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
2017
Tail... be shot, hanakoma,Tokyo, JP
2011
Silhouette of Perception, kcucha rismo, Tochigi, JP
Group exhibitions
2023
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
2023
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