EXHIBI­TIONS

KANJI HASEGAWA

Kanji Hasegawa’s mixed-media art practice is influenced by punk and Beat culture as well as his training in Zen Buddhism, which he undertook after graduating with an MFA from Tokyo University of the Arts in 2016. He makes conceptually driven works that question the values of contemporary culture and society by intervening in and reconfiguring conventional modes of representation while still maintaining a degree of sculptural realism. This exhibition, Hasegawa’s first at the gallery in two years, will feature a new series of large-scale wood carvings.

KANA KAWANISHI GALLERY

Kana Kawanishi Gallery was founded in 2015 to showcase Japanese and international artists who explore aspects of society through visual media. The gallery is located in Kiyosumi-Shirakawa, a five-minute walk from the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo. Its satellite space, Kana Kawanishi Photography, which focuses on contemporary photography, opened in 2018 in Nishi-Azabu, near the Mori Art Museum. Both spaces were designed by Yuko Nagayama & Associates.

Kana Kawanishi Gallery has placed works by its artists in major public collections, including the British Museum, London; the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa; the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo; and the Tokyo Photographic Art Museum. The gallery also regularly participates in international art fairs, including NADA New York, photo basel, Photo London, and Unseen in Amsterdam. Kana Kawanishi Gallery was named a “power player” of the Tokyo art scene by Artnet News in 2022 and has previously been featured in stories in Artsy, the Asahi Shimbun, Bijutsu Techo, Blouin Artinfo, The Guardian, Forbes, Libération, and Monocle.