Kensuke Koike / 小池健輔
*1980 June 28, born in Nagoya, Japan
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2024
Tiles, Festival Filosofia, Sassuolo, Italy
2022
Dear Friend, Blue Sky Gallery, the Oregon Center for the Photographic Arts, Portland, USA
2021
Re-composed, The Photographers’ Gallery – Print Sales Gallery, London, UK
2020
Kensuke Koike, ROSEGALLERY- online, Santa Monica, USA
2019
Forever Mine, curated by Alessandra Chiericato, SEPTIEME Gallery, Paris, France
Tutte le immagini dormono, curated by Carlo Sala, Palazzo Zuckermann, Padua, Italy
Hi Jane, IMA gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2018
2017
To Wolf, A plus A Gallery, Venice, Italy
2016
Saved by the bell, Ciocca Arte Contemporanea, Milan, Italy
2014
Switchover, curated by Guido Bartorelli, ARTcore Gallery, Bari, Italy
2013
Sleepers Awake, Jarach Gallery, Venice, Italy
Here is my secret, Ciocca Arte Contemporanea, Milan, Italy
2012
Wish, curated by Alfredo Sigolo, Ciocca Arte Contemporanea, Milan, Italy
2011
Searching for a perfect, curated by Andrea Bruciati, Jarach Gallery, Venice, Italy
2009
Aliens’ Lounge, curated by Virgil de Voldère and Susan Long, Virgil de Voldere Gallery, New York, USA
There’s still much to do, curated by Agnes Kohlmeyer, Perugi artecontemporanea, Padua, Italy
2006
Stretching for dummies, curated by Alfredo Sigolo, Perugi artecontemporanea, Padua, Italy
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2024
Roma Arte in Nuvola 2024, Centro Congressi Roma La Nuvola, Rome, Italy
The Cutting Room Floor, The Athenaeum of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, USA
COLLIDED, curated by Faye Dowling, Skovgaard Museum, Viborg, Denmark
GODZILLA THE ART, Parco Gallery X, Tokyo, Japan
2023
Fragmented Lucidity, ROSEGALLERY, Santa Monica, USA
Gibellina Photoroad, Gibellina, Italy
2022
de/re CONSTRUCT: an exhibition by Tanabe Chikuunsai IV x Sawako Kaijima and Kensuke Koike, Cromwell Place, London, UK
States of Disruption, CCP. Centre for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne, Australia
Sensorama, Museo MAN, Nuoro, Italy
Overdose, Design Museum Holon, Holon, Israel
(de)constructed, Candela Gallery, Richmond, USA
2021
PHOTO KOMORO, Asama International Photo Festival, Komoro, Japan
Biennolo, Milan, Italy
InCadaques Photo Festival, MEP x InCadaques, La Casa Salvador Dali, Cadaques, Spain
Metafotografia (3), BACO, Bergamo, Italy
Works on Paper. Galila’s Collection, Jewish Museum of Belgium, Bruxelles, Belgium
Only a Joke Can Save Us, curated by Eunice Tsang and Tiffany Leung, Present Projects, Hong Kong
2020
UNKNOWN – POLE & TOTEM, Calm & Punk Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Share Happiness – a tribute to Frankenstein, Galleria Alberta Pane, Venice, Italy
Biennale für aktuelle Fotografie, Wilhelm-Hack-Museum, Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany
2019
Premio Cairo, Palazzo Reale, Milan, Italy
Lisbon Architecture Triennale, Lisbon, Portugal
Asama International Photo Festival, MMoP, Miyota, Japan
CODA Paper Art 2019, CODA Museum, Apeldoorn, Netherlands
Le conseguenze dell’errore, curated by Valerio Veneruso, TRA Treviso Ricerca Arte, Treviso, Italy
Moving the Image: photography and its actions, curated by Duncan Wooldridge, Camberwell Space, London, UK
#005 PHOTO Playground, curated by IMA, Ginza Sony Park, Tokyo, Japan
2018
Emerging Talents, curated by Sarah Carlet and Arianna Catania, Mattatoio, Rome, Italy
Humble Cats, Photoville, Brooklyn Bridge Park, New York, USA
