1980
"Fetus itinerary", Alain Oudin Gallery, Paris
"Heads party", MJC of Avrille, Angers
1981
"Let me live! "Alain Oudin Gallery , Paris
1982
"Coming season", Alain Oudin gallery, Paris
1984
"Collage-Decollage", Contemporary Art Center, Rouen
"Period of heads, 74-78", Emergences gallery C.E.S., Paris
1985
"1st manifestation of Contemporary Art 2000", Grand Palais, Paris
1986
"Collage : native scenery", K-Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
1987
"Collage-shift", Claude Samuel gallery, Paris
1988
"Sitting love", Claude Samuel gallery, Paris
1989
"New works", Kouketsu gallery, Gifu , Japan
"Roter Körper", F. Friedrich gallery, Cologne, Germany
1990
"Course of the river", Claude Samuel gallery, Paris
1992
"YAMADA's exhibition", Analix gallery, Geneva, Switzerland
"YAMADA's residence", Guilde gallery, Guimarães, Portugal
"From East to West", Claude Samuel gallery, Paris
1993
"Residences without roof", Claude Samuel gallery, Paris
1994
"Residences without roof n°2 (drawings)", Claude Samuel gallery, Paris
1995
"No i-dentify", Viaduc of Arts, Claude Samuel gallery, Paris
1996
"Art Frankfurt 1996", Claude Samuel gallery, Frankfurt, Germany
1997
"Step by step YAMADA, Paris 79-97", Claude Samuel gallery, Paris
1999
"Daily offerings", Claude Samuel gallery, Paris
2002
"White hole", Claude Samuel gallery, Paris
2003
"….et mes désirs (and my desires)", Claude Samuel galley, Paris
2005
"Thank you", Claude Samuel gallery, Paris
2007
"The multi-legged scenery", Interactive Art, Tokyo, Japan
2007-2008
"The migratory man", Claude Samuel gallery, Paris
2009
"Méditer/années (Mediterranean Sea)", Villa Tamaris Art Center, La Seyne-sur-Mer,Toulon
"Eternal summer", Claude Samuel gallery, Paris
2010
"Un corps, encore (Another, body)", Maison de la Photographie (House of Photography), Lille
2011
"Metamorphoses", Anne-Marie et Roland Pallade gallery, Lyon
2012
"un voyage en corps (A travel into the body)", Claude Samuel gallery, Paris
"vagues de tribus (Tribes waves)", The Apostrophe, theater of Louvrais, Paris
2013
"duality", Weiller Gallery, Paris
1973
"International CIty of Arts exhibition", Paris
1974
"International CIty of Arts exhibition", Paris
"Young sculpture", Champs Elysées Gardens, Paris
"Big and Youngsters of nowadays", Grand Palais, Paris
1975
"International Arts Show", Toulon Museum (Prize of the Jury)
"International City of Arts exhibition", Paris
"Big and youth of nowadays", Grand Palais, Paris
"Young sculpture", Champs Elysées Gardens, Paris
"Arts show of May", Municipal museum of Paris, Paris
1976
"International Art Festival '76", Langeland, Denmark
"Young Japanese Sculptors", Galerie de l'Université
(Center for contemporary sculpture), Paris
(Center for contemporary sculpture), Paris
"Young sculpture", Champs Elysées Gardens, Paris
"Big and youth of nowadays", Grand Palais, Paris
"Current of Art", Parc of the townhouse of Dreux (Paris region)
"César-Augereau workshop", Fine Arts School of Paris
"International Arts Show", Toulon Museum, (Toulon), Municipal Theater (Draguignan)
1977
"International City of Arts exhibition", Paris
"International Arts Show", Toulon Museum, (Toulon), Municipal Theater
(Draguignan)
(Draguignan)
"Arts show of May", Paris
