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Artist / Yasuhito Kawasaki

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Born in Saga Prefecture in 1983, Yasuhito Kawasaki earned a Master's degree in casting from Kanazawa Art University in Ishikawa, Japan, in 2010. He began his career at a casting company from 2010 to 2013, where he had the opportunity to work on casting artworks by Yoshitomo Nara and Takashi Murakami, which significantly influenced his artistic development.

 

Kawasaki became independent in 2013. His artworks often focus on self-portraiture and are created using FRP (fiberglass-reinforced plastic). In 2018, he met his wife, a ceramic artist, and began creating works in ceramics while also starting to paint. However, during the coronavirus pandemic, he shifted the subject matter of his artworks to explore themes of “closed space and the inner world.” He has been drawing in a narrative style, akin to a page from a book, telling stories based on his reflections on family, his surroundings, and his inner self, all while feeling isolated from the outside world. He often finds inspiration in mythology, with a recurring motif being the “Apple” from the story of Adam and Eve.

 

Currently, he creates his works in a studio located in Takeo City, Saga Prefecture, Japan.

Education/ Experience

2019      Established ceramic brand "shuki" with his wife

2015      Representative of HAMASHUKU KURABITO (studio/art gallery/café)

2015      Moved to Kashima-city, Saga, and started to work as both artist and                                  KURABITO  (brewing staff) supported by Fukuchiyo Shuzo Co.

2013   Worked at a studio operated by NPO BEPPU PROJECT( -2015 )

2010  MA in casting,Kanazawa Art University,Ishikawa,Japan

2010  Worked for a casting company in Toyama (-2013 )

Solo Exhibitions

2025    "beautiful life", Thinkspace in Los Angeles Mar.

2025     "Scarlet",  Suomei M50 gallery, Shanghai
2024     "Apple",  Secret Fresh gallery, Philippines

2023     On the table at Soft Corner art, Seoul

2023     Hello Bear-chan !! at Thinkspace, Los Angeles

2021      Continuous at TOUCH CERAMICS Gallery, Hong Kong

2020     Kawasaki's Parallel Universe at Touch Gallery, Hong Kong

2020  YASUHITO KAWASAKI × TOMOKO KAWASAKI  at THZ Gallery, Taiwan

2019      Self-portrait from home  at ART PROJECTS Gallery, Hong Kong

2014   AITSUNANTE? HATENA at Fukagawa Bansho gallery, Tokyo

2012   Contemporary Japanese new identity at Fukagawa Bansho Gallery, Tokyo

 

Group Exhibitions

​2024    [UNCANNY CUTENESS] Group show at Tang Contemporary Art, Singapore

2023    Clay's Next Chapter, Touch Ceramics, Hong Kong

               Group show at Contemporary Tokyo, Tokyo

              Group show at Maison Ozmen, Paris

              Group show at Plzzzz gallery in Taipei

2022    Group show at Galerie Zberro in Paris
               Across The Pond Group show at Espacio Gallery, London (curated by

               Thinkspace
               GROWTH Group show at Thinkspace, Los Angeles
               UNITY Group show at VOLERY Gallery, Dubai (curated by Thinkspace)
               EXODUS Group show at K11 MUSEA, Hong Kong (curated by gallery

                Ascend)
                Group show at Maison Ozmen, Paris
                5-Artist Exhibit, Corey Helford Gallery, Los Angeles
                Art collector starter kit VIII, Group Show, Corey Helford Gallery, Los

                Angeles
2021       Kawaii Taipei 2021, FNG-ART & Apportfolio Group Show, Taiwan
                THE LITTLE PRINCE 75TH ANNIVERSARY GROUP SHOW,Corey

                Helford Gallery, Los Angeles
                15 YEAR ANNIVERSARY SHOW, Corey Helford Gallery, Los Angeles
2020    KAWAII Art Exhibition by APPortfolio, Beijing and Shanghai
2020    YASUHITO KAWASAKI × TOMOKO KAWASAKI  at THZ Gallery, Taiwan

2017      +PROJECT / Kun-Rui WU × Yueh-Ting TSAI × Yasuhito Kawasaki  at THZ                      Gallery, Taiwan

2017   Miwha Han・Yasuhito Kawasaki  two man exhibitions at Gallery MORYTA,                    Fukuoka

2017   Modern girl / Tatsuhito Horikoshi × Kohei Yamada × Yasuhito Kawasaki  at                        HiArt, shanghai

2016   WORK・PLAY・LIFE at THZ Gallery, Taiwan

2015   Oita Toilennale 2015 at wazawasa building, Oita Prefecture, Japan

2014   EBISU MIO+KAWASAKI YASUHITO「TSUGIHAGI AMAMORI」at art                  space tetra, Fukuoka

2013   Snack JIKKA at JIKKA, Tokyo

2010   ART AWARD TOKYO at Gyoko-dori Underground Gallery, Tokyo

2009     Supporting young artist by ISE CULTURAL FOUNDATION Show at                               tamada project,Tokyo​

Art Fairs​

2025  Art Central, Touch Gallery HK

2025  Art Madrid 

2024  Art Central, Touch Gallery HK

2024    SCOPE Art Miami

            West Bund Art and Design

            Art Taipei

    UVNT Art Fair

            Art Central Hong Kong

2023    KIAF Seoul

            West Bund Art and Design

            Art Central Hong Kong

            Art Taipei

2020     ART Taichung

2019      ART CENTRAL Hong Kong

                Affordable Art Fair Hong Kong

     One Art Taipei

2018       ART FORMOSA /taipei

2015       Young art Taipei

     KIAF/ART SEOUL

2013   ULTRA 006

2012   ULTRA 005

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