Soh Souen

WORKS

  • Bellybutton and Breathing (Reference Image)

  • A Whole Painting Filled with Holes (2023) Oil on cotton, 162 x 130 cm

  • A Whole Painting Filled with Holes (2023) Oil on cotton, 91×73cm

  • Bleaching #3, (2023) Bleach, black cloth, 221×182 cm

  • Why do I have two hands, eyes, and nipples on my both sides? (2023) Pastel on cotton, 194×162 cm

BIOGRAPHY

Soh Souen is most recognized for his paintings, installations, and performances that utilize the body as a way to explore the various phenomena of life. From his joint project with Italian (Amsterdam and Bali-based) artist, Sara Milio, which began during COVID-19, to his performance with Agathe Naito’s work at Ginza Hermès Forum, the artist has been widely active, internationally, in a range of fields. Major exhibitions include “WINDS OF ARTIST IN RESIDENCE 2022 Tracing the Boundaries – Stone, Breathing, and Land Reclamation” (Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Fukuoka, Japan), “It’s Been Breaking, Still Breaking (Yet Not Broken)” (rin art association, Gunma, Japan), “FATHOM – Chiharu Shiota, Sumi Kanazawa and Soh Souen” (Kyoto Seika University Terra-S, Kyoto, Japan, scheduled to open November 2023) and more. In 2022, the artist took part in Fukuoka Asia Art Museum’s residency program by invitation.

 

1995　Born in Fukuoka, Japan
2019　Graduated from College of Art, Kyoto Seika University

 

Website｜https://soh-souen.com/

［Solo Exhibitions］

2023
Your Body is the Shoreline, √K Contemporary (Tokyo, Japan)
It’s Been Breaking, Still Breaking (Yet Not Broken), rin art association (Gunma, Japan）

2022
Let it sway, like a ripple of agitation., HIRO OKAMOTO (Tokyo, Japan）
Al Borde, Taller Sangfer (Oaxaca, Mexico）
Why do I have two hands, eyes, and nipples on my both sides?, GALLERY SOAP (Fukuoka, Japan）

2020
A Modest Scream, The Mass (Tokyo, Japan）

2019
tie, UNION SODA (Gunma, Japan）

2018
sonata / kanata, HERTY (Gunma, Japan）
caress and hug (Organized by Kota Ishizaki), THE SECRET MUSEUM (Tokyo, Japan）

2016
dwell, VOU (Kyoto, Japan）
body knows everything, Gallery Dead Space (Kyoto, Japan）

［Group Exhibitions］

2022
(I see all but you), GINZA TSUTAYA BOOKS GINZA ATRIUM (Tokyo, Japan）
Anamorphosis, Fir Gallery (Beijing, China）
WINDS OF ARTIST IN RESIDENCE 2022 Tracing the Boundaries – Stone, Breathing, and Land Reclamation, Artist Café Fukuoka, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum (Fukuoka, Japan)

2019
dwell, Muromachi St. (Fukuoka, Japan）
FLOWER HUDDLE, PHILLIPS TOKYO (Tokyo, Japan）

2018
PORTRAIT, The Mass (Tokyo, Japan）
waiting, Daikanyama Hillside Terrace gallery ON THE HILL (Tokyo, Japan）

2017
Hanmen Made no Kyori, Gallery Main (Kyoto, Japan）

2016
Rensa to Matataki (Organized by Mayo Koide, Sae Takahata), Gallery Fluer (Kyoto, Japan）
saisei, concello de barro (Lugar Santo Antoñino, Spain）

 

[ Performances ]

2023
Eggsercise, Science Museum Entrance (Tokyo, Japan）

2022
Bellybutton and Breathing, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum AJIBI Hall (Fukuoka, Japan）
Eggsercise, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum Entrance (Fukuoka, Japan）

2021
We will sea (Performance with Sara Milio), ulo tamlo (Fukuoka, Japan）