OVERVIEW

Takehito Koganezawa (b. 1974, Tokyo) graduated Musashino Art University, College of Art and Design,Department of Imaging Arts and science, and started presenting his video works while at college. From 1999 to 2017, he was based in Berlin. The artist has a strong interest in “motion” and “place”, and is creating his works based on video installations. He also has been expanding his expression where performances, drawings,three-dimensional works, and sounds interact with each other creating motions. In recent years, he has been working on stage and in theatrical spaces, moving toward an exploration of generation and dissolution. He has participated in important international exhibitions such as Media City Seoul, Manifesta, and Sharjah Biennale, and has also participated in the Yokohama Triennale, Aichi Triennale, and Roppongi Crossing in Japan.

HISTORY

2025
‘One on Two, Two from One’, Humboldt Forum, Berlin, Germany
2023
‘Dual Doodle Double Square’, KOTARO NUKAGA, Tokyo, Japan
‘Double Sisters, Divided Brothers’, Loock Gallery,Berlin, Germany
2022
‘ART ILLUMINATION’, Shiroiya Hotel, Gunma, Japan
2021
‘1-2-3-4-Gorilla’, SANDO, Tokyo, Japan
‘NEON SPELLT’, MOUNTAIN CHORD, Gateau Festa Harada Gallery, Gunma, Japan
2019
‘Naked Theatre’, KAAT, Kanagawa, Japan
2018
‘Book off / cut off’, Loock Gallery, Berlin, Germany
‘Three Monochromes’, rin art association, Gunma, Japan
2017
‘After The Heat’, Haus am Waldsee – Bikini Berlin, Berlin, Germany
2016
‘FUTURE OF SMOKE’, Spiral, Tokyo, Japan
‘PAINT IT BLACK’, Stadtgalerie Saarbrücken, Germany
‘Why We Build’, Loock Galerie, Berlin, Germany
2015
‘Route for Food’, Undconsorten, Berlin, Germany
2014
‘SETTING THE BUTTERFLY FREE’, TALION GALLERY, Tokyo, Japan
2013
‘Über den Wolken Schweben’, Loock Galerie, Berlin, Germany
‘Video-Forum’, INAX GALLERY, n.b.k., Berlin, Germany
2012
‘Paint it Black, and Erase’, Christopher Grimes Gallery, Santa Monica, USA
2011
‘Particle Tickle’, Langen Foundation, Neuss, Germany

2024
‘KOGANEZAWA Takehito×SANO Shigejiro: Drawing / Cinema’ Kanagawa Prefectural Museum of Modern Art Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan
‘Recovery’, Marugame Genichiro-Inokuma Museum of Contemporary Art, Kagawa, Japan
2023
‘KOBE Re: Public Art Project’, Sumitomo Ware house, Kobe, Japan
2022
‘Domani: The Art of Tomorrow 2022-2023’, The National Art Center, Tokyo, Japan
‘Drawing in Motion’, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
‘Raum Der Zeichnung’, PORT25 Raum für Gegenwartskunst,Mannheim, Germany
‘ “Signals” Drawing Tube’, NADiff a/p/a/r/t, Tokyo, Japan
‘ALTERNATIVE!’, 3331 Arts Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan
2021
‘Encounters in Parallela’, ANB Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
‘COMBINE!’, CADAN Yurakucho, Tokyo, Japan
2020
‘DOMANI plus Online 2020: Living on the Eve’, Online Exhibition
2019
‘FROM HERE TO BEYOND’, Onomichi City Museum of Art,Hiroshima, Japan
‘Sound on the 4th Floor’, Daimler Contemporary, Berlin, Germany
‘SAPPORO YUKITERRACE 2019’, Sapporo, Japan
2018
‘The Magic Lantern A Short History of Light and Shadow’,
Tokyo Photographic Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
‘PAINTERS’, Nakata Museum, Hiroshima, Japan
‘Collection Exhibition 3 Adventures in “Seeing”‘,21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Japan
2017
‘Collection Exhibition 1 PLAY’, (traveling exhibition) ,21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Japan
2016
‘THE ECHO’, Art Project Takasaki, Gunma, Japan
‘DOMANI PLUS’, Kyoto Art Center, Kyoto, Japan
2015
‘TOKYO ART MEETING VI “Tokyo” Sensing the Cultural Magma of the Metropolis’, Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
‘In Our Time: Art in Post-industrial Japan’,21st Century Museum of Conteporary Art’, Kanazawa, Japan
2014
‘Festival of Future Nows’, Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin, Germany
‘Expanding Fashion’, Art Tower Mito, Ibaragi, Japan

MoMa, USA
Microsoft, USA
Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, Japan
Tokyo Photographic Art Museum, Japan
Mori Art Museum, Japan
21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Japan
MIMOCA, Kagawa, Japan
Mercedes-Benz Art Collection, Germany
Hamburger Kunsthalle, Germany
Haus Konstruktiv, Switzerland
FRAC, France

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KOTARO NUKAGA to participate in 'Tokyo Gendai 2025'

KOTARO NUKAGA is pleased to announce our participation in ‘Tokyo Gendai 2025’, an international art fair held in PACIFICO Yokohama, Japan from September 12 to 14. KOTARO NUKAGA will showcase works by twelve internationally diverse artists, including Tomokazu Matsuyama and Rember Yahuarcani. Featuring a dynamic range of practices across painting and glass art. And also

KOTARO NUKAGA to participate in 'Art Busan'

KOTARO NUKAGA is pleased to announce our participation in ART BUSAN 2025, an international art fair held in BEXCO, Busan, South Korea from May 9 to 11. KOTARO NUKAGA will present works by 7 artists: Mariko Kobayashi, Maiko Kasai, Takehito Koganezawa, Takehiro Iikawa, Tomona Matsukawa, New York based artist Tomokazu Matsuyama, and Rember Yahuarcani, an

KOTARO NUKAGA to participate in 'Tokyo Gendai'

KOTARO NUKAGA is delighted to announce its participation in Tokyo Gendai from July 5(Fri) to July 7(Sun),2024. ■EXHIBITION DETAILS VIP Preview (by invitation only) 7/4(Thu)2pm-5pm Vernissage 7/4(Thu)5pm-8pm General Admission 7/5(Fri)11am-6pm 7/6(Sat)11am-6pm 7/7(Sun)11am-5:30pm ■ARTIST Michael Rikio Ming Hee Ho Nanami Inoue Maiko Kasai Takehito Koganezawa Tomona Matsukawa Tomokazu Matsuyama Joel Mesler José Parlá Carlos Rolón Yuichiro