
| Born in Osaka, Japan | |
| Lives and works in Los Angeles | |
| Education | |
| California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, California, MFA, 2000 | |
| University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, BA, 1997 | |
| Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia, 1996 | |
| Solo Exhibitions | |
| UNKNOWN: VIDEO WORKS 2006-2011, Brennan & Griffen, New York, 2012 | |
| TO AND FROM, with Sid M. Duenas, Dobaebacsa, Seoul, 2009 | |
| WRONG PERSON, Misako & Rosen, Tokyo, 2008 | |
| NAOTAKA HIRO, The Box, Los Angeles, 2008 | |
| TO AND FROM, with Sid M. Duenas, The Box, Los Angeles, 2008 | |
| KNOWS NOTHING, Misako & Rosen, Tokyo, 2007 | |
| NAOTAKA HIRO, Taka Ishii Gallary, Tokyo, 1999 | |
| Selected Group Exhibitions | |
| PT. & PT. with Sid M. Duenas, High Desert Test Site, Josua Tree, 2011 | |
| OBJECTS FOR THE LIVING, curated by Karen Lofgren, Post, Los Angeles, 2011 | |
| HAPPY MIND MY PLEASER/MY VIEW, Misako & Rosen, Tokyo, 2011 | |
| SYMPATHETIC MAGIC: VIDEO MYTHS AND RITUALS, ARMORY CENTER FOR THE ARTS, Pasadena, 2010 | |
| KOKI TANAKA & NAOTAKA HIRO/ KAZ OSHIRO, Las Cienegas Project, Los Angeles, 2010 | |
| ATLAS OF GIFTED IDEAS, Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, 2010 | |
| GEBA GEBA, Misako & Rosen, Tokyo, 2009 | |
| EXTRA EXTRA, China Art Objects Gallery, Los Angeles, 2009 | |
| ARITST AS PUBLISHER, The Center for Book Arts, New York, 2008 | |
| FIGURES curated by William E. Jones, David Kordansky Gallery, Los Angeles, 2008 | |
| END OF THE TUNNEL, Shin-marunouchi building 7f, marunouchi HOUSE, Tokyo, 2008 | |
| TRUDI: NO JERKS, curated by Catherine Taft and Matthew Chambers, RENTAL, New York, 2007 | |
| Many Many Guys and Girls, All Real Beauties, curated by Julian Hoeber, Circus of Books Gallery, Los Angeles, 2006 | |
| AJA XX: API/2, curated by Kazuhiro Kosaka, JACCC, Los Angeles, 2006 | |
| POLYSPHARE, raumcommander, Berlin, 2006 | |
| PANIC OUR OLDER BROTHER, ALM Gallery, Munich, 2006 | |
| MANANA ART FES, Yutaka Sone studio, Pasadena, 2004 | |
| PRAGUE BIENNALE1, National Gallery Veletrzni Palac Dukelskych, Prague, 2003 | |
| YOUNG JAPANESE ARTISTS, LIMN Gallery, San Francisco, 2002 | |
| LANDSCAPE, Zero One Gallery, Los Angele, 2002 | |
| HIROPON SHOW, curated by Takashi Murakami, Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, 2001 | |
| NEW ROMANTIC, Diannepruess Gallery, Chinatown, Los Angeles. 2001 | |
| ARTIFICIAL REAL, LOW, Los Angeles, 2000 | |
| RE-LAX, Gallery Krinzinger, Vienna, 1998 | |
| ERO POP CHRISTMAS, curated by Takashi Murakami, Nadiff, Tokyo, 1998 | |
| DOUG AITKEN, ALEX BAG, NAOTAKA HIRO, Taka Ishii Gallery, Tokyo, 1997 | |
| IMPRUDENT, Wight Gallery at UCLA, Los Angeles, 1997 | |
| Screenings | |
| MILWAUKEE INTERNATIONAL: NO SOUL FOR SALE: A FESTIVAL OF INDEPENDENTS, Tate Modern, London, 2010 | |
| I FOUND MYSELF AN INNOVATOR, curated by Rachel Cook and Yuki Okumura, DiverseWorks, Houston Texas, 2009 | |
| THE YOUNG AND EVIL, curated by Stuart Comer, Outfest, Redcat Theater, Los Angeles, 2009 | |
| MURDER PRETENDED, curated by Naotaka Hiro, Festival Internacional Cervantino, Guanajuato, 2008 | |
| THE YOUNG AND EVIL, curated by Stuart Comer, tank.tv, London, 2008 | |
| MURDER PRETENDED, curated by Naotaka Hiro, Casa Vecina, Mexico City, 2008 | |
| PHYSICAL, PORTRAITS, IDEAL #10, SAISON VIDEO, Roubaix, 2008 | |
| ARTWALK AFTER PARTY 2007, LACMA MUSE, Los Angeles, 2007 | |
| INAUGURAL SCREENING, c-level, Los Angeles, 2001 | |
| GOOD-BYE, ENIWETOK, Beyond Baroque, Los Angeles, 1998 | |
| CARLfS PLACE 2, LACE, Los Angeles, 1997 | |
| CARLfS PLACE, QUON BROS, Los Angeles, 1997 | |
| Publications | |
| TO AND FROM, with Sid M. Duenas, 2008 | |
| CORONA 1, with Sid M. Duenas, 2006 | |
| Lectures | |
| Curator Talk on Murder Pretended, Casa Vecina, Mexico City, June 26, 2008 | |
| Artist Talk, University of California Irvine, Irvine, May 20, 2008 | |
| Artist Talk, JACCC, Los Angeles, 2006 | |
| Awards and Grants | |
| The Asian and Pacific Islander Artist Presenting Initiative (API/2), 2006 | |
| The Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery Associates, The Eungie Joo/ REDCAT Award, 2004 | |
| Scholarship, California Institute of the Arts, 2000-2001 | |
| Bibliography | |
| Michael Zelehoski, NADA Much, ArtSlant New York, December 2011 | |
| Andrew Russeth, NADA Miami Beach Outperforms, Gallerist NY, December 2011 | |
| Andrea Zittel/High Desert Test Site, Flash Art International, app, November-December 2011 | |
| Catherine Taft, REVIEW, ARTFORUM, February 2011 | |
| Catherine Taft, TOP 10 SHOWS IN LOS ANGELES, SAATCHI ONLINE Magazine, December 2010 | |
| Cathy Rose A. Garcia, Experimental Video at DoBaeBacSa, The Korea Times, February 11 2009 | |
Brutas magazine, Issue #651, December 2008 |
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| Esquire Magazine Japan, December 2008 | |
| CREA Traveller, Why not go to California?, P77-79, August 2008 | |
| Kathryn M. Davis, Los Angeles: Capital of Contemporary Art?, THE magazine, July 2008 | |
| Catherine Taft, Review on FIGURES, Modern Painters June 2008, p 94 | |
| Catherine Wagley, BODYSCAPES, ArtSlant Los Angeles, 2008 | |
| Catherine Taft, ROUND-UP OF THE BEST SHOWS IN LA, SAATCHI ONLINE Magazine, 2008 | |
| Catherine Taft, INTRODUCING 1 2 3 4 , Modern Painters November 2007, p 58-60 | |
Studio Voice, July 2007, p.107 |
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| Gea Politi, Come with me, Prague Biennale 1 catalog, 2003 | |
| David Pagel, Art Reviews, Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, August 2000 | |
| Takashi Murakami, LA ART, Studio Voice, Tokyo: INFAS, December 1998, p.114 |
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