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西永 和輝 / Kazuki Nishinaga

Sculptor based in Tokyo, Japan

Education

2017 - 2019 MFA at University College London, Slade School of Fine Art, MFA Sculpture as the 47th The Ezoe Memorial Foundation scholarship student

2012 - 2016 BA at Musashino Art University, Department of sculpture

Solo exhibitions

2026 Rampant, callbox, Tokyo

2022 巣喰ウ装飾, Nesting Decoration, Gallery Bi-no-sha, Tokyo (curated by Mare Isakari)

2018 Asteroid’, Workshop 53, London

2017 Sculpting Machine, Gallery Madogiwa (Musashino Art University), Tokyo

Group exhibitions

2024 Making poetry with solid objects II それは、つまり物を以って詩をつくることである II, 駒込倉庫 Komagome SOKO, Tokyo

2022 Making poetry with solid objects それは、つまり物を以って詩をつくることである, 駒込倉庫 Komagome SOKO, Tokyo

2020 Shortlist Exhibition / The Ashurst Emerging Artist Prize 2020, Ashurst’s London HQ, London

2019 Open, Bounenkai, Space, WALLA, Tokyo

2019 Odds, TOMA Project Space, Southend

2019 Shortlist Exhibition / THE JOHN RUSKIN PRIZE 2019: AGENT OF CHANGE, The Holden Gallery, Manchester

2014 Kodaira Art Site 小平アートサイト, Tokyo

2014 ko no naka ni ku wo miru (虚の中に空を視る), Gallery LEDECO, Tokyo

Collaborative projects

2022 A Third Map II, Art Hub Studio Gallery, London (with Ryan Orme, funded by Daiwa Foundation)

2019 A Third Map, Rochester Square, London (with Ryan Orme)

Awards

2019 Dean’s List, Slade School of Fine Art, Arts & Humanities, University College London

2019 Edward Allington Prize, Slade School of Fine Art

2017 the 47th The Ezoe Memorial Foundation scholarship, The Ezoe Memorial Foundation

2016 Musashino Art University Study Abroad Grant, Musashino Art University

Research projects

2015 railroad siding 2015 (引込線2015), “Afterthought Enantiomorphic Chambers #3” as a member of the project

Publications

“Emerging Artists” Made In Bed Magazine. 2021 Jan 27.

“Curated Selection of Works” Art Maze Magazine. Autumn Edition, Issue 9, 2018. p76.

“interviw” Partner. 2018 Sep 8.