Kohei Nawa

Dates

Born 1975, Osaka, Japan

Lives and works in Kyoto

2009–present, directed “Sandwich”, a creative platform for production

Education

1998, B.A. Kyoto City University of Arts, Fine Art Sculpture

2003, Ph.D. Kyoto City University of Arts, Fine Art Sculpture

2025

Kohei Nawa: Sentinent, SCAI The Bathhouse, Tokyo, April 22–July 12, 2025.

2024

Kohei Nawa: Soma, Galerie Vera Munro, Hamburg, Germany, November 15, 2024–March 2025.

2023

Kohei Nawa: Cosmic Sensibility, Pace Gallery, Seoul, November 22, 2023–January 6, 2024.

Kohei Nawa: vol.3 Cell, Gallery Nomart, Osaka, Japan, April 1–22, 2023.

2022

Kohei Nawa: Aether, Pace Gallery, 540 West 25th Street, New York, September 16–October 22, 2022. (Catalogue)

Kohei Nawa: PixCell_Moment, Pace Gallery, Palo Alto, California, May 13–July 1, 2022.

2021

Kohei Nawa: MOMENT, SCAI Park, Tokyo, October 30–November13, 2021.

Kohei Nawa: TORNSCAPE, SCAI The Bathhouse, Tokyo, November 2–December 18, 2021

Kohei Nawa: Wandering, Taka Ishii Gallery Photography / Film, Tokyo, June 5–July 3, 2021

Kohei Nawa: Metamorphosis Garden, GINZA SIX, Tokyo, April 12–30, 2022

2019

Kohei Nawa: Oracle, GYRE GALLERY, Tokyo, October 23, 2020–January 31, 2021

Kohei Nawa: Special exhibition for 100th anniversary of its enthronement of Meiji Jingu, Meiji Jingu, Tokyo, October 23–December 13, 2020

Kohei Nawa: Recent Works, Pace Gallery, Hong Kong, July 19–August 29 (extended through September 7), 2019.

Kohei Nawa: D_E_M, rin art association, Gunma, June 16–August 18, 2019

Kohei Nawa: Foam, 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, April 27–August 25, 2019

Kohei Nawa: Vessel, Arario Gallery, Seoul, March 20–July 21, 2019.

2018

Kohei Nawa: Element-Black, Gallery Nomart, Osaka, November 10–December 08, 2018

Kohei Nawa: Biomatrix, SCAI The Bathhouse, Tokyo, October 10–December 8, 2018

Kohei Nawa: PixCell-Deer, Museum of Hunting and Nature, Paris, September 4–December 02, 2018

Kohei Nawa: Throne -Louvre Pyramid-, GINZA SIX, Tokyo, July 13, 2018–February 18, 2019.

Kohei Nawa: Japonisms 2018, Throne, Musée du Louvre, Paris, July 13, 2018–February 18, 2019.

Kohei Nawa: Throne, Galerie Vera Munroe, Hamburg, May 29, 2018–May 31, 2019.

Kohei Nawa¸ Sarah Shepard Gallery, Larkspur, California, March 19–April 13, 2019.

Kohei Nawa, Pace Palo Alto, California, January 18–March 4, 2018.

Kohei Nawa: Trans-figure, Pace Palo Alto, California, January 18–March 4, 2018.

2017

Kohei Nawa: VESSEL, Arario Gallery, Shanghai, November 3, 2017–January 7, 2018.

Kohei Nawa: ESPUMA, Japan House São Paulo, Brazil, September 23–November 12, 2017.

2015

Kohei Nawa: MOVEMENT, Arario Gallery, Shanghai, China, 2015.

Kohei Nawa: FORCE, Pace London, September 9–19, 2015.

Kohei Nawa: FORCE, SCAI The Bathhouse, Tokyo, Japan, March 7–April 25, 2015.

2013

Kohei Nawa: Director / TRAUMARIS, TRAUMARIS, Tokyo, Japan, 2013.

Kohei Nawa: Garden, Gallery Nomart, Osaka, Japan, 2013.

Kohei Nawa: Manifold Document, Arario Gallery, Cheonan, Korea, 2013.

Kohei Nawa: SANDWICH-CREATIVE PLATFORMFOR CONTEMPORARY ART, EYE OF GYRE, Tokyo, 2013

Kohei Nawa: Sculpture Garden, Kirishima Open-Air Museum, Kagoshima, Japan, November 1–December 23, 2013.

2012

Kohei Nawa | Sandwich, Hankyu Umeda Gallery, Osaka, Japan, 2012.

Kohei Nawa: Trans, Arario Gallery, Cheonan and Seoul, Korea, September 5–November 4, 2012.

2011

Kohei Nawa: Grid_Synthesis, B Gallery, Tokyo, Japan, 2011.

Kohei Nawa – Synthesis, Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan, 2011.

2010

Kohei Nawa: Synthesis, SCAI The Bathhouse, Tokyo, Japan, 2010.

2009

Kohei Nawa: Cell, Vera Munro, Hamburg, Germany, 2009.

Kohei Nawa: L_B_S, Maison Hermès, Tokyo, Japan, 2009.

