Kawakita Yu
I make with a mindset that touches upon and holds onto the subtly shifting details of our daily lives.
Some things we see may have changed form by the time we next encounter them.
If the mountain range before us were to shift imperceptibly, it might have been a form we could never encounter again. I believe these details resonate with ourselves, connecting the seemingly unchanging days.
The exhibited works primarily use paint and water to evoke subtle movement.
Brushstrokes are lightly placed with water, their destination undetermined during creation.
They settle as a presence that appeared at a specific time on a specific day.
I wish for what appears there to exist in that moment, like a shifting landscape.
Kawanishi Yu
WORKS
“Days” at Studio90_installation view Photo by OMOTE Nobutada
2012.5.17Oil on panel
2013.5.10Mixed Media
“Evidence of fluctuation. Injected scenery” at Studio90_installation view
Biography
| 1983 | Born in Kyoto, Japan |
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| 2006 | B.A. Fine Art oil painting, Kyoto Seika University, Kyoto |
Solo Exhibitions
| 2025 | Detail of the Day. Takashima Osaka, Osaka, Japan |
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| 2022 | It is like a stain, like some scenery. Saji, Kameoka, Japan |
| 2019 | In Focus, Out of Focus. The Third Gallery Aya, Osaka, Japan |
| 2014 | A Day of Accumulated Moment. The Third Gallery Aya, Osaka, Japan |
| 2013 | A Vague Scene. The Third Gallery Aya, Osaka, Japan |
| 2012 | PARTICLES WITHIN PARTICLES WITHIN SCENES. eNars, Kyoto, Japan |
| 2010 | Evidence of fluctuation. Injected scenery. INAX Gallery2, Tokyo, Japan |
| 2009 | Days. Studio 90, Kyoto, Japan |
| 2007 | WATER WAVER. CUBIC gallery ITEZ, Kyoto, Japan |
| 2005 | YU KAWAKITA. Gallery Sinyosya, Kyoto, Japan |
Group Exhibitions
| 2023 | Kawakita Yu & Kawachi Asako. Nihombashi Takashimaya S.C. Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan |
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| 2014 | SANDWICH | ANTEROOM. HOTEL ANTEROOM KYOTO, Kyoto, Japan VOCA 2014. The Ueno Royal Museum, Tokyo, Japan |
| 2013 | TESHIMA MEETING art in katayama-tei. Katayama-tei, Tonosho, Japan |
| 2012 | MANPUKUJI ART FESTIVAL. Manpukuji temple, Kyoto, Japan BIWAKO BIENNALE 2012. Ohmi-hachiman, Japan |
| 2011 | AMA –Art meets Amagasaki–. Former Amagasaki Police Station, Amagashiki, Japan Stratosphere –Tracing the "self"–. Gallery αM, Tokyo, Japan Art Court Frontier 2011. ART COURT Gallery, Osaka, Japan |
| 2010 | Beyond the painting. GALLERY FLEUR, Kyoto, Japan 45x45 on the wall. GALLERY ARTISLONG, Kyoto, Japan |
| 2009 | FLOATING STROKES. GALERIE KASHYA HILDEBRAND, Zurich, Switzerland |
| 2008 | SENJIRU – INFUSION. GALERIE KASHYA HILDEBRAND, Zurich, Switzerland |
| 2006 | Stairs. Contemporary Art Space Osaka, Osaka, Japan |
| 2005 | ME NO MAE WO KIKU. GALLERY FLEUR, Kyoto, Japan |
Art Fair
| 2022 | HIBIYA OKUROJI ART FAIR 2022. Hibiya Okuroji, Tokyo, Japan |
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| 2018 | ART OSAKA 2018. HOTEL GRANVIA OSAKA, Osaka, Japan ART in PARK HOTEL TOKYO 2018. PARK HOTEL Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan |
| 2017 | ART in PARK HOTEL TOKYO 2017. PARK HOTEL Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan |
| 2016 | ART in PARK HOTEL TOKYO 2016. PARK HOTEL Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan ART OSAKA 2016. HOTEL GRANVIA OSAKA, Osaka, Japan |
| 2015 | ART OSAKA 2015. HOTEL GRANVIA OSAKA, Osaka, Japan taguchi fine art ＋ The Third Gallery Aya in Nakanoshima hosted by Kumi Okumura. NAKANOSHIMA Banks de sign de>, Osaka, Japan |
| 2014 | ART OSAKA 2014. HOTEL GRANVIA OSAKA, Osaka, Japan |
| 2013 | ART OSAKA 2013. HOTEL GRANVIA OSAKA, Osaka, Japan |