Asama International Photo Festival, ex Mercian Karuizawa Art Museum, Miyota, Japan
69° Premio Michetti, curated by Renato Barilli, Museo Michetti, Francavilla al Mare, Italy
Interventions, Yancey Richardson Gallery, New York, USA
Hope to Nope: Graphics and Politics 2008-18, Design Museum, London, UK
Worlds Unseen, curated by CTRLZAK, Galleria Bianconi, Milan, Italy
2017
Guangzhou Image Triennial, Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou, China
AndarXPorte, Palazzo Archinto, Milan, Italy
Art For Peace, National Art Gallery, Islamabad, Pakistan
The short analysis of uncertainty, curated by Saeyong Chung, Suseong Artpia, Daegu, South Korea
COMMAND-ALTERNATIVE-ESCAPE, Garden of Spazio Thetis, Venice, Italy
Short Circuit, curated by Aly Grimes, OK Corral, Copenhagen, Denmark
Baia Terra Nova, curated by Valentina Lacinio, studi festival #3, Milan, Italy
Short Circuit, curated by Aly Grimes, Palazzo Malipiero, Venice, Italy
Maravee Ludo, curated by Sabrina Zannier & Majda Božeglav Japelj, Galerija Loža Koper, Koper, Slovenia
2016
Non c’è abbastanza passato da andare a visitare , curated by Valeria Raho, ARTcore Gallery, Bari, Italy
This is Today, curated by Aurora Fonda, Mestna Galerija Piran, Piran, Slovenia
MASH UP! Xmq of pit, ready for the mosh!, curated by Valentina Lacinto, ArtVerona 2016, Verona, Italy
Short Circuit, curated by Aly Grimes, Stryx, Birmingham, UK
Bruma, curated by Marco Samorè, Magma, Centro Climatico Marino, Milano Marittima, Italy
From the City, Venice, Italy
2015
Making Sense, curated by Guido Bartorelli, Caterina Benvegnù & Stefano Volpato, Palazzo Pretorio, Cittadella, Italy
Luce. Scienza Cinema Arte, curated by Cristina Casero & Jennifer Malvezzi, Palazzo del Governatore, Parma, Italy
The Future of Italy, MUDEC, Milan, Italy
Symphony of Hunger, A+A Gallery, Venice, Italy
A brene vierte, curated by Katia Toso & Angelo Bertani, Colonos, Villacaccia, Italy
Videoart Yearbook, curated by Renato Barilli, Guido Bartorelli, Alessandra Borgogelli, Paquale Fameli, Paolo Granata, Silvia Grandi, Fabiola Naldi, Aula Magna di Santa Cristina, Bologna, Italy
L’esprit de l’escalier, curated by Alice Ginaldi, Dimora Artica, Milan, Italy
ARType, curated by Guido Bartorelli, Paolo Granata. Silvia Grandi, Fabiola Naldi, Stefania Portinari, MUSMA, Museo della Scultura Contemporanea Matera, Matera, Italy
Rob Pruitt’s Flea Market in Venice, A+A Gallery, Venice, Italy
Pogled 7 / A look 7, curated by Maja Hodošček, Zavod Celeia Celje, Celje, Slovenia
ARType, curated by Guido Bartorelli, Paolo Granata. Silvia Grandi, Fabiola Naldi, Stefania Portinari, Cinémathèque Québécoise, Montréal, Canada
Pogled 7 / A look 7, curated by Pavla Jarc, Mestna Galerija, Nova Gorica, Slovenia
2014
Pogled 7 / A look 7, curated by Barbara Rupel, Galerija Božidar Jakac, Kostanjevica na Krki, Slovenia
Ha visto i colori divini del lago di Costanza?, curated by Caterina Benvengù, Spazio Thetis, Arsenale Novissimo, Venice, Italy
ARType, curated by Paolo Granata. Silvia Grandi, Palazzo Collicola Arti Visive, Spoleto, Italy
Quattro protagonisti della nuova creatività italiana, curated by Renato Barilli, Guido Bartorelli & Guido Molinari, Ex Macello, Padua, Italy
Falling through the cracks, curated by Giuseppe Pinto & Valentina dell’Aquila, Galleria Omphalos, Terlizzi & L.A.L.D. Space, Torre Santa Susanna, Italy
2013
Pixxelpoint 2013 DE.fragmentation, curated by BridA, Mestna Galerija, Nova Gorica, Slovenia
