Kazuya Sakamoto
Born in Tottori, Japan, 1985
Currently lives and works in Tottori
Education
2012
BFA, Painting, Nagoya University of Art, Aichi
2014
MFA, Contemporary Art, Nagoya University of Art, Aichi
2017-18
Selected for the Agency for Cultural Affairs Program of Overseas Study in Taipei
Solo Exhibitions
2024
IN BLOOM, nca | nichido contemporary art, Tokyo, Japan
2020
Spring ephemeral, nca | nichido contemporary art, Tokyo, Japan
2018
Symbiosis, galerie nichido Taipei, Taipei
2017
Kazuya Sakamoto - Landscape gardening -, Yonago City Museum of Art, Tottori, Japan
2016
Between Breaths, nca | nichido contemporary art, Tokyo, Japan
2012
ALA Project No.9 Kazuya Sakamoto, ART LAB AICHI, Aichi, Japan
2010
a ripple, hinten, Aichi, Japan
Group Exhibitions
2024
Summer at Galerie Nichido Karuizawa, Galerie Nichido, Nagano, Japan
2023
◯△×□, CENTER/EDO, Tokyo, Japan
Natural Compositions, nca | nichido contemporary art, Tokyo, Japan
2022
Young Okazaki vol.2, MtK Contemporary Art, Kyoto, Japan
2021
Abstraction by CADAN, ISETAN ART GALLERY, Tokyo, Japan
SITES UNSEEN - An endless call to life from the center -, nca | nichido contemporary art, Tokyo, Japan
Next World - Taguchi Art Collection x Iwaki City Art Museum, Iwaki City Art Museum, Fukushima, Japan
SMALL., nca | nichido contemporary art, Tokyo, Japan
2020
Routes to Roots, galerie nichido Taipei, Taipei, Taiwan
2019
SMALL WORKS: an endless journey, nca | nichido contemporary art, Tokyo, Japan
2017
Identity XIII - Je t’aime… moi non plus - A love journey through art - curated by Daisuke Miyatsu -, nca | nichido contemporary art, Tokyo, Japan
2015
nca new generation project - Sensing Body, nca | nichido contemporary art, Tokyo, Japan
Fruitfulness - Contemporary Art in Toyokawa, Toyokawa City Sakuragaoka Museum, Aichi, Japan
Arts Challenge 2015, Aichi Arts Center, Aichi, Japan
2014
Some Like It Witty, Gallery EXIT, Hong Kong, China
2013
session, Art&Design center, Aichi, Japan
OPEN STUDio, artist run space i/o, Aichi, Japan
2012
Mitsudo III, ART LAB AICHI, Aichi, Japan
TOKYO WONDER SEEDS 2012, Tokyo Wonder Site Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan
2011
Various Speeds, VOICE GALLERY, Kyoto, Japan
2010
party, hinten, Aichi, Japan
CIRCLE 2, Aichi Prefectural University of the Arts Satellite Gallery, Aichi, Japan
2009
Bikei Yusyu, Kasugai Civic Cultural Foundation Aichi, Japan
FRESH, R2, Chiba, Japan
Awards
2014
Niwa Incentive Student Daiko Foundation
2012
President’s Prize for Oustanding Student Nagoya University of Arts