Kohei Nawa: Transcode, Gallery Nomart, Osaka, Japan, 2009.

2008

Kohei Nawa: PixCell, Pekin Fine Arts, Beijing, China, 2008.

Kohei Nawa: The Poetry of Bizarre, The Joan Miro Foundation, Barcelona, Spain, 2008.

Kohei Nawa: Torso, Nomart Edition / Project Space, Osaka, Japan, 2008.

2007

Kohei Nawa: PixCell, Ierimonti Gallery, Milan, Italy, 2007.

2006

Kohei Nawa: Air, Nomart Edition / Project Space, Osaka, Japan, 2006.

Kohei Nawa: Gush, SCAI The Bathhouse, Tokyo, Japan, January 20–February 25, 2006.

2005

Kohei Kawa: Drawings, Studio J, Osaka, Japan, 2005.

2004

Kohei Kawa: Catalyst, Nomart Editions / Project Space, Osaka, Japan, 2004.

Kohei Kawa: 0409 Science Fiction, INAX Gallery 2, Tokyo, Japan, 2004.

2003

Kohei Kawa: Cell-osmosis, Uplink Gallery, Tokyo, Japan, 2003.

Kohei Kawa: PixCell, Studio J, Osaka, Japan, 2003.

Kohei Nawa: PixCell Nomart project space cube & loft, Osaka, 2s003

2002

Kohei Kawa: Cell, Nomart Edition / Project Space, Osaka, Japan, 2002.

Kohei Kawa: Kyoto Art Map, Gallery Maronie, Kyoto, Japan, 2002.

2001

Art Synapse 2010: Nawa Kohei, Gallery Maronie, Kyoto, Japan, 2001.

2000

Nawa Kohei: ANIMAZUMO, Gallery Sowaka, Kyoto, Japan, 2000.

2024

Flare, Onitsuka Tiger Regent Street London Flagship, London, October 10–November 8, 2024.

Pace Tokyo: Special Preview, Pace Gallery, Tokyo, July 6–August 9, 2024.

Summer Group Show, Pace Gallery, Hong Kong, June 26–August 9, 2024.

2023

Iris Van Herpen. Sculpting the Senses, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, November 29, 2023–April 28, 2024.

Symbiosis | Living Island, Japan House Los Angeles, Los Angeles, March 15–July 5, 2023.

2021

TAIYO, MtK Contemporary Art, Kyoto, November 13–December 26, 2021

Treasure 1, Gallery Nomart, Osaka, Japan, October 16–November 13, 2021

Living in symbiosis with Forest and Water, Nagano Prefectural Art Museum, Nagano, Japan, August 28–November 3, 2021

NO SIDE, Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi Main Store, Tokyo, July 21–August 02, 2021

Forêt, Arario Gallery, Seoul, May 25–July 17, 2021

Next World: The Power of Dreams, Iwaki City Art Museum, Fukushima, Japan, April 3–May 16 (extended through June 25), 2021. (Catalogue)

2020

Self Portrait, Gallery Nomart, Osaka, Japan, November 14–December 26, 2020

OKETA COLLECTION： A NEW DECADE, Spiral Garden, Tokyo, July 23–August 10, 2020

Cherish, your imagination, Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, Tokyo, July 18–September 27, 2020

Kiinseido, Meiji Jingu, Tokyo, July 15–October 11, 2020

250 Years of Kyoto Art Masterpieces, Kyoto City KYOCERA Museum of Art, Kyoto, June 2–September 06, 2020

Chewing Gum IV [Kohei Nawa, Kenneth Noland, Thomas Nozkowski, Adam Pendleton, Michael Rovner, Tony Smith, Xiao Yu, Zhang Xiaogang], Pace Gallery, Hong Kong, May 28–July 2, 2020.

Animals in Art, ARKEN Museum of Modern Art, Ishøj, Denmark, May 26, 2020–January 10, 2021

SCAI 30th Anniversary Exhibition, SCAI PARK, Tokyo, January 25–February 08, 2020

The 32nd Kyoto Art Culture Award Exhibition, The Museum of Kyoto, Kyoto, 2020

2019

Miracle, Gallery Nomart, Osaka, December 14, 2019–February 01, 2020

Globe as a Palette ; Contemporary Art from The Taguchi Art Collection, Sapporo Art Museum, Hokkaido, Japan, November 19, 2019–January 13, 2020

raison d’etre, GUM OMOTESANDO, Tokyo, October 18–27, 2019

Throughout Time: The Sense of Beauty, Nijo-jo Castle, Kyoto, August 31–September 03, 2019

Takahashi Collection, Tsuruoka Art Forum, Yamagata, July 13–August 25, 2019

“Globe as a Palette ; Contemporary Art from The Taguchi Art Collection,” Kushiro Art Museum, Hokkaido, Japan, June 28–August 29, 2019

Conversations: Contemporary Asian Art, Hermitage Museum & Gardens, Norfolk, Virginia, June 14–October 13, 2019. (Catalogue)

Globe as a Palette ; Contemporary Art from The Taguchi Art Collection, Hakodate Museum of Art, Hokkaido, Japan, June 14–October 13, 2019

Conversations: Contemporary Asian Art, Hermitage Museum & Gardens, Norfolk, Virginia, June 14– October 13, 2019.