Da Venezia a Porta Venezia, curated by Caroline Corbetta, Il Crepaccio, Milan, Italy
Home is where I want to be, curated by Saul Marcadent, Private houses, Vittorio Veneto, Italy
ARType, curated by Guido Bartorelli, Paolo Granata, Silvia Grandi, Fabiola Naldi and Stefania Portinari, Basilica Palladiana, Vicenza, Italy
The Hundredth Window, Jarach Gallery, Venice, Italy
Corpo Circuito, curated by Carolina Ongaro, Galleria Bunker, Vicenza, Italy
La bellezza sospesa tra visione e realtà, curated by Chiara Massini, Museo Regionale Barocco, Noto, Italy
2012
La Notte, curated by Viviana Guadagno, 900Lab, Rome, Italy
Atemporal, curated by Andrea Bruciati, Jarach Gallery, Venice, Italy
italianitudine, curated by Paolo Toffolutti, Villa di Toppo Florio, Buttrio, Italy
Officina Italia 2 / Nuova creatività italiana, curated by Renato Barilli, Ex Macello, Padua, Italy
myDetour – Travel Notebooks, curated by Moleskine, Palazzetto Tito, Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Venice, Italy
Extracurricular Activity, curated by Daniele Capra, Superfluo, Padua, Italy
Officina Italia 2 / Nuova creatività italiana, curated by Renato Barilli, Ex Chiesa di San Carpoforo, Milan, Italy
2011
Pixxelpoint Let’s get ready, curated by Gulsen Bal & BridA, Nova Gorica, Slovenia
The Mystical Self, curated by Cecilia Freschini, Visual Container, Milan, Italy
Videoart Yearbook, curated by Renato Barilli, CARC Centro Ricerca Arte Contemporanea, Cremona, Italy
Officina Italia 2 / Nuova creatività italiana, curated by Renato Barilli, Alt Arte Contemporanea, Bergamo, Italy
The Mystical Self, curated by Cecilia Freschini, ArtVerona Art Fair, Verona, Italy
Videoart Yearbook, curated by Renato Barilli, Chiostro di Santa Cristina, Bologna, Italy
Officina Italia 2 / Nuova creatività italiana, curated by Renato Barilli, Baraccano, Bologna & Fabbrica, Gambettola, Italy
Amateurs | Proposal on rough definition, with four examples, curated by Guido Bartorelli, Perugi artecontemporanea, Padua, Italy
Fragile: Handle with care, curated by Carolina Lio, Lu.C.C.A Lucca Center of Contemporary Art, Lucca, Italy
2010
Group Show, galerie 5räume, Ludwigsburg, Germany
Art//Tube, curated by Guido Bartorelli, Galleria Civica Cavour, Padua, Italy
How many worlds, curated by Agnes Kohlmeyer, Galerie 5räume, Ludwigsburg, Germany
F.W., Perugi artecontemporanea, Padua, Italy
2009
Roaming: How soon is now, curated by Alessandro Castiglioni, Mestna Galerija, Nova Gorica, Slovenia
The First Terminal Short Video Festival, curated by Barry Jones, Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, USA
2008
Opera 2008, curated by Mara Ambrozic and Stefano Coletto, Gallaria di Piazza San Marco, Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Venice, Italy
Tina B the prague contemporary art festival, curated by Monika Burian, Laterna Magika, Prague, Czech Repubulic
A4/8 Studios – Manifesta 7 parallel events, curated by Bevilacqua La Masa Foundation, Opera Universitaria – Centro Polifunzionale, Trento, Italy
Dall’Accademia alla Fornace, curated by Silvia Rossetti, Fondazione la Fornace dell’innovazione, Asolo, Italy
Filmidio #3: Insanity, Victims, and Childhood, in Short, curated by Gallery Aferro, Red Saw Gallery, Newark, USA
Spark Video, curated by Blake Carrington, Spark Contemporary Art Space, NY, USA
LELABO’ #4 – B, B, B, C, F, G, G, K, S, R, V?, curated by Stefano Coletto and Marco Ferraris, C/O careof, Fabbrica del Vapore, Milan, Italy
2007
Hortus Simplicium, curated by Francesca Volpato, Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Venice, Italy
