Hajime Sorayama
Untitled
2018
72.8 x 51.5 cm
Acrylic on illustration board
Profile
- 1947
- Born in Ehime, Japan
- 1969
- BFA, Chuo Bijutsu Gakuen, Tokyo, Japan
- Lives and Works in Tokyo
Solo Exhibitions
- 2025
- "Light, Reflection, Transparency", NANZUKA ART INSTITUTE, Shanghai, China
- 2024
- "Desire Machines", Museum of Sex Miami, Miami, FL, US
- "Post Human", Jeffrey Deitch, Los Angeles, CA, US
- "I, Robot", Almine Rech, London, UK
- 2023
- "Space Travelers", CICA Vancouver, Vancouver, BC, CA
- "Space Traveler", NANZUKA / NANZUKA 2G / 3110NZ by LDH kichen, Tokyo, Japan
- "Solo Show", AISHO NANZUKA, Central, Hongkong
- 2022
- "H.R. Giger X Sorayama: Approaching", UCCA Lab, Bejin, Chaina
- "CYBER LADIES’ WORLD", Almine Rech, Paris, France
- 2021
- "SORAYAMA SHARK", chi K11 art space, Guangzhou, China
- "Metropolis", HOW Art Museum, Shanghai, China
- "Dinosauria", NANZUKA 2G, Tokyo, Japan
- 2020
- "SEX MATTER", NANZUKA, Tokyo, Japan
- "TREX", NANZUKA 2G, Tokyo, Japan
- 2019
- "SORAYAMA Space Park", Central Embassy, Bangkok, Thailand
- 2018
- "Sorayama Explosion 💥", NANZUKA, Tokyo, Japan
- "editions", AISHONANZUKA, Central, Hong Kong
- 2017
- "Sawasdee Sexy Robot by Hajime Sorayama", EchoOne ArtSpace, Bangkok, Thailand
- "Club Sorayama", LANDMARK, Central, Hong Kong
- "Hajime Sorayama's EXPO", Wrong Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
- 2016
- "XLARGE × HAJIME SORAYAMA", XLARGE HARAJUKU, Tokyo, Japan
- "Sorayama", Jacob Lewis Gallery, New York, NY, US
- "An actress is not a machine, but they treat you like a machine.", NANZUKA, Tokyo, Japan
- 2015
- "Hajime Sorayama editions", AISHONANZUKA, Central, Hong Kong
- "Hajime Sorayama's Solo Exhibition", Little High, Tokyo, Japan
- "HAJIME SORAYAMA - PRINT SHOW", FIFTY24SF GALLERY, San Francisco, CA, US
- 2014
- "Stussy Guest Artist Series - HAJIME SORAYAMA Exhibition Curated by NANZUKA", STUSSY HARAJUKU CHAPTER, Tokyo, Japan
- 2013
- "Solo Exhibition", AISHONANZUKA, Central, Hong Kong
- "HAJIME SORAYAMA x graniph Exhibition", graniph Harajuku Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
- 2011
- "HAJIME SORAYAMA : 1970-2010", Gering & Lopeg Gallery, New York, NY, US
- "Sexcetra" aired on Playboy TV
- "NEO DISCIPLINE", Span Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
- "Neo Japonism & Obsession", TOKYO CULTUART by BEAMS/B GALLERY, Tokyo, Japan
- 2010
- "Solo Exhibition", NANZUKA UNDERGROUND, Tokyo, Japan
- "Giclee World", Span Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
- 2008
- Opera Gallery, New York, NY, US
- "Sorayama Exhibitions", WEAM Museum, South Beach, FL, US
- 2007
- "EROTOVISION", Mondo Bizzarro Gallery, Rome, Italy
- 2005
- "HYSTERICMINI 20years Annibersary ART EXHIBITION", Hysteric Glamour Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan / Osaka, Japan / Hong Kong
- Show Room, New York, NY, US
- 2003
- "HAJIME SORAYAMA-THE EXHIBITION-", Ginza Graphic Gallery, Tokyo / kyoto ddd gallery, Osaka, Japan
- 2002
