Kensuke Koike

*1980, born in Nagoya, Japan

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS:

2009 Aliens' Lounge, curated by Virgil de Voldère and Susan Long, Virgil de Voldere Gallery, New York, USA
2009 There’s still much to do, curated by Agnes Kohlmeyer, Perugi artecontemporanea, Padova, Italy
2006 Stretching for dummies, curated by Alfredo Sigolo, Perugi artecontemporanea, Padova, Italy

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:

2009 Roaming: How soon is now, curated by Alessandro Castiglioni, Mestna Galerija, Nova Gorica, Slovenia
2009 The First Terminal Short Video Festival, curated by Barry Jones, Tennessee, USA
2008 Opera 2008, curated by Mara Ambrozic and Stefano Coletto, Gallaria di Piazza San Marco, Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Venice, Italy
2008 Tina B the prague contemporary art festival, curated by Monika Burian, Laterna Magika, Prague, Czech Repubulic
2008 A4/8 Studios - Manifesta 7 parallel events, curated by Bevilacqua La Masa Foundation, Opera Universitaria - Centro Polifunzionale, Trento, Italy
2008 Filmidio #3: Insanity, Victims, and Childhood, in Short, curated by Gallery Aferro, Red Saw Gallery, Newark, USA
2008 Spark Video, curated by Blake Carrington, Spark Contemporary Art Space, NY, USA
2008 LELABO’ #4 - B, B, B, C, F, G, G, K, S, R, V?, curated by Stefano Coletto and Marco Ferraris, C/O careof, Fabbrica del Vapore, Milan, Italy
2007 Hortus Simplicium, curated by Francesca Volpato, Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Venice, Italy
2007 91.ma Mostra Collettiva, Galleria di Piazza San Marco, curated by Angela Vettese, Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Venice, Italy
2007 Ghosts of Presence: International Emerging Artists’ Video, curated by Darryl Bank, Art Gallery of York University, Toronto, Canada
2007 loop pool 2007, Raum für Projektion in der Lounge der Kurzfilmtage, Oberhausen, Germany
2007 Video Report Italia 04_05, curated by Andrea Bruciati, MMSU Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Rijeka, Croatia
2006 1800FRAMES/Take3, curated by Mica Scalin and Lee Wells, city without walls, New Jersey, USA
2006 Video Report Italia 04_05, curated by Andrea Bruciati, Galleria Comunale d’arte Contemporanea, Monfalcone, Italy
2006 Quotidiana 06, curated by Guido Bartorelli and Stefania Schiavon, Museo Civico al Santo, Padova, Italy
2006 Video Island / L’Isola del Cinema, curated by Giorgia Calò, Luca Curci, Micol Di Veroli and Olivia Spatola, Isola Tiberina, Rome, Italy
2006 The4thScreen, curated by Tamas Banovich, New York Video Festival, New York, USA
2006 Kunst in Bewegung / on the move, curated by Agnes Kohlmeyer, Kunstverein, Ludwisburg, Germany
2006 Tends to Infinity, curated by Stefano Coletto and Marco Ferraris, Palazzetto Tito, Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Venice, Italy
2005 89.ma Mostra Collettiva, Galleria di Piazza San Marco, curated by Angela Vettese, Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Venice, Italy
2005 Untitled, curated by Edoardo Bonaspetti and Alessio Ascari, Ventura XV, Milan, Italy

ART FAIR:

2010 Art First Bologna 2010, Bologna, Italy
2009 Art Forum, Berlin, Germany
2009 PULSE, New York, USA
2008 Artissima, Torino, Italy
2007 Artissima, Torino, Italy
2007 Pulse London, London, UK
2007 ARCO, Madrid, Spain

GRANTS AND AWARDS:

2007 Bevilacqua La Masa, studio grant, Venice, Italy

EDUCATION:

Accademia di Belle Arti, Venice, Italy
IUAV, facolta’ di design e arti, Venice, Italy