© Courtesy of Kazuma Koike and cadet capela
Born in 1980 in Kanagawa, Japan
Lives and works in Osaka, Japan
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He spent his childhood in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and attended a high school in Barcelona, Spain. Graduated from the Department of Sculpture, College of Art at Nihon University.
He has produced ceramic sculptures, drawings, and paintings with motifs of ancient gods, pots, big cats, plants and pineapples. With the theme of “Fictional Ancient Artifacts”, artworks created by mixing images from different places/periods have a unique floating feeling as if they do not belong to anywhere. Koike says his interests are “the state where different elements coexist in harmony” or “the processing that changes the purpose and meaning of things”.
He held his solo exhibitions at cadet capela (Paris, 2023), OMURO MUSEUM (Mie, 2021), AISHONANZUKA (Hong Kong, 2019, 16, 13) and TEZUKAYAMA GALLERY (Osaka, 2020, 17, 14) . Recently he has participated in a two-person exhibition at Aishonanzuka with Djordje Ozbolt (Hong Kong, 2023) and a group exhibitions at HAGD Contemporary (Aalborg, 2023).
SOLO AND TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
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2023
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— Djordje Ozbolt and Kazuma Koike, with Djordje Ozbolt, Aishonanzuka, Hong Kong, HK
— Prayer, cadet capela, Paris, FR
2022
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— KOISHI-KEI, with Toru Ishii, Sokyo Gallery, Kyoto, JP
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2021
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— Cama, with Shuhei Yamada, Mitsukoshi Contemporary Gallery, Tokyo, JP
— Kazuma Koike, OMURO MUSEUM, Mie, JP
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2020
— Solo exhibition, Tezukayama Gallery, Osaka, JP
2019
— Solo exhibition, Aishonanzuka, Hong Kong, HK
— Cama, with Shuhei Yamada, Vou, Kyoto, JP
2017
— Buddha Blues, Tezukayama Gallery, Osaka, JP
2016
— In a Thicket, A&D Gallery, Nihon University College of Art, Tokyo, JP
— Volta 12, Markthalle Basel, Tezukayama Gallery, Basel, CH
— Volta NY, PIER 90, Tezukayama Gallery, New York, USA
— Eclipse, Aishonanzuka, Hong Kong, HK
2014
— Neutral Palm Square, Tezukayama Gallery, Osaka, JP
2013
— Hermit and Bottled Water, Aishonanzuka, Hong Kong, HK
— Float, Aisho Miura Arts, Tokyo, JP
2012
— Hallucinations, Aisho Miura Arts, Tokyo, JP
2011
— Repetitions and Variations, Aisho Miura Arts, Tokyo, JP
2010
— The quest, Aisho Miura Arts, Tokyo, JP
— A silent moment at Veronica island, with Yasuyoshi Botan, hpgrg Gallery, Tokyo, JP
— Blinks, hpgrp Gallery Tokyo, Tokyo, JP
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2009
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— Trance, Aisho Miura Arts, Tokyo, JP
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GROUP EXHIBITIONS
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2023
— Twice upon a time, Akrilyc, London, UK & Brussels, BE
— Inception, HAGD Contemporary, Aalborg, DK
— Kuroobianaconda 05 Sukiyaki, Aishonanzuka, Hong Kong, HK
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2022
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— KUROBIKARI, THE SHOPHOUSE, Hong Kong, HK
— Mikado2 - My Baby Collection, Tezukayama Gallery, Osaka, JP
— Kuroobianaconada 04 Tempura, Sokyo Lisbon, Lisbon, PT
— End of Eden, Galerie Wolfsen, Aalborg, DK
— Tokyo Nights Vol. 4, Block House, Tokyo, JP
— Intersection, Aishonanzuka, Hong Kong, HK
— Tokyo Nights Vol. 3, Block House, Tokyo, JP
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2021
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— Kuroobianaconda 03 Sanmaioroshi, Tezukayama Gallery, Osaka, JP
— Mikado2, Zuiun-an, Kyoto, JP
— Hello Konnichiwa, Aishonanzuka, Hong Kong, HK
— Re: Focus vol.5, Tezukayama Gallery, Osaka, JP
2020
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— Kuroobianakonda 02 Wagiri, The 5th Floor, Tokyo, JP
2018
— Re: Focus Vol. 3, Tezukayama Gallery, Osaka, JP
2017
— Enokojima Art Days 2017: Other Ways, enoco, Osaka, JP
2015
— Waxing and Waning, hpgrp Gallery Tokyo, Tokyo, JP
2013
— Gallery Show, Aishonanzuka, Hong Kong, HK
2012
— Hell / Summer / Landscape, Aisho Miura Arts, Tokyo, JP
2011
— Group Show 2, Aisho Miura Arts, Tokyo, JP
2010
— Group Show 1, Aisho Miura Arts, Tokyo, JP
— The 5th Daikokuya Contemporary Art Award Exhibition, Daikokuya, Tochigi, JP
— No Man’s Land, French embassy, Tokyo, JP
2009
— Showcase, Aisho Miura Arts, Tokyo, JP
2008
— Japan Now, Inter Alia Art Company, Seoul, KR
2007
— Casino Royale, Scai The Bathhouse, Tokyo, JP
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ART FAIRS
2023
— Art Brussels, cadet capela, Brussels, BE
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2022
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— Art Taipei 2022, Taipei World Trade Center, Tezukayama Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
— Tri-Flod, What Cafe, Tezukayama Gallery, Tokyo, JP
— One Art Taipei 2022, The Sherwood Taipei, Tezukayama Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
2021
— Delta 2021, CASO, Tezukayama Gallery, Osaka, JP
— Art Collaboration Kyoto, Kyoto International Conference Center, Tezukayama Gallery, Kyoto, JP
— Multiple Art Days, Fiminco Foundation, Bomma, Romainville, FR
— Art Osaka 2021, Osaka City Central Public Hall, Tezukayama Gallery, Osaka, JP
2020
— Art021 Shanghai Contemporary Art Fair, Shanghai Exhibition Center, Aishonanzuka, Shanghai, CN
— ArtTNZ, Terrada Art Complex II, Tezukayama Gallery, Tokyo, JP
— Delta Experiment, Tezukayama Gallery, Osaka, JP
2016
— Volta 12, Markthalle Basel, Tezukayama Gallery, Basel, CH
— Volta NY, PIER 90, Tezukayama Gallery, New York, NY, US
2015
— ART15, Olympia London, Tezukayama Gallery, England, UK
2014
— Context Art Miami, Context Art Miami Pavillon, Tezukayama Gallery, Miami, FL, US
— The Art Fair + Plus-Ultra, Spiral, Tezukayama Gallery, Tokyo, JP
2013
— Art Toronto, The Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Tezukayama Gallery, Toronto, CA
2011
— Ultra004, Spiral, Aisho Miura Arts, Tokyo, JP
— Asia Top Gallery Hotel Art Fair, Mandarin Oriental, Aisho Miura Arts, Hong Kong, HK
2010
— Ultra003, Spiral, Aisho Miura Arts, Tokyo, JP
— Young Art Taipei, Sunworld Dynasty, Aisho Miura Arts, Taipei, Taiwan
— Art Fair Tokyo, Tokyo International Forum, Aisho Miura Arts, Tokyo, JP
— Asia Top Gallery Hotel Art Fair, Grand Hyatt Hong Kong, Aisho Miura Arts, Hong Kong, HK
2009
— Ultra002, Spiral, Aisho Miura Arts, Tokyo, JP
— Art Taipei, Taipei World Trade Center, Scai The Bathhouse, Taipei, Taiwan
2008
— Scope Miami, hpgrp Gallery Tokyo, Miami, FL, US
— Yokohama Art & Home Collection, hpgrp Gallery Tokyo, Yokohama, JP
— Aosando Art Fair, hpgrp Gallery Tokyo, Tokyo, JP
— Art@Agnes Hotel Art Fair, Agnes Hotel, Scai The Bathhouse, Tokyo, JP
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RESIDENCIES
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2021
ー Ise City Creater Workcation, Mie, JP
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EDUCATION
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2003
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— BFA, Nihon University College of Art, Tokyo, JP