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Kensuke Koike / 小池健輔

*1980 June 28, born in Nagoya, Japan

 

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS:

2021

  • Re-composed, The Photographers’ Gallery – Print Sales Gallery, London, UK

2020

  • Kensuke Koike, ROSEGALLERY- online, Santa Monica, USA
  • No More, No Less, IMA gallery, Tokyo, Japan

2019

  • Forever Mine, curated by Alessandra Chiericato, SEPTIEME Gallery, Paris, France
  • Tutte le immagini dormono, curated by Carlo Sala, Palazzo Zuckermann, Padua, Italy
  • Happy Ending, curated by Peter Bonnell and Louise Fedotov-Clements, QUAD / Format Festival, Derby, UK
  • Hi Jane, IMA gallery, Tokyo, Japan

2018

  • Dear Friend…, Postmasters Gallery, New York, USA

2017

  • To Wolf, A plus A Gallery, Venice, Italy

2016

  • Saved by the bell, Ciocca Arte Contemporanea, Milan, Italy

2014

  • Switchover, curated by Guido Bartorelli, ARTcore Gallery, Bari, Italy

2013

  • Sleepers Awake, Jarach Gallery, Venice, Italy
  • Here is my secret, Ciocca Arte Contemporanea, Milan, Italy

2012

  • Wish, curated by Alfredo Sigolo, Ciocca Arte Contemporanea, Milan, Italy

2011

  • Searching for a perfect, curated by Andrea Bruciati, Jarach Gallery, Venice, Italy

2009

  • Aliens’ Lounge, curated by Virgil de Voldère and Susan Long, Virgil de Voldere Gallery, New York, USA
  • There’s still much to do, curated by Agnes Kohlmeyer, Perugi artecontemporanea, Padua, Italy

2006

  • Stretching for dummies, curated by Alfredo Sigolo, Perugi artecontemporanea, Padua, Italy

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:

2021

  • Belfast Photo Festival, Belfast, N.Ireland
  • Only a Joke Can Save Us, curated by Eunice Tsang and Tiffany Leung, Present Projects, Hong Kong

2020

  • Festival Images Vevey, Vevey, Switzerland
  • UNKNOWN – POLE & TOTEM, Calm & Punk Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
  • Biennale für aktuelle Fotografie, Wilhelm-Hack-Museum, Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany

2019

  • Premio Cairo, Palazzo Reale, Milan, Italy
  • Lisbon Architecture Triennale, Lisbon, Portugal
  • Asama International Photo Festival, MMoP, Miyota, Japan
  • CODA Paper Art 2019, CODA Museum, Apeldoorn, Netherlands
  • Le conseguenze dell’errore, curated by Valerio Veneruso, TRA Treviso Ricerca Arte, Treviso, Italy
  • Moving the Image: photography and its actions, curated by Duncan Wooldridge, Camberwell Space, London, UK
  • #005 PHOTO Playground, curated by IMA, Ginza Sony Park, Tokyo, Japan

2018

  • Emerging Talents, curated by Sarah Carlet and Arianna Catania, Mattatoio, Rome, Italy
  • Humble Cats, Photoville, Brooklyn Bridge Park, New York, USA
  • Asama International Photo Festival, ex Mercian Karuizawa Art Museum, Miyota, Japan
  • 69° Premio Michetti, curated by Renato Barilli, Museo Michetti, Francavilla al Mare, Italy
  • Interventions, Yancey Richardson Gallery, New York, USA
  • Hope to Nope: Graphics and Politics 2008-18, Design Museum, London, UK
  • Worlds Unseen, curated by CTRLZAK, Galleria Bianconi, Milan, Italy

2017

  • Guangzhou Image Triennial, Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou, China
  • AndarXPorte, Palazzo Archinto, Milan, Italy
  • Art For Peace, National Art Gallery, Islamabad, Pakistan
  • The short analysis of uncertainty, curated by Saeyong Chung, Suseong Artpia, Daegu, South Korea
  • COMMAND-ALTERNATIVE-ESCAPE, Garden of Spazio Thetis, Venice, Italy
  • Short Circuit, curated by Aly Grimes, OK Corral, Copenhagen, Denmark
  • Baia Terra Nova, curated by Valentina Lacinio, studi festival #3, Milan, Italy
  • Short Circuit, curated by Aly Grimes, Palazzo Malipiero, Venice, Italy
  • Maravee Ludo, curated by Sabrina Zannier & Majda Božeglav Japelj, Galerija Loža Koper, Koper, Slovenia

2016

  • Non c’è abbastanza passato da andare a visitare , curated by Valeria Raho, ARTcore Gallery, Bari, Italy
  • This is Today, curated by Aurora Fonda, Mestna Galerija Piran, Piran, Slovenia
  • MASH UP! Xmq of pit, ready for the mosh!, curated by Valentina Lacinto, ArtVerona 2016, Verona, Italy
  • Short Circuit, curated by Aly Grimes, Stryx, Birmingham, UK
  • Bruma, curated by Marco Samorè, Magma, Centro Climatico Marino, Milano Marittima, Italy
  • From the City, Venice, Italy

