Soh Souen
Soh Souen has been presenting paintings, installations, and performance that examine phenomena related to lives through the relationships with the body not only in Japan but also oversea. He's been developing his own career as a contemporary artist by collaborating with Sara Milio, an artist in the Netherlands for a performance project which began during COVID-19, and also performing with Agathe Naito's installation work at Ginza Maison Hermès Le Forum.
For his major exhibitions, “Winds of Artis in Residence 2022”(Fukuoka Asian Art Museum), “It's been breaking, and still breaking (yet not broken)” (rin art association), “FATHOM - Chiharu Shiota, Sumi Kanazawa, Soh Souen (Kyoto Seika University Gallery Terra-S)” , and many others. Participated in the Artists in Residency program at Fukuoka Asian Art Museum in 2022. In 2024, the installation work “Bellybutton and Breathing” entered the collection of Fukuoka Art Museum.
- Graduated from College of Art, Kyoto Seika University in 2019.
- Born in Fukuoka, Japan in 1995
solo exhibitions
2020
2019
2018
sonata / kanata _ HERTY Gunma, JAPAN
caress and hug pro Kota Ishizaki _ THE SECRET MUSEUM Tokyo, JAPAN
2016
dwell _ VOU Kyoto, JAPAN
body knows everything _ Gallery Dead Space Kyoto, JAPAN
etc …
group exhibitions
2019
dwell (Yuji Iwasaka, Hajime Kuwazono) _ Muromachi St. Fukuoka, JAPAN
FLOWER HUDDLE _ PHILIPS TOKYO Tokyo, JAPAN
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2018
PORTRAIT _ The Mass Tokyo, JAPAN
waiting (Yushi Dangami, Hajime Kuwazono) _ Daikanyama Hillside Terrace gallery ON THE HILL Tokyo, JAPAN
2017
Hanmen made no kyori (Yushi Dangami, Hajime Kuwazono) pro Seigo Hirano _ Gallery Main Kyoto, JAPAN
2016
Rensa to matataki (Ryosuke Imamura, Mayo Koide, Mako Mizobuchi) pro Mayo Koide, Sae Takahata _ Gallery Fluer Kyoto, JAPAN
saisei _ concello de barro Lugar Santo Antoñino, SPAIN
etc …