Artists
Sunao Horikawa
Biography
- 1986
- Born in Osaka, Japan.
- 2008
- Exchange student, Cooper Union School of Art, NY, USA
- 2010
- B.F.A., Kyoto Seika University, Kyoto, Japan
- 2012
- M.F.A., Kyoto City University of Art, Kyoto, Japan
- 2015-16
- Residency in New York as an overseas fellowship of Pola Art Foundation
- 2021-22
- The Graduate School of Transdisciplinary Arts at the Akita University of Art, Assistant
- 2022-
- The graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences at the Hiroshima University, Assistant professor
- 2023-
- Attend the Doctoral Course of Graduate School of Arts at Kyoto City University of Art
Selected Solo Exhibitions
- 2021
- “The act of trying to understand”, Higashi Osaka City Cultural Creation Center, Osaka
“SEEING AND PRACTICING #3”, ex-chamber museum, Tokyo - 2020
- “SEEING AND PRACTICING #2”, FINCH ARTS, Kyoto
- 2019
- “Sunao Horikawa Window Display Work”, POLA THE BEAUTY GINZA, Tokyo *Window display
- 2018
- “Observation and Recordation”, contemporary art house Nishijin/Gallery the Youth, Kyoto
- 2016
- “A Certain Point of View”, PONT 15 / FINCH ARTS, Kyoto
“The thing”, Studio 32, New York - 2015
- “SEEING AND PRACTICING”, Enocojima Creates Osaka, Osaka
- 2013
- “Criterium 87 Sunao Horikawa Solo exhibition”, Art Tower Mito Contemporary Art Gallery, Ibaraki
- 2010
- “descriptive geometries”, Kodama Gallery, Kyoto
Selected Group Exhibitions
- 2022
- “A-LAB Exhibition vol.35 Though I cannot see my eyes with my eyes”, A-LAB, Hyogo
“ACG eyes 7: Records”, ARTCOURT Gallery, Osaka
“The 25th Taro Okamoto Award for Contemporary Art”, Taro Okamoto Museum of Art, Kawasaki, Kanagawa
“DRAWINGS”, ex-chamber museum, Tokyo - 2021
- “Symptoms”, Art Space KAN, Kyoto
“Kyoto Art for Tomorrow 2021”, The Museum of Kyoto, Kyoto - 2020
- "Rolin' Rolin'", FINCH ARTS, Kyoto
- 2019
- "CHO KAIHO SEISAKU SHITSU EXHIBIIOTN", Kyoto Station Building
"Still Life & paper works", ex-chamber museum, Tokyo
“Exploring”, Enokojima creates osaka, Osaka
“BRICKーKEIKO SATO TRIBUTE EXHIBITIONー”, Art Spot Korin, Kyoto
“Painting made 2019 FINCH ARTS Summer show”, FINCH ARTS, Kyoto
“Mechanical Sensations”, A/D gallery (ROPPONGI HILLS Art & Design Store), Tokyo
“Kokuga Jyodo ka. ”, FINCH ARTS, Kyoto - 2018
- “Dynamic Garden in Full Motion”, Aomori Contemporary Art Centre, Aomori
“ART TOKYO”, selected by POLA ART FOUNDATION, Tokyo International Forum, Tokyo
“POLA MUSEUM ANNEX EXHIBITION”, Pola Museum Annex, Tokyo - 2017
- "OPEN HOUSE", gallery the youth, Kyoto
“Art Award IN THE CUBE 2017”, The Museum of Fine Arts, Gifu, Gifu
“echo of the echoes”, SEIBU-SHIBUYA Bbld F8 ART space, Tokyo - 2016
- “THE OPENING”, PONT 15 / FINCH ARTS, Kyoto
“QUESTION FOR the FUTURE”, Kyoto Seika University Gallery Fleur, Kyoto
“SAKUHINCHU ! AGAIN”, Gallery 16, Kyoto - 2015
- “Art Court Frontier 2015 #13”, ARTCOURT Gallery, Osaka
“Kyoto Bank collection”, The Bank of Kyoto, LTD. Kyoto Banking College Katsuragawa Campus, Kyoto
“The Gunma Biennale for Young Artists 2015”, The museum of Modern Art Gunma, Gunma - 2014
- “KIZUGAWA ART 2014”, An old fishing cooperative office in Kizugawa City, Kyoto
- 2013
- “writing poem after science”, Kyoto Seika University 7-23 Gallery, Kyoto
- 2012
- “VOCA 2012ーThe vision of contemporary artー”, The Ueno Royal Museum, Tokyo
“Art award Tokyo marunouchi 2012”, Gyoko-dori Underground Gallery, Tokyo
Awards and Fellowship
- 2023
- The 28th Japanese Culture and Arts Scholarship (Japan Arts Foundation)
- 2021
- The 25th Taro Okamoto Award for Contemporary Art < Winning Candidate >
- 2017
- Art Award IN THE CUBE 2017 < Honorable Mentions >
- 2015
- The 7th Koji Kinutani Art Award < Nomination >
The Gunma Biennale for Young Artists 2015 < Encouragement Award > - 2014
- Artist Support Program enoco [study?] #2
- 2011
- Art Research Support (Bank of Kyoto)
Commissioned Work
- 2019
- Higashiosaka Cultural Creation Hall, Osaka
- 2014
- Mitsui Outlet Park Kisarazu STRASBURGO, Kyoto
Selected Collections
Higashiosaka Cultural Creation Hall / JAPIGOZZI Collection / Bank of Kyoto