2015

  • Making Sense, curated by Guido Bartorelli, Caterina Benvegnù & Stefano Volpato, Palazzo Pretorio, Cittadella, Italy
  • Luce. Scienza Cinema Arte, curated by Cristina Casero & Jennifer Malvezzi, Palazzo del Governatore, Parma, Italy
  • The Future of Italy, MUDEC, Milan, Italy
  • Symphony of Hunger, A+A Gallery, Venice, Italy
  • A brene vierte, curated by Katia Toso & Angelo Bertani, Colonos, Villacaccia, Italy
  • Videoart Yearbook, curated by Renato Barilli, Guido Bartorelli, Alessandra Borgogelli, Paquale Fameli, Paolo Granata, Silvia Grandi, Fabiola Naldi, Aula Magna di Santa Cristina, Bologna, Italy
  • L’esprit de l’escalier, curated by Alice Ginaldi, Dimora Artica, Milan, Italy
  • ARType, curated by Guido Bartorelli, Paolo Granata. Silvia Grandi, Fabiola Naldi, Stefania Portinari, MUSMA, Museo della Scultura Contemporanea Matera, Matera, Italy
  • Rob Pruitt’s Flea Market in Venice, A+A Gallery, Venice, Italy
  • Pogled 7 / A look 7, curated by Maja Hodošček, Zavod Celeia Celje, Celje, Slovenia
  • ARType, curated by Guido Bartorelli, Paolo Granata. Silvia Grandi, Fabiola Naldi, Stefania Portinari, Cinémathèque Québécoise, Montréal, Canada
  • Pogled 7 / A look 7, curated by Pavla Jarc, Mestna Galerija, Nova Gorica, Slovenia

2014

  • Pogled 7 / A look 7, curated by Barbara Rupel, Galerija Božidar Jakac, Kostanjevica na Krki, Slovenia
  • Ha visto i colori divini del lago di Costanza?, curated by Caterina Benvengù, Spazio Thetis, Arsenale Novissimo, Venice, Italy
  • ARType, curated by Paolo Granata. Silvia Grandi, Palazzo Collicola Arti Visive, Spoleto, Italy
  • Quattro protagonisti della nuova creatività italiana, curated by Renato Barilli, Guido Bartorelli & Guido Molinari, Ex Macello, Padua, Italy
  • Falling through the cracks, curated by Giuseppe Pinto & Valentina dell’Aquila, Galleria Omphalos, Terlizzi & L.A.L.D. Space, Torre Santa Susanna, Italy

2013

  • Pixxelpoint 2013 DE.fragmentation, curated by BridA, Mestna Galerija, Nova Gorica, Slovenia
  • Da Venezia a Porta Venezia, curated by Caroline Corbetta, Il Crepaccio, Milan, Italy
  • Home is where I want to be, curated by Saul Marcadent, Private houses, Vittorio Veneto, Italy
  • ARType, curated by Guido Bartorelli, Paolo Granata, Silvia Grandi, Fabiola Naldi and Stefania Portinari, Basilica Palladiana, Vicenza, Italy
  • The Hundredth Window, Jarach Gallery, Venice, Italy
  • Corpo Circuito, curated by Carolina Ongaro, Galleria Bunker, Vicenza, Italy
  • La bellezza sospesa tra visione e realtà, curated by Chiara Massini, Museo Regionale Barocco, Noto, Italy

2012

  • La Notte, curated by Viviana Guadagno, 900Lab, Rome, Italy
  • Atemporal, curated by Andrea Bruciati, Jarach Gallery, Venice, Italy
  • italianitudine, curated by Paolo Toffolutti, Villa di Toppo Florio, Buttrio, Italy
  • Officina Italia 2 / Nuova creatività italiana, curated by Renato Barilli, Ex Macello, Padua, Italy
  • myDetour – Travel Notebooks, curated by Moleskine, Palazzetto Tito, Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Venice, Italy
  • Extracurricular Activity, curated by Daniele Capra, Superfluo, Padua, Italy
  • Officina Italia 2 / Nuova creatività italiana, curated by Renato Barilli, Ex Chiesa di San Carpoforo, Milan, Italy

2011

  • Pixxelpoint Let’s get ready, curated by Gulsen Bal & BridA, Nova Gorica, Slovenia
  • The Mystical Self, curated by Cecilia Freschini, Visual Container, Milan, Italy
  • Videoart Yearbook, curated by Renato Barilli, CARC Centro Ricerca Arte Contemporanea, Cremona, Italy
  • Officina Italia 2 / Nuova creatività italiana, curated by Renato Barilli, Alt Arte Contemporanea, Bergamo, Italy
  • The Mystical Self, curated by Cecilia Freschini, ArtVerona Art Fair, Verona, Italy
  • Videoart Yearbook, curated by Renato Barilli, Chiostro di Santa Cristina, Bologna, Italy
  • Officina Italia 2 / Nuova creatività italiana, curated by Renato Barilli, Baraccano, Bologna & Fabbrica, Gambettola, Italy
  • Amateurs | Proposal on rough definition, with four examples, curated by Guido Bartorelli, Perugi artecontemporanea, Padua, Italy
  • Fragile: Handle with care, curated by Carolina Lio, Lu.C.C.A Lucca Center of Contemporary Art, Lucca, Italy

