KAMIMURA Yoichi

Profile

Born in 1982, living and working in Chiba, Japan. Drawing chiefly upon his field recordings, Kamimura experiments with methods that draw upon sight, hearing, and other senses to perceive different scenes. His extensive body of work includes sound installations, paintings, video works, sound performances, and audio-works – unveiled in venues both within Japan and abroad.


Recent Exhibitions
"RADIO DU VIVANT" National Museum of Natural History, Jardin des plantes, Paris, 2022
“From Seeing to Acting” Group exhibition, Looiersgracht 60, Amsterdam, 2021
"Land and Beyond" Group exhibition, POLA ANNEX MUSEUM, Tokyo, 2021
"Floating Between the Tropical and Glacial Zones" Solo exhibition, TOKAS Hongo, Tokyo, 2021
"Michikusa: Walks with the Unknown" Group exhibition, Contemporary Art Center, Art Tower Mito, Ibaraki, 2020
"Hyperthermia" Solo exhibition, NTT InterCommunication Center [ICC], Tokyo, 2019

Other activities
"Hyperthermia" Sound Performance, NTT InterCommunication Center, Tokyo, 2019
"re/ports" CD Release Event, Komagome SOKO, Tokyo, 2019
"Sound of Therme Vals" Field research, Therme Vals, Vals, Switzerland, 2017

Awards, Grants
Prix Matsutani 2021 (2021)
Pola Art Foundation, Grants in Support of Art-Related International Exchange (2021)
Nomura Foundation, Arts & Culture Grants (2021)
19th Chiba City Arts and Culture Newcomer Award (2021)

About works / performance