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Kohei Nawa

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

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.

2/8 - Force, 2015.

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

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

4/8 - 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.

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.

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.

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.

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) lives and works in Kyoto, Japan. He received a Ph.D. in Fine Art Sculpture from the Kyoto City University of Arts (2003). Notable solo exhibitions include: "L_B_S" at Ginza Maison Hermes, Tokyo, 2009; "Synthesis" at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, 2011; and "SCULPTURE GARDEN" at Kirishima Open-air Art Museum, Kagoshima, 2013. 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.

Image: Nobutada OMOTE | SANDWICH

Kohei Nawa

Kohei Nawa

Kohei Nawa (b. 1975, Osaka) lives and works in Kyoto, Japan. He received a Ph.D. in Fine Art Sculpture from the Kyoto City University of Arts (2003). Notable solo exhibitions include: "L_B_S" at Ginza Maison Hermes, Tokyo, 2009; "Synthesis" at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, 2011; and "SCULPTURE GARDEN" at Kirishima Open-air Art Museum, Kagoshima, 2013. 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.

Image: Nobutada OMOTE | SANDWICH

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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

Past

Kohei Nawa

FORCE

Sep 09, 2015 – Sep 19, 2015

6 Burlington Gardens, London W1S 3ET