Born 1990 Osaka, Japan
Lives and works in Tokyo, Japan
Education
2012
Bachelor of Fine Arts, OCAD University, Toronto
Solo Exhibitions
2025
Almine Rech Tribeca, New York, NY, US (upcoming)
2024
'Illuminated Solitude', TSUTAYA GINZA SIX & KOTARO NUKAGA, Tokyo, Japan
'Fading Moments', Long Story Short, Paris, France
'WORK IN PROGRESS', anonymous collection, Tokyo, Japan
2023
'as we didn't know it', Night Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, US
'A Little Closer', KOTARO NUKAGA, Tokyo, Japan
2022
'In Between Shadows', ATM Gallery, New York, NY, US
'Contrasting Memories', Nicholas Metivier Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2021
'After Dark', KOTARO NUKAGA, Tokyo, Japan
2020
'Garden of Light', Nicholas Metivier Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2018
'Light Passage', Nicholas Metivier Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2016
'Strange Guild', Nicholas Metivier Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2014
'Oasis', Galerie Youn, Montreal, Canada
'The Nightwatchers', Museum of Contemporary Art, Toronto, Canada
2013
'Into The Wild', Gladstone House, Toronto, Canada
Group Exhibitions
2024
Group Exhibition, Adler Beatty, New York, NY, US
'36 Paintings', Harper's, East Hampton, NY, US
'Golden Memories : OKETA COLLECTION', Spiral Garden, Tokyo, Japan
2023
'Quiet Storm', Long Story Short, Paris, France
'Focal Point 2', Long Story Short, New York, NY, US
'Stories After Extinction', MtK Contemporary, Kyoto, Japan
'Dieci', Palazzo Coardi di Carpeneto, Artuner, Turin, Italy
'Descendants', K11 MUSEA, Hong Kong
'Midnight Hour', The Hole, New York, NY, US
2022
'Crossing', KOTARO NUKAGA, Tokyo, Japan
'Under Current', Powerlong Museum, Shanghai, China
'Seasons In The City', Palazzo Capris, Artuner, Turin, Italy
'What It Could Be', Theaster Gates Stony Island Arts Bank, Chicago, IL, US
'Escape From New York', Another Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, US
'Romancing Relevance', Woaw Gallery, Hong Kong
2018
'These things I have seen', Art Gallery of Peterborough, UK
2016
'RBC Annual Painting Exhibition', The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2015
'Invisible College', Fort Wayne Museum of Art, IN, US
2014
'Superhuman', Plus Gallery, Denver, CO, US
Museum Collections
Shiga Museum of Art, Shiga, Japan
High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA, US
Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin, Italy
Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami, FL, US
Arts Maebashi, Gunma, Japan
Ueshima Museum Collection, Japan
Urban Nation Museum, Berlin, Germany
Public Collections
Oketa Collection, Tokyo, Japan
Loyalty One, Toronto, Canada
Bell Trinity Square Public Installation, Toronto, Canada
Bora Collection, Istanbul, Turkey
Stikeman Elliott, Toronto, Canada
INFOR Financial, Toronto, Canada
Lectures
2022
Artist Lecture, OCAD University, Toronto, Canada
Artist Talk, Nicholas Metivier Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2018
Artist Talk, TIFF Bell Lightbox, Toronto, Canada
Artist Lecture, Sheridan College, WY, US
Artist Talk, Art Gallery of Peterborough, UK
Residencies/Awards
2019
Vermont Studio Center Residency Program - Full Fellowship Recipient, Johnson, VT, US
Toronto Arts Council Visual Artists Grant, Canada
2017
The Kingston Prize - Finalist, Canada
2016
RBC Canadian Painting Competition - Finalist, Toronto, Canada
2012
Creative Quarterly 28 Award, New York, NY, US
Donna MacLean Award, Toronto, Canada
Patricia Joy Alpert Memorial Award, Toronto, Canada
2011
The Other Competition, First Place, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Canada
