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)
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