October 18 – November 16, 2024
Steve Turner is pleased to present Acts of Service, a solo exhibition by Los Angeles-based Shingo Yamazaki that features nostalgic paintings depicting scenes from his family’s restaurant in Honolulu. He draws upon childhood memories to present a behind the scenes look at the restaurant showing taped up notes and business cards, cluttered shelves, and the careful placement of images that are specific to Hawai’i. To Yamazaki, the restaurant was a second home rather than just a place of work. He conveys the rhythm of work and play shared by many immigrant families as they share their culture with the communities in which they settle.
Shingo Yamazaki (born 1985, Honolulu) earned a BA from the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa. His work combines Hawai’i’s multicultural iconography with his personal history as a mixed Korean and Japanese American. His work has been exhibited at Sow & Tailor, Los Angeles; Steven Zevitas Gallery, Boston; and Richard Heller Gallery, Los Angeles. This is his first exhibition at Steve Turner.
Born 1985, Honolulu, Hawai’i
Lives and works in Los Angeles
Education
2014
BA, Department of Art and Art History, University of Hawai’i at Manoa
Solo Exhibitions
2024
Acts of Service, Steve Turner, Los Angeles
2023
Any Kind, Sow and Tailor Gallery, Los Angeles
Where You Stay, United Talent Agency Gallery, Los Angeles
Group Exhibitions
2024
Amor Tuyo, Tlaloc Studios, Los Angeles
WallFlower, River Art Gallery, Taipai, Taiwan
In Bloom, Glass Rice Gallery & Good Mother Gallery, San Francisco
Art Busan, South Korea (with Tang Contemporary)
Room with a View, Vardan Gallery, Los Angeles
Soft Landing, Kaiao Space, Honolulu
2023
The View We Seek, Pop Up presented by Anthony Gallery and Sow & Tailor Gallery, New York
Swelter, New American Paintings 2023, Steven Zevitas Gallery, Boston
Ephemeral Pleasures, Richard Heller Gallery, Los Angeles
Horizons, Sow & Tailor Pop Up, Wan Chai, Hong Kong
Felix Art Fair, Los Angeles (with Sow and Tailor Gallery)
Where You Stay, United Talent Agency Gallery, Los Angeles
Friends and Family, Sow and Tailor Gallery, Los Angeles
2022
Southland, Charlie James Gallery, Los Angeles
Somebody, Hashimoto Contemporary, Los Angeles
Straight Ahead and Pose to Pose, Japanese American Cultural Center curated by Sow and Tailor, Los Angeles
2021
Crocker Kingsley, Blue Line Arts Gallery, Roseville, California
2020
California Open, Tag Gallery, Los Angeles
Who Are You? Hawaii Pacific University Art Gallery, Kaneohe, Hawai’i
2019
Waterkeepers, Pauahi Tower, Honolulu
2018
Contact 2018, Honolulu Museum of Art, Honolulu
Artists Aloha Show, Honolulu City Hall, Honolulu
Kaka’ako Nei, Aupuni Space, Honolulu
Schaefer Portrait Challenge, Schaefer International Gallery, Kahului, Hawai’i
2017
Talk Story, Hawaii Pacific University Art Gallery, Kaneohe, Hawai’i
Association of Hawaii Artists Aloha Show, Honolulu City Hall, Honolulu
Urbanity, Aupuni Place, Honolulu
Contact 3017, Honolulu Museum of Art, Honolulu
2016
New Figurations, Pauahi Tower, Honolulu
Contemporary Images of Hawaii, Pauahi Tower, Honolulu
37th Annual Commitment to Excellence Exhibition, Honolulu Museum of Art, Honolulu
Grants and Awards
2022
Innovate Grant Winner
2018
First Place Award, Association of Hawai’i Artists Aloha Show
2015
Newcomer Award. Honolulu Japanese Chamber of Commerce 37th Annual “Commitment to Excellence”
Bibliography
2023
Cheung, Alexis. “In Shingo Yamazaki’s Painted World, Layered Histories Create New Meanings,” Issue 45, FLUX Hawaii, November 21
Mothes, Kate. “Looking Glass,” Dovetail, August 25
2022
Shingo Shaun Yamazaki. Tomorrow’s Talent Vol. II, Booooooom