The Life of Animals in Japanese Art, The National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. June 2–August 18, 2019

Globe as a Palette ; Contemporary Art from The Taguchi Art Collection, Hokkaido Obihiro Museum of Art, Hokkaido, Japan, April 16–June 19, 2019

Tokyo Independent 2019, Tokyo University of the Arts, Tokyo, April 18–May 05, 2019

Weavers of Worlds - A Century of Flux in Japanese Modern / Contemporary Art, Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, Tokyo, March 29–June 16, 2019

SHITSURAI−The Arrangement of Contemporary Arts by Hideki Murayama, Art Gallery X at Takashimaya Nihombashi, Tokyo, 2019

Wuzhen International Contemporary Art Exhibition, Wuzhen, 2019

2018

Buddha’s Life, Path to the Present, The New Church Amsterdam, Amsterdam, September 16, 2018–February 03, 2019

COMPLEX - edition & multiple, Gallery Nomart, Osaka, August 18–September 15, 2018

FUKAMI, a dive into Japanese aesthetics, Hôtel Salomon de Rothschild, Paris, July 14–August 21, 2018

AllStars, Gallery Nomart, Osaka, January 13–February 10, 2018

My Favorites: Toshio Hara Selects from the Permanent Collection. Part II, SHINAGAWA-KU, Shinagawa-ku, March 21–June 03, 2018

2017

Japanorama. A New Vision on Art Since 1970, Centre Pompidou-Metz, France, October 20, 2017–March 5, 2018.

GLOBAL NEW ART – The Essence of Taguchi Art Collection, WOODONE MUSEUM OF ART, Hiroshima, August 25–November 12, 2017

Reborn-Art Festival 2017, Ishinomaki City, Miyagi, Japan, July 22–September 10, 2017.

Takahashi Collection Mindfulness 2017, Yamagata Museum of Art, Japan, July 22–August 27, 2017.

Voice of Asia, Arario Gallery, Shanghai, China, July 1–August 27, 2017.

2016

Aichi Triennale 2016: The Column Project, Trans-dimensional Photos: Images in the Future Tense, Aichi, Japan, August 11–October 23, 2016.

New Sensorium – Exiting from Failures of Modernization, ZKM, Karlsruhe, Germany, March 5–September 4, 2016.

Setouchi Triennale 2016: Inujima Art House Project, F-Art House, Okayama, Japan, March 1–November 30, 2016.

Commemorating 400 years of Rinpa – The Advent of Rinpa – Touring the “Rinpa Code” of the Pre-Modern / Modern / Contemporary/ Strong, Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, Kyoto, January 14–February 14, 2015

2015

Jahresgaben 2015: Art - Can, Gallery Nomart, Osaka, December 12–26, 2015

COSMOS / INTIME – La collection Takahashi, La Maison de la Culture du Japon a Paris, France, October 7, 2015–January 23, 2016.

Visual Deception II: Into the Future, Nagoya City Art Museum, Aichi, August 9, 2014–March 22, 2015

THE HOSOMI COLLECTION AND THE CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS OF KYOTO, Hosomi Museum, Kyoto, June 23–July 12, 2015

The Hosomi Collection and the Contemporary Artists of Kyoto, Hosomi Museum, Kyoto, Japan, May 23–July 12, 2015.

Osamu Kokufu: His Work and His Circle, ARTCOURT Gallery, Osaka, May 1–30, 2015

Takahashi Collection: Mirror Neuron, Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery, Japan, April 18–June 28, 2015.

Taguchi Hiroshi Art Collection: A Walk around the Contemporary Art World after Paradigm Shift, The Museum of Fine Art, Gifu, Japan, February 3–May 17, 2015.

Prudential Eye Awards, ArtScience Museum, Marina Bay Sands, Singapore, January 17–March 31, 2015.

2014

Appetising Art: When Art Meets Food, Yokosuka Museum of Art, Kanagawa, Japan, 2014.

Beyond and Between, Leeum Samsung Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea, 2014.

M Home: Living in Space RedStar Macalline Art Project, Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing, China, 2014.

The Mirror – Hold the Mirror up to Nature, Nagoya Chamber of Commerce & Industry Hall, Tokyo, Japan, 2014.

Mission [SPACE x ART]—Beyond Cosmologies, Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan, June 7–August 31, 2014.

NOMART 25th Anniversary Event vol.3 Factory House, Gallery Nomart, Osaka, Japan, 2014.

Really?, Arario Museum, Jeju, South Korea, 2014.

Visual deception II: Into the Future, Bunkamura the Museum, Tokyo, Japan, 2014.

Mission [SPACE x ART]—Beyond Cosmologies, Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan, 2014.

