Kusakabe Kazushi

WORKS

Outline

1953 Born in Gifu
1976 BA Fine Arts, Osaka University of Arts, Osaka, Japan

Selected Solo Exhibitiom

2025 Gaze at Things. O Gallery eyes, Osaka, Japan
2023 It was already there. O Gallery eyes, Osaka, Japan
Love the Scenery. Minokamo City Museum, Minokamo, Japan
2022 Love the Scenery. Marie Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2021 It never ends, so it repeats. O gallery eyes, Osaka, Japan
Love the Scenery. Gallery KOZUKA, Nagoya, Japan
Love the Scenery. Gallery Yusai, Nara, Japan
2020 DOUBLE. Gallery Yamaguchi kunst-bau, Osaka, Japan
2018 Love the Scenery. O gallery eyes, Osaka, Japan
Love the Scenery. Gallery KOZUKA, Nagoya, Japan
KUSAKABE Kazushi Solo Exhibition. Gallery Yusai, Nara, Japan
2016 Time gaps that occur between things that are related to each other. O gallery eyes, Osaka, Japan
View the Scenery. MATSUO MEGUMI +VOICE GALLERY pfs/w, Kyoto, Japan
2015 Rectangular Quality. Gallery Yamaguchi kunst-bau, Osaka, Japan
2014 Style. O gallery eyes, Osaka, Japan
Stationary Wave. Gallery Suzuki, Kyoto, Japan
2012 Read the Context. O gallery eyes, Osaka, Japan
Image Circle. Gallery Yamaguchi kunst-bau, Osaka, Japan
2010 Plane Taste. kunst-bau/tokyo, Tokyo
2009 Donpisya. O Gallery eyes, Tokyo, Japan
Box Photo. Shinanobashi Garou, Osaka, Japan
Box Photo. Kyoto University of Art and Design one piece gallery, Kyoto, Japan
Plane Taste. Gallery Yamaguchi Kunst-bau, Tokyo, Japan
2008 Notepad. Shinanobashi Garou, Kyoto, Japan
2006 Words in Hand. Itami City Craft Center, Itami, Japan
So, that's why. Shinanobashi Garou, Osaka, Japan
2005 Repetition. Shinanobashi Garou, Osaka
Here and There. The Third Gallery Aya, Osaka, Japan
2003 Still Lifes on the Desk / Scenery around Me. O Gallery eyes, Osaka, Japan
2000 Scenery around Me / Still Lifes on the Desk. books cellar amus, Osaka, Japan
Myopic. Sai Gallery, Osaka, Japan
1998 Scenery around Me / Still Lifes on the Desk. Settyuan Geppou, Nara, Japan
Scenery around Me / Still Lifes on the Desk. The Third Gallery Aya, Osaka, Japan
1997 Still Lifes on the Desk. Gallery Coco,Kyoto, Japan
1995 Still Lifes on the Desk. Gallery Coco,Kyoto, Japan
1994 Still Lifes on the Desk. Gallery Miyazaki, Osaka, Japan
1993 Photograph My Own Works. Sai Gallery, Osaka, Japan
1991 Centrifugal Questions. Shinanobashi Gallery Apron, Osaka, Japan
Worn-out vision. City Gallery, Kobe, Japan

Group Exhibition

2025 New Year Contemporary Art Exhibition. Gallery Nekokameya, Osaka, Japan
2024 Still Life never be Silent 2024. O Gallery eyes, Osaka, Japan
150th Anniversary Exhibition of the German Consulate General / Were We Born to Play?. Nakanoshima Museam of Art Lobby, Osaka, Japan
JUN-Untitled-2024. Gallery Yusai, Nara, Japan
10TH ANNIVERSARY SHOW. Monochrome Gallery RAIN, Tokyo, Japan
The World of "Utsusu / To Photograph". Marie gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2023 New Year Contemporary Art Exhibition. Gallery Nekokameya, Osaka, Japan