- Bape Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
- 1999
- Tamara Bane Gallery, Los Angels, CA, US
- 1998
- Tamara Bane Gallery, Los Angels, CA, US
- ECR, Cologne, Germany
- 1994
- UP'S Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
- Tamara Bane Gallery, Los Angels, CA, US
- The Castlegate Hotel and Conference Center, Atlanta, GA, US
- 1988
- The Seibu Department Store Gallery, Hakodate, Japan
Group Exhibitions
- 2025
- "WAVE 2025", First term WAVE BLUE, Lurf MUSEUM, Tokyo, Japan
- 2024
- "AFF AUTOMOBILE ART FEDERATION", Meguro Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan
- "GODZILLA THE ART PARCO", PARCO MUSEUM TOKYO, Tokyo, Japan
- "STAR WARS EXHIBITION ”PASSION STRENGTH POWER”", PARCO MUSEUM TOKYO, Tokyo, Japan
- "Come One, Come All", Anthony Gallery, Chicago, IL, US
- 2023
- "AFF AUTOMOBILE ART FEDERATION", Meguro Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan
- "MODERN TIMES in Paris 1925: Art and Design in the Machine-age", Pola Museum of Art, Kanagawa, Japan
- "HORIYOSHI 3 × Hajime Sorayama『KOROTEN』", ART GALLERY DOGENZAKA, Tokyo, Japan
- "The Essentials of KINBAKU ART", Vanilla Gallery、Tokyo、Japan
- "HAKKOU", MERRY ART GALLERY, Kanagawa, Japan
- 2022
- "Treville Vintage Contemporary Art Poster Collection -1980s & 1990s-", MERRY ART GALLERY, Kanagawa, Japan
- "Lady Maid Metal 3", MERRY ART GALLERY, Kanagawa, Japan
- "Dominatrix Heaven", Vanilla Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
- "Mickey Mouse Now and Future", Seoul Art Centre, Hangaram Art Museum, Seol, Korea
- "Group show ‘for TZ’ ", NANZUKA UNDRGROUND, Tokyo, Japan
- "My Pick - organized in association with CaM by Muuseo -", CADAN Yurakucho, Tokyo, Japan
- "Mickey Mouse Now and Future", Shinsaibashi PARCO 14F, Osaka, Japan
- 2021
- "Lady Maid Metal 2", MERRY ART GALLERY, Kanagawa, Japan
- "Mickey Mouse Now and Future", PARCO MUSEUM TOKYO, Tokyo, Japan
- "POP-ING NANZUKA at AKI Gallery", AKI Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
- 2020
- "【 Part 3 】Treasure hall on the hill ~ Treasure hall made of art ~", MERRY ART GALLERY, Kanagawa, Japan
- "H.R.GIGER x SORAYAMA", PARCO MUSEUM TOKYO, Tokyo, Japan
- "Underground of Diversity", Art Basel Miami Beach Online 2020
- "Global POP UNDERGROUND", PARCO MUSEUM TOKYO, Tokyo, Japan
- "JP POP UNDERGROUND", Shinsaibashi PARCO 14F, Osaka, Japan
- "SPAN ART GALLERY ALTERNATIVE COLLECTION 2020", Span Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
- 2019
- "Merry Haunts Ball 2 - in horrifying store & gallery ! -", MERRY ART GALLERY, Kanagawa, Japan
- "Lady Maid Metal", MERRY ART GALLERY, Kanagawa, Japan
- "Arsham Sorayama", NANZUKA 2G, Tokyo, Japan
- "Merry Haunts Ball", MERRY ART GALLERY, Kanagawa, Japan
- "TOKYO POP UNDERGROUND", Jeffrey Deitch, Los Angeles, CA, US
- "TOKYO POP UNDERGROUND", Jeffrey Deitch, New York, NY, US
- "SPAN ART GALLERY COLLECTION 2019", Span Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
