Naotaka Hiro

Born in Osaka, Japan, 1972
Lives and works in Los Angeles

1996
- Universitas Gadja Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
1997
- University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, BA
2000
- California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, California, MFA

Solo Exhibitions

1999
- Taka Ishii Gallary, Tokyo
2007
- "Knows Nothing" Misako & Rosen, Tokyo
2008
- “Naotaka Hiro”,The Box, Los Angeles
- “Wrong Person”, MISAKO & ROSEN

Group Exhibitions

1997
- "DOUG AITKEN, ALEX BAG, NAOTAKA HIRO", Taka Ishii Gallery, Tokyo
- "IMPRUDENT", Wight Gallery at UCLA, Los Angeles
- "CARL'S PLACE 2", LACE, Los Angeles
- "CARL'S PLACE", QUON BROS, Los Angeles
1998
- "GOOD-BYE, ENIWETOK", Beyond Baroque, Los Angeles
- "RE-LAX", Gallery Krinzinger, Vienna
- "ERO POP CHRISTMAS", curated by Takashi Murakami, Nadiff, Tokyo
2000
- "ARTIFICIAL REAL", LOW, Los Angeles
2001
- "HIROPON SHOW", curated by Takashi Murakami, Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo
- "NEW ROMANTIC", Diannepruess Gallery, Chinatown, Los Angeles
- "INAUGURAL SCREENING", c-level, Chinatown, Los Angeles
2002
- "YOUNG JAPANESE ARTISTS", LIMN Gallery, San Francisco
- "LANDSCAPE", Zero One Gallery, Los Angele
2003
- "PRAGUE BIENNALE1", National Gallery Veletrzni Palac Dukelskych, Prague
2004
- "THE GROCERY LIST", art2102/The Mountain, Los Angeles
- "MANANA ART FES", Yutaka Sone studio, Pasadena
- "OPEN CALL LA 2004", Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles
2006
- "Chain Mail", High Energy Constracts, Los Angeles
- "Many Many Guys and Girls, All Real Beauties", Circus of Books Gallery, Los Angeles
- "CORONA", Magazine project with Sid M.Duenas
- "AJA XX:API/2", JACC,Los Angeles
- "POLYSPHARE", Raumcommander, Berlin
- "PANIC OUR OLDER BROTHER", ALM Gallery, Munich
2007
- "RENTAL presents TRUDI: NO JERKS" RENTAL, New York
2008
- "Figure", David Kordansky Gallery, Los Angeles
- "New Tokyo Contemporaries", Shin-marunouchi building 7f, marunouchi HOUSE, Tokyo
2009
- "Extra Extra", China Art Objects Galleries, Los Angeles
- "Geba Geba summer show - Geba geba 4 weeks"
  Misako & Rosen, Tokyo
2010
- "ATLAS OF GIFTED IDEAS", Henry Art Gallery, Seattle
- "KOKI TANAKA & NAOTAKA HIRO/ KAZ OSHIRO", Las Cienegas Project, Los Angeles
- "SYMPATHETIC MAGIC: VIDEO MYTHS AND RITUALS", ARMORY CENTER FOR THE ARTS, Pasadena

Screenings

1997
- "CARL'S PLACE", QUON BROS, Los Angeles
- "CARL'S PLACE 2", LACE, Los Angeles
1998
- Good-Bye, Eniwetok, Beyond Baroque, Los Angeles
2001
- Inaugural Screening, c-level, Chinatown, Los Angeles
2007
- Artwalk After Party 2007, LACMA MUSE, Los Angeles
2008
- The Young and Evil, tank.tv, (Internet : curated by Stuart Comer)
- Murder Pretended, Casa Vecina, curated by Naotaka Hiro, Mexico City
- Saison Video, “Physical”, “Portrait”, “ideal #10”, Roubaix, France
2009
- THE YOUNG AND EVIL, curated by Stuart Comer, Outfest, Redcat Theater, Los Angeles
- I FOUND MYSELF AN INNOVATOR, curated by Rachel Cook and Yuki Okumura, DiverseWorks, Houston Texas
2010
- MILWAUKEE INTERNATIONAL: NO SOUL FOR SALE: A FESTIVAL OF INDEPENDENTS, Tate Modern, London

Publication

Corona Issue no.1 (ed. 500), magazine project with Sid M. Duenas, 2006
To and From, with Sid M. Duenas, 2008