Artist / Yasuhito Kawasaki
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)
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
Worked for a casting company in Toyama (-2013 )
Solo Exhibitions
2026 [Slow Slow Green Time] at Touch Gallery , Hong Kong
[Blue Blue Bear and Green, Blue Blue Bear and Sea] at Lina Gallery , Busan and Seoul
2025 [Blue Blue Bear] at Touch Gallery, Hong Kong
[BEAUTIFUL LIFE] at Thinkspace, Los Angeles
[Scarlet] at Suomei M50 gallery, Shanghai
2024 [Apple] at Secret Fresh gallery, Philippines
2023 [On the table] at Soft Corner Art, Seoul
[Hello Bear-chan !!] at Thinkspace, Los Angeles
2021 [Continuous] at Touch Gallery, Hong Kong
2020 [You Are an Owl, I Am Almost a Bear] at Touch Gallery, Hong Kong
Group Exhibitions and Projects
2026 [Seeing, Again] Group show at Tang Contemporary Art, Seoul
[Life Like Us] at YOD Tokyo
2025 Pop up store at Harvey Nichols in Hong Kong
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
YASUHITO KAWASAKI × TOMOKO KAWASAKI at THZ Gallery, Taiwan
2017 +PROJECT / Kun-Rui WU × Yueh-Ting TSAI × Yasuhito Kawasaki at THZ Gallery, Taiwan
Miwha Han・Yasuhito Kawasaki two man exhibitions at Gallery MORYTA, Fukuoka
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
2026 Art Central Hong Kong
Art Fair Phillppines
2025 Art Taipei
Art Jakarta
AFAF
Taipei Dangdai
Art Busan
Art Central Hong Kong
Art Madrid
2024 West Bund Art and Design
Art Taipei
UVNT Art Fair (Madrid)
Art Central Hong Kong
2023 KIAF Seoul
West Bund Art and Design
Art Central Hong Kong
Art Taipei
2022 Art Taipei
Art Taichung
2021 Art Taipei
Art Taichung
One 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