Education

  • 1999 Bachelor of Architecture - McGill University Montreal
  • 1998 Bachelor of Science in Architecture - McGill University Montreal
  • 1997 RIEA Workshop with Lebbeus Woods - Kraljevica
  • 1990 ARCT Piano Performer's Degree - Royal Conservatory of Toronto

Exhibitions and Publications

  • 2024

    • The Farm Shop   A Collective Experience at Theatro Milan Design Week (group show)
  • 2013

    • European Contemporary Art Fair   Perception Park booth Strasbourg (group show)
    • Taizo Yamamoto   Walk the Line: The Art of Drawing (Ana Ibarra & Marc Valli) Laurence King, London
    • Exposition Inaugurale   Perception Park (Feb. 8 - Apr. 6, 2013) 20 Rue Domat 75005 Paris (group show)
    • Shopping Cart #8   Bear Deluxe Magazine Issue #34 (Spring 2013), Portland
  • 2012

    • Now Reading 'Foodieodicals'  New York Times T Magazine (Stephen Heyman, May 15, 2012)
    • Shawarmas   Meatpaper issue 17 (April 2012), San Francisco
  • 2011

    • Taizo Yamamoto   I.T Post issue 10 (fall / winter 2011), Hong Kong
    • Taizo Yamamoto   Carne Mag #9 (May 2011), Buenos Aires
    • Shopping Carts and Recent Drawings   Pendulum Gallery (Feb. 21-March 5, 2010) Vancouver (solo show)
    • Taizo Yamamoto   Preview Art (Mia Johnson, Feb. - March 2011) Vancouver
    • Shopping Cart #4   Hedges Bluslate Magazine Issue #1, Puna
  • 2010

    • Taizo Yamamoto   Universocentro Issue #19, Medellin
    • Shopping Carts   Renfield Fanzine No.22.5, Berlin
    • Taizo Yamamoto   booooooom.com (Sept. 22, 2010)
    • Shopping Cart #14   The Drawing Room Juried Exhibition, Pendulum Gallery (July 17-Aug. 7, 2010) Vancouver
    • Shopping Cart #14   Vancouver Sun - Festival draws on unsung creative practice (Kevin Griffin, July 16, 2010)
    • To Ana   postcardstoalphaville.net
    • Taizo Yamamoto   It's Nice That Issue #3, London
    • Shopping Carts   Junk Jet 3 flux-us! flux-you!, Stuttgart
  • 2009

    • Taizo Yamamoto   itsnicethat.com (Sept. 16, 2009)
    • The Armory Show   Canteen Magazine booth New York (group show)
  • 2008

    • Pulse Quickens on Day Two   ARTINFO - Envoy and Canteen Pulse Miami booth featured (Linda Lee, Dec. 4, 2008)
    • Guia   RG Vogue - Envoy and Canteen Pulse Miami booth featured (Gustavo von Ha, Dec. 2, 2008)
    • Pulse Art Miami   Envoy Enterprises with Canteen Magazine booth Miami (group show)
    • Shopping Carts   FUKT #7 - contemporary drawing magazine (curated by Bjorn Hegardt), Berlin
    • Shopping Carts   Canteen Magazine issue 3, New York
  • 2002

    • Plans in Progress   Innovative Planning Studies for Ground Zero, New York*
    • NEXT   Venice Biennale, Lower Manhattan Study, Venice*
    • Chicago Schools Competition   Chicago Architecture Foundation, Chicago*
    • Thinking Big: A Plan for Ground Zero and Beyond   New York Times Magazine (Herbert Muschamp, Sept. 2002)
    • A Towering Challenge   The Globe and Mail (Lisa Rochon, Oct. 12, 2002)
    • *with Schwartz Architects

ARCHITECTURAL PRACTICE

  • 2003 - Present Principal Yamamoto Architecture Inc. Vancouver
  • 1999 - 2003 Associate Schwartz Architects New York
  • 1998 Peterson Architects San Francisco