Teiji Hayama 葉山禎治

Source: Artist

Born in 1975 in Kumamoto, Japan. Lives and works in Giffers, Switzerland.

Teiji Hayama graduated from Central Saint Martin, London, UK in 1998. Hayama reimagines celebrity culture by using greyscale oil paintings to depict most iconic celebrities from past eras like Marylyn Monroe, Elisabeth Taylor, or Twiggy—as opposed to wannabes influencers produced by social media. Their glamorous faces and charismatic images are manipulated into peculiar, bored, exhausted expressions from upholding an ideal identity and the endless pursuit of auspiciousness as defined by society. Smothered by a false veil of perfection, these exaggerated facial and body language uncovers the weariness on social media under its domination, as digital contents on social media are becoming more filtered, unblemished, and digitally manipulated.

1975年出生於熊本，現居於瑞士吉弗斯。

葉山禎治1998年畢業於英國倫敦中央聖馬丁藝術與設計學院，葉山的灰階油畫描繪了最具代表性的明星肖像，包括最具歷史意義和魅力的面孔，如瑪麗蓮·夢露、伊利沙伯·泰萊、Twiggy等，對葉山而言這些經典偶像與現代在社交媒體上追逐名利的網紅相映成趣。他們在畫中的形象被扭曲成有著下垂眼睛的臉，以及拉長且無固定型態、橡膠般的身體——現代人為迎合社會與社交媒體對完美形象與美好生活的無止境追求已經萬分疲憊，在重重濾鏡和修飾形成的薄紗下奄奄一息。這是葉山對經典名流魅惑的重新想像，同時為社交媒體如何成為世人重擔的一種表述。

Previous Exhibitions

  • 2023
    MASQUERADE ~ The mask that we wear .. | THE ANZAI GALLERY | Tokyo, Japan

    2021
    I link, therefore I am | Unit London | London, UK
    Influencers | The Anzai Gallery | Tokyo, Japan
    Ethereal Icons | GR Gallery | Ethereal Icons | New York, NY

    2020
    Fame | Unit London | London, UK

    2019
    Under Pressure | Arsham/Fieg Gallery | New York, NY

    2013
    Thir-Teen | Thomas Punzmann Fine Arts | Frankfurt, Germany

    2012
    INNO-SCENTS… | E¦C Gallery | Chicago, IL

    2011
    INFANTARIVM | Krisstel Martin Gallery | Singapore
    Galerie T40 | Düsseldorf, Germany

    2010
    NYMPHS | Galerie T40 | Düsseldorf, Germany
    Is this desire? | Janine Bean Gallery | Berlin, Germany
    IDENTITEEN | Willem Kerseboom Gallery | Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    MADONESSENCE | Kunstraeume | Zermatt, Switzerland

    2009
    Leslie's Artgallery Contemporary Art | Luxembourg
    INNOCENCE | Galerie T40 | Düsseldorf, Germany

  • 2023
    Town of Ghosts | AISHONANZUKA | Hong Kong
    Ten: A decade of Unit London | Unit London | London, UK
    Brilliant New Faces | Allouche Gallery | Los Angeles, CA
    Teiji Hayama and Adam Lister: Silver Screen | GR Gallery | New York, NY

    2018
    Xenolith: A survey of diversity in contemporary Japanese art | Galerie L.J. | Paris, France
    East/West Group Show | Corey Helford Gallery | Los Angeles, CA

    2017
    Sensory Overload | Corey Helford Gallery | Los Angeles, CA
    Galerie Géraldine Zberro | Paris

    2016
    The BLAM SHOW, curated by Stephen Romano | BLAM Gallery
    Galerie Géraldine Zberro | Paris

    2015
    Beautiful Bizarre | Galerie Géraldine Zberro | Paris
    Dreamlands | Corey Helford Gallery | Los Angeles, CA
    Floating Intersections | PinkZeppelin Gallery | Berlin, Germany

    2014
    Cornu Copiae | Stephen Romano Gallery | Brooklyn
    Hikari | Ayden Gallery | Vancouver, Canada
    The Coaster Show | La Luz De Jesus Gallery | Los Angeles
    Gallery and Invited Artists | Hillsboro Fine Art | Dublin, ROI
    Mysterium Cosmographicum | Stephen Romano Gallery | Brooklyn
    Collected | Hillsboro Fine Art | Dublin, ROI

    2013
    Dollhouse | Gallerie Rothamel | Erfurt, Germany

    2011
    Le Radar | Basse-Normandie, France
    Lucid Dreams | C. Emerson Fine Arts | Saint Petersburg, Florida
    Mio Mao Gallery | Perugia, Italy
    The New Lost Generation | Mondo Bizzarro Gallery | Roma, Italy
    7 Years Anniversary Review, Galerie T40 | Düsseldorf, Germany

    2010
    Gallerie T40 | Berliner Liste | Berlin, Germany
    Mess Gallery (at Saatchi Gallery) | London, UK
    The Hello Show | Helen Nyborg Contemporary | Copenhagen, Denmark

    2009
    New Figurative Contemporary Art | Lelsie’s Artillery | Luxembourg
    GODS AND RITUALS | Holster Projects | London, UK
    Accrochage Vaud 2009 | Espace Arlaud Lausanne | Switzerland

    2007
    The Painting Room | Transition Gallery | London, UK