NOMART 25th Anniversary Event vol.2 Speaking Sculpture, Gallery Nomart, Osaka, 2014

Museum of Art in Waao!! – exciting Art x Craft Exhibition, Urasoe City Museum of Art, Okinawa, 2014

NOMART 25th Anniversary Event vol.1 Favorite Books, Gallery Nomart, Osaka, 2014

ULTRA × ANTEROOM exhibition, HOTEL ANTEROOM KYOTO, Kyoto, 2014

Making Links: 25 years, SCAI THE BATHHOUSE, Tokyo, 2014

2013

Aichi Triennale 2013, Nagoya, Japan, 2013.

Inujima Art House Project, F-Art House, Okayama, Japan, 2013.

Kohei Nawa | Sandwich, Eye of Gyre, Tokyo, Japan, 2013.

2012

Parallel Japanese Worlds, A4 Contemporary Arts Center, Chengdu, China, December 2, 2012–March 24, 2013.

2011

Artists with Arario 2011, Part 1, Arario Gallery, Seoul, Korea, 2011.

Beyond, Scai the Bathhouse, Tokyo, Japan, 2011.

Bye Bye Kitty, Japan Society, New York, 2011.

Grasstress 2011, Palazzo Cavalli Franchetti, Venice, Italy, 2011.

Spiritainment, 100 Tonson Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand, 2011.

2010

City 2.0–The Evolutionary Theory of Contemporary City on the WEB Generation, Eye of Gyre, Tokyo, Japan, 2010.

14th Asian Art Biennale Bangladesh 2010, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2010.

Franks-Suss Collection, Saatchi Gallery, London, 2010.

Living in Evolution: Busan Biennale 2010, Busan, Korea, 2010.

Nippon Artnext, Gaien-Campus International Research Center for Japanese Art and Culture, Tokyo, 2010.

Product, Gallery Nomart, Osaka, Japan, 2010.

Trans–Cool Tokyo - Contemporary Japanese Art from MOT Collection, Singapore Art Museum. Traveled to: Bangkok Art Culture, Bangkok, Thailand, 2010.

Great New Wave: Contemporary Art from Japan, Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, 2010.

PRODUCT, Gallery Nomart, Osaka, 2010

2009

Animamix Biennial-Visial Attract & Attack, Museum of Contemporary Art Taipei, Taipei, Taiwan, 2009.

First Passage, Artcourt Gallery, Osaka, Japan, 2009.

From Home to the Museum: Tanaka Tsuneko Collection, The Museum of Modern Art Wakayama, Wakayama, Japan, 2009.

MOT Field of Dreams, Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, Japan, 2009.

Neoteny Japan, Takahashi Collection, The Ueno Royal Museum, Tokyo, Japan, 2009.

Renewal Open Memorial Exhibition –Reborn–, Gallery Nomart, Osaka, Japan, 2009.

6th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art, Queensland Art Gallery and Queensland Gallery of Modern Art, Queensland, Australia, 2009.

VOCA 2009, The Ueno Royal Museum, Tokyo, Japan, 2009.

War and Art, Kyoto University of Art and Design, Galerie Aube, Kyoto, Japan, 2009.

Hitoshi Nomura: View From Space, From Here On…, ARTCOURT Gallery, Osaka, 2009 Reborn, Gallery Nomart, Osaka, 2009

2008

Black State, Studio J, Osaka, Japan, 2008.

The Echo, ZAIM, Yokohama, Japan, 2008.

Great New Wave: Contemporary Art from Japan, Art Gallery of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, 2008.

Japanese Group Show Senjiru – Infusion, Galerie Kashya Hildbrand, Zurich, Switzerland, 2008.

Parallel World, Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan, 2008.

Vivid Material, Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, Tokyo, Japan,2008.

2007

ArtScope 2005/2006, Daimler Chrysler Contemporary, Berlin, Germany, 2007.

Best of Discovery, SH Contemporary, Shanghai, China, 2007.

Roppongi Crossing 2007: Future Beats in Japanese Contemporary Art, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan, 2007.

2006

Art Scope 2005/2006, Hara Museum, Tokyo, Japan, 2006.

Banquet : A Feast for the Senses, Pacific Asia Museum, Pasadena, California, 2006.

Collection of Hara Museum, Hara Museum ARK, Gunma, Japan, 2006.

Hydridity: The Evolution of Spaces and Spaces in 21st Century Art, 21C Museum, Kentucky, 2006.

A Muse Land 2007 Beautiful Dreamer, Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, Hokkaido, Japan, 2006.

Smooth Sailing for BEARING NSK Bearing Art Exhibition, SPIRAL, Tokyo, Japan, 2006.

Material: White Book, Nomart project space cube & loft, Osaka, 2006

2005

Diverse Ways of Happiness - Japan Art Program Exhibition, Expo 2005 Aichi, Japan, 2005.

Diverse Ways of Happiness - Proposal Drawing Exhibition, SPIRAL, Tokyo, Japan, 2005.

ISCP Open Weekend, ISCP studio, New York, 2005.

Nimbi and Penumbrae, D.U.M.B.O. Arts Center, New York, 2005.

Valencia Bieninal - Agua sin ti no soy, Valencia, Spain, 2005.

Visualize-The History and the Futurescape of Visual Media, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Tokyo, Japan, 2005.

2004

Cafe in Mito 2004, Art Tower Mito - Contemporary Art Gallery, Ibaraki, Japan, 2004.

