Hiro Yamagata Official WebSite
We appreciate your patronage over the years.
While many of Hiro’s works have been sold in Japan, Hiro is not directly involved in any sales contracts and is not aware of the transactional details.
Therefore, we have launched this official website for the purpose of protecting his intellectual property rights.
News
2024.09.25
The world's first official Hiro Yamagata art gallery, HIRO YAMAGATA SPACE, will open on September 25, 2024. (Location: 1F Barbizon18 Building, 5-18-18 Shirokanedai, Minato-ku, Tokyo)
2024.07.08
Launch of official website.
Hiro Yamagata is a one-of-a-kind artist
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At the request of the United States Olympic Committee, he created the official poster for the Los Angeles Olympic tourism attraction campaign in 1984.
Since then, he has created official posters for the United States Olympic Committee for five consecutive Olympic Games (Calgary 1988 Winter, Seoul 1988 Summer, Barcelona 1992, Atlanta 1996, and Nagano 1998 Winter). -
At the request of the Statue of Liberty 100th Anniversary Commemoration Foundation (Chairman: President Reagan), he created the official commemoration poster in 1986.
Since then, he has a strong friendship with successive US presidents. - Contracted with Walt Disney Art Classics in the US in 1992.
- Directed the venue for the Academy Awards ceremony in 1997.
- Appointed as the official artist for the Grammy Awards in 2000 by the 2020 Grammy Foundation.
- Laser installation held at the Guggenheim Museum (Spain) in 2004.
Profile
Exhibition
- 2002 Proton Induction, Fred Weissman Art Museum, Pepperdine University, Malibu, California.
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2001 Photon 999, Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao, Spain, October 29 - December 2.
NGC6093, Ace Gallery, New York City, New York, May 15 - October 21. -
2000 An Active Life (Group Exhibition), Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, September 8 - December 12, (catalogue).
The Solar System Installations, Project 1 : Hiro Yamagata Laser Laboratory, A Major Installation; Yamagata Studio, Malibu, California, December 2, 2000 - continuous (catalogue).
American Lips
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1999 American Lips, Marlborough Gallery Chelsea, New York; May 22 - June 25, (catalogue).
The Source (Major Feature Documentary on the Beat Generation, Produced by Hiro Yamagata), Los Angeles Premier, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, October 13, 1999.
Laumeier Lights, Major Outdoor Laser Installation, Laumeier Sculpture Park, St. Louis, Missouri December 10 - 13.
Earthly Paradise
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1998 Earthly Paradise for Rome, Rome Italy (Via Veneto, Piazza Barberini, Pincio) July 13 - 29 (catalogue).
George Herms, Parade of Sculpture; Hiro Yamagata, Sculpture of Light, the First St. Bridge, Los Angeles 16 - 18 and October 23 - 25, 1998.
Earthly Paradise, Laumeier Sculpture Park, St.Louis, October 23, 1998 - January 17, 1999.
Worlds Within (a three person exhibition), San Francisco Camera Works, San Francisco, December 11, 1998 - January 30, 1999.
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1997 Eternity or What, Fred Hoffman Fine Art, Santa Monica, California, April 10 - May 10 (catalogue).
Eternity or What, Fred Hoffman Fine Art, Booth C268/D267, Art 1997 Chicago, Navy Pier, Chicago, Illinois, May 9 - 12.
Earthly Paradise, K^nigs-Galerie, Kassel, Germany, June 21 - September 28 (catalogue).
A Night at the Oscars, works from Earthly Paradise incorporated with laser light show for the decor of the Academy Awards Governors Ball, March 24, 1997 (catalogue).
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Earthly Paradise, Austrian Museum of Applied Arts (MAK), Vienna, Austria, November 3 - 24 (catalogue).
Element-A Laser Installation, Fred Hoffman Fine Art, Santa Monica, California, November 22, 1997 - February 28, 1998 (catalogue). -
1996 Earthly Paradise, Fred Hoffman Fine Art, Art 1996 Chicago, Navy Pier, Chicago, Illinois, May 10 - 14.
Earthly Paradise, Royal Muse, Palace of the King of Sweden, Stockholm, Sweden, June 19 - September 21. -
1995 Earthly Paradise, Hakone Open Air Museum, Hakone, Japan, May 13 - July 31 (catalogue).
Earthly Paradise, Zitelle Centro Culturale di Esposizione e Comunicazione, Venice, Italy, June 9 - September 15 (catalogue).
Earthly Paradise, Collection De Voitures Anciennes de S.A.S. Le Prince III De Monaco, Les Terrasses De Fontvieille, Monte Carlo, Monaco, July 4 - August 31.
Earthly Paradise, Villa Borghese, Montecatini, Italy, September 1 - September 13.
Earthly Paradise, Museo di Automobile, Turin, Italy, October 19 - December 31. - 1994 Earthly Paradise, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Barnsdall Park, Los Angeles, California, September 13 - October 23 (catalogue).
United States exhibition tour
- 1978-85 United States exhibition tour. Chicago, Illinois; New York, New York;
San Francisco, California; Minneapolis, Minnesota; Boston, Massachusetts;
San Diego, California; Scottsdale, Arizona; Atlanta, Georgia; Detroit, Michigan;
Anchorage, Alaska; New Orleans, Louisiana; Tampa, Florida;
and West Palm Beach, Florida. - 1978 Moves to Los Angeles, California.
First European exhibition tour
- 1974-80 First European exhibition tour. Vienna, Austria; London, United Kingdom; Rome, Italy;
and Munich, Germany.
Coordinates European concert tours for the Art Ensemble of Chicago. - 1972 Moves to Paris, France and attends L'Ecole des Beaux Arts.
Born
- 1948 Born May 30 in Shiga, Japan.
Contact
GREEN BREEZE 2024
HIRO YAMAGATA SPACE
Management and sales rights
Yamagata Hiromichi has exclusively delegated the management and sales rights of Hiro Yamagata's works to Mizuno Yoko (CEO of liu Co., Ltd.).
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