Featured Artist
Yusuke Akamatsu
In May 2018, he made his debut with “The First Human, The Last Human.” In 2019, he held a solo exhibition at the Monaco Ocean Conference venue during the 73rd Cannes International Film Festival and walked the red carpet at the international film festival. In 2020, he participated in the Better World Forum at the 77th Venice International Film Festival and donated his work to the City of Venice. In 2021, he donated works to the Grace Kelly Foundation in the Principality of Monaco, and in 2022, to the Al Jazeera Foundation and the David Lynch Foundation. He participated in exhibitions such as “Photo London” and the “Saatchi Gallery Start Fair” in the UK for two consecutive years. In 2021, he held a solo exhibition at the Russian State Museum of Contemporary History and exhibited his works in Portofino, Italy; at Chicago Comic-Con; in Milan, Italy; and at the National Museum of Ancient Art in Cairo, Egypt (the first Japanese artist to do so).
In 2023, he held a secret event at the Château de Loire in France and an exhibition at the Royal Art Vision in Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat (with Princess Dore Bint Mohammed of Saudi Arabia attending as a guest); in September, a one-month solo exhibition at a palace owned by the Donna Darros Foundation during the Venice Biennale in Italy (Banksy also exhibited at the same venue in August), group exhibitions in the Principality of Monaco and Lausanne, Switzerland, and in October, he participated in an invitation-only event hosted by Massimo Garcia at the Four Seasons Hotel in Paris, France. There, she donated a work, which was sold at a price ranking among the top 10 in past auction events.
On February 17, 2024, he held a solo exhibition in Vatican City and was awarded the General of Peace Medal by Germany and NATO; in May, he held an exhibition at the 77th Cannes International Film Festival and simultaneously unveiled his first video work, “Silence.” His work was featured in the official scholarly publication of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York; in September, he participated in an event hosted by the Grace Kelly Foundation in the Principality of Monaco; and in December, he took part in Art Basel Miami.
In 2025, an exhibition of his works will be held at the Majestic Hotel Cannes on May 22, during the 78th Cannes International Film Festival. (A joint exhibition with Japan’s top entertainer, Hideyuki Nakayama.) In July, he held a solo exhibition in Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat, France. In September, he was selected as Japan’s representative artist by the Carita Politica Foundation, the Pontifical Council for Culture of the Holy See,
and Akira Chiba, Japan’s Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Holy See. Following a ninemonth exhibition at the Palazzo Callisto in the Vatican, his works were designated for permanent display there. On October 13, 14, and 15, he participated as Japan’s representative in an exhibition held at the headquarters of the Carita Politica Foundation in Vatican City, where he was appointed as an ambassador by His Eminence Cardinal Francesco Coccopalmerio, Honorary Prefect of the Congregation for Legislative Texts at the foundation.
In Japan, it has been featured numerous times on programs hosted by Hideyuki Nakayama, including “Shuichi” (Nippon TV), “Fumio Takada’s Radio Beverly Hills,” “Knights Radio Show” (Nippon Broadcasting System), “Bakusho Mondai: Hikaru Ota’s On the Other Side of the TV” (BS Fuji), and “Tetsuko’s Room” (TV Asahi). In 2026, he will be awarded the Order of Arts and Culture by NATO in Hamburg, Germany. On May 14, at the 79th Cannes International Film Festival, he will donate one of his works to a support group for patients with atherosclerosis. On the same day, his works will also be exhibited at the Aphrodite Art Fair Hong Kong and Photo London 2026. In June, he will hold a solo exhibition on Rue Marguerite in Rome and host an official academic book launch at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York.
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