Shingo Yamazaki is a Honolulu-born artist whose work addresses the complexities of cultural hybridity, identity, and the meaning of “home.” His work captures a rich mixture of Hawai‘i’s cultural nuances and iconography along with his own personal history as a mixed Korean and Japanese American. By intertwining his personal story with the familiar motifs of daily life, Yamazaki transforms the discrete concept of home into a vessel for collective identity, inviting viewers to partake in these dialogues of everyday existence.
Shingo Yamazaki studied at the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa and received a Bachelors of Arts focused in Painting. His work is has been shown in a recent exhibitions at Sow & Tailor, Los Angeles, Steven Zevitas Gallery , Boston, and Richard Heller Gallery, Los Angeles. Yamazaki has been a recipient of the Innovate grant, finalist for the Hopper Prize, and won the First Place Award for the Association of Hawai’i Artists “Aloha Show.” He has been featured recently in publications such as Flux Magazine Issue 45, New American Paintings Issue 163, BOOOOOOOM 'Tomorrow's Talent' volume II, and Friend of the Artist Volume 13. Shingo currently lives and works in Los Angeles.
