YASUTO MASUMOTO

Born in Hiroshima, Japan 1981. Lives and Works in Kyoto and Tokyo.

Education:

(2004-2006) Tokyo Polytechnic University M.A Media Art
(2000-2004) Tokyo Polytechnic University B.A Photography

2010

HAMIGAKIKKO + Yasuto Masumoto (Performance), Kyoto, Japan
Video Scream (Screening and performance), monne porto, Nagasaki, Japan
Private Chorus (Solo show), Alternative Space Loop, Seoul, Korea
CAMP for 12 hours [Community] (Talk show), Asahi Art Squere, Tokyo
No Soul For Sale (Performance), Turbine Hole, Tate Modern, London, UK
56th International Short Film Festival Oberhausen (MIACA, Screening), Oberhausen, Germany
Korinbo Video Art Meeting (Screening), NTT Korinbo bldg, Kanazawa
Hana Buzz (Group show), Noge HanaHana, Yokohama
Runaway Laboratory (Screening and performance), radlab., Kyoto

2009

Ping-Pong Critic (Screening and discussion), Kyoto Art Center, Kyoto
Viarco Express (Group show), Museu da Presidência da República, Lisbon, Portugal
The World (Solo show), ZAIM gallery, Yokohama
Bright World (Group show), A.I.T Room, Tokyo
CAMERA INFINITA (Group show), Tent Gallery, Edinburgh, UK
Löwe Screening (Screening), UFO Galerie und Kunstraum, Halle, Germany
Yuki Okumura x Yasuto Masumoto (Talk show), Tamagawa University, Tokyo
Small Talk, Big Talk (Talk show as a performance), Cultural Typhoon, Tokyo
Delicate Tongue (Solo show), gallery Archipelago, Tokyo
Beginners (Public filming as a live performance), Matsubara community hall, Beppu
KABEGIWA meets Yasuto Masumoto and more.. Motohiro Tomii x Yasuto Masumoto (Talk show), Otto Mainzheim Gallery, Tokyo
Time to cook delicious dish (Public filming as a live performance), Kotobuki-cho, Yokohama
The World (Solo show), KABEGIWA, Tokyo

2008

Bird Watching (Solo show), Vera Cortês Art Agency, Lisbon, Portugal
absolute distance - Meiro Koizumi x Yasuto Masumoto (Group show), Otto Mainzheim Gallery, Tokyo
Kotobuki Creative Action, Kotobuki-cho, Yokohama
Random Art vol.1- vol.4 (Talk show as performance), Tokyo
VideoRelay (Screening), muzz program space, Kyoto
how to make an animation with many people (workshop), YNKB, Copenhagen, Denmark

2004 - 2007

(2007) Everything but the word?... (Group show), Instituto Camões, Lisbon, Portugal
(2007) screaming video screening 2 (Screening), art & river bank, Tokyo
(2007) Caldas Late Night (Performance), Museu Bernardo, Caldas da Rainha, Portugal
(2006) @nimation in COLUMBIA (Screening), COLUMBIA (Nagoya Zokei University of Art & Design), Aichi
(2006) Looking is Believing (Group show), Hinomoto Bldg, Tokyo
(2005) screaming video screening (Screening), gallery archipelago, Tokyo
(2005) 12 DIVERS AT THE MOUNTAIN GATE (Screening), Yamaguchi shoe shop, Tokyo
(2005) ALL NOTES ON (Solo show), art & river bank, Tokyo
(2004) do fim ao fim (Group show) art & river bank, Tokyo
(2004) ALL NOTES OFF (Solo show), art & river bank, Tokyo

Residency Program

(2007) Maumaus -Escole de Artes Visuais-, Lisbon, Portugal

Grants

(2007) Grant of the Nomura Cultural Foundation, Japan