I am an artist whose medium is photography.
My work revolves around my feelings and thoughts about the world. I use open spaces and small strips of reality to make my images.
Solo Shows:
2014:
‘Release’ Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2012:
'On the Margin of Understanding’ Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2010
'L.A. Open Spaces' Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2009
'Positive Space', Claremont Foundation Art Gallery, Claremont, CA
2008
'Positive Space', Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA.
'Defining Nature', Art Rental and Sales Gallery at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
Group shows:
2015
• Photo LA, LA Mart, Los Angeles, CA
2014
• California Dreamin’, Palazzo della Provincia di Frosinone, Frosinone, Italy, Oceanside Museum of Art, Riverside Museum of Art,
• Emerging Focus Barcelona, juried by Karen Sinsheimer, Curator of Photograhy, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Stephen Cohen, Stephen Cohen Gallery, Hunter Drohojowska-Philip, Critic and Fernando Peracho Murillo, Galeria Valid Foto Barcelona
• ‘Altered Human Landscape’, Photo Place Gallery juried by Russell Lord, Curator of Photography New Orleans Museum of Art
• ‘Water: Fundamental and Essential’, Photo Place Gallery juried by Laura Moya, Executive Director, Photolucida
• ‘Sky’, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA juried by DeWitt Cheng and Elizabeth Ferrer, BRIC Arts, Brooklyn.
• Venice Art Walk
• Incognito, Santa Museum of Art
• Art Auction 2014, Laguna Art Museum
2013
• LAAA Open Show, Los Angeles, CA curated by Jenny Gheith, Assistant Curator, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.
• Holiday Show, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
• ‘A Song of Soil and Wind’, Crafton Hills College, Riverside, CA curated by Takeshi Kanemura and Snezana Petrovic.
• ‘Out of Thin Air’, Ontario International Airport, curated by Ginger Van Hook
• Venice Art Walk
2012
• 'Vs', Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA juried by Michelle Upton
• Art Auction 2012, Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA
• Venice Art Walk
2011
• Brand 40 Works on Paper, Brand Library, Glendale, CA juried by Peter Frank, Riverside Art Museum.
• ‘Deep’, Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, juried by Grace Kook-Anderson, Curator of Contemporary Art, Laguna Art Museum
• ‘Fast Living’, Gallery 825, juried by Elizabeth East, Director, LA Louver
• ‘re: Form’, Honor Frasier Gallery, Culver City curated by A. McLean Emenegger
• Incognito, Santa Monica Museum of Art
• Venice Art Walk
2010
• ‘See-Thru’, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA
• 'Altimetry' Los Angeles International Airport, curated by Mark Steven Greenfield, Director Emeritus, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery
• ‘GEM, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA
• Incognito, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Bergamot Station.
• Venice Art Walk
2009
• ‘White’, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA
• Incognito, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Bergamot Station.
• ‘Los Angeles Currents’, Couturier Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
• Venice Show, curated by Lisa Melandri, Deputy Director for Exhibitions and Programming, Santa Monica Museum of Art.
• XIII, Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA
2008
• Artseen 3 Emerging Artist. Out of 450 artists, Yoichi was 1 of 37 artists selected from this competition. Jurors included: Howard Fox, Curartor of Contempory Art Emeritus LACMA, Rebecca Morse, MOCA, John Murdoch, The Huntington.
• Tarfest juried by Howard Howard N. Fox, Curator of Contemporary Art Emeritus, Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
• Los Angeles Art Association Open Show juried by David Pagel, Los Angeles Times.
• Incognito, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Bergamot Station.
2007
• Los Angeles Art Association Open Show juried by Howard N. Fox, Emeritus Curator of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art
• Los Angeles Art Association South Biennial juried by Alma Ruiz, Senior Curator, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
• Topanga Canyon Gallery Open Show juried by Lisa Melandri, Santa Monica Museum of Art
• Los Angeles Art Show
• Incognito, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Bergamot Station.
• Outauction, Pacific Design Center, West Hollywood, CA.
2006
• Los Angeles Art Association Open Show juried by Ann Philbin, Executive Director Hammer Museum.
• Field and Form, Gallery 825, juried by Ashley McLean.
• Of This World, Gallery 825.
• The Petite Show IV, Gallery 825.
