YABIKU HENRIQUE YUDI
Heads or Tails
i GALLERY OSAKA is holding Yabiku Henrique Yudi's first solo exhibition in Osaka, "Heads or Tails." Yabiku Henrique Yudi is an artist who through his pursuit of abstract art and its interaction with reality, cuts through new artistic domain. Stepping into a world where beginnings and endings are unclear, combining different elements and information, he molds profound meaning and beauty. While abstract, his works express admirable harmony with elements of reality.
You might associate the title of this exhibition, "Heads or Tails," with the moment you flip a coin. However, those words represent the elements of fate, chance, and choice intrinsic in his work. The madder red frequently used in his present-day works is a distinguishing mark of passion and warmth, and the works also reveal a deepening of emotion. His works are abundant in identity, and may offer the views a profoundly emotional experience.
This exhibit features 18 works, focusing on his new work. We hope that you immerse yourself from the heart in the world of Yabiku Henrique Yudi, and enjoy his uniqueness and the beauty of his art.
DATES
NOVEMBER 10 - DECEMBER 03, 2023
OPENING RECEPTION
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 5-8PM
LOCATION
i GALLERY OSAKA
1F, 3-8-14, MINAMISENBA,
CHUO-KU, OSAKA-SHI,
OSAKA
ARTIST
YABIKU HENRIQUE YUDI
"Two sides of the same coin.
The creation process has no clear beginning and no clear end. It simply recreates reality, which is made up of a series of coincidences. It is profoundly intuitive and where things take on a constructive significance.
As materials and information of different natures intersect in layers upon layers, they further enhance and harmonize with each other, melding together and drawing us into a fictional world. This is because there is an invisible connection somewhere that cannot truly be severed." - YABIKU HENRIQUE YUDI
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 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.
Solo Exhibitions
2022「AFTERTHOUGHT」YUKIKOMIZUTANI, Tokyo
2021「MOTION」DIESEL ART GALLERY, Tokyo
2019「FIRST IMPRESSION」W+K+ Gallery, Tokyo
Group Show
2021「BEAMS T 20th ART EXHIBITION」BEAMS T HARAJUKU, Tokyo
2020「FOUR SIDES by FELSEM」ISETAN Shinjuku Store, Tokyo
2020「GALÁPAGOS」offshore TOKYO, Tokyo
2020「PENSAMENTO」BEAMS T HARAJUKU, Tokyo
2019「MY WAVE 」SO1 Gallery, Tokyo
Art Fair
2022 YUKIKOMIZUTANI、KIAF SEOUL, Soul
2022 YUKIKOMIZUTANI、ART FAIR TOKYO, Tokyo
2021 Bohemian’ s Guild、ART FAIR ASIA FUKUOKA, Fukuoka