Minami is interested in how people perceive the world through sight and hearing and in the cognitive mechanisms involved. Based on the empirical study of his surroundings, his work emphasizes the audio visual experience of the artist's immediate environment through audio and visual material, computer graphics, animation and installation work. He considers all these media and materials as part of our cognitive architecture, of our experience of the world.
Born in Osaka, Japan, in 1976, Takao Minami graduated from the faculty of new media art at the International Academy of Media Arts and Sciences in Gifu and is now based in Paris. He has held a number of significant solo exhibitions including "Collection Survey : Hokkaido Museum of Northern Peoples" Hokkaido Museum of Northern Peoples, Hokkaido (2019), "Takao Minami: Difference Between" Ota Fine Arts, Tokyo (2016), "Takao Minami" Ota Fine Arts, Singapore (2014), "Takao Minami: Motion/Movement" La Chambre Blanche, Quebec, Canada (2012), "CRITERIUM 80 Takao Minami" Gallery 9, Art Tower Mito, Mito (2010), significant group exhibitions including, "Habitat" Ota Fine Arts, Singapore (2019), "helen at the mountain" Tetsuko's Garage, Japan (2018), "19th DOMANI the Art of Tomorrow Exhibition" The National Art Center, Tokyo, Japan (2016).
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Takao MinamiSundial, Paris, 2022Set of 12 colour print photographsPrint: 24 x 36 cm each / Frame: 40 x 52 cm eachEdition of 3 plus 1 artist's proof
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Takao MinamiMedi, 20166 channel video with sound9'00" loopEdition 2 of 5 + 1 AP
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Takao MinamiKishi no eizo, 2010HD video with sound10'00" loopEdition 1 of 8
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Takao Minamipuppet study #4, 2010HD video, program controlled blindDimensions variableEdition 1 of 1 + 1 AP
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Takao MinamiPuppet Study #3, 20103ch HD video (stereo)edition 1 of 8
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Takao MinamiFAT SHADES, 2008HD video with sound16'00" loopedition 4 of 10
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Takao Minamidelta story, 2007HDV Video17 minsedition 1 of 4
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Takao Minamiin Penta, 2006HD video, single channel, 16:9 (vertical position)19'00" loopEdition 5 of 5
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Gallery Collection
¥ouada, Tetsuya Umeda, Akira The Hustler, BuBu de la Madelaine + Yoshiko Shimada, Zai Kuning, Hiraki Sawa, Cheng Ran, Takao Minami, Tang Dixin, Hilmi Johandi, Masanori Handa 18 Jun - 6 Aug 2022 Tokyo -
Fuse
Rina Banerjee, Chen Wei, Masanori Handa, Takao Minami, Tang Dixin 13 May - 3 Jul 2022 SingaporeOta Fine Arts Singapore is delighted to present “Fuse”, a group exhibition featuring five artists: Rina Banerjee, Chen Wei, Masanori Handa, Takao Minami and Tang Dixin. The exhibition features artworks...Read more -
Habitat
Cheng Ran, Hilmi Johandi, Takao Minami, Guo-Liang Tan, Tang Dixin 7 Aug - 16 Oct 2021 ShanghaiA habitat is simply a home, and can be thought of as a place where living organisms live, eat, breed in, and survive. Encompassing painting, film and photography, “Habitat” explores...Read more -
Wanderers
Cheng Ran, Takao Minami and Hiraki Sawa 11 Jan - 28 Mar 2020 ShanghaiOta Fine Arts is delighted to present 'Wanderers', a group exhibition that features Chinese artist, Cheng Ran (born 1981), and Japanese artists, Takao Minami (born 1976) and Hiraki Sawa (born...Read more -
Habitat
Chen Wei, Li Qing, Takao Minami, Tang Dixin, Zai Kuning 27 Apr - 16 Jun 2019 SingaporeOta Fine Arts Singapore is delighted to present 'Habitat', which celebrates the fluid yet grounded relationship between man and nature. This exhibition features Paris-based Japanese video artist Takao Minami's Puppet...Read more -
