KOHEI NAWA

Kohei Nawa (b. 1975, Osaka) lives and works in Kyoto, Japan. After a semester abroad at the Royal College of Art, London, he received a Ph.D. in Fine Art Sculpture from the Kyoto City University of Arts (2003). Between 2005–2006, he stayed in New York through the support of the Asian Cultural Council, and Berlin through Daimler Chrysler. In 2009, he founded the creative platform SANDWICH (Kyoto), thereafter serving as its director. Notable solo exhibitions include: L_B_S at Ginza Maison Hermes, Tokyo (2009); Synthesis at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo (2011); and SCULPTURE GARDEN at Kirishima Open-air Art Museum, Kagoshima (2013). He has participated in the 6^th Asia Pacific Triennial in Brisbane, Australia (2009); the 14^th Asian Art Biennale Bangladesh in Dhaka, Bangladesh (2010) (Grand Prize winner); Aichi Triennale in Nagoya, Japan (2013), amongst others. Nawa is currently an Associate Professor at the Kyoto University of Art and Design.