- Fuyuki Yamakawa
- ‘Khoomei’ singer / Performer / Sound creator
Born in London, UK in 1973.
Lives and works in Tokyo.
He improvised musical happenings - picks up and amplifies the sound of his heartbeat with an electronic stethoscope. His performance, expressing himself through sound and light, is completely original and powerful, and thus creates a deep resonance to the space as well as to the audience.
■MAJOR SOLO EXHIBITION
- 2006
- -'ALIVE ART MATSURI vol.2 Fuyuki Yamakawa "the Voice-Over"', BankART Studio NYK, Yokohama, Japan
- -'The voice-over - Fuyuki Yamaka', Gallery Objective Correlative, Tokyo
■MAJOR GROUP EXHIBITION
- 2015
- - "Sayoko Yamaguchi ? The Wearist Clothed in the Future” The Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, Tokyo/Japan
- - “MOT Collection Special Exhibition for the 20th Anniversary of Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo Stage3 Collection Becoming” The Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, Tokyo/Japan
- 2014
- - "Sapporo International Art Festival 2014", ?Chi-Ka-Ho, Sapporo Underground Walkway, Sapporo/Japan
- 2013
- - "Sharing Vibes" Atsukobarouh, Tokyo/Japan
- -"Omnilogue:Your Voice is Mine", NUS Museum, National University of Singapore, Singapore
- 2012
- -"Artists and the Disaster - Documentation in Progress - " Art Tower Mito, Ibaraki/Japan
- -"Tomorrow is today I see for the first time " Snow Contemporary, Tokyo/Japan
- 2011
- -"Atomicsite" directed by illcomonz, Contemporary Art Factory, Tokyo/Japan
- -"Tokyo Art plant", Tokyo university of Arts Ueno Campus faculty of Fine arts, Tokyo/Japan
- -"Nishino Travelers", Naniwabashi Station Art Area B1 (Osaka), Nakanoshima Banks CENTER-A (Osaka), Antenna Media (Kyoto)
- 2010
- -'MOT Collection Plastic Memories; to illuminate“now”', Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, Collection Gallery, Tokyo
- 2009
- -"Yokohama International Video Festival 2009 CREAM: Creativity for Arts and Media", BankART Studio NYK, Yokohama, Japan
- -"I BELIEVE : Japanese Contemporary Art", The Museum of Modern Art, Toyama, Toyama, Japan
- -"ENSEMBLES09", 3331 ArtsChiyoda, Tokyo
- 2008
- -"Seven Nights, Seven Lights", Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Tokyo
- -"Pusan Biennale 2008", Pusan Museum of Art, Pusan, Korea
■MAJOR PERFORMANCES
- 2012
- -"Membrana", Kyoto Art Center, Kyoto/Japan
- -"Dance Truck Project", Minatomirai Special Stage,Yokohama/Japan
- 2011
- -"Big In Japan 2011", Paddington Town Hall (Sydney / Australia) , 1000 Pound Bend (Melbourne / Australia)
- 2010
- -"HARAJUKU PERFORMANCE+2010", Laforet Museum, Tokyo/Japan (solo performance)
- -"Pneumonia", Aichi Arts Center (8F Gallery G), Aichi/Japan
- -"GREC2010", Centre du Culture Contemporania de Barcelona, Barcelona/Spain (solo performance)
- -"BlackHair Ballad", VACANT, Tokyo/Japan (an independent stage public performance)
- -"Keiji Haino x Fuyuki Yamakawa", superdeluxe, Tokyo/Japan (duo improvisation, open recording)
- -"Play Cine en Direct Festival", La Casa Encendida, Spain (solo performance)
- -"Three residents of a lizard lounge", The Watari Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo/Japan
- (trio improvisation with Yoshihide Otomo and Norimizu Ameya)
- 2009
- -"4.48 サイコシス", AURUSPOT, Tokyo/Japan (Written by Sarah Kane/Production by Norimizu Ameya, Festival Tokyo participating work)
- -"Sympathetic Body", Nam June Paik art center, Korea (solo performance)
- -"MIHARA YASUHIRO Paris men's collection Fashion show", Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris/France(solo performance)
- 2008
- -"HARAJUKU PERFORMANCE+SPECIAL - Norimizu Ameya x Fuyuki Yamakawa performance" Laforet Museum, Tokyo/Japan
- -"Nanjing triennial", Nanjing 博物院, Nanjing/China (solo performance)
- -"ZENSORS", RADIALSYSTEM V, Berlin/Germany
- (collaboration of Takayuki Fujimoto, Hiroshi Manabe , Kanta Horio and others)
- 2007
- -"Some cats from Japan", The Kitchen, NY, U.S.
- -"Some cats from Japan", The Kitchen, NY, U.S. (Duo with Ikue Mori)
- -"Vancouver New Music", The Scotiabank Dance Centre,Vancouver, Canada
- -"The Time-Based Art Festival", Portland, U.S.
- -"D.D.D", Esplanade, Singapore (collaboration with Takao Kawaguchi)
- -"La Biennale di Venezia", Arsenale, Venezia, Italy (collaboration with Atsuhiro Ito, DoraVideo, MASH)
- -"MODAFE 2007", ARKO Arts Theatre, Seoul, Korea (collaboration with Takao Kawaguchi)
- 2006
- -"8th High Zero Festival Of Experimental Improvised Music", Baltimore, U.S.
- -"Fuji Rock Festival`06", Naeba, Niigata, Japan (as a singer of AlayaVijana)
- -"sound/bodies", Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth, New Zealand
- -"La Biennale di Venezia", Arsenale, Venezia, Italy (collaboration with Takao Kawaguchi)
- 2005
- -"Queer Zagreb Festival", HDLU, Zagreb, Republic of Croatia (collaboration with Takao Kawaguchi)
- -"homeogryllus japonicus orchestra vol.2", Hara museum of contemporary art, Tokyo, Japan
- -"Queensland Music Festival", Brisbane, Australia
- 2004
- -"sonarsound Tokyo 2004", Ebisu Garden Place, Tokyo, Japan
- -"1st International Kai Festival", Republic of Altai, Russia(awarded '3rd class kaichi')
- -"Gennadi Tumat Festival", Republic of Tuva, Russia(awarded 'most creative music award')
- -"Fuji Rock Festival`04", Naeba, Niigata, Japan
- 2003
- -"4th International Khoomei Festival", Republic of Tuva, Russia(awarded 'avan-garde award')
■ A MOVIE, CM, AND THEATRE PLAY
- 2011
- -theatre play "The Temple of the Golden Pavilion", Kanagawa Art Theater(Kanagawa),
- Matsumoto Arts Performing Centre (Nagano),
- Canalcity theater(Fukuoka),
- Aichi Prefectural Art Theater (Nagoya),
- Umeda Arts THeatre Main Hall (Osaka)/Japan
- Rose Theater, New York/U.S.
- (Lincoln Center festival 2011 participation)
- 2009
- -"We don't care about music anyway…"documentary, supervisor: Ce'dric Dupire & Gaspard Kuentz, France
- 2008
- -"Sony Walkman commercials"
■PUBLIC COLLECTION
- Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo