Kohei Nawa

1/8 - Foam , 2013. installation view, Aichi Triennale 2013, Aichi courtesy of Aichi Triennale 2013 and SANDWICH, photo: Nobutada OMOTE | SANDWICH.

2/8 - Force, 2015.

3/8 - Installation view of Kohei Nawa: Force, Pace London 2015

4/8 - Installation view of Kohei Nawa: Force, Pace London 2015

5/8 - Biota (Fauna/Flora), 2013. Installation view: Inujima Art House Project, F-Art House, Okayama collection of Benesse Hoildings Inc. courtesy of SCAI THE BATHHOUSE photo: Nobutada OMOTE|SANDWICH.

6/8 - Biota (Fauna/Flora), 2013. Installation view: Inujima Art House Project, F-Art House, Okayama collection of Benesse Hoildings Inc. courtesy of SCAI THE BATHHOUSE photo: Nobutada OMOTE|SANDWICH.

7/8 - Manifold, 2013. collection of ARARIO Corporation courtesy of ARARIO GALLERY and THE SCAI THE BATHHOUSE photo : Nobutada OMOTE | SANDWICH.

8/8 - PixCell-Double Muse, 2015. Installation view, Yasukawa Inc. collection of Yasukawa Inc. courtesy of SCAI THE BATHHOUSE photo: Nobutada OMOTE|SANDWICH.

Kohei Nawa (b. 1975, Osaka, Japan) is a multidisciplinary artist whose diverse practice explores the perception of virtual and physical space and examines the relationship between nature and artificiality, and between the individual and the whole, illustrating how parts aggregate together, like cells, to create complex and dynamic structures.

Notable solo exhibitions include: L_B_S at Ginza Maison Hermes, Tokyo (2009); Synthesis at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo (2011); SCULPTURE GARDEN at Kirishima Open-air Art Museum, Kagoshima, (2013); and Throne on view as part of the Japonisms 2018: les âmes en resonance at the Musée du Louvre, Paris (2018). He has participated in the 6th Asia Pacific Triennial in Brisbane, Australia, 2009; the 14th Asian Art Biennale Bangladesh in Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2010 (Grand Prize winner); Aichi Triennale in Nagoya, Japan, 2013, amongst others. Nawa is currently an Associate Professor at the Kyoto University of Art and Design.

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Yoshitomo Nara, Kohei Nawa, Wang Guangle, Zhang Huan and Zhang Xiaogang in "Conversations: Contemporary Asian Art"

Conversations: Contemporary Asian Art June 14 – October 13, 2019 Hermitage Museum and Gardens Norfolk, VA Pace is pleased to announce that a selection of works by Yoshitomo Nara, Kohei Nawa, Wang Guangle, Zhang Huan and Zhang Xiaogang will be on view in Conversations: Contemporary Asian Art at the Hermitage Museum and Gardens in Norfolk, Virginia, from June 14–October 13, 2019. Offering the Norfolk community an opportunity to view and engage with some of the biggest names in contemporary

Kohei Nawa and Lee Ufan to Participate in 2019 Setouchi Triennale

We're thrilled to congratulate Kohei Nawa and Lee Ufan for their inclusion in the 2019 edition of the Setouchi Triennale. Staged across the region of the Seto Inland Sea in Japan, the exhibition will be presented in three parts: Spring Encounters (April 26 – May 26), Summer Gatherings (July 19 – August 25), and Fall Expansions (September 28 – November 4). Titled 'Restoration of the Sea,' the exhibition aims to revitalize the island communities that once thrived in this beautiful natural environm

Smart Art / Smart Cities at New London Architecture

Curated by FuturePace, the innovative partnership between Pace gallery and Futurecity, Smart Art \ Smart Cities is a new exhibition exploring how the international group of FuturePace artists are directly engaging with our built environment to bring original ideas to our cities. The display will feature examples of urban projects realised in London and abroad as well as artistic short films edited by the studios, including JR, Studio Drift, Random International, Studio Swine, Michal Rovne

Kohei Nawa's "Throne" Installed at the Louvre

From 13 July, 2018 through 14 January, 2019, Kohei Nawa's Throne (2018) will be on view beneath I.M. Pei's glass pyramids that mark the entrance to the museum. The installation is a hallmark of the exhibition, Japonisms 2018: souls in harmony, on the 160th anniversary of the opening of diplomatic relations between Japan and France. "In our increasingly globalized world, diversity is an essential element in the transformation and growth of society. Single systems of absolute values and principl

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Kohei Nawa

Trans-figure

Jan 18, 2018 – Feb 25, 2018

229 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301

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Kohei Nawa

FORCE

Sep 09, 2015 – Sep 19, 2015

6 Burlington Gardens, London W1S 3ET