Takao Minami: Difference Between
6 Dec 2016 - 14 Jan 2017 TokyoTakao Minami is participating in the exhibition '19th DOMANI - The Art of Tomorrow' at The National Art Center, Tokyo, sponsored by Japanese Government Agency for Cultural Affairs. In association...Read more -
Takao Minami: Medi
Takao Minami 25 Sep - 5 Nov 2016 SingaporeOpening Reception in the presence of the artist: 23 September 2016, 7pm (Coinciding with Gillman Barracks 4th Anniversary event 'Art After Dark') Artist Tour: 24 September 2016, 4pm *Other earlier...Read more -
Gallery Collection
8 Dec 2015 - 16 Jan 2016 TokyoYayoi Kusama Yuken Teruya Takao Minami Akira the Hustler Jay Flores Ticar Rina Banerjee Zhang EnliRead more -
Waterway
Lucy Davis, Zai Kuning, Takao Minami and Nobuaki Takekawa 23 May - 28 Jun 2015 SingaporeThe sea is an invisible, ambivalent and yet powerful force. Its shape transforms like a paradox -- it can be vast and endless as the Pacific, or as narrow as...Read more -
Takao MINAMI
Takao Minami 14 Mar - 27 Apr 2014 SingaporeOpening reception in the presence of the artist: Friday, 14 March 2014 19.00 - 21.00 Ota Fine Arts is pleased to announce the solo exhibition of Takao Minami, his debut...Read more -
Vivid Strata: New Representations of Asia
Firoz Mahmud, Rina Banerjee, Takao Minami, and Tomoko Kashiki 21 Jun - 21 Jul 2013 SingaporeThis summer, Ota Fine Arts is delighted to present a group exhibition featuring four contemporary artists from Asia all working in various strands of figurative representation, by means of painting,...Read more -
Behavior Model: Takao Minami, Mari Minato, Yushi Yashima
Takao Minami, Mari Minato, Yushi Yashima 17 May - 6 Jul 2013 TokyoWe are pleased to present the exhibition of 'Behavior Model' curated by Takao Minami who is the artist we represent. This exhibition features three artists: Paris-based Mari Minato, Ogaki-based Yushi...Read more -
Takao Minami "puppet study"
Takao Minami 4 Sep - 16 Oct 2010 TokyoGraduating Institute of Advanced Media Arts and Sciences(IAMAS), Minami started his career as an artist unit, called 'ressentiment'. He has been participated in many international group exhibitions and recently his...Read more -
screening Hiraki Sawa / Takao Minami
Hiraki Sawa, Takao Minami 21 Oct - 14 Nov 2009 Tokyo -
Takao Minami
Takao Minami 30 Aug - 4 Oct 2008 TokyoThe exhibition will consist of 3 video works including installations. Each used the tools such as computer, projector, monitoring camera or mirror as media to show how the elements of reality...Read more -
Takao Mianmi
Takao Mianmi 13 Jan - 17 Feb 2007 TokyoHe started activity as a member of art unit 'Ressentiment' during studying at IAMAS, Gifu, and participated n_ext: New Generation of Media Artists in ICC (2004), Yokohama Triennale 2005 and...Read more
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Takao Minami
"KOSHIKI ART 2024",Kagoshima, Japan 1 Oct 2024Takao Minami participates in a group exhibition 'KOSHIKI ART 2024' at Kagoshima, Japan from 4 Octover to 4 November 2024. Title: 'KOSHIKI ART 2024 '...Read more -
ART FAIR ASIA FUKUOKA 2022
Booth A01 24 Sep 2022Ota Fine Arts will participate in 'ART FAIR ASIS FUKUOKA 2022', from 30th September to 3rd October 2022 (HOTEL OKURA FUKUOKA only ends Oct. 2...Read more -
Takao Minami
New release of album 9 Sep 2022Takao Minami releases new album (LP record), 'THE TETORAPOTZ' as one of a band member of THE TETORAPOTZ on 9th September 2022. Title of album:...Read more -
Takao Minami
Sundial CAPSUL,Tokyo 8 Sep 2022Takao Minami holds his solo exhibition , 'Sundial' at CAPSULE in Tokyo from 17th September to 30th October 2022. Title: 'Sundial ' Exhibition Period: Sat....Read more