Education
Bachelor of Science, University of Auckland 2000
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Elam School of Fine Arts, The University of Auckland 2006
Master of Fine Arts - The School of Art Institute of Chicago 2008-2009
Master of Fine Arts - Goldsmiths University of London 2010-2011
Exhibitions (selected)
2010 23 June - 28 June, Luck Dip, The Wood Mill, London, UK [link]
2009 1 4 May, ART CHICAGO w/ sugs gallery, USA [link]
2008 12 Dec - 2009 12 March, let it be now, Christchurch Art Gallery, New Zealand
2008 24 July - 2 Aug, International Symposium of Electronic Art (ISEA), , Singapore [Link]
2008 July New Call Gallery, Auckland New Zealand [Link]
2008 2- 23 July, RM103, Auckland New Zealand[Link]
2008 Happy Ending, 3-10 May 2008, Happy, Auckland NZ
2008 Various Artist 2-23 May 2008, Film Archive, Auckland NZ
2008 Magmart - March, 15, Casoria Contemporary Art Museum, Naples, Italy
2008 Share Festival / Prize – March -Turin, Italy
2007 Vodafone Digital Art show, Gus Fisher Gallery, 28 Nov, Auckland NZ
2007 I KISS NZ, July, Cannes, France
2007 TXT Me l8r, Houston Center of Photography, Aug, USA
2007 Silly, Creative New Zealand (Arts Council), May, Auckland NZ
2007 KissKiss, Adfest - 14 - 17 March, Pattaya Thailand
2007 Asian at Wheel, Gus Fisher Gallery, 19 Jan - 3 Feb, Auckland NZ
2006 Rhizome - Ars Memoria: art, identity and locational memory - curated by Dr Shaun Wilson (RMIT, Melbourne) – Online rhizome.org
2006 Next Wave, 15 Mar, Melbourne, Australia
2006 Kentaro Yamada, Window Gallery 8Jun - 8 Jul, Auckland NZ (solo)
2006 Colour Bar, Film Archive View Finer, Auckland, NZ
2006 Eeny meeny, miny, moe, George Fraser, Auckland NZ
2005 TAMPOPO, RAMP Gallery, Hamilton, NZ (solo)
2005 TAMPOPO, RM103, Auckland, NZ (solo)
2005 Space is Shoot, Stanbeth House Gallery Auckland NZ
2005 Crease Magazine Show - Nothing doing, Artstation, Auckland NZ
Contribution to communities
2007 Initiated artist run gallery Happy http://happygallery.kentaroyamada.com
2007 Part of advisory board Aucklanders in Arts, initiated by Creative New Zealand (Arts Council). –Contributed to publishing a book Asian Aucklanders and Arts: Attitude, Attendance, and Participation (ISBN 978-0-478-18556-0)
