Mitsunori KIMURA


1983 Born in Shizuoka, Japan
Lives in Fukuroi-city, Shizuoka

2001 - 2005 Nagoya Zokei University of Art & Design, Aichi, Japan B.A. (Fine Art, Sculpture)
2005 - 2007 Nagoya Zokei Graduate School of Art & Design, Aichi, Japan M.A. (Fine Art)
2013 Residency Programme, Changdong Art Studio - National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
2015 Residency Programme, Aomori Contemporary Art Centre, Aomori, Japan

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2023 Air, Kenji Taki Gallery, Nagoya
2022 Don't worry, There is Someone Looking Over You, Kenji Taki Gallery, Tokyo
2021 Strangers, Super Gallery / organized by MAT, Nagoya
2020 Breathe, Kenji Taki Gallery, Nagoya
2019 LOVE, Kenji Taki Gallery, Tokyo
2018 There is No Ape Here, Do a Front, Yamaguchi, Japan
2017 Wonderful Days, Kenji Taki Gallery, Tokyo
2016 We Mammals, Kenji Taki Gallery, Nagoya, Japan
2015 Wonderful Man, GALLERY KICHE, Seoul, Korea
2014 Above the horizon, Kenji Taki Gallery, Nagoya
2013 Double story, Kenji Taki Gallery Tokyo
2011 Kenji Taki Gallery, Tokyo
2010 the cat's sleeping pattern, curated by Fumiko Nakamura, Social Kitchen, Kyoto
2010 the man absorbing oil, Kenji Taki Gallery, Nagoya
2010 the man jumping, See Saw gallery+ cafe, Nagoya
2008 The Man leans, City Archives 2,3,4 Exhibition Hall, Nagoya
2007 U8projects, Komaki, Aichi, Japan
2006 ISOUROU, sakurayama studio, Nagoya
2005 oil sculpture, at the flat, Edinburgh, U.K.2004
2005 U8projects, Komaki, Aichi


SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2022 Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale 2022, Satoyama Art Zoo: Social Distancing of Animals, Nakago Green Park,@Tokamachi, Niigata

Bijyutsuron (Art Theory) 4: Contemporary Art Exhibition, Fujieda Citizen's Hall, Shizuoka, Japan

2021 POSITION 2021-2022: Nagoya Contemporary Art Exhibition, Nagoya City Art Museum, Nagoya

2021, Kenji Taki Gallery, Nagoya

BLACK, COLOR - Mitsunori KIMURA + TAN Ru Yi, Higashi Shizuoka Art & Sports Project, Shizuoka

MIND TRAIL, Tenkawa, Nara, Japan

Moving Museum 2021: from the collection of Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art and Aichi Prefectural Ceramic Museum, Tahara Municipal Museum, Aichi, Japan

2020 JP POP UNDERGROUND, Shinsaibashi PARCO 14F, Osaka

From the museum collection 2020: third period (I am Reborn), Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art, Nagoya

MIND TRAIL,Yoshino area, Nara, Japan

Changwon Sculpture Biennale 2020, Seongsan Art Hall, Changwon, Korea

The 8th Sapporo Odori 500m underground Walkway Gallery Award, Sapporo, Japan

2019 Aichi Art Chronicle 1919-2019, Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art, Nagoya

trans_2018-2019 AiR Overseas Dispatch Program, Akiyoshidai International Art Village, Yamaguchi, Japan

2018 Before Form, Gallery Kiche, Seoul, Korea

Festival GCC, Gyeonggi Creation Center, Ansan, Korea

2017 Rendez-vous, Biennale de Lyon, Institut d'art contemporain,Villeurbanne, France
2017 Black, Color - Mitsunori Kimura and Ru Yi Tan, Art Lab Aichi, Nagoya
2017 6th Exhibition AGAIN-st Peaceful Sculpture, NADiff Gallery, Tokyo
2017 Enokojima Art Days 2017 - Other Ways, Enokojima (Flag Studio, Mark Studio, Enoco) , Osaka
2016 Artistic Practices: Face Up!, Art Fair Tokyo 2016, Tokyo
2015 Navigation & Trajectory, Aomori Contemporary Art Centre, Aomori, Japan
2014 Tails, Gallery Kiche, Seoul, Korea
2014 motion #2, Nagoya Citizens' Gallery Yada, Nagoya, Japan
2014 Koganecho Bazaar 2014, Koganecho Area, Yokohama, Japan
2014 The cave of primates, the food before the fire, Curated by Claudio Cosma, Plazzetto Sannini, Florence, Italy
2014 Minimal Contrasts - Mitsunori Kimura & Tan RuYi, Curated by Claudio Cosma, SENSUS - Luoghi per lfArte Contemporanea, Florence, Italy
2014 Stenze, Casa Giovanni Mannozzi, San Giovanni Valdarno, Italy
2013 Altari Profani, Curated by Claudio Cosma, SENSUS - Luoghi per lfArte Contemporanea, Florence, Italy
2013 Primordial Essence, Curated by Masahiro Suda, Art Lab Aichi, Nagoya, Japan
2013 3rd Exhibition Against Dependent Sculpture, Art Space 1, Painting Building, Tokyo University of the Arts, Tokyo
2013 Convocatoria Internacional anual de jovenes artistas - XV Edicion, Luis Adelantado Valencia, Valencia, Spain
2013 Seoul Seoul Seoul, National Art Studio, Changdong - National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea, Seoul, Korea
2013 International Sculpture Festa 2013, Hangaram Art Museum, Seoul, Korea
2013 ARTS CHALLENGE 2013, Aichi Arts Center, Nagoya, Japan
2012 Untitled, Kenji Taki Gallery, Nagoya, Japan
2012 ROKKO MEETS ART 2012, Kobe, Japan
2012 Wednesdays and Fridays with, Project by Leonora Bisagno, temporary studio in the frame of Making of @ Casino Luxembourg, Luxembourg
2012 Quadri da una collezione, Curated by Claudio Cosma, Pier Luigi Tazzi, SENSUS - Luoghi per lfArte Contemporarena, Florence, Italy
2011 One Day Cafe #3, Space Out, Mansho-S Building, Nagoya, Japan
2011 WoodLand Gallery 2011, Minokamo Forest Culture open air, Gifu, Japan
2010 the sandal of king, STAR GALLERY, Nagoya, Japan
2009 with Kimura & Kawami, Kenji Taki Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2009 Toei-cho Projects, Aichi Art no Mori, Toei-cho, Aichi, Japan
2009 l dio delle piccole cose, curated by Pier Luigi Tazzi, casa masaccio / centro per lfarte contemporanea/ San Giovanni Valdarno, Italy
2009 Hekinan Socratess, MUGAEN- Philosophy Experience Village, Hekinan, Aichi, Japan
2009 Field studies/ Infield studies, Minokamo Forest Culture open air, Minokamo City Museum, Gifu, Japan
2007 City_net Asia 2007, curated by Masahiko Haito, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
2007 Killing Time vol.2, gakushoku 2F, Nagakute, Aichi, Japan
2006 Report "at the flat" in Edinburgh, sakurayama studio, Nagoya, Japan
2005 What's in your bag?, K-art space, Kyungwon university, Seongnam, Korea
2005 AZAKAI HE, NAGAKUTE Cultual Center, Aichi, Japan
2004 Hiroshima Dokusai, + Gallery Project Room, Konan, Aichi, Japan
2004 Time, SpaceX (Aichi Arts Center), Nagoya, Japan
2004 conran show, OKADA STUDIO, Chita, Aichi, Japan
2003 HIMATSUBUSHI, SpaceX (Aichi Arts Center), Nagoya, Japan



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