Nao Kikuchi
b.1988 in Tochigi JP
Lives and works in Karlsruhe DE
2020-2023 Further education course, Academy of Fine Arts, Karlsruhe DE
2019-2020 Guest study, Academy of Fine Arts, Karlsruhe DE
2011-2013 MFA, Tama Art University, Tokyo JP
2007-2011 BFA, Tama Art University, Tokyo JP
Solo exhibitions
2025
1897, Tatsuro Kishimoto, Tokyo JP
Drop a pin, Galerie Clemens Thimme, Karlsruhe DE
2023
Group exhibitions
2025
COMMAND, Goya Curtain, Tokyo JP (duo)
Find a Spot//Zwischen Räumen, t.a.s., Vienna AT
On a very quiet morning, on the same piece of toast, Adams and Ollman, Portland US
What else?, Gallery Ann Mazzotti, Basel CH
Über uns, unter uns, Kaiserwache, Freiburg DE
Bitter Arcadia, Galerie Crone, Vienna AT
2024
Regionale 25, Kunsthalle Mulhouse, FR
Beau Travail, Vienna AT
The 83. Exhibition, foryouandyourcustomers, Stuttgart DE (duo)
Shifting Shapes and Foolish Forms, pool, Karlsruhe DE
Die Kunst und der Raum, Johannesberg, DE
Commendation and Intention, POLA Museum Annex, Tokyo JP
Art Fair Tokyo 2024, Tokyo International Forum, Tokyo JP
2023
Man Wirft Einen Kleinen Stein, V8, Karlsruhe DE (duo)
RSVP, Luis Leu, Karlsruhe DE (duo)
SCHLAG AUF BAU EIN, Architekturschaufenster, Karlsruhe DE
Klick Blick, Orgelfabrik Kultur in Durlach, Karlsruhe DE
2022
HOME -ie-, Orgelfabrik Kultur in Durlach, Karlsruhe DE
Regionale 23/ Im Zweifel Zickzack, Kunstverein FABRIKculture, Hégenheim FR
This Space Exists Without Me, Laube, Karlsruhe DE
Enclosure, Stella, Berlin DE
Escape from New York, Kunstverein Kandel, Kandel DE
Sommerausstellung, Academy of Fine Arts, Karlsruhe DE
Labyrinth/ Strassen Kunst Festival, Stuttgart DE
A Room with a Cue, Karlsruhe DE
2021
Candle Lights, Laube, Karlsruhe, DE (duo)
Regionale 22, Kunst Raum Riehen, Riehen CH
pingo ergo sum, Galerie Altes Schloss, Wehr DE
Zoom, Academy of Fine Arts, Karlsruhe DE
Hotel Simplon, Giulietta, Basel CH
Firststep Katharsis, wieoftnoch, Karlsruhe DE
2019
When Karl Met Trixie, TRIXIE, The Hague NL
Different faces of sharing, Hotel cappuccino /Seoul KR
2017
The Abstract, TANA Studio, Kanagawa JP
KILALA arts, TOBU Department Store, Tochigi JP
2016
HANA-Re in WATARASE Art Project, Ashikaga residence, Tochigi JP
SUPER OPEN STUDIO 2016, TANA Studio, Kanagawa JP
2015
SUPER OPEN STUDIO 2015, TANA Studio, Kanagawa JP
2014
Hopping Soil, HIGURE 17-15cas, Tokyo JP
2013
call, call, call, TERNER GALLERY, Tokyo JP
2012
Diving and Surfacing, Gallery K, Tokyo JP (Duo)
close my eyes, rub, draw lines, peel away, Tama Art University, Tokyo JP
Scholarship, award
2022
Grant for Overseas Research, Yoshino Gypsum Art Foundation
2021
Grant for Overseas Research, Pola Art Foundation
Academy Prize, Academy of Fine Arts, Karlsruhe
2013
Holbein Scholarship
2011
Tokyo Wonder Wall 2011
SHELL ART AWARD 2011