cadet capela, Kazuma Koike

Biography

Born in 1980 in Kanagawa, Japan
Lives and works in Osaka, Japan

He spent his childhood in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and attended a high school in Barcelona, Spain. He 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”.
Recent solo exhibitions have been held at cadet capela (Paris), Omuro Museum (Mie), AishoNanzuka (Hong Kong) and Tezukayama Gallery (Osaka).

Exhibitions

Asia NOW 2023

Xuteng Chén, Kazuma Koike, Kwong Wing Kwan, Umut Yasat, Yuyu Zhitong

October 19 — 22, 2023

Monnaie de Paris, Paris, FR

Art Brussels 2023

Ernesto Burgos, Kazuma Koike, Humberto Poblete-Bustamante, Bill Saylor, Ryan Wilde

April 20 — 23, 2023

Brussels, BE

Prayer

Kazuma Koike

February 4 — March 11, 2023

54 rue Chapon, 75003 Paris

Curriculum vitae

Solo and two-person exhibitions

2024

In The Year of the Dragon, with Jordy Kerwick, Aishonanzuka, Hong Kong, HK
2023

Stille, with Henrik Godsk, HAGD Contemporary, Aalborg, DK
Djordje Ozbolt and Kazuma Koike, with Djordje Ozbolt, Aishonanzuka, Hong Kong, HK
Prayer, cadet capela, Paris, FR
2022

KOISHI-KEI, with Toru Ishii, Sokyo Gallery, Kyoto, JP
2021

Cama, with Shuhei Yamada, Mitsukoshi Contemporary Gallery, Tokyo, JP
Kazuma Koike, OMURO MUSEUM, Mie, JP
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, Nihon University College of Art, A&D Gallery, Tokyo, JP
Eclipse, Aishonanzuka, Hong Kong, HK
2014

Neutral Palm Square, Tezukayama Gallery, Osaka
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, hpgrg Gallery, Tokyo, JP
2009

Trance, Aisho Miura Arts, Tokyo, JP

Group exhibitions

2023

Solidaholic, Tezukayama Gallery, Osaka, JP
Black, Puls Contemporary, Brussels, BE
Twice upon a time, Akrilyc, London, GB
Twice upon a time, Akrilyc, Brussels, BE
Mitsukoshi Gallery, Tokyo, JP
Inception, HAGD Contemporary, Aalborg, DK
Kuroobianaconda 05 Sukiyaki, Aishonanzuka, Hong Kong, HK
2022

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
2021

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

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, JP
2013

Gallery Show, Aishonanzuka, Hong Kong, HK
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

Fairs

2023

Asia NOW 2023, cadet capela, Paris, FR
Art Brussels , cadet capela, Brussels, BE
2022

Art Taipei 2022, Taipei World Trade Center, Tezukayama Gallery, Taipei, TW
Tri-Flod, What Cafe, Tezukayama Gallery, Tokyo, JP
One Art Taipei 2022, The Sherwood Taipei, Tezukayama Gallery, Taipei, TW
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 (Solo), Markthalle Basel, Tezukayama Gallery, Basel, CH
Volta NY (Solo), PIER 90, Tezukayama Gallery, New York, US
2015

ART15, Olympia London, Tezukayama Gallery, England, GB
2014

Context Art Miami, Context Art Miami Pavillon, Tezukayama Gallery, Miami, 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, TW
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, Aisho Miura Arts
Art Taipei, Taipei World Trade Center, Scai The Bathhouse, Taipei, TW
2008

Scope Miami, hpgrp Gallery, Miami, US
Yokohama Art & Home Collection, hpgrp Gallery, Yokohama, JP
Aosando Art Fair, hpgrp Gallery, Tokyo, JP
Art@Agnes Hotel Art Fair, Agnes Hotel, Scai The Bathhouse, Tokyo, JP

Residencies

2021

Ise City Creater Workcation, Mie, JP

Education

2003

BFA, Nihon University College of Art, Tokyo, JP