Daisuke Yokota
artist / photographer
Daisuke Yokota was born in Saitama, Japan, 1983. Graduated from the “Nippon photography institute” in 2003. Selected the honorable mention of “the 31st Canon New Cosmos of Photography” in 2008, and the grand prix of “1_Wall Award”. Yokota had his solo exhibition ‘Site/Cloud’ at G/P gallery in 2013. He has also been exhibited his works in many shows including “New Cosmos of Photography Tokyo Exhibition 2008″ (2008, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Tokyo), “1_Wall Exhibition″ (2010, Guardian Garden, Tokyo), “MP1: Expanded Retina” (2012, G/P gallery Tokyo), “On the flow” (2012, G/P gallery, Tokyo). Recently he is working as a member of an international artists collective “AM projects.”
Yokota was the winner of the tenth Foam Paul Huf Award, 2016.
Daisuke Yokota
artist / photographer
Daisuke Yokota was born in Saitama, Japan, 1983. Graduated from the “Nippon photography institute” in 2003. Selected the honorable mention of “the 31st Canon New Cosmos of Photography” in 2008, and the grand prix of “1_Wall Award”. Yokota had his solo exhibition ‘Site/Cloud’ at G/P gallery in 2013. He has also been exhibited his works in many shows including “New Cosmos of Photography Tokyo Exhibition 2008″ (2008, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Tokyo), “1_Wall Exhibition″ (2010, Guardian Garden, Tokyo), “MP1: Expanded Retina” (2012, G/P gallery Tokyo), “On the flow” (2012, G/P gallery, Tokyo). Recently he is working as a member of an international artists collective “AM projects.”
Yokota was the winner of the tenth Foam Paul Huf Award, 2016.
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Richard Serra: TransmitterOngoing“I consider space to be a material. The articulation of space has come to take precedence over other concerns. I attempt to use sculptural form to make space distinct.” –Richard Serra (more…)
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Dia CenterNew York / Beacon, USADia Center was founded in New York City in 1974 by Philippa de Menil, Heiner Friedrich, and Helen Winkler to help artists achieve visionary projects that might not otherwise be realized because of scale or scope. To suggest the institution’s role in enabling such ambitions, they selected the name “Dia,” taken from the Greek word meaning “through.” (more…)
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Mai Ling: Not Your OrnamentSep 15 – Nov 12, 2023Founded in Vienna in 2019, Mai Ling is an artists’ collective and association dedicated to facilitating dialogues about experiences of racism, sexism, homophobia, and any kind of prejudgment, particularly against Asian FLINT* (women*, lesbian, inter*, non-binary, and trans*). Rooted in solidarity against patriarchal and racial discrimination, the group offers a protected space and growing network to give voice to the many individuals affected by such discrimination and foster new forms of collaboration. (more…)
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Larry Sultan / SwimmersPublication 2023“Painterly and impressionistic, filled with movement and gesture, Swimmers is Larry Sultan’s most instinctive and unselfconscious body of work. A creatively liberating moment that reveals as much, if not more, about the person behind the lens as those in front of it.” –Sean O’Hagan, The Observer New Review (more…)
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UPHA Made in UkraineUkrainian Photographic AlternativeUPHA Made in Ukraine is the first book published by BOOKSHA. The work on the project started in 2017. The book is the result of creative work by the participants of the Ukrainian Photographic Alternative group. (more…)
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Love Story: New Photography on Love and IntimacyPublicationLove is one of the most difficult things to photograph, yet this anthology of moving, unexpected images captures the heart of what it means to know and love another. From first love to lost love, these intimate portraits express the tenderness and vulnerability, passion and patience of this powerful emotion. (more…)
