Chim↑Pom
Formed in Tokyo, August 2005
●Members of Chim↑Pom
Ellie
Ryuta Ushiro
Yasutaka
Hayashi
Masataka Okada
Toshinori Mizuno
Motomu Inaoka
●Profile
Formed by six young artists in 2005, Chim↑pom has continued subverting
Japanese Art scene since its debut with "ERIGERO". Initially
shown at AIDA Makoto's exhibition in San Francisco, the video work records
the only female member ERII just drinking and vomiting pink liquid repeatedly.
The other members are USHIRO Ryuta, HAYASHI Yasutaka, MIZUNO Noriaki, OKADA
Masataka and INAOKA Motomu. Their first one-group exhibition "SUPER☆RAT"
provoked controversies with brown rats colored into yellow to mock a famous
character. The next exhibition "Oh My God!" highlighted their
continuous interest in "life and death" as the main theme. The
following exhibition "Thank You Celeb Project: I'm Bokan" displayed
and auctioned brand products they bombed with landmines in Cambodia, which
won the excellent prize in the public exhibition of Hiroshima City Museum
of Contemporary Art in 2007.
Kicking off 2008 with participation in exhibitions in Indonesia and Brazil,
Chim↑Pom is now going to hold five new exhibitions in Los Angels, Hiroshima
and three galleries in Tokyo.
● Solo Exhibitions
2008 "Japanese Art is 10 Years Behind" NADiff a/p/a/r/t, Tokyo
2007 "Thank You Celeb Project I'm BOKAN" Mujin-to Production,Tokyo
"Oh My God" Mujin-to Production, Tokyo
2006 "SUPER☆RAT" Mujin-to Producion, Tokyo
● Selected Activities（Group Exhbition, Live and Performance）
2008 "KITA!! Japanese Artists Meet Indonesia" Jogja National
Museum, Yogyakarta
"The 3rd Gandhara Film Festival"
"When Lives Become Form : Dialogue with the Future - Brazil,Japan"
The Museum of Modern Art of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo
"New Tokyo Contemporaries" Shin-Marunouchi building 7F (marunouchi) HOUSE, Tokyo
2007 Event "HARAJUKU PERFORMANCE +(Plus)" LAFORET MUSEUM, Tokyo
Event "Thank You Celeb Project I'm BOKAN Charity Auction"
P-House, Tokyo
"Emotion Burglar" BankART Studio NYK, Yokohama, Kanagawa
"DAIIWA RADIATOR FACTORY VIEWING ROOM vol.4" DAIIWA RADIATORFACTORY
VIEWING ROOM, Hiroshima
"Special Exhibition : Re-Act" Hiroshima City Museum of ContemporaryArt,
Hiroshima
Event "SUPER☆RAT ＠AZUMABASHI DANCE CROSSING" Asahi Art Square,Tokyo
2006 Event "IKE IKE ACTION"(hosted by Chim↑Pom）A.R.T.,
Tokyo
Event "Eizo dayo ! Zenin Shugo!!(related to Makoto Aida's soloexhibition)"
movie showing, Mizuma Art Gallery, Tokyo
2005 Event "IKE IKe 40 years old(related to "40×40 Project" by The group
1965)" live performance, BankART 1929 Yokohama, Kanagawa
"Makoto Aida solo exhibtion 'Drink Sake Alone'" works participation,Lisa
Dent Gallery, San Francisco
Event "FUTSU SUMMIT(related to "40×40 Project" by The
group 1965)'" movie showing, ANPONTAN, Tokyo
Event "HAPPY SUMMER 2005(related to "40×40 Project"
by The group 1965" live performance, NADiff, Tokyo
＜Award＞
2007 "New Art Comperirion 2007" Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art
Award
(Grand Prix)
