Los Angeles, CA
2011 PT. & PT. with Sid M. Duenas, High Desert Test Site, Joshua Tree, CA
OBJECTS FOR THE LIVING, Post, Los Angeles, CA
HAPPY MIND MY PLEASURE/MY VIEW, Misako & Rosen, Tokyo, Japan
2010 SYMPATHETIC MAGIC: VIDEO MYTHS AND RITUALS, ARMORY CENTER FOR THE ARTS, Pasadena, CA
KOKI TANAKA & NAOTAKA HIRO/ KAZ OSHIRO, Las Cienegas Project, Los Angeles, CA
ATLAS OF GIFTED IDEAS, Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, WA
2009 GEBA GEBA, Misako & Rosen, Tokyo, Japan
EXTRA EXTRA, China Art Objects Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2008 FIGURES, curated by William E. Jones, David Kordansky Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2007 TRUDI: NO JERKS, RENTAL, New York, NY
2006 MANY MANY GUYS AND GIRLS, ALL REAL BEAUTIES, Circus of Books Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
AJA XX: API/2, JACCC, Los Angeles, CA
POLYSPHARE, raumcommander, Berlin, Germany
PANIC OUR OLDER BROTHER, ALM Gallery, Munich, Germany
2003 PRAGUE BIENNALE1, National Gallery Veletrzni Palac Dukelskych, Prague, Czechia
2002 YOUNG JAPANESE ARTISTS, LIMN Gallery, San Francisco, CA
LANDSCAPE, Zero One Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2001 HIROPON SHOW, Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan
NEW ROMANTIC, Diannepruess Gallery, Chinatown, Los Angeles, CA
2000 ARTIFICIAL REAL, LOW, Los Angeles, CA
1998 RE-LAX, Gallery Krinzinger, Vienna, Austria
ERO POP CHRISTMAS, Nadiff, Tokyo, Japan
1997 DOUG AITKEN, ALEX BAG, NAOTAKA HIRO, Taka Ishii Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
IMPRUDENT, Wight Gallery at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
SCREENINGS
2018 BODIES 2, France Los Angeles Exchange (FLAX), Los Angeles, CA
2016 RAW 2016, Reed College, Portland, OR
2010 MILWAUKEE INTERNATIONAL: NO SOUL FOR SALE: A FESTIVAL OF INDEPENDENTS, Tate Modern, London, UK
2009 I FOUND MYSELF AN INNOVATOR, curated by Rachel Cook and Yuki Okumura, DiverseWorks, Houston, TX
THE YOUNG AND EVIL, curated by Stuart Comer, Outfest, Redcat Theater, Los Angeles, CA
2008 MURDER PRETENDED, curated by Naotaka Hiro, Festival Internacional Cervantino, Guanajuato, Mexico
THE YOUNG AND EVIL, curated by Stuart Comer, tank.tv, London, UK
MURDER PRETENDED, curated by Naotaka Hiro, Casa Vecina, Mexico City, Mexico
PHYSICAL, PORTRAITS, IDEAL #10, SAISON VIDEO, Roubaix, France
2007 ARTWALK AFTER PARTY 2007, LACMA MUSE, Los Angeles, CA
2001 INAUGURAL SCREENING, c-level, Los Angeles, CA
1998 GOOD-BYE, ENIWETOK, Beyond Baroque, Los Angeles, CA
1997 CARL’S PLACE 2, LACE, Los Angeles, CA
CARL’S PLACE, QUON BROS, Los Angeles, CA
PUBLICATIONS
2015 RSVP LOS ANGELES: THE PROJECT SERIES AT POMONA, Exhibition Catalog, Essay by Glenn Phillps
WHERE THE SAND WORM SLUMBERS, Exhibition Catalog
2008 TO AND FROM, with Sid M. Duenas
2006 CORONA 1, with Sid M. Duenas
LECTURES
2016 Artist Talk, Reed College, Portland, OR
2015 Artist Talk, In Conversation with Glenn Phillips, Pomona College Museum of Art, Pomona, CA
2014 Artist Talk, Pomona College, Pomona, CA
2008 Curator Talk on Murder Pretended, Casa Vecina, Mexico City, Mexico
Artist Talk, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA
2006 Artist Talk, JACCC, Los Angeles, CA
AWARDS AND GRANTS
2014 Art Matters Foundation
2006 The Asian and Pacific Islander Artist Presenting Initiative (API/2)
2000 Scholarship, California Institute of the Arts
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2018 Goings on about Town, Alan Shields Project, New Yorker
Dan Duray, Jeffrey Deitch and Gagosian Team Up to Defeat Zombie Formalism, Vice
2017 Will Whitney, Naotaka Hiro: Gibbous, The Brooklyn Rail, October
2016 Eli Diner, Naotaka Hiro, Frieze, December
Leah Ollman, The human cocoon: Naotaka Hiro's primal art, made from within, Los Angeles Times, December
Shana Nys Dambrot, Naotaka Hiro: Peaking at The Box, LA, Art and Cake, December
Claire de Dobay Rifelj, Naotaka Hiro at The Box, Calra, Contemporary Art Review LA, December
Andy Campbell, Critic's Picks, Protuberances, Artforum, October
Pierre-Henri Foulon, Le corps desarticule d'Alfred Jarry, La Quizaine Littéraire, February
2015 Orianne Hidalgo-Laurier, Corps (im)pur, Mouvement, October
Rachel Holmes, Frieze 2015 Highlight: interview with Naotaka Hiro, The Metropolist, October
Rachel Holmes, Frieze Art Fair 2015: 10 things we learned, The Metropolist, October
Paul Carey Kent, Freize 2015 Paul Carey Picks His Favorite, artlyst, October
2014 Matt Stromberg, Men in LA: Three Generations of Drawings at The Box, Daily Serving, June
2011 Michael Zelehoski, NADA Much, ArtSlant New York, December
Andrew Russeth, NADA Miami Beach Outperforms, Gallerist NY, December
Andrea Zittel/High Desert Test Site, Flash Art International, app, November-December
Catherine Taft, REVIEW, ARTFORUM, February
2010 Catherine Taft, TOP 10 SHOWS IN LOS ANGELES, SAATCHI ONLINE Magazine, December
2009 Cathy Rose A. Garcia, Experimental Video at DoBaeBacSa, The Korea Times, February
2008 Brutas magazine, Issue #651, December
Esquire Magazine Japan, December
CREA Traveller, Why not go to California?, P77-79, August
Kathryn M. Davis, Los Angeles: Capital of Contemporary Art?, THE magazine, July
Catherine Taft, Review on FIGURES, Modern Painters June
Catherine Wagley, BODYSCAPES, ArtSlant Los Angeles
Catherine Taft, ROUND-UP OF THE BEST SHOWS IN LA, SAATCHI ONLINE Magazine
2007 Catherine Taft, INTRODUCING , Modern Painters November 2007
Studio Voice, July
2003 Gea Politi, Come with me, Prague Biennale 1 catalog
2000 David Pagel, Art Reviews, Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, August
1998 Takashi Murakami, LA ART, Studio Voice, Tokyo: INFAS, December 1998