Have We Met?, Japan Foundation Forum, Tokyo, Japan, 2004.

Hi-energy Field, Kpo Kirin Plaza, Osaka, Japan, 2004.

Hi-energy Field, Temporary Contemporary, Tokyo, Japan, 2004.

Jahres Gaben, Nomart Edition / Project Space, Osaka, Japan, 2004.

Multiples, Nomart Edition / Project Space, Osaka, Japan, 2004.

OSAKA・ART・KALEIDOSCOPE, OSAKA 04, CASO, Osaka, Japan, 2004.

Premonition-S, Gallery SOWAKA, Kyoto, Japan, 2004.

Sotto, Kyoto Art Center, Kyoto, Japan, 2004.

Winter Show, Scai the Bathhouse, Tokyo, Japan, 2004.

2003

Art Court Frontier 2003, Artcourt Gallery, Osaka, Japan, 2003.

Kirin Art Award 2003 Osaka, Kpo Kirin Plaza, Osaka, Japan, 2003.

Kirin Art Award 2003 Tokyo, Hillside Forum, Tokyo, Japan, 2003.

OMAMORI, Gallery Maronie, Kyoto, Japan, 2003.

Selected Artists in Kyoto (Grand Prix), Kyoto Cultural Museum, Japan, 2003.

Take Art Collection, SPIRAL, Tokyo, Japan, 2003.

Trans-, Kyoto Art Center, Japan, 2003.

2002

Art in CASO, CASO, Osaka, Japan, 2002.

2001

Boomerang Art Project Exhibition, Saw You, GAK, Bremen, Germany, 2001.

Image and Materiality, Nomart Edition / Project Space, Osaka, Japan, 2001.

Nomart Projects 2001, Image and Materiality, Nomart Edition / Project Space, Osaka, 2001

Saw You – boomerang art project, GAK, Bremen, 2001

2000

Art Synapse 2000, Gallery MARONIE, Kyoto, Japan, 2000.

Boomerang Art Project in Kyoto, Kyoto Art Center, Japan, 2000.

Boomerang Art Project, First Throw, Galerie WeissRaum, Kyoto, Japan, 2000.

Feed Back, Gallery SOWAKA, Kyoto, Japan, 2000.

Wool in Wool IWATE, Koiwai Farm, Iwate, Japan, 2000.

OSMOSIS, Gulbenkian Gallery, London, 2000

1999

OSMOSIS, Royal College of Art Gulbankian Gallery, London, England, 1999.

Arario Sculpture Garden, Cheonan, South Korea

The Art Foundation, Kentucky, USA

Conrad Osaka, Osaka, Japan

Daimler Chrysler Contemporary, Berlin, Germany

Daimaru Shinsaibashi Store, Osaka, Japan

Franks – Suss Collection, London, England

Ginza Tsutaya Books, Tokyo, Japan

Grand Hyatt at SFO, San Francisco, USA

Hara Museum, Tokyo, Japan

HAT Kobe, Nagisa Park, Kobe, Japan

Ile Seguin, Boulogne-Billancourt (Downstream Tip), Department of Hauts-de-Seine, France

JAPIGOZZI Collection, New York, U.S.A.

Long Museum, Shanghai, China

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan

The Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan

National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia

Pigozzi Collection, New York

Queensland Art Gallery, Queensland, Australia

The Ritz Carlton Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan

Shin-Marunouchi Building, Tokyo, Japan

ShinPuhKan, Kyoto, Japan

Shinshoji Zen Museum and Gardens, Fukuyama, Japan

The Sovereign Art Foundation, Hong Kong

Takahashi Ryutaro Collection, Tokyo, Japan

Takamatsu City Museum of Art, Kagawa, Japan

Takenaka Corporation, Tokyo, Japan

Tokyo Garden Terrace Kioicho, Tokyo, Japan

Tokyo Midtown, Tokyo, Japan

Toyosu Front, Tokyo, Japan

Toyota Art Collection, Aichi, Japan

Ueshima Museum, Tokyo

Yaguchino-Watashi Station, Tokyo, Japan

2024

Chungyeon, Jeong. “How the world is formed - Cosmic Sensibility Exhibition” (Pace Gallery exhibition review). ArtInsight, 31 December 2023. https://www.artinsight.co.kr/news/view.php?no=68163

“‘Kohei Nawa: Cosmic Sensibility’ on view through January 20, 2024, at PACE Gallery, Seoul” (exhibition review). K-artnow, 4 January 2024. https://k-artnow.com/kohei-nawa-cosmic-sensibility-on-view-through-january-20-2024-at-pace-seoul-2/

“Kohei Nawa y el raro lazo entre lo físico y lo virtual” (Pace Gallery exhibition review). Masdearte.com, 8 January 2024. https://masdearte.com/kohei-nawa-pace-gallery-seul/

Minflu. “If you want to experience ‘The Moment Art Is Born,’ Kohei Nawa” (Pace Gallery exhibition review). Artlecture, 5 January 2024. https://artlecture.com/article/3169