Favorite. SAI Gallery, Osaka, Japan
JUN-Untitled-2023. Gallery Yusai, Nara
Kusakabe Kazushi and Matsui Kensaku. Gallery Kai, Kobe, Japan
Anniversary Exhibition. MATSUO MEGUMI +VOICE GALLERY pfs/w, Kyoto, Japan
"In Praise of Shadows" from Contemporary Art. Tanizaki Junichiro Memorial Museum of Literature, Ashiya, Ashiya, Japan
Outside and the Inside​. O Gallery eyes,Osaka, Japan
2022 New Year Contemporary Art Exhibition. Gallery Nekokameya, Osaka, Japan
Study: Osaka Kanzai International Art Fair. Grand Front Osaka, Osaka
Standard Japan Edition 2022 O Gallery eyes, Osaka, Japan
Collection Exhibition: Kyoto, A Place for Pictures. Kyoto City KYOCERA Museum of Art, Kyoto, Japan
JUN-Untitled-2022. Gallery Yusai, Nara, Japan
AUTUMN SESSION 2022. Monochrome Gallery RAIN, Tokyo, Japan
Prints Across the Sea. Osaka University of Arts Art Information Center Exhibition Hall, Osaka, Japan
Restriction 2022-By three people. O Gallery eyes, Osaka
2021 New Year Contemporary Art Exhibition. Gallery Nekokameya, Osaka, Japan
ART OSAKA 2021. Osaka City Central Public Hall, Osaka, Japan
Play back / After the Smile. O Gallery eyes, Osaka, Japan
2020 New Year Contemporary Art Exhibition. Gallery Nekokameya, Osaka, Japan
Invisible World. +1 art gallery, Osaka, Japan
Igarashi Akio, Kusakabe Kazushi, Simon Fitzgerald and Suzuki Takashi. Gallery Yamaguchi kunst-bau, Osaka, Japan
ART OSAKA WALL by APCA. Gallery Yamaguchi kunst-bau and Yamakawa Building, Osaka, Japan
2019 Omokage Okoshi Fukuwarai. art space co-jin, Kyoto, Japan
New Year Contemporary Art Exhibition. Gallery Nekokameya, Osaka, Japan
COVER Ⅳ. CAS, Osaka, Japan
Building a Rich and Harmonious Society through Art. Anan City Hall, Tokushima, Japan
M.G.RAIN SPRING SESSION 2019 vol.12. Monochrome Gallery RAIN, Tokyo, Japan
Color Plane. SAI GALLERY, Osaka, Japan
The Distance of 36 People. Gallery Yusai, Nara, Japan
Restriction 2019-Tree full days. O Gallery eyes, Osaka, Japan
The Angle of Hoonji Temple. Hoonji, Kyoto, Japan
A Rich Perspective. Soramitsu, Nara, Japan
2018 My Kyoto City Museum. Construction Exterior Wall of Kyoto City Museum, Kyoto, Japan
ART ON BOOK. Gallery Yamaguchi kunst-bau KAOHSIUNG, Taiwan
JUNE-Untitled. Gallery Yusai, Nara, Japan
Omokage Okoshi Fukuwarai. The Tokushima Modern Art Museum Gallery, Tokushima, Japan
Words About to Disappear. plus 1 art gallery, Osaka, Japan
2017 Art of the Sprouting Season 2017.Gallery Kozuka, Nagoya, Japan
New Year Contemporary Art Exhibition. Gallery Nekokameya, Osaka, Japan
again and upcoming. MATSUO MEGUMI +VOICE GALLERY pfs/w/, Kyoto, Japan
One Hundred Views of Osaka in Prints. enoco, Osaka, Japan
ART in PARK HOTEL TOKYO 2017. Park Hotel Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
INTRACTION OF COLOR. Gallery Yamaguchi kunst-bau, Osaka, Japan
M.G.RAIN SPRING SESSION 2017. Monochrome Gallery RAIN, Tokyo, Japan