"Big and youth of nowadays", Grand Palais, Paris
"Young sculpture", Gardens of UNESCO, Paris
"Young Japanese Sculptors", University gallery (Center for contemporary sculpture), Paris
"César-Augereau workshop", Floral flag park of Vincennes, Fine Arts School of Clermont-Ferrand
"The color of the town", Espace Pierre Cardin, Paris
1978
"Big and youth of nowadays", Grand Palais, Paris
"Young sculpture", Champs Elysées Gardens, Paris
"International City of Arts exhibition", Paris
"Contemporary sculpture", Town-house of Fontenay-sous-Bois
1979
"Monumental art-public art", Alain Oudin Gallery, Paris
"Contemporary sculpture", Town-house of Fontenay-sous-Bois
"International City of Arts exhibition", Paris
"The Heads", Art Gallery of the Paris' Airport, South-Orly
"Masks", Alain Oudin Gallery, Paris
"Big and youth of nowadays", Grand Palais, Paris
"Young sculpture", Champs Elysées Gardens, Paris
"International Sculpture Exhibition", Le Vaudreuil
"The Sun's day", RER Aubert station, Paris
"Homage to the 20th anniversary of the Cuban Revolution", UNESCO, Paris
"Contemporary presence of sculpture", Congress of the CFDT labour union, Brest
1980
"International festival of painting of Cagnes-sur-Mer", The Castle of Cagnes-sur-Mer
"1st Arts Show bursted", Paris
"Big and youth of nowadays", Grand Palais, Paris
"Young Sculpture", Warehouse of Bercy, Paris
"Contemporary Sculpture", Town-house of Fontenay-sous-Bois
1981
"Arts show of May", Paris
"Big and youth of nowadays", Grand Palais, Paris
"13th International Festival of painting", Museum-castle of Cagnes-sur-mer
"2nd European Triennial Sculpture", Grand Palais, Paris
"4 Japanse Kunstenaars", Galerie d'eendt, Amsterdam, Netherlands
"Small-sized sculptures", M.J.C. Les Hauts de Belleville, Paris
"Sculptures", House of Arts, Belfort
"Contemporary sculpture", House of Arts, Belfort
1982
"Big and youth of nowadays", Grand Palais, Paris
"Artoder 82", Bilbao, Spain
"The heads....", Charmy-L'Envers Gallery, Paris
"2nd Youth convergence exhibition", Nave of the Grand Palais, Paris
"1st Arts show of contemporary sculpture", Priory and gardens, Croissy sur Seine
"International contemporary sculpture", Alain Oudin Gallery, Paris
"Young Painting", Grand Palais, Paris
1983
"Big and youth of nowadays", Grand Palais, Paris
"Ten French Sculptors", Itinerant exhibition : Morocco, Kenya, Nigeria
"Young painting", Grand Palais, Paris
"The artists and a castle", Prince Murat Museum, Nointel
"November in Vitry", Gallery of Vitry-sur-Seine
1984
"The Art of Lavoir", Installation, former industrial wash-house of La Goutte d'Or, Aubervilliers
"Chicago International Art Exhibition", Chicago, USA
"Contemporary sculpture", Cultural Center of Villedieu, Saint Quentin en Yvelines
"International exhibition of contemporary sculpture", Auditorium tower of Auvergne, Quimper
"Contemporary Sculptures", Former Franciscan chapel, Saint-Nazaire
1985
"12 japanese painters", Departmental Hotel, Cergy-Pontoise
"Young Japan", Area of Arts, Chalon-sur-Saône
"Young Japan", Actual Art Center of La Cuvée, Lachassagne
"Contemporary Sculpture", Espace Belleville, Paris
1986
"Varia sculpture", SNCF train station East-Paris, Paris
"From Japan to France", Espace and Toiles, Paris