Min, Peul-lu. “If you want to experience ‘The Moment Art Is Born,’, Kohei Nawa” (Pace Gallery exhibition review). Artlecture, 5 January 2024. https://artlecture.com/article/3169

“Pace presenting exhibition of new works by Kohei Nawa at its Seoul gallery” (exhibition review). ArtDaily, 3 January 2024. https://artdaily.com/news/165462/Pace-presenting-exhibition-of-new-works-by-Kohei-Nawa-at-its-Seoul-gallery

Thalberg, Lisbeth. “Kohei Nawa: Cosmic Sensibility – Pace Gallery, Seoul” (Pace Gallery exhibition review). Martin CID Magazine, 18 January 2024. https://martincid.com/en/art/kohei-nawa-cosmic-sensibility-pace-gallery-seoul/

2023

Joohyun, Yoo. “[Attention!] Handsome Asian pianists, Keyboard Relay for Peace in Mapo” (Pace Gallery exhibition review). The Joongang, 25 November 2023. https://www.joongang.co.kr/article/25210000#home.

Jungmi, Lee. “From Kohei Nawa to Manuel Solano, recommended exhibitions for December” (Pace Gallery exhibition review). Vogue Korea, 30 November 2023. https://www.vogue.co.kr/2023/11/30/%EC%BD%94%ED%97%A4%EC%9D%B4-%EB%82%98%EC%99.

Pastore, Jennifer. “Meet the Power Players Driving Tokyo Gendai, From the Dealer Who Discovered Yoshitomo Nara to a Psychiatrist Art Collector.” Artnet News, 4 July 2023. https://news.artnet.com/market/tokyo-gendai-power-players-2332019

Yoonhee, Heo. “If put out a artwork, it's ‘sold out.’ Japanese Star Artist Unveils Large-scale New Artwork in Korea with Expectations of a Sold-out Success” (Pace Gallery exhibition review). Chosun, 29 November 2023. https://www.chosun.com/culturelife/culture_general/2023/11/29/3HDJ37GZIJHM5PXBGP26TBMW5E/.

2022

Cleary, Mary. "New dance performance features costumes made of spider silk." Wallpaper, 28 January 2022. https://www.wallpaper.com/art/mist-dance-performance-damien-jalet.

“The experimental sculptures of Kohei Nawa.” Fahrenheit Magazine, 25 August 2022. https://fahrenheitmagazine.com/en/modern-art/plastics/the-experimental-sculptures-of-kohei-nawa#view-1.

Ha, Thu-Huong. "Kohei Nawa's Gross and Gorgeous 'Force' mesmerizes the senses” (Museum on Echigo-Tsumari exhibition review). The Japan Times, 9 September 2022. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2022/09/09/arts/kohei-nawas-gross-gorgeous-force-mesmerizes-senses/

Nonnenberg, Sheryl. “In the moment: New works by Kohei Nawa tackle how we see things in the Information Age” (Pace Gallery exhibition review). Palo Alto Weekly, 9 June 2022. https://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/2022/06/09/in-the-moment-new-works-by-kohei-nawa-tackle-how-we-see-things-in-the-information-age.

2019

Crow, Carlyn. “10 Hong Kong Art Exhibitions to See in July 2019” (Pace Gallery exhibition review). Hong Kong Tatler, 2 July 2019. https://hk.asiatatler.com/life/10-hong-kong-art-exhibitions-to-see-in-july

Giles, Oliver. “Artist Kohei Nawa: ‘Technology Can Be A Source for Good’” (Pace Gallery exhibition review). Hong Kong Tatler, 27 August 2019. https://hk.asiatatler.com/life/kohei-nawa-pace-gallery

James, Lauren. “How technology distorts nature: Kohei Nawa’s art for the information age – so tactile you want to feel it” (Pace Gallery exhibition review). South China Morning Post, 24 July 2019. https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/article/3019856/how-technology-distorts-nature-kohei-nawas-art-information

Lane, S. Nicole. “Transforming the Mundane: A Review of Tara Donovan at the Smart Museum” (exhibition review). Newcity Art, 18 July 2019. https://art.newcity.com/2019/07/18/transforming-the-mundane-a-review-of-tara-donovan-at-the-smart-museum/

Lempesis, Dimitris. “Art Cities: Hong Kong – Kohei Nawa” (Pace Gallery exhibition review). Dream Idea Machine, 18 July 2019. http://www.dreamideamachine.com/en/?p=49256

Levene, Louise. “Vessel at Sadler’s Wells, London – Packed with Beguiling Imagery.” Financial Times, 17 April 2019. https://www.ft.com/content/d0a4376a-60f7-11e9-9300-0becfc937c37

Nawa, Kohei. “Mind and Matter: Interview with Kohei Nawa” (Pace Gallery exhibition review). Interview with Pamela Wong. Art Asia Pacific, 23 August 2019. http://artasiapacific.com/Blog/MindAndMatterInterviewWithKoheiNawa

Nawa, Kohei. “Q&A with Japanese Artist Kohei Nawa Who Distorts and Illuminates The World We Live In.” Interview with Mun-Delsalle, Y-Jean. Forbes, 19 May 2019. https://www.forbes.com/sites/yjeanmundelsalle/2019/05/19/qa-with-japanese-artist-kohei-nawa-who-distorts-and-illuminates-the-world-we-live-in/

2018

Andrews, Zach. “Kohei Nawa Adds Deer, Ducky and More to His Pixcell Lineup at Pace Gallery” (Pace Palo Alto exhibition review). Design Boom, 5 February 2018. https://www.designboom.com/art/kohei-nawa-pace-gallery-02-05-2018/

Asthoff, Jens. “Kohei Nawa: Galerie Vera Munro” (exhibition review). Artforum 57, no. 3 (November 2018): 252, installation view.

