biography

1979
Born in Okayama, Japan
2004
Graduated from Hiroshima City University Faculty of Art and Design
2004 - 2005
Exchange Student Fachhochschule Hanover,Germany
2006
MFA,(Dept. of Fine Arts) Graduate School of Art, Hiroshima, Japan
live and work in Hiroshima
 

selected solo exhibition

2022
garbage and soup, STAND COFFEE cotocoto, Saitama
2017
"GHOST IN THE CELLAR",Yamanaka Sake Shop,Hioshima
2015
"PLEASE EAT ME",art space Aburakame,Okayama
2014
"LASTER ART SELECTION YUGEN HIROFUMI EXHIBITION", RULE BAR Laster, Hiroshima
2013
The first meal is the beginning of death、gallery t、Tokyo
2007
“G-Selection YUGEN Hirofumi solo Exhibition”, gallery G, Hiroshima
2005
“YUGEN Hirofumi solo Exhibition”, Gallery Idutsuya, Hiroshima
2004
“SPECTRO” ,Kamotsuru Sake Brewery Yoshitomi-zo, Hiroshima
2003
“YUGEN Hirofumi -environment-” ,Gallery P2, Hiroshima

selected group exhibition

2023
Open projector, not open mic、JITSUZAISEI、Osaka
BIWAKO artist in residence, Shiga
2022
5th Kagawa Yamanami Arts Festival 2022, Kagawa
Parts, Rempah Rempah, Ishikawa
Distant Early Warning SHIMIZU Jio and YUGEN Hirofumi, area ku-ga, Hiroshima
2021
in/visible, TAMENTAI GALLERY Tsurumi-cho Laboratory, Hiroshima
“Food and Contemporary Art vol.8、BankART1929、Yokohama
Let' present ART to somebody、gallery G、Hiroshima
2020
ART to somebody、gallery G、Hiroshima
2019
star-gazy pie Ayako FUDAMOTO Hirofumi YUGEN、Gallery PARC、Kyoto
KITCHEN、ART Space ZERO-POINT、Tokyo
ON ANOTHER GROUND ZERO : HIROSHIMA、The Vanderbilt Republic Gallery、New York
Salt and Bread of Córdoba、La Cordobesa、Hiroshima
ZERO Project HIROSHIMA 2019、Former Bank of Hiroshima Branch、Hiroshima
2018
The 8 th public recruitment new artist exhibition secondary review (presentation exhibition disclosure), Kawaguchi City Art Gallery · Atria
Kagawa Yamanami Arts Festival 2018 AYAGAWA, Kagawa
Hiroshima Art Intersection、Galley intersection 611, Hiroshima
2017
The Life in Satoyama! The Artists- Into the streets, Kake Streets , Hiroshima
2016
Expedition! Everyone's Art Jungle, Hatsukaichi Art Gallery, Hiroshima
MINIFESTA #2, Atelier Suterena,  Wien, Austria 
KAGAWA YAMANAMI Arts Festival 2016, Kagawa
ZERODATE art exhibition 2016 The10th Anniversary, Akita
2015
"Bijutsu Shokudo",ART SPACE ZERO-ONE,osaka
kristallin #23 Minifesta, Atelierhaus Salzamt, Linz, Austria
2014
“YOKOGAWA SHOPPING STREET THEATER 2013 NEW YOKOGAWA CINEMA PARADISE”, Hiroshima
“67th Ymaguchi Prefectual Art Exhibition ”,Ymaguchi Prefectual Art Museum
2013
“Tsuchiyu Arafudo Art Annul 2013”, Tsuchiyu -onsen, Fukushima
“DESIGN NIGHT 2013”, SUZUCAFE, Hiroshima
“YOKOGAWA SHOPPING STREET THEATER 2013 YOKOGAWA Montmartre”, Hiroshima
2012
“Food, Clothing and Shelter ー Hiroshima meets Seoul”, Seokyeong University, Seoul
2011
“Vital Water: Art Meets Agriculture”, Higashihiroshima City Museum of Art , Hiroshima
“65th Ymaguchi Prefectual Art Exhibition ”,Ymaguchi Prefectual Art Museum
2010
“Food and Contemporary Art part 6”, BankART1929, Yokohama
“ZERODATE/ODATE”,Odate Shoppingu Street, Akita
“HIROSHIMA ART PROJECT 2010 HiroshimART”, Hiroshima
2009
“HIROSHIMA ART PROJECT 2009 Kippo Maru:Exproring inside the Ship!”, Hiroshima
2008
“GENBI anywhere commpetition”, Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Hiroshima
“HIROSHIMA ART PROJECT 2008 Brackish Water Area KNAP2”, Hiroshima
2007
“HIROSHIMA ART PROJECT - turning waste incineration plant into art center HIGH QUALITY DUST”, Hiroshima
2006
“HOPES2005 Selected Graduation Works Exhibition of Okayama and Hiroshima Universities”, Hukuyama Museum
“2nd contemporary culpture project in Seibo Kitamura's birthplace FROMLIFE”
2005
“Ein Gefuehltes Ein Gedachtes” , RODOLFO . arte y comunicacion-Galerie, Berlin
“ exchange students exhibition GEISHA”, Tschechischer Pavillon, Hanover
Art Contemporain Kunstservice , Berlin
2004
“SPECTRO”, Kamotsuru Sake Brewery Yoshitomi-zo, Hiroshima

prize

2018
8th public recruitment new artist exhibition , a winning work
2014
67th Ymaguchi Prefectual Art Exhibition a fine work (Ymaguchi Prefectual Art Museum)
2013
5th KONICA MINOLTA ECO&ART AWARD 2013 , part of visual arts , a winning work
2011
65th Ymaguchi Prefectual Art Exhibition a fine work (Ymaguchi Prefectual Art Museum)
2006
first in the Graduate School of Art(Hiroshima City University)

organization

2021
in/visible, TAMENTAI GALLERY Tsurumi-cho Laboratory, Hiroshima
2016
“TEJIMA Yuki Exhibition Life Drawing”,ANCHORET, Hiroshima
2015
“YOKOGAWA SHOPPING STREET THEATER 2015 YOKOGAWA Moulin Rouge”, Hiroshima
2014
“YOKOGAWA SHOPPING STREET THEATER 2013 NEW YOKOGAWA CINEMA PARADISE”, Hiroshima
2013
“YOKOGAWA SHOPPING STREET THEATER 2013 YOKOGAWA Montmartre”, Hiroshima

residence

2023
BIWAKO artist in residence, Shiga
2014
Hiroshima-Bali Artist In Residence Program, Bali, Indonesia
2012
“Food, Clothing and Shelter ー Hiroshima meets Seoul”, Seokyeong University, Seoul