Takeshi Yasura
OVERVIEW
Takeshi Yasura completed an MFA in Sculpture at the Graduate School of Fine Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts in 2018, and completed study at the École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts in 2020. The artist is based in both France and Japan. His practice apprehends various actors—technology, living organisms, inanimate matter, and human beings—not along a vertical hierarchy but on a horizontal plane, aiming to acknowledge each existence in its own right. In 2018, the artist participated in the artist-in-residence program “END OF SUMMER” in Portland. Major exhibitions include ‘TOTEM ORGA（H）’（Kohoku Water Reclamation Center, Kanagawa, 2026）, ‘The 36th Ljubljana Biennale of Graphic Arts’ (Slovenia, 2025), ‘Our Ecology: Toward Living on the Planet Earth’（Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, 2023–24）, ‘Ecology: Dialogue on Circulation – Ephemeral Dockers’ （Ginza Maison Hermès Le Forum, Tokyo, 2024）, ‘Reborn-Art Festival 2021–22’（Miyagi, 2021）, and ‘Le 65e Salon de Montrouge’（Paris, 2021）.His works are included in the collections of the Watari-um Museum of Contemporary Art（Tokyo, Japan）, the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa（Ishikawa, Japan）, and the Shiga Museum of Art（Shiga, Japan）.
HISTORY
2026
‘TOTEM ORGA(H)’, Kohoku Water Reclamation Center, Kanagawa, Japan
2024
‘Connection’, OMOTESANDO CROSSING PARK, Tokyo, Japan
‘Kudzu and Scum’, Might Be Classics, Tokyo, Japan
2023
‘this ground is still alive’, Light Seed Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2022
‘We didn’t know they stacked shit that high’, gallery TOH, Tokyo, Japan
2025
‘The Setouchi Triennale 2025’, Kagawa, Japan
‘The 36th Ljubljana Biennale of Graphic Arts’, Slovenia
‘A Drop of Water’, faro WORKPLACE, Tokyo, Japan
‘Collection Exhibition 3’, 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan
2024
‘Dancing with All Things: The Ecology of Empathy’, 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan
‘Earth-Life Learning”’, GINZA MAISON HERMÈS, Tokyo, Japan
‘Gravitation’, Paichu Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
‘Sammu Hyakunengo Art Festival’, Chiba, Japan
‘AN ARENA’, Barbati Gallery, Venice, Italy
‘Hyakunengo Art Festival’, Chiba, Japan
‘Ecology: Dialogue on Circulations Dialogue 2 “Ephemeral Anchoring”’,GINZA MAISON HERMÈS, Tokyo, Japan
2023
‘OUR ECOLOGY: Toward a Planetary Living’, MORI ART MUSEUM, Tokyo, Japan
‘Gravitation’, SRR Project Space, Tokyo, Japan
‘FINE FLEUR’, Omstand, Arnhem, Netherlands
2022
‘Reborn-Art Festival 2021–2022’, Miyagi, Japan
‘Material Differentiation’, N&A Art Site, Tokyo, Japan
2021
‘Standing Ovation’, ATAMI ART GRANT, Shizuoka, Japan
‘Le 65e Salon de Montrouge’, Paris, France
2020
‘Jeune Création 69’, Fondation Fiminco, Romainville, France
Watari Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan
21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan
Shiga Museum of Art, Shiga, Japan
NEWS
Takeshi Yasura's solo exhibition ‘HAK HACK’ at CADAN Otemachi
KOTARO NUKAGA will be pleased to present Takeshi Yasura’s solo exhibition ‘HAK HACK’ at CADAN Otemachi, from April 1 to April 18, 2026. Yasura completed graduate studies in sculpture at Tokyo University of the Arts and at the École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts in Paris. He is based in both France and Japan. His practice challenges