"Around Chaissac – 70 polychrome sculptures", Eymoutiers
"Degottex and friends", La Cuvée, Lachassagne
"Contemporary sculptures exhibition", La Chapelle, Croissy-sur-Seine
"Ephemera", Symposium sculpture , Croissy-sur-seine
"Criticism of figuration", Grand Palais, Paris
"Japan", Area of Arts, Chalon-sur-Saône
1987
"New baroque", Alain Oudin Gallery, Paris
"Works on paper 1967-1987", Alain Oudin Gallery, Paris
"Sculpture on paper", homage to Jean Arp, Art Center
A.Chanot, Clamart
A.Chanot, Clamart
1988
"Preview, Pre-Prague", Departmental-House, Bobigny
"Rituals and imaginary archeologies", Sculpture symposium, Departemental Park of La Courneuve, Seine-St.-Denis
"Presence of french contemporary art", National Gallery, Plague,Czechoslovakia
1989
"The soil", Symposium Sculpture , Departmental Park of La Courneuve, Seine St-Denis
"Fukuyama sculpture project", Fukuyama museum, Hiroshima, Japan
"Five sculptors", Daniel Sarver Gallery, Paris
1990
"Route 1", Claude Samuel Gallery, Paris
"What? Eternity", Departmental-House, Bobigny
"The 3rd Rodin Grand Prize exhibition", Utsukushigahara open air museum, Nagano, Japan (The Ueno royal museum award)
"10th anniversary of the Contemporary Center of Arts", Hall of canvases, Rouen
1991
"Harvests – 14 artists and 12 places", Villefranche-sur-Saône
"First Discover Fair", Grand Palais, Paris
"Minokamo sculpture symposium", Gifu, Japan
1992
"Art and Tennis", Convent of Cordeliers, Paris
"XXIXth International Contemporary Art Prize of Monte-Carlo", Monaco (Florence Gould Foundation Award)
1994
"Art 25'94", Basel, Switzerland
1997
"The International Art Fair, Art 28 '97", Basel, Switzerland
"A selection of contemporary japanese artists", Bateau Lavoir Area, Paris
1999
"The sculpture in becoming,around of Etienne Martin", Espace Champ de Foire, Sarcelles
2000
"César : Four of his pupils in Paris, 20 years later", Omotesando Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2002
"Exhibition of two young japanese artists living in France", Japanese Embassy, Paris
2003
"Fifth edition Biennial of the Issy ", French Museum of card game, Issy-les-Moulineaux
"ARCO", Art Fair, Madrid, Spain
2004
"Our Eighties", Gallery in the sign of Oudin, Paris
2005
"Suzuki / Yamada", Musashino art University a-m project, Art space Kimura Ask ?, Tokyo, Japan
2006
"Super ecstasy : the road to happiness", Kanagawa kenmin-hall, Yokoyhama, Japan
"Art Paris : I love you positive or negative", Grand Palais, Paris
"Artists 4 life", UNESCO and Salomon of Rothschild, Paris
2007
"First contemporary drawings fair 1950-2007", Paris
2008
"Mercure's night", Weiller Gallery, Paris
2010
"First Chic Art Fair", Claude Samuel Gallery, Paris
2011
"Collection : First selection", Villa Tamaris Art Center, Toulon
1984
"Terrorist's look", International opus summer N°94 and the catalogue of Contemporary Art Center of Rouen : Aomi Okabe
1997
"Yamada, pilgrim of possible", Catalogue of Claude Samuel Gallery : Alain Jouffroy
2005
"Four-legged story-Banquet of ants", Aomi Okabe catalog: Musashino Art University αm project Vol 4
2008
"Yamada, Discaverer and Inventor", Alain Jouffoy catalog: Villa Tamaris Art Center
2009
"Preface of catalog", Robert Bonaccorsi catalog: Villa Tamaris Art Center
1981
"Let me live!"
Galerie Alain Oudin, essays by Gérard Xuriguera, "the hermaphrodism of Yamada" by Jun Ebara
Galerie Alain Oudin, essays by Gérard Xuriguera, "the hermaphrodism of Yamada" by Jun Ebara
1984
"Collage - decollage"
1984 Collage – decollage, Contemporary Art Center of Rouen, essay : Terrorist's look by Aomi Okabé
1984 Collage – decollage, Contemporary Art Center of Rouen, essay : Terrorist's look by Aomi Okabé
1986
"Collage, the ordinary scenery"
Gallery K, essay by M.Yamada
Gallery K, essay by M.Yamada
1987
"Collage - Shift"
Gallery Claude Samuel : "Yamada, an aesthetical decomposition" by Aomi Okabé
Gallery Claude Samuel : "Yamada, an aesthetical decomposition" by Aomi Okabé
1988
"Sitting Love"
Gallery Claude Samuel, essay : "Many ways to sit, thinking about one, the other one and multiple poetic images" by Gilbert Lascaux
Gallery Claude Samuel, essay : "Many ways to sit, thinking about one, the other one and multiple poetic images" by Gilbert Lascaux
1990
"Course of the river"
Gallery Claude Samuel, essay: "The image of the darkness from the signs of water and fire" by Pierre Restany
Gallery Claude Samuel, essay: "The image of the darkness from the signs of water and fire" by Pierre Restany
1993
"Residences without roof"
Gallery Claude Samuel essay: "Residences without roof" by M. Yamada
Gallery Claude Samuel essay: "Residences without roof" by M. Yamada
1995
"No i-dentify"
Gallery Claude Samuel, essay: "No i-dentify" by C.Samuel
Gallery Claude Samuel, essay: "No i-dentify" by C.Samuel
1997
"Step by step Yamada in Paris"
Gallery Claude Samuel, essay : "Yamada, pilgrim of possible" by Alain Jouffroy
Gallery Claude Samuel, essay : "Yamada, pilgrim of possible" by Alain Jouffroy
2002
"White hole"
Gallery Claude Samuel, essay "White hole" by M.Yamada
Gallery Claude Samuel, essay "White hole" by M.Yamada
2003
"...et mes désirs (...and my desires)"
Gallery Claude Samuel, essays : "Aî", by Laurent Boudier; "Visage, virage, mirage, rivage, ravage" by Pierre Tilman
Gallery Claude Samuel, essays : "Aî", by Laurent Boudier; "Visage, virage, mirage, rivage, ravage" by Pierre Tilman
2005
"Thank you"
Gallery Claude Samuel, essay: "Thank you" by M.Yamada
Gallery Claude Samuel, essay: "Thank you" by M.Yamada
2007
Gallery Claude Samuel, essay:"The multi-legged man" by M.Yamada
2007
Art Interactive Tokyo, essays: "The multi-legged scenery" by M.Yamada, "from fetus to 4 legged tribe", by Futoshi Ishii
2009
"Méditer/Années"
Villa Tamaris Art Center. Essays : Introductions by Robert Bonaccorsi, Natacha Samuel
Masayoshi Yamada by Laurent Boudier
Yamada, le japonais errant by Harry Bellet
Yamada découvreur et réinventeur by Alain Jouffroy
Villa Tamaris Art Center. Essays : Introductions by Robert Bonaccorsi, Natacha Samuel
Masayoshi Yamada by Laurent Boudier
Yamada, le japonais errant by Harry Bellet
Yamada découvreur et réinventeur by Alain Jouffroy
2011
"Metamorphoses"
Gallery A.M et R. Pallade, essay "The Empire of bond" by Robert Bonaccorsi
Gallery A.M et R. Pallade, essay "The Empire of bond" by Robert Bonaccorsi
2012
"un voyage en corps (a travel into the body)"
Gallery Claude Samuel, essay by Hédi Saïm
Gallery Claude Samuel, essay by Hédi Saïm
2013
"Duality"
Galerie Weiller, essay:"A black slope" by M.Yamada
Galerie Weiller, essay:"A black slope" by M.Yamada
1980
Jean-Luc Chalumeau Yamada, Opus International, summer édition N°77
Denis Picard Introspection,Knowledge about Arts, March N°337
Janine Warnod "Yamada's little men", Le Figaro, March 14
Evelyne Artaud "Yamada fetus' itinerary", Gallery of Arts, March N°200
Michel Faucher "Yamada", Architecture, March N°13
Masayoshi Yamada, "Fetus' itinerary" Plages N°9
1981
Yak Rivais, Painting notebooks
Michel Faucher, Architecture, May, N°25
