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
  • Galri Den, 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 walls, 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
  • Ceramic Market Gallery Q +1, Tokyo

• 1998

  • Ceramic Market Gallery Q +1, Tokyo

• 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

  Boundless Verdure, ACG Villa Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan

• 2024

  Square, Gallery CAPTION, Gifu, Japan

［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 scene of expression ’87, Kaminoge Campus, Tama Art University, Tokyo, Japan
  • Ceramic Market, Gallery Q +1, Tokyo

• 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
  • Lights in the night of NAVIDAD, Seibu Department Store Shibuya Craft Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
  • Ceramic Market, Gallery Q +1, Tokyo

• 1989

  • Drawings by sculptors, Sekibou-Umu, Nara, Japan
  • The 9th Hara Annual, Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan
  • Drawings by Sculptors, Sekibou-Umu, Nara, 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
  • Space and Concept — Proposals for Public Art, Naruse Murata Galley, 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
  • Mini Size Exhibition, Soh Gallery, Tokyo, 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 Aesthetic of Margins, 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
  • Paintings, Gallery Koyanagi, Tokyo, Japan

• 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