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Seung-Woo Yang “The Best Days”, 1999-2006 © Seung-Woo Yang -
Seung-Woo Yang “The Best Days”, 1999-2006 © Seung-Woo Yang -
Seung-Woo Yang “The Best Days”, 1999-2006 © Seung-Woo Yang -
Seung-Woo Yang “The Best Days”, 1999-2006 © Seung-Woo Yang -
Seung-Woo Yang “The Best Days”, 1999-2006 © Seung-Woo Yang -
Seung-Woo Yang “The Best Days”, 1999-2006 © Seung-Woo Yang -
Seung-Woo Yang “The Best Days”, 1999-2006 © Seung-Woo Yang
YANG Seung-Woo
梁丞佑
Born in Korea, Seung-Woo Yang first came to Japan in 1996. After graduating from Nippon Photography Institute and the photography department of Tokyo Polytechnic University, he completed his graduate research in Media Art at Tokyo Polytechnic University and continued his career in Japan. In 2016, his publication “Shinjuku Lost Child” with Zen Foto Gallery, a monochrome street photography series which focused on the people at Kabukicho, Shinjuku received the 36th Domon Ken Award. He also released “End of the Line - Kotobukicho” with Zen Foto Gallery in 2017 and had his solo exhibition in inbetween gallery, Paris, expanding his activities internationally. His other publications so far include “You’re there and I’m here” (Shinpusha, 2006), “You’re there and I’m here 2” (Zen Foto Gallery, 2011), “The Best Days” (Zen Foto Gallery, 2012), “The Best Days” new edition (Zen Foto Gallery, 2019), "The Last Cabaret" (Zen Foto Gallery, 2020), "Yang-Taro Baka-Taro" (Zen Foto Gallery, 2021), "TEKIYA" (Zen Foto Gallery, 2022), "Baggage" (Zen Foto Gallery, 2023) and "TFW KOREA".
Selected Publications
2012 “You're There and I'm Here 2” Zen Foto Gallery, Tokyo
2012 “The Best Days” Zen Foto Gallery, Tokyo
2016 “Shinjuku Lost Child” Zen Foto Gallery, Tokyo
2017 “End of the Line Kotobukicho” Zen Foto Gallery, Tokyo
2019 “The Best Days (new edition)” Zen Foto Gallery, Tokyo
2020 “The Last Cabaret” Zen Foto Gallery, Tokyo
2020 “The Diary of Yang-Taro's Struggle for Photography” NOONBIT Publishing, Seoul
2021 “Yang-Taro Baka-Taro” Zen Foto Gallery, Tokyo
2022 “TEKIYA” Zen Foto Gallery, Tokyo
2023 “Baggage” Zen Foto Gallery, Tokyo
2024 “TFW KOREA” Zen Foto Gallery, Tokyo
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2006 “Darumasan ga koronda(Red light, Green light)” Ginza Nikon Salon, Tokyo
2007 “Lost Child” Gallery Niepce, Tokyo
2009 “The Best Days” Third District Gallery, Tokyo
2011 “Onozukara Ni Yoru” Third District Gallery, Tokyo
2012 “You’re there and I’m here 2” Zen Foto Gallery, Tokyo
2012 “The Best Days” Zen Foto Gallery, Tokyo
2013 “We’re shit but champions” Reminders Photography Stronghold, Tokyo
2016 “The Best Days” Gallery Bresson, Seoul
2016 “Shinjuku Lost Child” Zen Foto Gallery, Tokyo
2017 “Shinjuku Lost Child” in)(between gallery, Paris
2017 “Shinjuku Lost Child” Ken Domon Museum of Photography, Yamagata
2017 “Shinjuku Lost Child” Nikon Salon, Tokyo/Osaka
2018 “Shinjuku Lost Child”, INDE PRESS, Seoul/Busan
2018 “End of the Line Kotobukicho” Shadai Gallery, Tokyo
2019 “Disappear Someday” Jeongeup-si Art Museum, Jeonbuk
2019 “We’re shit but champions” Zen Foto Gallery, Tokyo
2019 “Human Pattern” Book and Sons, Tokyo
2020 “The Last Cabaret” Zen Foto Gallery, Tokyo
2021 “Yang-Taro Baka-Taro” Zen Foto Gallery, Tokyo
2021 “The Daruma Fell Over” Third District Gallery, Tokyo
2021 “Baggage” Totem Pole Photo Gallery, Tokyo
2022 “TEKIYA” Zen Foto Gallery, Tokyo
2022 “B side” Fugen-sha, Tokyo
2022 “Look Back in Anger_1 Yang Seung-Woo” Gallery Bresson, Seoul
2023 “B side” Gallery Bresson, Seoul
2023 “Ways of Life” Lee Seen Art Space, Busan
2023 “Ways of Life” Gallery Ryugaheon, Seoul
2024 “Ways of Life” Seohak Art Space, Jeonju
2024 “Baggage” Zen Foto Gallery, Tokyo
Selected Group Exhibitions
2010 International Photography Festival, Perpignan
2011 “Asphalt three Artists Exhibition” Zen Foto Gallery, Beijing
2012 TOKYO PHOTO 2012
2012 Nofound The Contemporary Photography Fair, Paris
2013 “Exposition Photo in)(between. Record vol.1” in)(between gallery, Paris
2014 “Sakura” in)(between gallery, Paris
2017 “Doyagai” “Doyagai -continud-” Zen Foto Gallery, Tokyo
2017 “Sakura” Gallery Bresson, Seoul
2018 “5 Year Anniversary Exhibition” SPACE22, Seoul
2022 “CONTEMPORARY JAPANESE PHOTOGRAPHY 1985－2015" Tokyo Photographic Art Museum
2024 “Endless Journey to Black Night" Museum Hanmi