JUNE-Untitled. Gallery Yusai, Nara, Japan
ART OSAKA 2017. Hotel Granvia Osaka, Osaka, Japan
Kusakabe Kazushi and Matsui Kensaku. Gallery Kai, Kobe, Japan
Were We Born to Play?. The Tokushima Modern Art Museum Gallery, Tokushima, Japan
The artist with Gallery Yamaguchi kunst-bau. Gallery Yamaguchi kunst-bau KAOHSIUNG, Taiwan
The Distance of 27 People. Gallery Yusai, Nara, Japan
2016 New Year Contemporary Art Exhibition. Gallery Nekokameya, Osaka, Japan
Art of the Sprouting Season 2016. Gallery Kozuka, Nagoya, Japan
A Flower Field of 40cm Squares by 26 Creators. Hanabatake Nursery School, Tokyo, Japan
JUNE Untitled. Gallery Yusai, Nara
The Group Exhibition. Gallery Kozuka, Nagoya, Japan
NEW SPACE with THE ARTISTS and ART. Gallery Yamaguchi kunst-bau, Osaka, Japan
ART OSAKA 2016. Hotel Granvia Osaka, Osaka, Japan
Art and Archaeology. The Museum of Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan
Tea Ceremony-style Performance: Super Jōmon Vol. 2. Syusuitei, Kyoto, Japan
daikanyama photo fair 2016. Daikanyama Hillside Forum, Tokyo, Japan
The Distance of 23 People. Gallery Yusai, Nara, Japan
2015 Art of the Sprouting Season 2015. Gallery Kozuka, Nagoya, Japan
New Year Contemporary Art Exhibition. Gallery Nekokameya, Osaka, Japan
Erosion and Transformation. Zuinunan, Kyoto, Japan
daikanyama photo fair 2015. Daikanyama Hillside Forum, Tokyo, Japan
The Contemporary Art Exhibition of Geppou: THE LONG GOOD BYE. Nara city Art Museum, Nara, Japan
The Conditions for a Walk. Gallery Suzuki, Kyoto, Japan
Art-Can. Gallery Nomart, Osaka, Japan
2014 Art of the Sprouting Season 2014. Gallery Kozuka, Nagoya, Japan
Value adder. O Gallery eyes, Osaka, Japan
BOOK ART 2014 Japan-Korea. Nakanoshima Design Museum, Osaka, Japan
Favorite Books. Gallery Nomart, Osaka, Japan
Vertical Dreams / Horizontal Will / If I Made My Own Hands and Feet a Ruler. Kyoto City Museum Annex, Kyoto, Japan
The Distance of 13 People. Gallery Yusai, Nara, Japan
Osaka University of Art A Half-Century Memorial Exhibition. Osaka University of Arts Art Information Center Exhibition Hall, Osaka, Japan
The Contemporary Art Exhibition of Geppou: THE LONG GOOD BYE. Gallery Yusai, Nara, Japan
2013 Art of the Sprouting Season 2013. Gallery Kozuka, Nagoya, Japan
May-Untitled. Gallery Yusai, Nara, Japan
Shinanobashi Gallery Collection. Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art, Kobe, Japan
Wearable Art / Portable Art. Calo Bookshop & Cafe, Osaka, Japan
sa yo na ra Bangarow. Bangarow, Osaka, Japan
BOOK ART 2013 Japan-Korea. Gallery Jinsun, Korea
2012 Art of the Sprouting Season 2012. Gallery Kozuka, Nagoya, Japan
Drawing and .... Sai Gallery, Osaka, Japan
Sensu by Prints. Bangarow, Osaka, Japan
PEKE 1, Talk Session and Exhibition. Gallery Nomart, Osaka, Japan
Palm-Sized Toys Exhibition. Bangarow, Osaka, Japan
2011 Rabbit. Gallery Kozuka, Nagoya, Japan
ART OSAKA 2011 . Hotel Granvia Osaka, Osaka, Japan
