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

2019

Kohei Nawa: Recent Works, Pace Gallery, 12/F, H Queen’s, 80 Queen’s Road Central, Hong Kong, July 19–August 29 (extended through September 7), 2019.

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

2018

Japonisms 2018: Kohei Nawa, 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.

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: 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.

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.

2020

Chewing Gum IV [Kohei Nawa, Kenneth Noland, Thomas Nozkowski, Adam Pendleton, Michael Rovner, Tony Smith, Xiao Yu, Zhang Xiaogang], Pace Gallery, 12/F, H Queen’s, 80 Queen’s Road Central, Hong Kong, May 28–July 2, 2020.

2019

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

2017

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

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.

2015

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

1999

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

Arario Sculpture Garden, Cheonan, South Korea

The Art Foundation, Kentucky

Daimler Chrysler Contemporary, Berlin, Germany

Franks – Suss Collection, London, England

Hara Museum, Tokyo, Japan

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

Ritz Carlton Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan

Shinshoji Zen Museum and Gardens, Fukuyama, Japan

Sovereign Art Foundation, Hong Kong

Takamutsu City Museum of Art, Kagawa, Japan

Yaguchino-Watashi Station, Tokyo, Japan

2019

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

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

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. 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/

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.