Kota HIRAKAWA
b.1987, Japan,Kochi
Education:
2006 Graduated Omiya koryo high school, art course
2011 BFA: TAMA ART UNIVERSITY, Tokyo, JAPAN
2013 MFA: Tokyo University of the Arts, Tokyo, JAPAN
2014 guest student(Class:Prof. Rolf Bier):Stuttgart State Academy of Art and Design,Stuttgart,Germany
Solo Exhibitions:
2022
“HIRAKAWA KOTA- Cemetery/ Inori no Keisho”, The Museum of Art,Kochi
2021
“The world of illustration”un petit GARAGE,Tokyo
“Talk to the silence”,Museum Haus Kasuya,Kanagawa
2018
“SHI NO SHIMA（Continued）”,un petit GARAGE,Tokyo
2016
“Between”,un petit GARAGE,Tokyo
2014
“fleeting dreams of paintings”, Bambinart Gallery, Tokyo
Trinitite-レキシノダンソウ、カイガノダンソウ, Marunouchi Building 7F,Tokyo
2013
“where water goes”, TURNER GALLERY, Tokyo
“TRINITITE2013”, Bambinart Gallery, Tokyo
2011
“A Fertile Painting / A Fertile World”, Bambinart Gallery, Tokyo
“The Power of FOX”, Bambinart Gallery, Tokyo
“ANA MEETS ARTS”, Haneda Airport Lounge, Tokyo
2010
“The Neverending Story”, MARUKI MUSEUM for THE HIROSHIMA PANELS, Saitama
“Think Not”, TURNER GALLERY, Tokyo
2009
“Human, Nature, Society”, GALLERY at lammfromm, Tokyo
Group Exhibitions:
2022
“The anthology of light and shade/Alone in this world” Tsunagi Art Museum,Kumamoto
“Hirakawa Kota,Yanagisawa Noriko -Endless Dialogue”,GALLERY ATOS,Okinawa
2020
“Red Sun, White Sand”,GALLERY ATOS,Okinawa(2020.1.11〜1.19)
“The Meiji Jingu Forest Festival of Art Shikansuiyo-Art of the One Hundred Year Forest”,Meiji Jingu Museum, Tokyo
“Saitama Triennale 2020”, Main Sight(Former Omiya ward office), Saitama
2019
Group Show of Contemporary Artists 2019”Past, Present, Future – Like Imagining a Constellation”,Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum,Tokyo
2018
“Catastrophe and the Power of Art”, Mori Art Museum,Tokyo
KOTA HIRAKAWA Solo Exhibition “Will The Voltage of Evil rise in 22th century?”, Ichiro Fukuzawa Memorial Art Museum, Tomioka
2017
Ryoichi Nakamura, Kota Hirakawa “Anonymous Portrait”, TOHO BEADS STYLE Tokyo Gallery t ,Tokyo
Osada Satoshi, Hirakawa Kota” Scene of intermediary”, Gallery atos,Okinawa
2016
“Identity XII – Memorandum on Sublime “,nca,Tokyo
“劫後風景”,galerie nichido Taipei,Taiwan
“Journey of Painting” MA2 Gallery,Tokyo
「after XX」Turner Gallery,Tokyo
2015
“TERRADA ART AWARD2015″T-Art Gallery, Tokyo
“TOKYO art crossing Berlin” NEUROTITAN GALLERY,Berlin
“RUNDGANG 2015″Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste Stuttgart,Stuttgart
“Art & Breakfast International vol.2″Haus/Galerie 44,Stuttgart
2014
“VOCA-THE VISION OF CONTEMPORARY ART 2014”,THE UENO ROYAL MUSEUM,Tokyo,Japan
“Let’s Pink! 4”,Gallery rougheryet,Okinawa,Japan
2013
“Why not live for Art? II – 9 collectors reveal their treasures “, Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery, Tokyo
“Tokyo Wonder Wall”, MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART TOKYO,JAPAN
“Kota Hirakawa, Christian Probst[東京,トウキョウ,Tokyo]”, Bambinart Gallery, Tokyo
“Art award Tokyo Marunouchi2013” , Gyoko-dori Underground Gallery
“SOMPO JAPAN ART PRIZE, FACE2013”, SOMPO JAPAN MUSEUM OF ART, Tokyo
“Turner Golden Competition 2012”, TURNER GALLERY, Tokyo
2012
“Keep A Breast” ,Omotesando Hills,Tokyo
2011
“The Morality 2”, Art Center Ongoing, Tokyo
“THE COLOR OF FUTURE”, TURNER GALLERY,Tokyo
2010
“Birth of Hongo Art Star”, AiCOLORS FACTORY, Tokyo
“Hito-Hito”, Bambinart Gallery, Tokyo, JAPAN
2009
“The Morality”, TURNER GALLERY, Tokyo, JAPAN
“NEGAPOP”, SHINWA ART MUSEUM, Tokyo, JAPAN
“Train Show”, the second vehicle of YAMANOTE LINE (outbound train), Tokyo, JAPAN
“The Hero”, TURNER GALLERY, Tokyo, JAPAN
“JIJI”, TURNER GALLERY, Tokyo, JAPAN
2008
“THE SIX”, HILLSIDE TERRACE, Tokyo, JAPAN
“VIA ART”, SHINWA ART MUSEUM, Tokyo, JAPAN
“Curriculum Vitae 2008”, Wada Fine Arts, Tokyo, JAPAN
“Shadowy Tale”, gallery ni modo, Tokyo, JAPAN
“THE 8th GUNMA BIENNALE FOR YOUNG ARTISTS”, THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, GUNMA, Gunma, JAPAN
“Wonder SEEDS 2008”, tokyo wonder site Shibuya, Tokyo, JAPAN
2007
“THE SIX”, YOKOHAMA RED BRICK WAREHOUSE, Kanagawa, JAPAN
“Wonder SEEDS 2007”, tokyo wonder site Shibuya, Tokyo ,JAPAN
Awards:
2015
「TERRADA ART AWARD2015」Jurys Special prize（ ATSUSHI SUWA）
2013
ART AWARD TOKYO MARUNOUCHI 2013, Mitsubishi Estate Co.,Ltd.Prize
2012
Turner Golden Competition 2012, Grand Prize
SOMPO JAPAN ART PRIZE, FACE2013, Jurys Special Award
2011
TAMA ART UNIVERSITY, Fukuzawa Award
2009
Turner Golden Competition 2009, second prize
2008
VIA ART2008, EFD KURATA prize
TOKYO WONDER SEEDS 2008, selected as a finalist
Scholarship:
2013 Contemporary Art Foundation,JAPAN
Public Collection:
2011 JapigozziCollection
2013 Mitsubishi Estate Company, Limited / Trinitite- Final Fighting on Attu
2013 MAEZAWA Yusaku Collection
2018 Taguchi Art Collection
2020 Sotoshu Biniwa Temple
2020,2021 Museum Haus Kasuya