LOUDER THAN BOMB/YOUNGER THAN YESTERDAY. MATSUO MEGUMI +VOICE GALLERY pfs/w, Kyoto, Japan
Autumn Exhibition. Gallery Yamaguchi kunst-bau, Osaka, Japan
plus: Kusakabe Kazushi and Tanaka Asako. Gallery Keifu, Kyoto, Japan
Palm-Sized Toys Exhibition. Bangarow, Osaka, Japan
2010 reseaw2-solide. O Gallery eyes, Osaka, Japan
BOOK ART 2010 Japan-Korea. Gallery Jinsun, Korea; kunst-bau/tokyo, Tokyo, Japan; Garelly yamaguchi kunst-bau, Osaka, Japan
Kizugawa Art 2010. Yagi Residence, Kizugawa, Japan
Palm-Sized Toys Exhibition. Bangarow, Osaka, Japan
One-Day Exhibition: Postcards. Shinanobashi Gallery, Osaka, Japan
2009 2009 January Exhibition. Gallery Kozuka, Nagoya, Japan
reseau 2. O Gallery eyes, Osaka, Japan
The Contemporary Art Exhibition of Geppou Vol. 44. Settuyan Geppou, Nara, Japan
Standard Japan Edition. O Gallery eyes, Osaka, Japan
2008 2008 January Exhibition. Gallery Kozuka, Nagoya, Japan
Music Boxes ExhibitionKobe Art Village Center, Kobe, Japan
The Contemporary Art Exhibition of Geppou Vol. 42. Settuyan Geppou, Nara, Japan
BOOK ART 2008 Japan-Korea. Gallery Jinsun, Korea, Japan
TAMA VIVANT 2008. Tama Art University, Tokyo, Japan
Kyoto City Museum Collection Exhibition. Kyoto City Museum of Art, Kyoto, Japan
2007 2007 January Exhibition. Gallery Kozuka, Nagoya, Japan
Glass Paiting Exhibition. Bangarow, Osaka, Japan
Sensu by Prints. Bangarow, Osaka, Japan
The Contemporary Art Exhibition of Geppou Vol. 39. Settuyan Geppou, Nara, Japan
The Majesty of Satsuki. Kyoto Art Center, Kyoto, Japan
The Wind: The Path to Tomorrow. Gallery Keifu, Kyoto, Japan
The Eight Tasks. Gallery Yamaguchi kunst-bau, Osaka, Japan
Palm-Sized Toys Exhibition. Bangarow, Osaka, Japan
2006 2006 January Exhibition. Gallery Kozuka, Nagoya, Japan
Erasing One's Presence: piano,piano. Osaka Arts Aporia, Osaka, Japan
In Search of Lines. Kyoto City Museum of Art, Kyoto, Japan
from the Garden. The Third gallery Aya, Osaka, Japan
Materiale: White Book. Nomart Edition Project Space, Osaka, Japan
Will to the Surface. Kyoto City Museum of Art, Kyoto, Japan
The Majesty of November. Kumihama Inaba Residense, Kyoto, Japan
2005 2005 January Exhibition. Gallery Kozuka, Nagoya, Japan
The Contemporary Art Exhibition of Geppou Vol. 33. Settuyan Geppou, Nara, Japan
SOUL OF EARKA. Studio Earka, Osaka, Japan
The Contemporary Art Exhibition of Geppou Vol. 34. Settuyan Geppou, Nara, Japan
Waterscape. Nomart Edition Project Space, Osaka, Japan
Palm-Sized Toy Exhibition. Bangarow, Osaka, Japan
2004 multiples. Nomart Edition Project Space, Osaka, Japan
The Contemporary Art Exhibition of Geppou: 10th Anniversary. Nara City Art Museum, Nara
Palm-Sized Toy Exhibition. Bangarow, Osaka, Japan
jahresgaben. Nomart Edition Project Space, Osaka, Japan
2003 2003 January Exhibition. Gallery Kozuka, Nagoya, Japan
Sento Project. Nikko Onsen, Osaka, Japan
The Palm that Plays in Everyday LifeGallery and Studio Taf, Kyoto, Japan
2002 2002 January Exhibition. Gallery Kozuka, Nagoya, Japan
