1977　Born in Tokyo, Japan
Lives and works in Tokyo, Japan

Education:
1995　Entered Joshibi University of Art and Design, Department of Design and Crafts (Concentration in Textile Weaving)
1999　Established the group “ninyu works”

Ai Yamaguchi (Japanese, b.1977) is an artist who utilizes a unique combination of delicately drawn lines and celluloid, picture-like expression to vividly portray the lives of young female prostitutes. Her works conjure up a sense of curiosity and amazement within the viewer, due to the depiction of young girls from multiple angles, in a wide variety of poses. As a result, they powerfully embody the sexuality typical of the Edo period, combined with a peculiar brand of eroticism unique to the artist’s hand.

Yamaguchi’s style has also been said to combine “flatness,” regarded as a particularly characteristic feature of traditional Japanese Art, with trends in Japanese subculture.

【 SOLO Exhibition 】

Solo and Two-Person Exhibitions

2018
“ima to koko ni”, Mizuma Art Gallery, Tokyo

2017
“Resident Artist Project vol.1 Ai Yamaguchi”, Yuki Hayama Studio, Saga
“Curator’s Selection #2 AI YAMAGUCHI”, Joshibi Galleria nike, Tokyo

2014
“shinchishirin”, Joshua Liner Gallery, New York, U.S.A.

2012
“hoshi”, Mizuma Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
“ai yamaguchi×PIP&POP: UTAKATA TAYUTAU -the blinking of an eye-“, Spiral Garden, Tokyo
“ashita mata”, 10 Chancery Lane Gallery, Hong Kong
“yorokobi”, NADi modern, Tokyo, Japan

2011
“kumogakure”, Aki Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan

2010
“hogarahogara”, NADiff Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
“kiyu”, Mizuma Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

2008
“hana wa no ni aruyouni”, Robert & Tilton, Los Angeles, U.S.A.

2007
“Yama, haruru” Mizuma Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

2006
“E no e : Pictures of Pictures” GR2, Los Angeles, U.S.A.

2004
“Oyasumi” Shaheen Modern & Contemporary Art, Cleveland, U.S.A.
“Haru no yukue” Mizuho Oshiro Gallery, Kagoshima, Japan
“Hana mite kurasu haru” NADiff, Tokyo, Japan (traveled to NADiff bis, Miyagi, Japan)

200３
“Sukutoko” Roberts & Tilton, Los Angeles, U.S.A.
“Hanabukuro” Viewing Room yoyogi/garage, Tokyo, Japan

2002
“Kinuginu” Gallery Eve, Tokyo, Japan
“Ai Yamaguchi” Giant Robot Store, Los Angeles, U.S.A.
“Ai Yamaguchi” Stefan Stux Gallery, New York, U.S.A.

2001
“Ominaeshi” NADiff bis, Miyagi, Japan
“Shoumonraifuku” SHIBUYA SEIBU ART GALLERY, Tokyo, Japan

2000
“Haru ni shirarenu hana” NADiff, Tokyo, Japan
“Mokomoko no tsuki” NADiff, Tokyo, Japan
“Kamuro” Salon Sui, Ishikawa, Japan

Group Exhibitions

2018
“Yuki Hayama, takeshibuya, Ai Yamaguchi”, Yuki Hayama Studio, Saga

2017
“Cool Japan – worldwide fascination in focus”, Museum Volkenkunde, Leiden, Holland
“IMPACTS! II”, Gallery Ohrin, Ibaraki

2016
“IMPACTS!”, Gallery Ohrin, Ibaraki

2015
“Giant Robot Biennale 4”, Japanese American National Museum, Los Angels, U.S.A.
“Prints & Originals”, Gallery SPEAK FOR, Tokyo

2014
“IMPACTS!”, ZANE BENNETT Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, U.S.A.
“The Grand Kojiki Exhibition – Feelings and words handed down from past generations to the future”, Nara Prefectural Museum of Art
“Conversations through the Asian collections”, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

2013
“Ukiyo-e POP – Pop Culture from Edo to Today”, Shizuoka City Tokaido Hiroshige Museum of Art, Japan
“Wonderful My Art – The Artist of the Takahashi Collection”, Kawaguchiko Museum of Art, Yamanashi, Japan
“Crossover”, AKI Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
“LOOK EAST! 2 – Asian Perspectives”, Mizuma Gallery, Singapore

2012
“ZIPANGU : The Surge of Japanese Contemporary Art”, The Niigata Bandaijima Art Museum, Japan (travelling to Takasaki Museum of Art, Gunma / Hachinohe City Museum of Art, Aomori / Akita Museum of Modern Art, Japan, 2013)
“Kamisaka Sekka – dawn of modern Japanese design”, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

2011
“ZIPANGU – 31 spirited artists cutting through new territories of Japanese contemporary art”, Takashimaya Nihonbashi,Tokyo (travelled to Takashimaya Osaka, Takashimaya Kyoto, Japan)

2009
“November Steps -Susan Phillipsz & Gallery Artists-“, Mizuma Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

2008
“Macrocosm”, Roberts & Tilton, Los Angeles, U.S.A.
“Off the Rails”, Mizuma and One Gallery, Beijing, China

2006
“DO NOT STACK” Roberts & Tilton, Los Angeles, U.S.A.
“2006 Group show” Mizuho Oshiro Gallery, Kagoshima, Japan
“Fiction@Love” Museum of Contemporary Art Shanghai, China (traveled to Singapore Art Museum, Singapore)

2005
“take art collection 2005”, Spiral Garden, Tokyo, Japan
“Untitled” Roberts & Tilton, Los Angeles, U.S.A.
“A -lunch” AXIS Gallery ANNEX, Tokyo, Japan

2004
“EYE OF THE NEEDLE” Roberts & Tilton, Los Angeles, U.S.A.
“Fiction. Love-Ultra New Vision in Contemporary Art” Museum of Contemporary Art Taipei, Taiwan
“OFFICINA ASIA” Galleria d’Arte Moderna, Bologna, Italy

2003
“Still Waters”, Roberts & Tilton, Los Angeles, U.S.A.

2002
“Kageki Metonymics”, Stefan Stux Gallery, New York, U.S.A.

Public Collection
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia