Kohei Nawa

Kohei Nawa

Kohei Nawa received his BFA, MFA, and Ph.d. in Fine Arts Sculpture from the Kyoto City University of Arts. He is currently the Assistant Professor at Kyoto University of Art and Design, and the director of SANDWICH, a creative platform for art, design and architecture established in Kyoto in 2009. Nawa had a solo exhibition in support of Foundation d'entreprise Hermes in 2009, and had his successful solo exhibition at Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo (MOT) in 2011. He joined Setouchi Triennale and Aichi Triennale after accomplishing his successful project "Manifold", a large scale public art exhibited permanently in Cheonan, Korea in 2013. Having unique concept of PixCell as an axis, his works continue to unfold expressions in diversity. His art has been collected by prestigious art galleries and museums around the world, including Museum of Contemporary Art in Tokyo, Mori Art Museum, and The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Nawa will have a solo exhibition at ARARIO GALLERY Shanghai in 2015.   코 헤이 나와는 교토 대학에서 조각을 전공하고 동 대학에서 석, 박사를 수학하였다. 현재 교토 대학에서 조형예술대학의 조교수로 재직 중이며, 아트, 디자인 건축 제작소인 SANDWICH 플랫폼의 디렉터로 활동하고 있다. 1999년 예술활동을 시작하여2004년 스카이더 베쓰하우스(SCAI THE BATHHOUSE), 2008년 스위스 카샤 힐데브란트 갤러리(GALERIE KASHYA HILDEBRAND), 2009년 우에노 로얄 미술관 (The Ueno Royal Museum), 2010년 런던의 사치갤러리(SaatchiGallery) 등 다양한 그룹전에 참여하였다. 또한 도쿄현대미술관(Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo), 모리 미술관(Mori Art Museum), 메트로 폴리탄 미술관(The Metropolitan Museum of Art)을 비롯한 세계 유명미술관에 그의 작품이 소장되어 있다. 2009년에는 에르메스 재단(Hermés Foundation)의 후원을 받아 대규모 개인전을 개최하였고, 2011년 도쿄현대미술관과 2012년 아라리오갤러리 서울에서 성공적으로 대규모 개인전을 마쳤으며, 2015년에 아라리오갤러리 상하이에서 개인전을 가질 예정이다.

b.1975, Japan

Biography

2003     Ph.D.Fine Art Sculpture,Kyoto City University of Arts

2000     M.F.A. Fine Art Sculpture,Kyoto City University of Arts

1999     Sculpture course, Exchange program, Royal College of Art

1998     B.F.A.Fine Art Sculpture,Kyoto City University of Arts

Solo Exhibitions

2015    ARARIO GALLERY, Shanghai, China (Upcoming)

           SCAI THE BATHHOUSE, Tokyo, Japan (Upcoming)

2013    MANIFOLD, ARARIO GALLERY, Cheonan, Korea

2012     Kohei - TRANS ㅣ Cheonan; Cheongdam, Arario Gallery, Cheonan; Cheongdam, Korea

2011     Synthesis, SCAI THE BATHHOUSE, Tokto, Japan

2009     Cell, Vera Munro, Humburg, Garmany

             L_B_S, Maison Hermes, Tokyo, Japan

             Transcode, Gallery NOMART, Osaka, Japan

2008     Miro Foundation, Barcelona, Spain

             TORSO, Nomart Edition/ Project Space, Osaka, Japan

2006     GUSH, SCAI THE BATHHOUSE, Tokyo, Japan

             AIR, Nomart Edition/ Project Space, Osaka, Japan

             PixCell, ierimonti gallery, Milan, Italy

             Show window art direction, Maison Hermes, Tokyo, Japan

             Drawings, studio J,Osaka, Japan

2004     0409 science fiction, INAX GALLERY 2, Tokyo, Japan

             catalyst, Nomart Edition/ Project Space, Osaka, Japan

2003     PixCell, Nomart Edition/ Project Space, Osaka, Japan

             PixCell, Studio J, Osaka, Japan

             Cell-osmosis, UPLINK GALLERY, Tokyo, Japan

2002     Cell, Nomart Edition/ Project Space, Osaka, Japan

             Kyoto Art Map, NAWA Kohei, Gallery MARONIE, Kyoto, Japan

2001     Art Synapse, NAWA Kohei, Gallery MARONIE, Kyoto, Japan

2000     ANIMAZUMO, Gallery SOWAKA, Kyoto, Japan

Group Exhibitions

2014     UCCA, Beijing, China (Upcoming)

             Really?, ARARIO MUSEUM in Space,Seoul, Korea

             By Destiny, ARARIO MUSEUM in TAPDONG CINEMA, Jeju, Korea 

             Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan

2013     Setouchi Triennale 2013, Inujima, Japan

2012     Installation for DOVER STREET MARKET Ginza COMME des GARÇONS, Japan

2011     Artists with ARARIO; part 1, 2012, Arario Gallery, Seoul cheongdam, Korea

             Bye Bye Kitty, Japan Society, New York, USA

2010     Busan Biennale, Busan, Korea

             Franks-Suss Collection, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK

             Bangladesh Biennale, Bangladesh

2009     6th Asia Pacific Triennal, Brisbane, Austraila

             VOCA 2009, The Ueno Royal Museum, Tokyo, Japan

             Animamix Biennial-Visual Attract & Attack, Museum of Contemporary Art Taipei, Taipei    

             From Homo to the Museum: Tanaka Tsuneko Collection, The Museum of Modern Art Wakayama, Japan

2008     Great New Wave: Contemporary Art from Japan, Art Gallery of Hamilton, Canada

             Parallel World, Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, Japan

2007     Roppongi Crossing 2007, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan

2006     Hydridlty: The Evolution of Space and Spaces in 21st Century Art", 21c Museum, Kentucky, USA

             Banquet: A Feast for the Senses", Pacific Asia Museum, California, USA

             Rendez-vous project exhibition", Spiral, Tokyo, Japan

             Amuseland 2007 Beautiful Dreamer", Hokkaid Museum of Modern Art, Hokkaido, Japan

2005     Diverse Wayss of Happiness" Japan Art Program Exhibition, EXPO 2005 AICHI, Aichi, Japan

             Visualize-The history and the futurescape of visual media", Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Tokyo, Japan

             ISCP open weekend", ISCP studio, New York, USA

             Valencia Biennal" Agua sin ti no soy", Valencia, Spain

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