Haruka YAMADA
Born in Kanagawa, lives in Tokyo
2012–2014 DNSEP in Art, Ecole Nationale Supérieure d’Art et Design, Dijon, France
2010–2012 DNAP in Space Design, Ecole Nationale Supérieure d’Art et Design, Dijon, France
2005–2009 BA in Fine Art, Musashino Art University, College of Art & Design, Tokyo, Japan
Solo/Duo Exhibitions
2025
Time-zone: Sun, Standard Time, Map, gallery full empty, Tokyo, Japan
2024
AiRK Research Project vol.2 Haruka Yamada + Sam Wilde “Walls and Frogs” (Duo), Rose Garden, Hyogo, Japan
2023
Mirage of Sundials, POETIC SCAPE, Tokyo, Japan
2022
Nocturne, POETIC SCAPE, Tokyo, Japan
2021
Neither metaphor nor sue vol.2 Haruka YAMADA “Nocturne”, soco1010, Tokyo, Japan
2019
Drawing an ambiguity (Duo), HAGISO, Tokyo, Japan
Selected Group Exhibitions and Projects
2025
TOKAS Creator-in-Residence 2025 Exhibition “Lingua Franca”, Tokyo Arts and Space Hongo, Tokyo, Japan
Art and Tidal Flats, Banzu tidal flat, Chiba, Japan
MOTOKOLOGY, Kobe, Japan
Koganecho Bazaar + Kamiooka Bazaar 2025 We Meet Along the Way, Kanagawa, Japan
2023
Kukami Matsuri, Dorogawa Hot Spring Village, Nara, Japan
2022
Working, Crawling (curated by Adam Szymczyk), SMBC East Tower, Tokyo, Japan
Setouchi Triennale 2022, Tadotsu Town Project, Kagawa, Japan
OC C U R R ENT, Vargas Museum, Manila, Philippines
2021
OKUYAMATO MIND TRAIL Museum in your mind, Nara, Japan
2020
Koganecho Bazaar 2020 Artists and Communities, Kanagawa, Japan
2019
Widget Factory Annual Art Show (curated by Kogo Gallery), Aparaaditehas, Tartu, Estonia
Drawing an ambiguity, HAGISO, Tokyo, Japan
2018
CONVECTIVE SCENERY China-Japan Contemporary Art Exhibition, 53 Museum, Guangzhou, China
2017
Nakanojo Biennale, Nakanojo Museum of Folk and History, Gunma, Japan
2016
Winner for Dokodemo Open Call, Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Japan
2015
Winner for the Dauphine Prize for Contemporary Art, Galerie du Crous, Paris, France
Dauphine Prize for Contemporary Art, Paris Dauphine University, Paris, France
2014
CONEXIONES / CONNEXIONS, Archaeological Museum of Dijon, France
CONEXIONES / CONNEXIONS, Faculty of Fine Arts, Granada, Spain
Journée européenne des langues, Maison de Rhenanie-Palatinat, Dijon, France
Focal Local 4, festival Dièse #9, Dijon, France
DÉRIVES, group exhibition, Atheneum, Dijon, France
2013
Kunst am Spreeknie-Schöneweide Art Festival, Atelieretage G59, Berlin, Germany
2012
Rendez-vous de chantier, Arsenal, Dijon, France
De l’objet au territoire, Saint-Philibert Church, Dijon, France
Residencies
2024
18th Street Arts Center (TOKAS Exchange Residency Program), Los Angeles, USA
2022
Katsurao AIR, Fukushima, Japan
2020
Kesen AIR (online), Iwate, Japan
2019
Tartu Artist in Residence, Tartu, Estonia
Y-AIR, Manila, Philippines
2018
VAA Nida Art Colony, Nida, Lithuania
2017
Nomadic artist in residence program, Seoul, South Korea
Grants and Awards
2025
Suginami City Grant for Arts and Culture Activities (Young Artist Program), Japan
2024
Call to Dream: The Sam Francis Fellowship, Sam Francis Foundation, United States
2021
Ogasawara Toshiaki Memorial Foundation, Second Special Grant for COVID-19 (Contemporary Art), Japan
Suginami City Grant for New Models of Art Appreciation, Japan
2016
Selected artist, Dokodemo Open Call, Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Japan
2015
Grand Prize for Dauphine Prize for Contemporary Art, Paris, France