Barron, Zoe. “Review: Vessel.” Arts Hub, 3 March 2018. http://performing.artshub.com.au/news-article/reviews/performing-arts/zoe-barron/review-vessel-255314

Clarke, Rita. “Vessel Perfectly Melds Headless Human Forms with Sculpture.” The Australian, 5 March 2018. https://www.theaustralian.com.au/arts/stage/vessel-perfectly-melds-headless-human-forms-with-sculpture/news-story/bc48ee9ee07d9027243b46649f243f16

Edalatpour, Jeffrey. “Kohei Nawa Presents 'Trans-figure' at Pace Gallery” (Pace Palo Alto exhibition review). Metro Active, 31 January 2018. http://www.metroactive.com/arts/Trans-figure-Pace-Gallery-Exhibit.html

McCarthy, Allison. “The Agenda: Kohei Nawa at Pace Palo Alto, California Cool Art Auction, and Last Chance for Walker Evans” (Pace Palo Alto exhibition review). California Home + Design, 26 January 2018. http://www.californiahomedesign.com/trending/2018/01/26/agenda-kohei-nawa-pace-palo-alto-california-cool-art-auction-and-last-chance

Michalarou, Efi. “Art-Presentation: Kohei Nawa-Trans-Figure” (Pace Palo Alto exhibition review). Dream Idea Machine, accessed 12 February 2018. http://www.dreamideamachine.com/en/?p=33473

Nonnenberg, Sheryl. “Radical Transformations” (Pace Palo Alto exhibition review). Palo Alto Online, 8 February 2018. https://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/2018/02/08/radical-transformations

Platonova, Elena. “At SF’s FOG Fair, Dealers Tempt Tech Collectors.” Art Market Monitor, 15 January 2018. http://www.artmarketmonitor.com/2018/01/15/at-sfs-fog-fair-dealers-tempt-tech-collectors/

2017

Eldredge, Barbara. “Japan’s ‘Ship-shaped’ Pavilion Honors Lives Lost at Sea.” Curbed, 11 July 2017.

Xu, Jiahui. “Wu Tou Zhi Qu, Hei An Zhong Tiao Yi Zhi Shi Dai Zhi Wu” (Arario Gallery exhibition review). Artco China (December 2017): 86–87, illustrated.

Yasuda, Yuri Yureeka. "Pixel Perfect: Artist Kohei Nawa." Billionaire, 25 May 2017. https://www.curbed.com/2017/7/11/15951850/japan-shinshoji-zen-museum-gardens-temple-memorial

2015

Hasegawa, Kanae. “Nemika Concept Store by Kohei Nawa.” Frame Publishers, 5 March 2015. http://www.frameweb.com/news/nemika-concept-store-by-kohei-nawa

“Kohei Nawa’s Black and White Exhibit of Chemical Substances at Scai the Bathhouse” (exhibition preview). Fashion Headline Japan, 9 March 2015. http://en.fashion-headline.com/article/2015/03/09/2407.html

Nawa, Kohei. “Interview: Kohei Nawa.” Interview with Andrey Bold. Gadabout, accessed 3 August 2015. http://gadaboutmag.com/interview-kohei-nawa/

Nawa, Kohei. “Japan’s Alchemist-in-chief Brings Mutant DNA and the Distant Cosmos to Europe” (Pace London exhibition review). Interview with Matthew Ponsford. CNN.com, 7 October 2015. http://www.cnn.com/2015/09/15/arts/art-london-kohei-nawa/index.html

Shadforth, Amanda. “Kohei Nawa” Oracle Fox, 30 January 2015. http://oraclefox.com/2015/01/30/kohei-nawa-artist/

2014

“Kohei Nawa and teamlab for the SPACE x ART Exhibit in Tokyo” (Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo exhibition review). Fashion Headline Japan, 10 June 2014. http://en.fashion-headline.com/article/2014/06/10/2253.html

“Kohei Nawa’s ‘Foam’ Installation.” Juxtapoz, 8 January 2014. http://www.juxtapoz.com/current/kohei-nawas-foam-installation

“Yoshiko Ikoma x Kohei Nawa Propose New Fashion.” Fashion Headline Japan, 7 March 2014. http://en.fashion-headline.com/article/2014/03/07/2125.html

2013

Azzarello, Nina. “Kohei Nawa forms a cloud-like landscape made of foam” (Aichi Triennale exhibition review). Designboom, 8 December 2013. http://www.designboom.com/art/kohei-nawa-forms-a-cloud-like-landscape-made-of-foam-12-08-2013/

