Yoon Heechang｜尹 煕倉

_BIOGRAPHY

Yoon Heechang｜尹 煕倉

Artist
Professor, Department of Ceramic, Glass and Metal Works, Faculty of Art and Design, Tama Art University

  • 1963
    Born in Hyogo, Japan.
  • 1986
    B.A., Tokyo Zokei University, Tokyo
  • 1988
    M.A., Tama Art University, Tokyo
  • 1993
    Artist in Residence, Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park, Japan
  • 1995
    –1996
    Resides in London, UK, through Overseas Program of Artists, Agency for Cultural Affairs of Japan
  • 1997
    Artist in Residence at Loughborough College of Art and Design, and various local brick companies in the UK
  • 2010
    Resides in London, UK, through Overseas Program of Artists, Agency for Cultural Affairs of Japan Lives and works in Tokyo

［SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS］

  • 1987
    Muramastu Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
  • 1988
    Kaneko Art G1, Tokyo, Japan
  • 1990
    • Nabis Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
    • Ohara Center of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
  • 1991
    • Gallery Natsuka, Tokyo, Japan
    • Soh Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
  • 1992
    • Gallery NW House, Tokyo, Japan
    • Topos Ethnos, IBM-Kawasaki City Gallery, Kanagawa, Japan
    • Soh Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
    • Gallery Floor 2, Tokyo, Japan
  • 1993
    • That Which Is There, Gallery Caption, Gifu, Japan
    • The Breathing Wall, Tamaicho-suji, Gifu, Japan
  • 1994
    Hino Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
  • 1995
    Gallery Caption, Gifu, Japan
  • 1997
    That Which Is There, Shizuoka Prefectural Museum of Art, Shizuoka, Japan
  • 1999
    Susono Art House, Shizuoka, Japan
  • 2000
    • Gallery Caption, Gifu, Japan
    • Something, Gallery Koyanagi, Tokyo, Japan
  • 2001
    • Ceramic Powder Paintings in Seto and Tokoname Clays, Nagoya Gallery, Nagoya, Japan
    • Naruse-bijutsuza, Tokyo, Japan
  • 2002
    • NaNo-rium, Yamanashi, Japan
    • That Which Is There, Gallery Koyanagi, Tokyo, Japan
    • My Clay, INAX Tile Museum, Aichi, Japan
  • 2004
    Gallery Caption, Gifu, Japan
  • 2005
    Galleria Abitare, Tokyo, Japan
  • 2009
    Hazakai, Gallery Caption, Gifu, Japan
  • 2010
    Nichigetsumochi Shinmachi store, Osaka, Japan
  • 2011
    Talk on rectangular shapes, Kamisoe, Kyoto, Japan
  • 2012
    scenery of ‘being,’ Gallery Koyanagi, Tokyo, Japan
  • 2013
    a touch of powder, Gallery Caption, Gifu, Japan
  • 2017
    Sand River Works-Setouchi, Department Gallery, Department of Ceramic, Glass, and Metal Works, Hachioji Campus, Tama Art University, Tokyo, Japan
  • 2018
    Sand River Work-Kamogawa River, Kyoto, Sokyo Gallery, Sokyo Annex, Kyoto, Japan
  • 2022
    sousou bouou, ACG Villa Kyoto, Kyoto, Japanoto

［SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS］

  • 1985
    Two-Person Show, Gallery 21, Tokyo, Japan
  • 1986
    • From the scene of expression, Kaminoge Campus, Tama Art University, Tokyo, Japan
    • Kanagawa Art Exhibition, Kanagawa Prefectural Gallery, Kanagawa, Japan
  • 1987
    The field of expression ’87, Kaminoge School Building, Tama Art University, Tokyo, Japan
  • 1988
    • Meme Pool, Ohara Center of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
    • Eight elements of memory, Nabis Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
    • Kanagawa Art Exhibition, Kanagawa Prefectural Gallery, Kanagawa, Japan
  • 1989
    • Drawings by sculptors, Sekibou-Umu, Nara, Japan
    • The 9th Hara Annual, Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan
  • 1990
    • Masashi Katayama and Yoon Heechang, Hosomi Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
    • Japanese Clay Work Today, Tochigi Prefectural Museum of Fine Arts, Tochigi, Japan
    • Clay Connection ’90, Meguro Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan
    • Contemporary Sculpture in Japan III, Kanagawa Prefectural Gallery, Kanagawa, Japan
  • 1991
    • Mami Nishiyama and Yoon Heechang, Naruse Murata Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
    • Kim Chang-Young + Yoon Heechang, Illusion of Clay and Sand, Gallery αM, Tokyo, Japan
    • Ceramic Annex Shigaraki ’91, The Museum of Modern Art, Shiga and Traditional Crafts Center of Shigaraki, Shiga, Japan
  • 1992
    Kim Chang-Young + Yoon Heechang, Gallery Koyanagi, Tokyo, Japan
  • 1993
    • Environmental Sculptures and Humour Art, Funabashi Seaside Park, Chiba, Japan
    • Contemporary Art Exhibit ’93 from Yokohama ‘THE WAVE,’ Port Commission Gallery, San Diego, U.S.A
    • Art Today '93, Sezon Museum of Modern Art, Nagano, Japan
  • 1994
    • The Domain of the Medium, Crafts Gallery, The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Japan
    • Vision of Japan for the 21st Century, Sezon Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan
  • 1995
    • Circulating Currents, Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art, and Nagoya City Art Museum, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
    • Grace ∧ Gravity, Museum of Modern Art, Saitama, Japan
  • 2001
    • Oriental Abstraction, Tokyo Opera City Art Galery, Tokyo, Japan
  • 2002
    • Emotional Site, Shokuryo Building, Tokyo, Japan
    • The 4th Gwangju Biennale, Gwangju, Korea
  • 2004
    Complex, Gallery Maki, Tokyo, Japan
  • 2005
    • 3rd World Ceramic Biennale 2005: Trans-Cramic-Art, Icheon World Ceramic Center, Icheon, Korea
    • Ars Nova, Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
  • 2006
    An Existence, Shiseido Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
  • 2007
    Works from the Soil, Tokyo Opera City Art Galery, Tokyo, Japan
  • 2008
    Spiritual Surface, Matsuya Ginza Design Gallery 1953, Tokyo, Japan
  • 2009
    The Beauty of Yohaku, Shizuoka Prefectural Museum of Art, Shizuoka, Japan
  • 2011
    • Tatsuno Art Project 2011, Shuen-tei, Hyogo, Japan
    • Works in Ceramic, 2011, Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, Aichi, Japan
  • 2012
    Blindsight, MA2 Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
  • 2013
    • Tatsuno Art Project 2013, Galleria Arts & Tea, Hyogo, Japan
    • MOVING: Norman Foster on Art, Carré d’Art- Musée d’art contemporain, Nîmes, France
  • 2014
    Group Show, Gallery Koyanagi, Tokyo, Japan
  • 2016
    • Mio Kaneda and Yoon Heechang, Gallery Caption, Gifu, Japan
    • When Man Meets Earth, Aichi Prefectural Ceramic Museum, Aichi, Japan
  • 2017
    Rhythm in Monochrome | Korean Abstract Painting, Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
  • 2018
    • Colors, Gallery Koyanagi, Tokyo, Japan
    • Shijima, MA2 Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
  • 2020
    • The tide of art, Tokorozawa” Tokorozawa Civic Cultural Centre, Saitama, Japan
    • White Gallery Sokyo Annex, Kyoto, Japan

［SELECTED PUBLIC PROJECTS］

  • 2001
    Hyogo University, The Faculty of Health Science, Hyogo, Japan (Architectural Design: Takenaka Corporation)
  • 2002
    • Shizuoka Cancer Center, Shizuoka, Japan (Architectural Design: YOKOGAWA Architects & Engineers, Inc.)
  • 2003
    • Apartment house, Minami-azabu 5108, Tokyo, Japan, (Interior Design of Common Areas: Ashihara Hiroko Design Office)
    • Apartment house, Abitare Tamagawa-denenchofu, Tokyo, Japan (Architectural Design: Yasushi Horibe)
  • 2004
    • Aichi Steel Corporation, Jyuraku-tei, Aichi, Japan (Architectural Design: Takenaka Corporation)
    • Apartment house, Culcere Odo Nmature, Fukuoka, Japan (Architectural Design: Takenaka Corporation)
    • Apartment house, PROUD GEM Ichigaya, Tokyo, Japan (Design Supervision: ADH Architects, Makoto Shin Watanabe + Yoko Kinoshita)
  • 2008
    • Apartment house, KEYAKI GARDEN, Tokyo, Japan (Architectural Design: Yasushi Horibe)
  • 2010
    • Restaurant, Koraibashi Kitcho, Nanba Dining Maison, Osaka, Japan (Interior Design: Kenji Hashimoto)
  • 2011
    • Restaurant, Koraibashi Kitcho, JR Osaka Mitsukoshi Isetan, Osaka, Japan (Interior Design: Kenji Hashimoto)
  • 2014
    Apartment house, Brillia Musashi-nakahara, Kanagawa, Japan (Design Supervision: Sakakura Associates architects and engineers, Yasuhiro Mandai)
  • 2017
    • Passenger ship, guntû, Hiroshima, Japan ( Design: Yasushi Horibe)

［PUBLIC COLLECTIONS］

  • Terada Collection
  • Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
  • Tokoname City, Aichi, Japan
  • Ibaraki Ceramic Art Museum, Japan