Yoh Nagao

Yoh Nagao is a pop collage artist from Aichi Prefecture, Japan, who has been based in Berlin since April 2012.
Currently based in his home town in Japan.

After graduating from Nagoya Zokei University, he began working as a graphic designer and illustrator, while freely expressing his unique style as an artist.
He gained prominence in Japan after receiving the Uniqlo Creative Award in 2005 (now UTGP), exhibiting at the International Poster Triennial in Toyama, and being selected for the SHIFT calendar design competition. These successes at international competitions led Yoh to expand his work overseas.
After a successful first-ever solo exhibition in Hong Kong in 2009, he received an honorable mention in the collage category of the international competition ARTAQ Urban Art Award (France) in 2011. He was invited to participate in the PICK ME UP Contemporary Graphic Art Fair held in London that same year, becoming a serious contender on the international art stage.
Since then, he has participated in numerous art fairs and events in NY, LA, Zurich, Berlin, Paris, Angers, London, and Tokyo. In 2008, his work was displayed in famous boutique shop Colette in Paris. With work also published in high profile publications such as LODO...

Nagoya Zokei University of Art & Design(BFA) , Aichi Japan

2017 - 13 Urban Art Fair in Paris
2017 - No Commission by Bacardi&Dean Collection in Berlin 2016 - Wonder Colors Solo-Exhibition at Casa de la Cultura in Cancun
2015 - Group Exhibition DREAMLANDS, CHG Circa, Los Angeles, USA
2015 - LA ART SHOW, Los Angeles, USA
2014 - SCOPE Miami Beach, Miami, USA
2014 - Birth of Cool group exhibition at The Ballery, Berlin, Germany
2014 - Detour Through Wonderland, first european solo exhibition, Berlin, Germany
2013 - Art Fair ULTRA 006 at Aoyama Spiral, Tokyo, Japan
2012 - ARTAQ URBAN ARTS AWARDS, Angers, Paris, France
2011 - ARTAQ URBAN ARTS AWARDS, Angers, Paris, France
2011 - Mar. Pick Me Up contemporary graphic art fair at Somerset house, London, UK
2010 - Oct. Group exhibition “ism 2010”, tambourin-gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2009 - Dec. Fountain Miam Art fair, Miami Florida, USA
2009 - Feb. JOURNEY solo exhibition, Gallery Benten 17, Hong Kong
2008 - Dec. WONDERLAND art for all Group exhibition, Gallery Benten 17, Hong Kong
2007 - Dec. Project "WE-ARE -FAMILIA" at Colette, Paris, France