ARTIST INTERVIEW
広告の世界で活躍する八木秀人がアーティストとして「本当に表現したい」ことにとことん向き合い、臨む展覧会。「一人で迷路をずっとさまよっている」としながらも、新しい表現と理想の作品への手応えがあるという。本人に話を聞いた。
ABOUT ARTIST
Born in Tokorozawa, Saitama in 1975. Graduated from the Department of Graphic Design at Tama Art University in 2001. Worked as an art director and graphic designer at advertising agency McCann Erickson and Dentsu, working for Microsoft, Johnson & Johnson, Uniqlo, Honda, and others. Awards received for his designs include the JAGDA New Designer Award, the NY ADC Award, the Gold and Silver Awards at the Cannes Lions, the Gold Award at the London International Advertising Festival, and the ADFEST Grand Prix. As an artist, he exhibited at the CUTTER ART OF OLFA exhibition in 2011, a campaign for stationery manufacturer STAEDTLER in 2012, and ART BY THE HAND EXHIBITION (Spiral Gallery, Tokyo) in 2017. In 2018, he founded the creative company Hand Inc.
ABOUT EXHIBITION


Exhibition
八木秀人 個展「A life in utopia」【東京】
Venue
YUGEN Gallery
KD Minami Aoyama Building 4F, 3-1-31 Minamiaoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo
Dates
Opening Hours
Weekdays: 13:00-19:00
Weekends and holidays: 13:00-20:00
*Ends at 17:00 on the final day only
Closed Days
None
Reception Dates
Date of presence
Admission Fee
free
Notes