- "MUZAN -cruel and beauty-", VANILLA GALLERY, Tokyo, Japan
- "MSD - Global POP Wave in the 21st Century", CAC Málaga, Malaga, Spain
- "I draw", D MUSEUM, Seoul, South Korea
- "PEOPLE", Jeffrey Deitch, Los Angeles, CA, US
- "Taipei Dangdai", Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center, Taipei, Taiwan
- 2018
- "Bubblewrap", Contemporary Art Museum Kumamoto, Kumamoto, Japan
- "COOL JAPAN", TROPEN MUSEUM, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- "Tokyo Sweet Gwendoline", VANILLA GALLERY, Tokyo, Japan
- "Exhibition of Mythical beast V", Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation, Tokyo, Japan
- "AAF 7th Exhibition", Yamawaki Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
- "【 Part 2 】Treasure hall on the hill ~ Treasure hall made of art ~ ", MERRY ART GALLERY, Kanagawa, Japan
- "EROTIC ART and ESOTERICISM", Vanilla gallery, Tokyo, Japan
- "The 30th Contemporary Art Exhibition", Imabari Kono Museum, Ehime, Japan
- 2017
- "Exhibition of Mythical beast IV", Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation, Tokyo, Japan
- "Alice", ROPPONGI STRIPE'S SPACE, Tokyo, Japan
- "Blood and Roses", SPAN ART GALLERY, Tokyo, Japan
- "AUTOMOBILE ART FEDERATION(AAF)", YAMAWAKI GALLERY, Tokyo, Japan
- "ARRIVAL XX PLANET THE COLLECTION - EXHIBITION OF KAWS MURAKAMI TAKASHI’ S WORKS", Je Fine Art Gallery Shanghai, Shanghai, China
- "The Encyclopedia of Masamichi Katayama ’Life is hard... Let's go shopping.’", Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
- "THE UNIVERSE AND ART"(Traveling exhibition), ARTSCIENCE MUSEUM, Singapore
- "Hello, Robot: Design Between Human and Machine", Vitra Design Museum, Weil am Rhein, Germany
- "TENGAI 3.0"(Traveling exhibition), hpgrp GALLERY TOKYO, Tokyo, Japan
- "The 29th Contemporary Art Exhibition", Kono Art Museum, Imabari, Ehime, Japan
- "Tuí liàn qī", Mangasick, Taipei, Taiwan
- 2016
- "DESIRE", Moore Building, Miami, FL, US
- "It's a Sony", Sony Building, Tokyo, Japan
- "TENGAI 3.0", hpgrp GALLERY NEW YORK, New York, NY, US
- "The Universe and Art", Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
- "Cosmic Fusion 4", O Museum, Tokyo, Japan
- "TRIBUTE TO KOW YOKOYAMA 60+40=100", TOKYO CULTUART by BEAMS, Tokyo, Japan
- "ALLOY & PEACE", Spiral Garden, Tokyo, Japan
- 2015
- "Unorthodox", The Jewish Museum, New York, NY, US
- "Exhibition of Mythical beast II", Bunkamura, Tokyo, Japan
- "MEDICOM TOY EXHIBITION '15", PARCO MUSEUM, Tokyo, Japan
- "The Aesthetics of Fantasy - Japanese Erotica in Contemporary Art", Bunkamura, Tokyo, Japan
- "Here is ZINE tokyo 10", Tokyo Cultuart BEAMS, Tokyo, Japan
- "FELIX THE CAT - Cats Out Of The Bag", SLOW CULTURE, Los Angeles, CA, US
- "Art Stage Singapore", Marina Bay Sands Convention and Exhibition Centre, Singapore
- 2014
- "LEATHER JAPAN", New York, NY, US
- "The Destruction Of Experience:Amalia Ulman + HAJIME SORAYAMA Exhibition", Evelyn Yard, London, UK
- "JAPAN EROTICA", Musee de lerotisme, Paris, France
