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Born in 1984 in Tokyo. Encountering graffiti in his teens, Que began his artistic activities mainly on the street walls. From then on, he has been known for his fluorescent paintings and installations using black lights. He has also presented his creative process at a number of live painting shows. From 2012, he started painting directly onto displays. Selected Solo Exhibitions 2026　Eerie and Beautiful Labors　KANA KAWANISHI GALLERY (Tokyo, Japan) 2025　even given light　SIGNAL (Tokyo, Japan) 2023　YOU CAN (NOT) RELATE.　KANA KAWANISHI GALLERY (Tokyo, Japan) 2020　Proxy　Gallery OUT of PLACE TOKIO (Tokyo, Japan) 2018　apple　Gallery OUT of PLACE TOKIO (Tokyo, Japan) 2018　Spectrum File 19: Houxo Que　MINA-TO (Tokyo, Japan) 2017　SHINE　ART ZONE (Kyoto, Japan) 2015　spectrum　Seibu Shibuya Alternative Space (Tokyo, Japan) 2015　16,777,216 views　Gallery OUT of PLACE TOKIO (Tokyo, Japan) ​ Selected Group Exhibitions 2025　150 years (Tokyo, Japan) 2025　Alternative Living　SusHi Tech Square (Tokyo, Japan) 2023　As you can see, I haven't stopped being a painter.　Sono Aida / Watowa Gallery (Tokyo, Japan) 2021　Reborn-Art Festival 2021-22　Former Sen-nin Buro (Miyagi, Japan) 2020　ANB TOKYO Opening Exhibition “ENCOUNTERS”　ANB TOKYO (Tokyo, Japan) 2019　Iwao Arawatari | Houxo Que Kannai Bunko (Kanagawa, Japan) 2019　TOKYO 2021 un/real engine: Engineering of Mourning　TODA BUILDING (Tokyo, Japan) 2018　Keisuke Katsuki × Houxo Que “NOUMENON”　TAV GALLERY (Tokyo, Japan) 2018　CANCER “THE MECHANISM OF RESEMBLING”　EUKARYOTE (Tokyo, Japan) 2017　Chaos*Lounge: One Hundred Fifty Years of Solitude　Iwaki City (Fukushima, Japan) 2017　pop & street　Seibu Shibuya Art Gallery & WAG GALLERY (Tokyo, Japan) 2017　WSK AXIS 2017　De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde, School of Design and Arts (Manila, Philippines) 2016　MERZ　HAGIWARA PROJECTS (Tokyo, Japan) 2016　Windows　Gallery OUT of PLACE TOKIO (Tokyo, Japan) 2016　Artline Kashiwa　Takashimaya Kashiwa (Chiba, Japan) 2016　Hors Pistes Tokyo 2016　SuperDeluxe (Tokyo, Japan) 2015　NEO JAPAN, digitale Techniken in Malerei und illustration　MICHEKO GALERIE (Munich, Germany) 2014　16,777,216 view　BCTION (Tokyo, Japan) 2014　STAR collaboration project　2.5D (Tokyo, Japan) 2014　Contemporary Japanese Tea Ceremony: Kouchakai　SHUHALLY (Kanagawa, Japan) 2012　Print and Paint　Art Kyoto (Kyoto, Japan) 2012　Post dpi　Hidari Zingaro (Tokyo, Japan) 2011　Japan Media Arts Festival: Dortmund 2011　Hartware MedienKunstVerein (Dortmund, Germany) 2010　Hana to Diamond　Compond Gallery (Portland, US) ​ Awards 2015 Jury Selections, Art Division, the 19th Japan Media Arts Festival (for 16,777,216 view #2) ​ Commissioned Works and Corporate Projects 2018　NIKE ATELIAIR: TYO ON AIR (Tokyo, Japan) 2016　VOGUE FASHION'S NIGHT OUT TOKYO 2016, JOURNAL STANDARD relume (Tokyo, Japan) 2015　Paris Premieres Roses 2015, Yves Saint Laurent (Paris) 2013　LaneCrawford (Hong Kong, Beijing) 2013　Tokyo Chocolate, Mary’s Chocolate Company (Japan) 2010　Granimator™ iPad APP Artist Pack, Yves Saint Laurent (UK) 2010　TOPSHOP (UK) 2010　NIKE Idea Lab (Portland, US)