The Contemporary Art Exhibition of Geppou Vol. 24. Settuyan Geppou, Nara, Japan
GALLERY COCO DRAWING BOX 2002. Gallery COCO, Kyoto, Japan
2001 2001 January Exhibition. Gallery Kozuka, Nagoya, Japan
Extension / Maxigrafica. Kyoto City Museum Annex, Kyoto, Japan
Maxigrafica Satelite. Gallery COCO, Kyoto, Japan
a case - Red, White. Gallery Taf, Kyoto, Japan
drawing '01. Sai Gallery, Osaka, Japan
2000 2000 January Exhibition. Gallery Kozuka, Nagoya, Japan
2000 Memorial Exhibition - A Trip to Art-. Gallery Kuranuki, Osaka
1999 Collection Exhibition . Kyoto City Museum of Art, Kyoto, Japan
Gallery Haku Stairs Room Exhibition. Gallery Haku, Osaka, Japan
The Contemporary Art Exhibition of Geppou Vol. 16 Howl at the moon. Settuyan Geppou, Nara, Japan
1998 The Contemporary Art Exhibition of Geppou. Settuyan Geppou, Nara, Japan
Quiet Art. Gallery Blanche, Ikeda(Osaka), Japan
Watch. Bangarow, Osaka, Japan
1997 be twin: Inoue Akihiko and Kusakabe Kazushi. Shinanobashi Gallery Apron, Osaka, Japan
The Contemporary Art Exhibition of Geppou - April Showers. Settuyan Geppou, Nara, Japan
Tommorow of Memories. Kyoto City Museum of Art, Kyoto, Japan
Quiet Art. Gallery Blanche, Ikeda(Osaka), Japan
1996 Canned Art. Gallery Kozuka, Nagoya, Japan; Gallery Taf, Kyoto, Japan
Izumi No Mori Art Project. AD&A Gallery, Osaka, Japan
The Charm of Contemporary Prints – Through 14 Artists. Kobe Art Village Center, Kobe, Japan
Modern Hirano, Osaka City Hirano Ward, Former Hirano-go
ART IN KOZUKA. Gallery Kozuka, Nagoya, Japan
The Contemporary Art Exhibition of Geppou. Settuyan Geppou, Nara, Japan
Christmas Exhibition. The Third Gallery Aya, Osaka, Japan
'96 Greeting Cards Project. Kanamori Hall, Hakodate; Asahi Building Pitotis, Kobe, Japan
Merry Chirisimas to you. AD&AGallery, Osaka, Japan
1995 Art Case. Gallery Kozuka, Nagoya, Japan
Restoration of the Sheep. Gallery Tenjiku, Tokyo, Japan
Two Perspectives. Hankyu Department, Osaka, Japan
CITY GALLRY NEXT. City Gallery I. M, Osaka, Japan
New Forms of Image – Scale and Constraint. Gallery Suzuki, Kyoto, Japan
95' Contemporary Art ーA Shared Gaze.Bangarow, Osaka, Japan
The Methods of 20 People. Shinobashi Gallery, Osaka, Japan
ART STORE. City Gallery I.M, Osaka, Japan
1994 GARELLY’S ARTIST 1994. Gallery Kozuka, Nagoya, Japan
Drawing Now. Shinobashi Gallery, Osaka, Japan
Photography –Emerging Arts Education. Kyoto Shijo Gallery, Kyoto, Japan
1993 Painting Now –OSAKA’93. Osaka Prefectural Contemporary Art Center, Osaka, Japan
TAEJON EXPO ’93 International Exhibition of Print. Taejon, Korea
International Exhibition of Graphic Art. Taejon Cultural Center, Taejon, Korea
TAMA VIVANT ’93. Tama Art University and Nantenshi Gallery SOKO, Tokyo, Japan
Perspectives of Galleries ’93. Osaka Prefectural Contemporary Art Center, Osaka, Japan
1992 Tentacles from the Print. AD&A Gallery, Osaka, Japan
Gallery Collection. Gallery KURANUKI, Osaka, Japan.