- "with Hello Kitty", MDP GALLERY/SPACE M, Tokyo, Japan
- "Pussycat! Kill! Kill! kill!", Vanilla Gallery / Kinokuniya Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
- "O's story", billiken Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
- "atrocity beauty", Vanilla Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
- "HORIYOSHI THE THIRD x Hajime Sorayama", Galleria Harajuku, Tokyo, Japan
- "KITAHARA COLLECTION", Takamatsu city museum of Art, Takamatsu, Japan
- "PARAMOUNT RANCH", Agoura Hills, PARAMOUNT RANCH, CA, US
- "Humanoid", Span Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
- 2013
- "The Pop Surrealism Show", Opera Gallery, New York, NY, US
- "UKIYOE Roman Exhibition", Span Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
- "ALICE Fantasy tale exhibition", Bunkamura, Tokyo, Japan
- 2012
- "Cosmic Fusion III", O museum, Tokyo, Japan
- "The ObsessionArt 5th Anniversary Exhibition", The Gallery in Cork Street, London, UK
- "Artist's book by Treville 1985-2012", Kinokuniya Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
- "Monster", billiken Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
- "Japanese Erotic Artsts", Jinbocho Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
- 2011
- "MEDICOM TOY 15th ANNIVERSARY", PARCO MUSEUM, Tokyo, Japan
- "Here is ZINE tokyo 2", Tokyo Cultuart BEAMS, Tokyo, Japan
- "Hamamatsu Municipal Museum of Art 40th Anniversary Special Exhibition", Hamamatsu Municipal Museum of Art, Shizuoka, Japan
- "Märchenism", The Tobu Department Store Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
- 2010
- "CODE : EROTICA", Bunkamura, Tokyo, Japan
- "Dazzling Contemporary Art Collection of Teruhisa Kitahara", Mori Arts Center Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
- 2009
- "Almost There" Time Tunnel Series Vol.29, G8, Tokyo, Japan
- 2008
- "CARNIVORA", FUSE Gallery, New York, NY / L'Imagerie Gallery, Los Angeles, CA / CPOP Gallery, Detroit, MI, US
- 2007
- 20th Anniversary Exhibitions "Graphics & Messages", Ginza Graphic Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
- 2006
- Ginza Recruit Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
- 2005
- "Winter Invitational", Art At Large, New York, NY, US
- 1997
- "Forum--Gelande", Castrop-Rauxel, Germany
- 1989
- "Ferrari Hall", Munich, Germany
Live Painting
- 2016
- "Sorayama", Jacob Lewis Gallery, New York, NY, US
Bibliography
- 2023
- "THE GYNOIDS LUVTRONIX", Koutoku-sha
- "Hajime Sorayama", TOKYO ART BOOK FAIR 2023, Innen Zine
- 2022
- "GIGER SORAYAMA by H. R. Giger, Hajime Sorayama", KALEIDOSCOPE
- "TOKYO SWEET GWENDOLINE" Kawade Shobo Shinsha
- "DOMINATRIX HEAVEN," Kawade Shobo Shinsha
- 2020
- "SORAYAMA", Sakuhin-sha
- 2017
- "COMPLETE MASTERWORKS", Edition SKYLIGHT, Switzerland
- 2016
- "Hajime Sorayama SPECIAL EDITION", HIOSHINA
- 2015
- "HAJIME SORAYAMA SEXY ROBOT GIGANTES", Genkosha
- 2014
- "PuSSyCaT!KiLL!KiLL!KiLL!", Editions Treville
- "XL Sorayama masterworks", Edition SKYLIGHT, Switzerland
