1967 Born in Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
1990 B.A., Wako University, Japan
1993 M.A., New York University, New York, NY, USA
Lives and Works in New York
Solo Exhibitions
2007
"scratching, blood or cat carving" Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo <Press Release>
2006
"occhialli & libreli" Arndt & Partner Zurich, Switzerland
2005
Galerie Lisa Ruyter, Vienna, Austria
"tail (exercises in punctuation)" Team Gallery, New York
2004
Galeria Francesca Kaufmann, Milan
"mystery of tail" Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo <Press Release>
"maroon drawing" Aoi Gallery, Osaka, Japan
2001
"Installation No.8" Dorothee De Pauw Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
"august" Team Gallery, New York
"foreskir" Ardnt and Partner, Berlin, Germany
2000
"inavgurazione" Galleria Francesca Kaufmann, Milan, Italy
Team Gallery, New York
1999
"Madeleine" Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo
1997
Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Team Gallery, New York
1996
Jose Freire Fine Art, New York
1995
Contemporary Art Gallery, Art Tower Mito, Ibaragi, Japan
1993
Jose Freire Fine Art, Project Room, New York
Washington 80 Galleries, New York
page topGroup Exhibitons
2007
"The Door into Summer" ART TOWER MITO, Mito, Ibaraki, Japan
2006
"10th Anniversary" Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo
2005
"Flashback" Kunstverein Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
"25 Years Deutsche Bank Collection" Deutsche Guggenheim, Berlin
"Honeymoon with Romeo" Groeflin Maag Galerie, Basel, Switzerland
"Works on Paper" Arndt & Partner Berlin
2004
"Yoshitomo Nara, Tam Ochiai, Hiroshi Sugito: New Prints" Space Force, Tokyo
"New Generation Heavenly Creatures" Galerie Thaddaeus Ropas, Salzburg, Austria
"The Rose Garden Without Thorns" Galerie Lisa Ruyter, Vienna, Austria
"Repulsion" Illinois State University, Normal, IL, USA
2003
"Opening Exhibition" Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo
"Japan: Rising" Palm Beach ICA, Miami, FL, USA
"Pop Jack" Denver Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver, CO, USA
2002
"Fiction? Painting in the Age of the Virtual" Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo
2001
"The Place of Happiness" Watari Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo
"Jap in a box" Stephen Friedman Gallery, London
"E/Motion Studies" Queens Museum of Art, New York
"Superimposition" Caren Golden Fine Art, New York
2000
"Dark mirrors from Japan" De Appel, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Ota Fine Arts, Tokyo
"Portrait" Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo
"Tectonic" La Panaderia, Mexico City, Mexico
"The Nocturnal Dream Show" Pat Hearn Gallery, New York
Lidmar Hotel, Stockholm, Sweden
1999
"Tam Ochiai / Steven Parrino" Team Gallery, New York
"VOCA '99" The Ueno Royal Museum, Tokyo
"The Bastard Kids of Drella, Part 9" Le Consortium, Dijon, France
"Soap" Gallery Zero, Osaka
"On Paper" Stalke Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
"Spiral TV" Spiral Garden, Tokyo
1998
"Remix" Team Gallery, New York
"Sassy Nugetts" A-1 Artspace, Knoxville, TN, USA
1997
"Gallery Artists" Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo
1996
"Benefit" White Colums, New York
1995
"M & M" Jose Freire Fine Art, New York
1994
"For Collections" New Jersey Center for Visual Arts, Summit, NJ, USA
Books
The Age of Micropop: The New Generation of Japanese Artists / Midori Matsui / PARCO 2007
tail tale Tam Ochiai / Little More 2004