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 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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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
In the Flow (ひろしまアニメーションシーズン関連展示), gallery G, Hiroshima, Japan 16 Aug 2022Takao Minami participates in the group exhibition, 'In the Flow (ひろしまアニメーションシーズン関連展示)' at gallery G in Hiroshima prefecture from 16th August to 28th August 2022. Title:...Read more -
Takao Minami
"加藤泉とTHE TETORAPOTZ 展" Sasaki Art & Doll Museum, Miyagi prefecture 4 Aug 2022Takao Minami will participate in the group exhibition, '加藤泉とTHE TETORAPOTZ 展' at Sasaki Art & Doll Museum in Miyagi prefecture from 11th September 2022 to...Read more -
Takao Minami LP record: ressentiment / “ikisyon 19"
11 May 2021The LP record 'ikisyon 19' by Takao Minami's artist unit 'ressentiment' was released by Potziland Record. Sold at : ressentiment's STORE Released by : Potziland...Read more -
Takao Minami "Mrs. Yuki presents THE TETORAPOTZ SHOW" at ROPPONGI TSUTAYA BOOKS, Tokyo
16 Sep 2020Takao Minami will participate in a group exhibition 'Mrs. Yuki presents THE TETORAPOTZ SHOW' at ROPPONGI TSUTAYA BOOKS, Tokyo from 17 September to 11 October...Read more