- 2013
- "Vibrant Vixens", Edition SKYLIGHT, Switzerland
- 2010
- "Sorayama masterworks", Edition SKYLIGHT, Switzerland
- 2006
- "Relativision", Graphic-sha
- "SORAYAMA:SECRETS REVEALED"(DVD), Airbrush Action, US
- 2003
- "LATEX GALATEA", Editions Treville
- 2002
- "VENOM", Graphic-sha
- "The Gynoids The Storage Box", Editions Treville
- 2001
- "SORAYAMA COMPLETE WORKS", Edition SKYLIGHT, Switzerland
- 2000
- "Sorayamart", Soleil Production, France
- "Sorayama, Moira", Editions Kunst der Comisc Gmbh, Germany
- "METALLICON", Sakuhin-sha
- "The Gynoids-reborn", Editions Treville
- "The Gynoids-Genetically Manipilated", Editions Treville
- 1999
- "SORAYAMA 1964-1999", Sakuhin-sha
- 1998
- "Sorayama 1964-1999: The complete works of Hajime Sorayama", Sakuhin-sha
- "Torquere", Sakuhin-sha
- 1997
- "NĀGA", Sakuhin-sha
- "Sorayama, Call in Beauties", Bijutsu Shuppan-sha
- "SORAYAMA VOLUME II CD-Rom", MSD-Japan
- 1996
- "Lithograph", Robert Bane Editions, US
- "SORAYAMA VOLUME I CD-Rom", MSD-Japan
- "Silver & Satin", Comic Image, US
- 1995
- "HAJIME SORAYAMA Collector Cards 2", Comic Image, US
- Beginning of monthly publication of works by SORAYAMA in Penthouse Magazine
- 1994
- "HAJIME SORAYAMA Collector Cards", Comic Image, US
- "Lithograph", Robert Bane Editions, US
- Special Sorayama article appeared in the Silver Anniversary issue of Penthouse Magazine
- 1993
- "THE GYNOIDS", Sakuhin-sha
- "HAJIME SORAYAMA Collector Cards", Comic Image, US
- 1992
- "Hyper Illustrations 2", Bijutsu Shuppan-sha
- 1989
- "Hyper Illustrations", Bijutsu Shuppan-sha
- "HAJIME SORAYAMA", Tschen, Germany
- 1988
- "Poster Book SEXY ROBOT", Tschen, Germany
- 1985
- "Venus Odyssey", Tokuma communications
- "Illustration Video", Fuji Television
- 1984
- "Pinup", Graphic-sha
- 1983
- "Sexy Robot", Graphic-sha
Projects
- 2023
- SORAYAMA×URUOTTE
- STELLA McCARTNEY × SORAYAMA
- Pornhub x Sorayama
- PLUS 44x Hajime Sorayama
- PUMA x SORAYAMA
- 2022
- Bvlgari Aluminium Sorayama Special Edition watch
- SAINTMxxxxxx x HAJIME SORAYAMA
- Excalibur Sorayama MB, Roger Dubuis×Hajime Sorayama
- WAVE PROPHECY SORAYAMA Ⅲ, Mizuno x HAJIME SORAYAMA
- EYEFUNNY Ginza, EYEFUNNY × Hajime Sorayama
- Richardson x Sorayama
- 2021
- A BATHING APE® × HAJIME SORAYAMA
- SORAYAMA × CASETiFY
- The Weeknd, "Echoes of Silence", Music video directed by Hajime Sorayama
- WAVE PROPHECY SORAYAMA II, Mizuno x HAJIME SORAYAMA
- UT POP OUT, Jurassic World x HAJIME SORAYAMA at UNIQLO
- WAVE PROPHECY SORAYAMA, Mizuno x HAJIME SORAYAMA
- 2020
- Li-Ning x Hajime Sorayama
- POGGYTHEMAN x 空山基, 2G
- 2019
- Dior's Pre-Fall 2019 Hajime Sorayama Collection
- 2018
- HAJIME SORAYAMA x MADAM WOO, DOMICILE TOKYO
- HUF x SORAYAMA
- XLARGE®×HAJIME SORAYAMA for ComplexCon 2018
- 2017
- Hajime Sorayama x BE@RBRICK by MEDICOM TOY
- Hajime Sorayama x HBX
- Hajime Sorayama x HYPEBEAST
- HAJIME SORAYAMAw KAWI JAMELE 10th Anniversary
- 2016
- DARKSTAR x SORAYAMA SKATEBOARD DECK
