Kohei NAWA

Japanese　1975

Born in Kyoto, Japan, Kohei NAWA acquired his PhD. of Art in Sculpture. His art works explore relationship between “cell” and “skin”. He collects the medium such as glasses balls, resined fibers to transfer into his own creations. His works reveals an unknown astmosphere between fact and fake, which leads the viewers to see the world and the point of view that the artist built. NAWA also tries to create other art works in different forms, such as flims, and more over, he cooperated with the fashion brands, Hémérs and Agnès.b.

Solo Exhibitions

2015 “Kohei Nawa - FORCE”, SCAI The Bathhouse, Tokyo, Japan
2013 “Kohei Nawa - SCULPTURE GARDEN”, Kirihishima Open-Air Museum, Kagoshima, Japan
2013 “Manifold Document”, ARARIO Gallery, Cheonan, Korea
2103 “Kohei Nawa : Garden”, Gallery Nomart, Osaka, Japan
2013 “Direction | TRAUMARIS”, TRAUMARIS, Tokyo/ Japan
2012 “Kohei Nawa : SANDWICH”, Hankyu Umeda Gallery, Osaka, Japan
2012 “Kohei Nawa – Trans”, ARARIO Gallery, Cheonan; Seoul, Korea
2011 “GRID_Synthesis”, B Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2011 “KOHEI NAWA - SYNTHESIS”, Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan
2010 “Synthesis”, SCAI THE BATHHOUSE, Tokyo, Japan
2009 “Transcode”, Gallery Nomart, Osaka, Japan
2009 “L_B_S”, Maison Hermès, Tokyo, Japan
2009 “CELL”, Vera Munro, Humburg, Germany
2008 “PixCell”, Pekin Fine Arts, Beijing, China
2008 “TORSO”, Nomart Edition, Project Space, Osaka, Japan
2008 “The poetry of bizarre” the Joan Miro Foundation, Barcelona, Spain
2007 “PixCell”, IERIMONTI Gallery, Milano, Italy
2006 “AIR”, Nomart Edition, Project Space, Osaka,Japan
2006 “GUSH”, SCAI THE BATHHOUSE, Tokyo, Japan
2005 “Drawings”, studio J, Osaka, Japan
2004 “catalyst”, Nomart Edition, Project Space, Osaka, Japan
2004 “0409 science fiction”, INAX Gallery 2, Tokyo, Japan
2003 “CELL-osmosis”, UPLINK Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2003 “PixCell”, Studio J, Osaka, Japan
2003 “PixCell”, Nomart Edition, Project Space, Osaka, Japan
2002 “Kyoto Art Map, NAWA Kohei”, Gallery Maronie, Kyoto, Japan
2002 “CELL”, Nomart Edition, Project Space, Osaka, Japan
2001 “Art Synapse 2010, NAWA Kohei”, Gallery Maronie, Kyoto, Japan
2000 “ANIMAZUMO”, Gallery SOWAKA, Kyoto, Japan

Publuic Collections

Hara Museum of Contemporary, Tokyo, Japan
The Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, Japan
Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
Takamatsu City Museum of Art, Kagawa, Japan
Takenaka Corporation, Entrance Lobby, Tokyo , Japan
Takamatsu City Museum, Kagawa, Japan
Toyosu Front, Tokyo, Japan
Shin-Marunouchi Building, Tokyo, Japan
Tokyo Midtown, Tokyo , Japan
Toyota Art Collection, Aichi, Japan
Yaguchi-no-watashi Station, Tokyo, Japan
Queensland Art Gallery, Queensland, Australia
Ritz Carlton Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan
Franks – Suss Collection, London, UK
Pigozzi Collection, New York, USA
Daimler Chrysler Contemporary, Berlin, Germany
Sovereign Art Foundation, Hong Kong
The Art Foundation, Kentucky, USA
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia

Awards

2012 Kyoto New Artist’s Award 2012, Kyoto, Japan
2010 First Prize, 14th Asian Art Biennale Bangladesh 2010, Dhaka, Bangladesh
2008 Jury’s Prize, ROPPONGI CROSSING 2007, Mori Museum, Tokyo, Japan
2007 Kyoto Cultural Award 2006, Kyoto, Japan
2004 Sakuya Konohana Prize, Osaka , Japan
2003 First Prize , Selected Artists in Kyoto 2003, Japan
2003 Encouragement prize , Kirin Art Award 2003, Japan