ARTISTS
KAORU USUKUBO
Kaoru USUKUBO
薄久保 香
薄久保 香
My practice constructs painting as a reconfiguration of the relationship between world and dimensions, recomposing fragments generated through the conjunction of chance and intention via a collage-like logic.
The temporal gap between perception and inscription produces a space where intention and contingency coexist; apertures in the canvas operate as wormholes connecting dimensions.
Painting functions as an interface where multiple realities intersect, and the images that emerge are fragments of possibilities latent beyond perception.
The temporal gap between perception and inscription produces a space where intention and contingency coexist; apertures in the canvas operate as wormholes connecting dimensions.
Painting functions as an interface where multiple realities intersect, and the images that emerge are fragments of possibilities latent beyond perception.
BIOGRAPHY
1981
Born in Japan.
2004
BFA in Painting, Tokyo Zokei University.
2007
MFA in Painting, Tokyo University of the Arts.
2010
PhD in Oil Painting, Tokyo University of the Arts.
Position: Professor, Oil Painting, Faculty of Fine Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2007
Wandering Season (TARO NASU/Tokyo, Japan)
2010
Part and the whole (Wohnmaschine/Berlin)
UP logist (Wohnmaschine/Berlin)
UP logist (Wohnmaschine/Berlin)
2011
crystal moments (LOOCK/Berlin)
Brightness falls from the Air (taimatz/Tokyo, Japan)
Brightness falls from the Air (taimatz/Tokyo, Japan)
2012
Crystal Voyage (Kunstverein Friedrichshafen/Germany)
2017
the Constellations (taimatz/Tokyo, Japan)
2018
An experiment based on an accidental (taimatz/Tokyo, Japan)
2021
SF – Seamless Fantasy (MA2 Gallery/Tokyo, Japan)
2022
the circles open (rin art association/Gunma, Japan)
2023
She Is. (FARO/Tokyo, Japan)
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2005
Japan–Korea Contemporary Painting Exhibition: Nature and I (Korea)
HOPE: Korea–Japan Art Exchange Exhibition (Tokyo, Japan)
HOPE: Korea–Japan Art Exchange Exhibition (Tokyo, Japan)
2007
Art Award Tokyo Marunouchi 2007 (Gyoko-dori Underground Gallery/Tokyo, Japan)
2008
Opening Exhibition II (TARO NASU/Tokyo, Japan)
Network Project Japan (Inter Alia Art Company/Seoul)
The 17th Annual Scholarship Recipients Exhibition (The Sato Museum of Art/Tokyo, Japan)
Only One (Taipei)
Giovane Seta '09 (Onward Gallery/Tokyo, Japan)
Network Project Japan (Inter Alia Art Company/Seoul)
The 17th Annual Scholarship Recipients Exhibition (The Sato Museum of Art/Tokyo, Japan)
Only One (Taipei)
Giovane Seta '09 (Onward Gallery/Tokyo, Japan)
2010
VOCA: The Vision of Contemporary Art 2010 (The Ueno Royal Museum/Tokyo, Japan)
2011
Tokyo Frontline (3331 Arts Chiyoda/Tokyo, Japan)
Yokohama Triennale 2011 "OUR MAGIC HOUR" (Yokohama Museum of Art/Kanagawa, Japan)
The 20th Annual Scholarship Recipients Exhibition (Special Presentation) (The Sato Museum of Art/Tokyo, Japan)
Yokohama Triennale 2011 "OUR MAGIC HOUR" (Yokohama Museum of Art/Kanagawa, Japan)
The 20th Annual Scholarship Recipients Exhibition (Special Presentation) (The Sato Museum of Art/Tokyo, Japan)
2012
The 21st Annual Scholarship Recipients Exhibition (Special Presentation) (The Sato Museum of Art/Tokyo, Japan)
2013
MINIMAL/POST MINIMAL (Utsunomiya Museum of Art/Tochigi, Japan)
The 9th Formative Artist Exhibition (Tokyo Zokei University Museum/Tokyo, Japan)
The 9th Formative Artist Exhibition (Tokyo Zokei University Museum/Tokyo, Japan)
2014
@IOSSELLIANI T-02-IOS pratique vol.0 (IOSSELLIANI/Tokyo, Japan)
2015
Wabi Sabi Shima (Thalie Art Foundation/Brussels, Belgium)
CSP3 – Picture and Sculpture (Kuwasawa Design School/Tokyo, Japan)
CSP3 – Picture and Sculpture (Kuwasawa Design School/Tokyo, Japan)
2016
Kaoru Usukubo and Hannes Beckmann (LOOCK Galerie/Berlin, Germany)
2017
Kakegawa Chaennale (Kakegawa Castle/Shizuoka, Japan)
Portrait Expression (The Sato Museum of Art/Tokyo, Japan)
Portrait Expression (The Sato Museum of Art/Tokyo, Japan)
2019
WOMAN – Copper and Willow – (MA2 Gallery/Tokyo, Japan)
U40 (Obayashi Collection/Tokyo, Japan)
U40 (Obayashi Collection/Tokyo, Japan)
2020
Kaoru Usukubo and Daisuke Ohba (LOOCK/Berlin, Germany)
2023
TOKYO Biennale 2023 (Tokyo, Japan)
2025
Kaoru Usukubo and Daisuke Ohba (Imura Art Gallery/Kyoto, Japan)
AATM Prize Winners Exhibition (Mitsubishi Ichigokan Museum/Tokyo, Japan)
AATM Prize Winners Exhibition (Mitsubishi Ichigokan Museum/Tokyo, Japan)
ART FAIRS
2006
VOLTA (Basel, Switzerland)
2007
VOLTA (Basel, Switzerland)
2008
NEXT 2008 (Chicago) (presented by TARO NASU as solo booth/Chicago)
2018-2026
ARTISTS' FAIR KYOTO (Kyoto, Japan)
AWARDS & GRANTS
2004
ZOKEI Prize (Tokyo Zokei University Graduation Exhibition)
2007
Teikyo University Purchase Prize (Tokyo University of the Arts, MFA Graduation Exhibition)
PUBLIC/PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
Teikyo University (Yamanashi, Japan)
Special Nursing Home GREEN (Akita, Japan)
The Sato Museum of Art (Tokyo, Japan)
Special Nursing Home GREEN (Akita, Japan)
The Sato Museum of Art (Tokyo, Japan)