Caridad, Paul. “Crystal-Beaded Pixelated Taxidermy Sculptures. Visual News, 1 June 2013. http://www.designboom.com/art/kohei-nawa-forms-a-cloud-like-landscape-made-of-foam-12-08-2013/

Crothers, Wayne. “Kohei Nawa’s PixCell-Red Deer.” National Gallery of Victoria (NGV), 24 June 2013. http://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/essay/kohei-nawas-pixcell-red-deer/

Potucek, Victoria. “What Lies Beneath: Kohei Nawa’s ‘Pixcell Deer #24.’” Art Writing, 2 May 2013. http://artwriting.sva.edu/?post=what-lies-beneath-kohei-nawas-pixcell-deer-24

“Sample a Taste of Kohei Nawa’s ‘Sandwich’ Stronghold at GYRE” (exhibition preview). Fashion Headline Japan, 12 December 2013. (opens in a new window) http://en.fashion-headline.com/article/2013/12/12/1849.html

Tabuchi, Hiroko. “Kohei Nawa Shifts Stereotypes and Shapes” (Aichi Triennale exhibition review). The New York Times, 29 October 2013. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/29/arts/international/kohei-nawa-shifts-stereotypes-and-shapes.html?_r=3

Tsuda, Rasa. “Kohei Nawa talked about his studio managent.” Azito, 23 March 2013. http://azito-art.com/topics/kohei-nawa-talked-about-his-studio-managent/

2012

Chin, Andrea. “Kohei Nawa: trans texture mapping sculpture.” Designboom, 5 November 2012. http://www.designboom.com/art/kohei-nawa-trans-texture-mapping-sculptures/

“Sandwich Collective Artist Kohei Nawa Forms a Design Studio.” Modern Painters (June 2012): 66.

Yoshimoto, Midori. “Bye Bye Kitty!!!” (exhibition review). Impressions, no.33 (2012): 118–127, illustrated.

2011

Chin, Andrea. “Kohei Nawa: pixcell emu at glasstress 2011” (exhibition review). Designboom, 5 July 2011. http://www.designboom.com/art/kohei-nawa-pixcell-emu-at-glasstress-2011/

Filippetti, Jenny. “Kohei Nawa: Swell.” Designboom, 9 May 2011. http://www.designboom.com/art/kohei-nawa-swell/

Wakeling, Emily. “Kohei Nawa: Synthesis” (Tokyo Museum of Contemporary Art exhibition review). Eyeline. July 2011. http://www.eyelinepublishing.com/eyeline-75/review/kohei-nawa

2009

Nawa, Kohei. “Apt6: Kohei Nawa: Artist Interview.” Qagoma. Online video, 05:31. 5 December 2009. http://tv.qagoma.qld.gov.au/2012/11/29/apt6-kohei-nawa-artist-interview/

2022

Kohei Nawa: Aether (exhibition catalogue). Texts by Brett Littman and Kohei Nawa. Kyoto and New York: Sandwich; Pace Publishing, 2022.

2020
Next World: The Power of Dreams (exhibition catalogue). Edited by Reiko Ueda, Yukie Tokunaga, and Keiichiro Ito. Sapporo, Japan: Nakanishi Publishing Co., Ltd., 2020: 52, illustrated.

2019

Conversations: Contemporary Asian Art (exhibition catalogue). Texts by Carrie Spencer & Lindsay Neal. Norfolk, Virginia: Hermitage Museum & Gardens, 2019.

Kohei Nawa: Metamorphosis. Texts by Tetsuya Ozaki, Yuko Hasegawa, Taro Igarashi and Sumi Hayashi. Mitsumura Suiko Shoin Publishing, Kyoto, 2019.

2018

VESSEL. Texts by Tetsuya Ozaki, Damien Jalet and Kohei Nawa. Kyoto: SANDWICH Inc., 2018.

2014

Mission [SPACE x ART] - Beyond Cosmologies (exhibition catalogue). Tokyo: Seigensha, 2014.

Nawa, Kohei and Sandwich. Creative Platform for Contemporary Art. Kyoto-shi: Gagugei Shuppansha, 2014.

Simple with Soul (exhibition catalogue). Jeju: Arario Museum, 2014.

2011

Giubilei, Francesca, ed. Glasstress 2011 (exhibition catalogue). Texts by Demetrio Paparoni, Bonnie Clearwater, Lidwij Edlekoort et al. Venice: Marsilio Editori, 2011.

Kohei Nawa: Synthesis (exhibition catalogue). Tokyo: Akaaka Art Publishing, 2011.

Koyama, Taisuke. Sandwich Textures: Taisuke Koyama Collaboration with Kohei Nawa/Sandwick. Tokyo: Artbeat Publishers, 2011.

2009

Yamashita, Satoyu and David Elliot, ed. Tokyo Visualist. Interviews with Makoto Aida, Jun Aoki, Kohei Nawa, etc. Tokyo: Didiuebu, 2009.

2008

Knelman, Sara and Lisa Baldissera. Great New Wave: Contemporary Art from Japan (exhibition catalogue). Victoria: Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, 2008.