Yoh Nagao is a Yokohama born and Nagoya raised Japanese pop artist. He is passionate to pursue his artistic and philosophical theme “We the future indigenous” by combining painting and collage in his art pieces. Nagao is one of Japan’s leading international artists and since his much acclaimed solo exhibition in Hong Kong in 2009, his works have been exhibited around the world including Zurich, London, Paris, Berlin, New York, Tokyo, New Delhi, Miami, Los Angeles, Mexico City and Denver. In the international competition, the ARTAQ Urban Art Award awarded him an honorable mention at the Collage division of France. In 2008, his work was exhibited in the famous boutique Colette in Paris. And his work also has been selected at UNIQLO Creative Awards(UT GRAND PRIX) in 2005.
In recent years, Nagao has been invited to No Commission hosted by Bacardi USA and HipHop producer Swizzbeatz, made the art visuals for European Asics limited edition sneaker campaign and illustrations for the JRA Chukyo Racecourse annual campaign in 2015. Furthermore, he has been featured in world-renowned magazines such as JUXTAPOZ (USA), DAZED AND CONFUSED (UK), LODOWN (Germany), dpi (Taiwan). Nagao has been invited to hold collage workshops in many cities of the world to share his passion and philosophy with future generations. To experience indigenous cultures and gather inspiration and material for his art pieces, Nagao conducted field work projects in Mexico, Namibia, Mongolia where he visited ethnic groups and learned about their customs. In 2017, he temporarily came back to Japan from Berlin, which had been his base for over five years, and is now working in his atelier in Nagoya city aiming to move to USA as his next step.
Oliver Vernon
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