Last Minute, mixed media and acrylic on the panel,1640 x 3550 x 195mm, 2022

Born in 1997, São Paulo, Brazil, Yabiku moved to Japan at the age of 11. He studied fashion design at Bunka Fashion College, Tokyo, and later began making collage as a way of self-expression from 2017. His debut solo exhibition “FIRST IMPRESSION” was held in 2019 at the W+K+ Gallery. In the same year, Yabiku’s artwork in collaboration with Valentino was published in Them magazine. This year, 2022, he will hold his greatest solo exhibition “AFTERTHOUGHT” at YUKIKOMIZUTANI Gallery. His work challenges the viewers tendency in seeking binary narratives of love and hate, order and chaos, beauty and distort. By combining graphic images and real-world material (metals found in the street and industrial spaces, initially distant from the sphere of art), he obscures the line between artwork and consumer good, entertainment and utility, greater meaning and operative function. With a unique style of expression led by intuition, he is taking Tokyo’s Art and Fashion scene by storm. Yabiku is currently expanding the scope of his expression to include object creation and spatial installation, in addition to collage.


SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022
"AFTERTHOUGHT", YUKIKOMIZUTANI / Tokyo
2021
”MOTION”, DIESEL ART GALLERY / Tokyo
2019
”FIRST IMPRESSION", W+K+ Gallery / Tokyo


SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021
”BEAMS T 20th ART EXHIBITION", BEAMS T HARAJUKU / Tokyo
2020
”FOUR SIDES by FELSEM", ISETAN Shinjuku Store / Tokyo
”GALÁPAGOS", offshore TOKYO / Tokyo
”PENSAMENTO", BEAMS T HARAJUKU / Tokyo
2019
”MY WAVE", SO1 Gallery / Tokyo


SELECTED ART FAIRS
2022
YUKIKOMIZUTANI, KIAF PLUS / Seoul
2022
YUKIKOMIZUTANI, ART FAIR TOKYO / Tokyo
2021
Bohemian’s Guild, ART FAIR ASIA FUKUOKA / Japan