Suzanne Biederberg, De Waarheid, November 7
Gérard Xuriguera, Artribune, N°7, May
Michel Faucher "Yamada a permanent doubt", Arts magazine, May 19
1982
Kunikazu Uno, Paris Dayori N°95
1984
Rémy Parment, Liberté-Dimanche, May 20
Roger Balavoine, Paris–Normandy, May 21
Aomi Okabe, International Opus, summer edition, N°94
1985
Hiroyuki Hatano "Yamada's collage, decollage", Famous, July
1987
Michel Giroud "Masayoshi Yamada", Kanal
Masayoshi Yamada, "Japanese avant-garde 1910-1970", Pompidou Center, Famous
1988
Laurent Boudier "Yamada, freeze on picture", Télérama, June 8
Stani Chaine, "Sitting love Yamada", Lyon Poche, N°860
1989
Chihiro Ariumi, "Expression of colors on daily life" Chunichi newspaper, July 7th "Material of advertisment's poster" July 4
Mho, "Yamada bei Friedrich", Kölner Kulturberichte, November 22
1990
Jean Lacouture, Unesco post, September edition
Pierre-François Moreau, City-Magazine International, June, N°61
Tony Picard, "Paris at night, Knowledge about Arts, n°460 Aomi Okabe From Paris BT
1991
Claudine Legardinier, Art of Museumart, March
1992
Nadia Beblawi, "Yamada", Beaux-Arts Magazine
Véronique Tanerg, "Multicultural Area at Geneve", Tribune des Arts, March 4 N°129
Harry Bellet, Le Monde, November 12
Laurent Boudier, Télérama, November 18 N°2236
1993
Harry Bellet, Le Monde, December 9
Laurent Boudier, Télérama, December 4, N°2290
1994
Laurent Boudier, Télérama, January 26, N°2298
1995
Futoshi Ishii, "The sea – the landscape shaped", Departmental Culture Center of Hiroshima, September
Jugements de valeurs, October 30, N°444
Laurent Boudier, Télérama Paris, November 15, N°152
Jean-Philippe Domecq, Politis 19, November 16
1997
Laurent Boudier, "Masayoshi Yamada" Télérama Paris, October 29, N°254
Henri-François Debailleux, "Yamada", Liberation, November 7
Harry Bellet, "Yamada, a Japanese in itinerancy", Le Monde, November 18
Ovni, October 15, N°403
France News Digest, "Yamada step by step", N°401
2001
Daphné Tesson, "The paper mosaic of Masayoshi Yamada", A nous Paris, December 17
Laurent Boudier, Télérama sortir, 26 December No.87
France news digest "Who's Who" N°605 November 16
2003
Laurent Boudier, Télérama Sortir, N°165
2006
Futoshi Ishii, "The opening of the door which leads to the bliss of 7 arts" Art Top, November N°1
2008
Plurimédia, Daily 20 minutes, January 18
2009
Marie-Pierre Paulicevich "Masayoshi Yamada in La Seyne : collages et décollage..." Newspaper – dimanche détente, April
Jo Dechiffre La Villa Tamaris hosts Masayoshi Yamada, March
Masayoshi Yamada Mediterranées, oùquiquand N°27, March/April
Harry Bellet "Masayoshi Yamada", Le Monde: Culture Rendez-vous, June 29
2011
"Exposition Yamada Metamorphoses" Expositions Guide
1972
Musashino Arts University, Tokyo, Japan
1981
Municipal Museum of Utrecht, Netherlands
1985
National Contemporary Art Funds NCAF, France
1989
Fukuyama Art Foundation, Japan
1990
City of Arles, France
Utsukushigahara Open Air Museum, Nagano, Japan
1991
City of Minokamo, Gifu, Japan
1999
National Contemporary Art Funds NCAF, France
2006
Regional Contemporary Art Funds RCAF, Seine Saint-Denis, France
2010
Villa Tamaris Art Centre, La Seyne-sur-Mer, Toulon, France
2012
Scène National Cergy-Pontoise & Val d'Oise, France
1972
"Prize of the Excellence", Fine Arts University Musashino, Tokyo, Japan
1973
"Prize of Paris", Fine Arts University Musashino, Tokyo, Japan
1975
"Prize of Jury", Salon International d'Art de Toulon, France
1990
"The Ueno Royal Museum Award", The 3rd Rodin Grand Prize Exhibition, Utsukushigahara open air Museum, Nagano, Japan
1994
"Fandation of Florence Gould Prize", XXIX International exhibition of contemporary art of Monte-Carlo Prize, Monaco
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