1969 Born in Cupa, Japan
1996 Graduated from the Sokei Academy of Fine Art and Design, Tokyo, Japan
Lives and works in Tokyo, Japan
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2019 Mr.’s Melancholy Walk Around The Town ,Galerie Perrotin, Paris (Turenne) ,3e, Paris, France
2018 Galerie Perrotin, Hong Kong ,Central, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
2017 Floating in the Air in the Vicinity of a Convenience Store ,Lehmann Maupin, Hong Kong ,Central, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
2016 Mr. : Sunset in My Heart, Lehmann Maupin, New York (West 22nd St), New York, USA
2015 lost -Mental sketch modified-, Hidari Zingaro, Tokyo
2014 LIVE ON: MR.’S JAPANESE NEO-POP, Asian Art Museum, Seattle
2013 Sweeet!, Galerie Perrotin, Hong Kong
2012 Metamorphosis: Give Me Your Wings, Lehmann Maupin Gallery, New York
2010 LEEAHHN GALLERY, Daegu / Seoul
2009 Nobody Dies, Lehmann Maupin Gallery, New York
2008 Nobody Dies, Lehmann Maupin Gallery, New York
Nobody Dies, Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, Paris
2007 Mr., Lehmann Maupin Gallery, New York
2006 Musée d'Art Contemporain de Lyon, Lyon
Nin-stealth", Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, Miami
2004 Issey x Mr, Issey Miyake By Noaki Takizawa, Tokyo
Thank You For Your Hard Work, Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo
2003 Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, Paris
2001 Nano Galerie, Paris
2000 Venus #2, Vedanta Gallery, Chicago
1998 Ō-Edo Kunoichi Ninpōchō, Shop33, Tokyo
Mr., Painter of Alps, Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo
1997 Aoi Gallery, Osaka
1996 Frone & Perrine '97, Shop33, Tokyo
Selected Group Exhibitions
2020 Kaleidoscopes: Contemporary Portraiture ,Galerie Perrotin, Hong Kong ,Central, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
2019 Group Exhibition ,Galerie Perrotin, Seoul ,Jongro-gu, Seoul, South Korea
2016 Unique | Editions ,Ikon Ltd. ,Santa Monica, California, USA
2014 Bishojo: Young Pretty Girls in Art History - 16 Perspectives for Studying the Idea of the bishojo, Aomori Museum, Aomori City
2012 A Nightmare is a Dream, Kaikai Kiki, Tokyo
2011 Winter Joy, Edouard Malingue Gallery, Hong Kong
2010 Exhibition Kyoto-Tokyo: From Samurais to Mangas, Grimaldi Forum, Monaco
2009 VRAOUM, La Maison Rouge, Paris
Neoteny Japan- Takahashi Collection, Yonago City Museum of Art, Yonago
Animate, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Fukuoka
Sacred Monsters, Tufts University Art Gallery, Medford, Massachusetts
2008 Krazy! The Delirious World of Anime + Comics + Video Games + Art, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver
Kaikai Kiki Artists", Kaikai Kiki Gallery, Tokyo
Art Los Angeles, Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica
2007 RED HOT: Asian Art Today from the Chaney Family Collection", Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
The Armory Show, Pier 94, New York
2005 Rising Sun, Melting Moon, Israel Museum, Jerusalem
Kaikai Kiki exhibition, Aoi Gallery, Osaka
Little Boy: The Arts of Japan's Exploding Subculture, Japan Society, New York
Animate, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Fukuoka
Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, Paris
2004 Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, Miami
T-Junction, Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, Paris
Fiction Love: Ultra New Vision in Contemporary Art, Museum of Contemporary Art, Taipei
Chiho Aoshima, Mr., Aya Takano, Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin at LFL Gallery, New York
2003 Hope-The-Future is in Our hands", LAFORET Harajuku, Tokyo
Opening Exhibition, Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo
Mr. vs. Shintaro Miyake Exhibition, NADiff, Tokyo
2002 The Japanese Experience - Inevitable, Museum der Moderne Salzburg, Salzburg
Chiho Aoshima, Aya Takano, Mr., Takashi Murakami, Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, Paris
Coloriage, Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain, Paris
2001 My reality: The Culture of Anime, Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines
Hiropon Show, White Cube Gallery, London; Shinsaibashi PARCO, Osaka
Yokai Festival, Museum of Contemporary Art of Tokyo, Tokyo
Superflat, MOCA, Los Angeles; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis; Henry Art Gallery, Seattle
2000 Superflat, Shibuya Parco Gallery, Tokyo / Parco Gallery, Nagoya
1999 Hiropon Show 32/80, NADiff, Tokyo
Hiropon Show, PARCO Gallery, Nagoya
Sampling, Ronald Feldman Fine Arts Inc., New York
Attention Spam, Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Santa Monica
Hiropon Show PO+KU Art Revolution, Logus Gallery, Tokyo
1998 Hiropon Show, George's, Los Angeles
Ero Pop Christmas, NADiff, Tokyo
1997 Tokyo Sex", NAS, Tokyo
Hiropon Show, Shop 33, Tokyo
1996 Pico Pico Show, Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo
Public Collections
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia
Daegu Art Museum, Daegu