- JUUN.J x HAJIME SORAYAMA "Pitti Uomo 2016 A/W"
- 2015
- MEDICOM TOY x Hajime Sorayama 'Hajime Sorayama _sexy Robot standing model _A'
- 2014
- Stussy x Hajime Sorayama Guest Artist T-Shirt Series
- Hajime Sorayama x British Knights "Art and The Future"
- 2013
- Hajime Sorayama x graniph Collaboration T -Shirts
- 2011
- Central Plumbing Specialties partners with INAX for fundraiser
- 2009
- Sorayama Sexy Robot T-shirt and poster by SixPack
- KAWS "No Future Companion" by Sorayama version by MEDICOM TOY
- 2007
- Toshihiko Takamizawa, "Kaleidoscope" cover art
- 2006
- 3RDWARE Artist Collection
- MONDO MARTINI by HAJIME SORAYAMA
- 2005
- White Dunk Project by Nike To view Sorayama's Work
- Playboy TV "Sexcetra" aired
- 2004
- BE@RBRICK WORLDWIDE TOUR by MEDICOM TOY
- 2003
- Hajime Sorayama x Disney x TOMY "BDhyp. FUTURE MICKEY"
- 2001
- Aerosmith, "Just Push Play" cover art
- 1999
- Sorayama designed Sony Entertainment Dog Robot "AIBO"
Awards
- 2001
- Inventor's Award - Asahi newspaper
- 1999
- Good Design Grand Prize Award
- Media Art Festival Grand Prize Award
- 1996
- Vargas Award
Public Collections
- Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, US
- Smithsonian Institute of Technology Museum. Washington DC, US
- World Erotic Art Museum, Miami, FL, US
- US Library of Congress, Washington DC, US
Art Fair
- 2025
- "Art Basel Hong Kong", NANZUKA, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center, Wan Chai, Hong Kong
- 2024
- "Art Basel Miami Beach", NANZUKA, Miami, FL, US
- "Art Taipei", NANZUKA, Taipei World Trade Center Exhibition Hall 1, aipei, Taiwan
- "Frieze Seoul", NANZUKA, COEX Convention Center, Seoul, Korea
- "Tokyo Gendai", NANZUKA, PACIFICO Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
- "Art Basel Hong Kong", NANZUKA, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center, Wan Chai, Hong Kong
- 2023
- "Art Basel Miami Beach", NANZUKA, Miami, FL, US
- "FRIEZE SEOUL", NANZUKA, COEX Convention Center, Seoul, Korea
- "Tokyo Gendai", NANZUKA, PACIFICO Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
- "Art Basel Hong Kong", NANZUKA, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center, Wan Chai, Hong Kong
- 2022
- "Art Basel Miami Beach", NANZUKA, Miami, FL, US
- "Art Basel Hong Kong", NANZUKA, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center, Wan Chai, Hong Kong
- 2021
- "Art Basel Miami Beach", NANZUKA, Miami, FL, US
- 2019
- "Art Basel Hong Kong", NANZUKA, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center, Wan Chai, Hong Kong
- 2018
- "ART COLOGNE", Cologne, Germany
- 2016
- "ART OSAKA", Hotel Granvia Osaka 26F, Osaka, Japan
- 2015
- "Art Basel Hong Kong", Nanzuka, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center, Wan Chai, Hong Kong
- "Art Stage Singapore", Marina Bay Sands Convention and Exhibition Centre, Singapore, Singapore
- 2014
- "Art Basel Hong Kong", Nanzuka, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center, Wan Chai, Hong Kong