Christmas Photography Exhibition. Brain Center Gallery, Osaka, Japan
Images –What Arrives from the East. Goethe Museum Düsseldorf, Dusseldorf, Germany
1991 A Small Object with a Strong Statement. Shinobashi Gallery, Osaka, Japan
Current Location. Himeji City Museum of Art, Himeji, Japan
1990 '90 Print Exhibition. Hachibankan Gallery, Osaka, Japan
1989 Drawing Exhibition. Gallery La Pora, Osaka, Japan
A Small Object with a Strong Statement. Shinobashi Gallery, Osaka, Japan
1988 Ema —1/12. Nunose Jinja Shrine, Osaka, Japan
Miniature Exhibition. Gallery COCO, Kyoto, Japan
1987 Approach to the Print and Paper. Nishida Gallery, Nara, Japan
The Wind of May. City Gallery, Kobe, Japan
The 4th International Exhibition of Grafic Art. Italy
Indomitable Desire. Bangarow, Osaka, Japan
Experimental Contemporary Printmaking – The Case of Japan. Walkerhill Art Center, Seoul, Korea
1986 Etching '86. Gallery Miyazaki, Osaka, Japan
Art Bridge. Sanchika Hall, Kobe, Japan; Himowitz Solomon Gallery, Sacramento, CA
Drowing Now. Shinanobashi Gallery, Osaka, Japan
1985 Ko No Nanatsu. Shinanobashi Gallery, Osaka, Japan
Print of Contemporary Artists. Masago Gallery, Osaka, Japan
Words. Shinanobashi Gallery, Osaka, Japan
Art Front 50 50 People of the New Wave: Their True Faces and Works. Parco Shinsaibashi, Osaka, Japan
Print of 13 Contemporary Artists. Nishida Gallery, Nara, Japan
1984 Contemporary Art Fair '84. Osaka Prefectural Contemporary Art Center, Osaka, Japan
Kato Matsuo + Kusakabe Kazushi. Gallery Kozuka, Nagoya, Japan
1983 Gifu Now. The Museum of Fine Arts, Gifu, Gifu, Japan
Elegance Miniature / Kyoto — San Fransisco. Kyoto, Japan and San Fransisco, CA
Drowings by Seven Artists. City Gallery, Kobe, Japan
1981 Collages. Gallery Petit Form, Osaka, Japan
Works on Paper — 6 Artists Exhibition. Bangarow, Osaka, Japan
Contemporary Planes: Osaka Youth Biennale. Osaka Prefectural Contemporary Art Center, Osaka, Japan
Kobe Invited Contemporary Art Exhibition. Gallery Sanchika, Kobe, Japan
The Methods of 20 People. Shinobashi Gallery, Osaka, Japan
1980 Art Now '80. Hyogo Prefectural Art of Museum, Kobe, Japan
Contemporary Artists' Experiments with Washi, Gallery Haku, Osaka, Japan
1979 Experiment – Methods and Developments of 35 Artists. Kyoto City Museum of Art, Kyoto, Japan
1978 Christchurch International Drawing Festival. New Zealand
Shinanobashi Gallery Summer Festival. Shinobashi Gallery, Osaka, Japan
1977 Ljubljana Intenational Biennale of Print. Ljubljana, Yugoslavia
Épinal Image Biennale. Épinal, France
Miami Biennale of Grafic Art. Miami, FL
Contemporary Print Competition. Contemporary Art Center, Osaka, Japan
1976 Contemporay Japanese Art Exhibition. Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo; Kyoto City Museum of Art, Kyoto, Japan
British International Print Biennale.
1975 Kyoto Independents Exhibition. Kyoto City Museum of Art, Kyoto, Japan

Public Collection

Osaka University of Arts, Osaka, Japan
Osaka Prefectural Contemporary Art Center, Osaka, Japan (Since 2012, enoco (Osaka Prefectural Curture and Arts Center))
Izumisano City Curture Center, Izumisano, Japan
Kyoto City Museum of Art, Kyoto (Since 2020, Kyoto City KYOCERA Museum of Art)
Hyogo Prefectural Art of Museum, Kobe, Japan
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