Biography
Yasunari KOZUKA
1969 Born in Nagoya, Japan
1994 Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Fine Arts, Tokyo Zokei University
2016–17 Studied at Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design, Halle (Saale), Germany
2025 Lives and works in Japan
Solo Exhibitions
2025 Nagoya Citizens’ Gallery Yada (Nagoya, Japan)
2024 Contemporary Art Museum ISE (Mie, Japan)
2024 Westbeth Gallery Kozuka (Nagoya, Japan)
2023 Westbeth Gallery Kozuka (Nagoya, Japan)
2021 Marie Gallery (Tokyo, Japan)
2018 Marie Gallery (Tokyo, Japan)
2017 Westbeth Gallery Kozuka (Nagoya, Japan)
2015 Westbeth Gallery (Nagoya, Japan)
2013 Westbeth Gallery (Nagoya, Japan)
2012 Westbeth Gallery (Nagoya, Japan)
2011 Westbeth Gallery (Nagoya, Japan)
2010 Westbeth Gallery (Nagoya, Japan)
2008 Westbeth Gallery (Nagoya, Japan)
2007 Westbeth Gallery (Nagoya, Japan)
2006 Westbeth Gallery (Nagoya, Japan)
2004 Westbeth Gallery (Nagoya, Japan)
2003 Westbeth Gallery (Nagoya, Japan)
2002 Espasio Kinokuniya (Nagoya, Japan)
1999 Westbeth Gallery (Nagoya, Japan)
Selected Group Exhibitions
2025 Marziart International Gallery (Paris, France)
2025 ARTfair Innsbruck (Innsbruck, Austria)
2025 The 38th National Juried Exhibition of Japanese Washi Art Tokyo Exhibition (Tokyo, Japan)
2024 “Little treasures” International Contemporary Art Exhibition, Galleria De Marchi (Bologna, Italy)
2024 The 37th National Juried Exhibition of Japanese Washi Art Exhibition (Mino, Gifu / Tokyo, Japan)
2024 "Conversing with Nature" International Contemporary Art Exhibition, Higashikawa-Town （Hokkaido, Japan)
2024 "Trace a Nature," Marie Gallery (Tokyo, Japan)
2023 C.A.R. Essen Art Fair (Essen, Germany)
2023 The 4th National Juried Art House Oyabe Contemporary Art Exhibition (Toyama, Japan)
2021 Marziart International Gallery (Hamburg, Germany)
2019 “The Illusion of Reality” International Contemporary Art Exhibition, Galleria De Marchi (Bologna, Italy)
2018 Marziart International Gallery (Hamburg, Germany)
2017 “Epicurus’s Empty Garden” Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum (Tokyo, Japan)
1993 The 18th National University Print Exhibition, Machida City Museum of Graphic Arts (Tokyo, Japan)
Awards
2025 Silver Award, The 38th National Juried Exhibition of Japanese Washi Art （Mino, Gifu, Japan）
2024 Trevisan International Art Awards of Excellence 2024 (Bologna, Italy)
2024 Silver Award, The 37th National Juried Exhibition of Japanese Washi Art （Mino, Gifu, Japan）
2023 Selected Artist, The 4th National Juried Art House Oyabe Contemporary Art Exhibition (Toyama, Japan)
2019 Award of Excellence, “The Illusion of Reality” International Contemporary Art Exhibition (Bologna, Italy)
1993 Excellence Award and Museum Collection Prize, The 18th National University Print Exhibition,
Machida City Museum of Graphic Arts (Tokyo, Japan)
Public Collections
Machida City Museum of Graphic Arts (Tokyo, Japan)
Koumyou-Temple (Nagoya, Japan)