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Artists > Kazuya Sakamoto

Kazuya Sakamoto

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Artworks

• Landscape gardening exotic, 2016, oil on canvas, 227.3 × 363.6 cm
• Transparent, 2016, oil on canvas, 411.5 × 330.2 cm
• Burgeon, 2014, oil on canvas, 194 × 162 cm
• Nocturne 1, 2014, oil on canvas, 227.3 × 181.8 cm

Kazuya Sakamoto
1985 Born in Tottori, Japan
Currently lives and works in Aichi, Japan

Born in a place surrounded by lush nature, and growing up feeling the beauty of greenery and water on his skin, Kazuya Sakamoto describes his choice of depicting waterweeds as a necessity, and as an act to question his own raison d'etre. The plants that intricately intertwine in his paintings, combined with the thick application of the paints, cause the viewers to feel as though they are drawn into the water. The weeds are meticulously painted and multiply through sheer physical repetition, and they appear to depict the very process of evolution based on the constant alteration to support life. At the same, they also bring to mind the diverse eco system in the globalized contemporary society, in which competitive advantage is formed by the various differences that exist between individuals and groups. Each brush stroke/action of the artist represents his intentions while leaving traces that emanate a strong sense of presence. The physicality that become manifest over the picture plane are supplanted by painstakingly calculated compositions and colors, and suggest the great possibilities of the expressions by the new generation harbor.

EDUCATION
2012　　BFA, Painting, Nagoya University of Art, Aichi, Japan
2014　　MFA, Contemporary Arts, Nagoya University of Art, Aichi, Japan

SOLO EXHIBITION
2019　　「Spring ephemeral」, nca | nichido contemporary art, Tokyo, Japan
2018　　「Kazuya Sakamoto : Symbiosis」,galerie nichido Taipei, Taipei, Taiwan
2017　　「Kazuya Sakamoto」，Yonago City Museum of Art, Tottori
2016　　「Between Breathes」, nca | nichido contemporary art, Tokyo, Japan
2012　　「ALA Project No9 Kazuya Sakamoto」, ART LAB AICHI, Aichi, Japan
2010　　「a ripple」, hinten, Aichi, Japan

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019　 「SMALL WORKS: an endless journey」, nca | nichido contemporary art, Tokyo, Japan
2017　 「Identity XIII- curated by Daisuke Miyatsu -」, nca | nichido contemporary art, Tokyo, Japan
2016　　「As Small as the Universe」, galerie nichido Taipei, Taipei
2015　　「nca new generation project – Sensing Body」, nca | nichido contemporary art, Tokyo, Japan
2015　　「Fruitfulness - Contemporary Art in Toyokawa」, Toyokawa City Sakuragaoka Museum, Aichi, Japan
2015　　「Arts Challenge 2015」, Aichi Arts Center, Aichi, Japan
2014　　「Some Like It Witty」, Gallery EXIT, Hong Kong
2013　　「OPEN STUDIO 2013」, artist run space i/o, Aichi, Japan
2012　　「Mitsudo Ⅲ」, ART LAB AICHI, Aichi, Japan
2012　　「TOKYO WONDER SEED 2012」, Tokyo wonder site sibuya, Tokyo, Japan
2011　　「various speeds」, voice gallery, Kyoto, Japan
2010　　「party, hinten」, Aichi, Japan
2010　　「CIRCLE2」, Aichi, Japan
2009　　「Bikei Yusyu」, Aichi, Japan
2009　　「FRESH, R2」, Chiba, Japan

AWARDS
2014　　Niwa Incentive Student Daiko Foundation
2012　　President's Prize for Oustanding Student Nagoya University of Arts
2010　　Creation of artist run space i/o (Kitanagoya)

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