Born 1996, Kamuela, Hawaii, USA
Based in Tokyo, Japan
EDUCATION
2018 - University of California at Los Angeles, BA in Fine Art, Summa cum laude
REPRESENTATION
Kotaro Nukaga, Tokyo, Japan
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025 - TBD, Fragment Gallery, New York, USA. [September 2 - TBD]
2025 - Solo booth presentation at Art Busan. Sangheeut, Busan, South Korea.
[May 8 - May 11]
2025 - and she told me that im sad and lonely in a whimsical and silly kind of way. Kotaro Nukaga, Tokyo, Japan. [February 22 - March 5]
2024 - my dad always told me that at the end of the day is night. I Gallery, Osaka, Japan. [October 18 - November 4]
2024 - all things in the universe are made of pure energy, yet i'm still tired. Sangheeut, Seoul, South Korea. [March 15 - April 14]
2023 - Something so beautiful is so easily forgiven. Kotaro Nukaga, Tokyo. [April 8 - June 3]
2022 - HIDDEN IN PLAIN SIGHT AND NOT AFRAID TO DIE. Tokyo International Gallery, Tokyo. [March 19 - April 23]
2021 - Welcome to the Grey Market. Tokyo International Gallery, Tokyo [June 11 - July 24]
2020 - HAPPINESS IS SUBMISSION TO GODZILLA. Tokyo International Gallery, Tokyo. [September 17 - September 30]
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 - Focus: The New Perspective. PBG Hannam, Seoul, South Korea.
[December 6 - December 26]
2024 - EXPOSICIÓN. FF Projects, Monterey, Mexico. [TBA]
2024 - Cruising. Alabaster Projects, Los Angeles, Japan. [July 13 - September 13]
2024 - Materiality and Language: Explorations in Form and Meaning Curated by Esthella Provas, Kotaro Nukaga, Tokyo. [June 8 - July 31]
2024 - Hollywood Dream Bubble. The Hole, Los Angeles. [April 27 - June 8]
2022 - P.O.N.D. PARCO Museum, Shibuya, Tokyo. [October 7 - October 17]
2022 - Tempered Temporality, Sonoaida #Shinyurakucho. Tokyo. [March 4 - March 6]
2021 - UGO Persistence of We. Watarium Museum Ripple Across Water. Tokyo.
[August 2- September 5]
2020 - HCN. Tokyo International Gallery. [October 1 - November 1]
2019 - Isaacs Art Center Annual Alum Show. Kamuela, Hawaii. [May 30 - June 2]
2018 - Integer Overflow. MAKE ROOM Gallery [May 11 - May 13]
ART FAIRS
2025 - Sangheeut. Art Busan, Busan, South Korea. [May 8 - May 11]
2024 - Kotaro Nukaga. Tokyo Gendai, Yokohama, Japan. [July 5 - July 7]
2024 - Kotaro Nukaga. Taipei Dangdai, Taiwan. [May 10 - May 12]
2024 - Kotaro Nukaga. Art Fair Tokyo, Toyko, Japan. [March 8 - March 10]
2023 - Kotaro Nukaga. Tokyo Gendai, Yokohama, Japan. [July 6 - July 9]
2023 - Kotaro Nukaga. Taipei Dangdai, Taipei, Taiwan. [May 12 - March 14]
2023 - Osaka Kansai International Art Festival 2023, curated by Kensho Tambara. Osaka, Japan [January 27 - February 13]
2023 - Kotaro Nukaga. Art Singapore, Singapore. [January 12 - January 15]
2019 - Tokyo International Gallery. Central Harbor-front Hong Kong. [March 27 - March 21]
PRESS
2025 - Roppongi Area ‘KOTARO NUKAGA’ — A Tokyo Gallery Guide for Starting Your First Collection, by Keiko Kamijo. GQ Japan
2025 - Who is the artist to pay attention to in Art Busan 2025?, by Ko Young-jin. Harpers Bazaar Korea
2024 - "Michael Rikio Ming Hee Ho: An In-depth Look at Challenging Paintings by a Rising Talent in the Art World," by Dominique Catherina Foertig. Munchies Art Club Magazine
2024 - "HOLLYWOOD DREAM BUBBLE: Ed Ruscha’s Influence in Los Angeles and Beyond at The Hole," by Isabella Miller. Contemporary Art Review LA
2024 - "Tragedy is so Silly," by Han Yoon-ji. Munwha Magazine
2024 - "Scenery made through imagination... A letter that expands imagination," by Lee Kyo-jun. YTN
2024 - "3 must-see exhibitions this week," by Lee Jung-mi. Vogue
2023 - "A "landscape painter" who deals with language. Interview with Michael Rikio Ming Hee Ho," Bijutsutecho
2022 - "30 Artists under 35 2022 - Michael Rikio Ming Hee Ho" ARTnews Japan
2021 - "It's not my responsibility for my (art)work to be didactic" Blossom Media
GRANTS AND RESIDENCIES
2022 - Sonoaida Artist Residency, Tokyo, Japan
2017 - UCLA Internet Research Incubator Grant