2010

  • Group Show, galerie 5räume, Ludwigsburg, Germany
  • Art//Tube, curated by Guido Bartorelli, Galleria Civica Cavour, Padua, Italy
  • How many worlds, curated by Agnes Kohlmeyer, Galerie 5räume, Ludwigsburg, Germany
  • F.W., Perugi artecontemporanea, Padua, Italy

2009

  • Roaming: How soon is now, curated by Alessandro Castiglioni, Mestna Galerija, Nova Gorica, Slovenia
  • The First Terminal Short Video Festival, curated by Barry Jones, Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, USA

2008

  • Opera 2008, curated by Mara Ambrozic and Stefano Coletto, Gallaria di Piazza San Marco, Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Venice, Italy
  • Tina B the prague contemporary art festival, curated by Monika Burian, Laterna Magika, Prague, Czech Repubulic
  • A4/8 Studios – Manifesta 7 parallel events, curated by Bevilacqua La Masa Foundation, Opera Universitaria – Centro Polifunzionale, Trento, Italy
  • Dall’Accademia alla Fornace, curated by Silvia Rossetti, Fondazione la Fornace dell’innovazione, Asolo, Italy
  • Filmidio #3: Insanity, Victims, and Childhood, in Short, curated by Gallery Aferro, Red Saw Gallery, Newark, USA
  • Spark Video, curated by Blake Carrington, Spark Contemporary Art Space, NY, USA
  • 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
  • 91.ma Mostra Collettiva, curated by Angela Vettese, Galleria di Piazza San Marco, Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Venice, Italy
  • Ghosts of Presence: International Emerging Artists’ Video, curated by Darryl Bank, Art Gallery of York University, Toronto, Canada
  • Central Park / giunglavideo. 2, curated by Paolo Toffolutti, Parco di Toppo Florio, Buttrio, Italy
  • loop pool 2007, Raum für Projektion in der Lounge der Kurzfilmtage, Oberhausen, Germany
  • 1800FRAMES/Take3, curated by Mica Scalin and Lee Wells, Pioneer Theater, New York, USA
  • 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
  • Video Report Italia 04_05, curated by Andrea Bruciati, Galleria Comunale d’arte Contemporanea, Monfalcone, Italy
  • Quotidiana 06, curated by Guido Bartorelli and Stefania Schiavon, Museo Civico al Santo, Padua, Italy
  • Video Island / L’Isola del Cinema, curated by Giorgia Calò, Luca Curci, Micol Di Veroli and Olivia Spatola, Isola Tiberina, Rome, Italy
  • The4thScreen, curated by Tamas Banovich, New York Video Festival, New York, USA
  • Kunst in Bewegung / on the move, curated by Agnes Kohlmeyer, Kunstverein, Ludwisburg, Germany
  • Tends to Infinity, curated by Stefano Coletto and Marco Ferraris, Palazzetto Tito, Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Venice, Italy

2005

  • 89.ma Mostra Collettiva, curated by Angela Vettese, Galleria di Piazza San Marco, Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Venice, Italy
  • Untitled, curated by Edoardo Bonaspetti and Alessio Ascari, Ventura XV, Milan, Italy

COMMISSION:

The Atlantic, The California Sunday Magazine, De’ Longhi, Gucci, GQ, Hermès, Kenzo, Meiji, MK2 Films, Moncler, The New York Times, S. Pellegrino, Fondazione Alberto Peruzzo, Texas Monthly

ART FAIR:

2020

  • ArtVerona Digital
  • Photo London Digital
  • Gallery Platform. LA

2018

  • a ppr oc he, Paris, France

2015

  • ArtVerona Art Fair, Verona, Italy

2012

  • Roma Contemporary, Rome, Italy
  • MiArt, Milan, Italy

2011

  • ArtVerona Art Fair, Verona, Italy

2010

  • ARCO, Madrid, Spain
  • Art First Bologna 2010, Bologna, Italy

2009

  • Art Forum, Berlin, Germany
  • PULSE, New York, USA

2008

  • Artissima, Torino, Italy

2007

  • Artissima, Torino, Italy
  • Pulse London, London, UK
  • ARCO, Madrid, Spain

RESIDENCE:

2019

  • The Room of Kensuke Koike, SEPTIEME Gallery, Paris, France

2018

  • SuperOtium, Naples, Italy

2010

  • Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, USA

2007

  • Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Venice, Italy

EDUCATION:

2004-2007

  • IUAV University, Faculty of Arts and Design, Venice, Italy

1999-2004

  • Accademia di Belle Arti, Venice, Italy