91.ma Mostra Collettiva, curated by Angela Vettese, Galleria di Piazza San Marco, Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Venice, Italy
Ghosts of Presence: International Emerging Artists’ Video, curated by Darryl Bank, Art Gallery of York University, Toronto, Canada
Central Park / giunglavideo. 2, curated by Paolo Toffolutti, Parco di Toppo Florio, Buttrio, Italy
loop pool 2007, Raum für Projektion in der Lounge der Kurzfilmtage, Oberhausen, Germany
1800FRAMES/Take3, curated by Mica Scalin and Lee Wells, Pioneer Theater, New York, USA
Video Report Italia 04_05, curated by Andrea Bruciati, MMSU Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Rijeka, Croatia
2006
1800FRAMES/Take3, curated by Mica Scalin and Lee Wells, city without walls, New Jersey, USA
Video Report Italia 04_05, curated by Andrea Bruciati, Galleria Comunale d’arte Contemporanea, Monfalcone, Italy
Quotidiana 06, curated by Guido Bartorelli and Stefania Schiavon, Museo Civico al Santo, Padua, Italy
Video Island / L’Isola del Cinema, curated by Giorgia Calò, Luca Curci, Micol Di Veroli and Olivia Spatola, Isola Tiberina, Rome, Italy
The4thScreen, curated by Tamas Banovich, New York Video Festival, New York, USA
Kunst in Bewegung / on the move, curated by Agnes Kohlmeyer, Kunstverein, Ludwisburg, Germany
Tends to Infinity, curated by Stefano Coletto and Marco Ferraris, Palazzetto Tito, Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Venice, Italy
2005
89.ma Mostra Collettiva, curated by Angela Vettese, Galleria di Piazza San Marco, Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Venice, Italy
Untitled, curated by Edoardo Bonaspetti and Alessio Ascari, Ventura XV, Milan, Italy
COMMISSION:
Alexander, Amazon, The Atlantic, Bloomberg Businessweek, The California Sunday Magazine, Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, De’ Longhi, The Guardian, Gucci, GQ, Hermès, Kenzo, Le Monde, Meiji, MK2 Films, Moncler, The New York Times, S. Pellegrino, Fondazione Alberto Peruzzo, Texas Monthly, TOHO, Vanity Fair
COLLECTION:
LACMA - Los Angeles County Museum of Art, USA
Museo Ettore Fico, Italy
Victoria and Albert Museum, UK
ART FAIR:
2024
Art Antwerp, Denmark (upcoming)
Photo London, UK
2023
a ppr oc he, Paris, France
2022
ArtVerona Art Fair, Verona, Italy
2021
SCOPE Art Show, Miami Beach, USA
Photo London, UK
2020
ArtVerona Digital
Photo London Digital
Gallery Platform. LA
2018
a ppr oc he, Paris, France
2015
ArtVerona Art Fair, Verona, Italy
2012
Roma Contemporary, Rome, Italy
MiArt, Milan, Italy
2011
ArtVerona Art Fair, Verona, Italy
2010
ARCO, Madrid, Spain
Art First Bologna 2010, Bologna, Italy
2009
Art Forum, Berlin, Germany
PULSE, New York, USA
2008
Artissima, Torino, Italy
2007
Artissima, Torino, Italy
Pulse London, London, UK
ARCO, Madrid, Spain
RESIDENCE:
2022
Villa Lena Foundation, Italy
2019
The Room of Kensuke Koike, SEPTIEME Gallery, Paris, France
2018
SuperOtium, Naples, Italy
2010
Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, USA
2007
Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Venice, Italy
WORKSHOP:
2024
Fotofilmic, Canada - 5 days Workshop “Photography as object, photography as experience”
2023
Ilustrator Festiwal, Poland - Lecture and Workshop “Image Alchemy”
Fabrica, Treviso, Italy - Workshop of 3 days and lecture “Re-Imagining Reality”
EDUCATION:
2004-2007
IUAV University, Faculty of Arts and Design, Venice, Italy
1999-2004
Accademia di Belle Arti, Venice, Italy