Tezukayama Gallery is pleased to announce our next exhibition ‘Neutral Palm Square’ by Kazuma Koike from 28th March to 26th April 2014. This will be Koike’ s first solo exhibition in Osaka.

Koike was born in 1980 in Kanagawa prefecture, Japan. However, he spent his early life in Argentina and Spain because of his parents’ career. These life experiences have somewhat affected his thinking and artistic choices. Although his work seems hard to easily comprehend, rather than this, his work stirs our imagination. You might think his creations are from a dream or storybook. To try to read his intention, we need to imagine, and therefor our interest further deepens.

In recent years, Koike has been exhibiting his art work along with ready made objects. He says that he sees the objects and his work equally and arranges them carefully in the space. In doing so, he wants to make invisible connections between the objects and work. In this exhibition, Koike aims to emphasize the relation between his work and the objects more than before. The tension and connection within the space will stimulate the viewers’ imagination.

［作家コメント］
"Arriving in a tropical country, checking into a hotel, leaving a bag, and heading out for a walk without a map. The breeze makes the coconut trees sway. A park with a palm tree, a weightlifter, a poster of some hero perhaps, and a shrine float by. Suddenly, on the opposite side of the street, a flower in a tree. 'Is that flower blooming from this tree, or is it a parasite sucking life from the tree?' This question arises but as standing there the answer is obscure. Not going there to check but instead returning to the hotel."

［作家プロフィール］
Koike Kazuma

Lives and works in Osaka, Japan
（1980）Born in Kanagawa, Japan
（1986-1992）Lived in Buenos Aires, Argentina
（1995-1998）Lived in Barcelona, Spain
（2003）Nihon University College of Art, B.F.A., Sculpture
Scholarship of the ‘Kitano Education Foundation’

Solo Exhibitions
（2013）‘ The hermit and the bottled water ’ | Aishonanzuka, Hong Kong
‘ Float ’ | Aisho Miura Arts, Tokyo
（2012） ‘ Hallucinations ’ | Aisho Miura Arts, Tokyo
（2011）‘ Repetitions and Variations ’ | Aisho Miura Arts, Tokyo
（2010）‘ The Quest ’ | Aisho Miura Arts, Tokyo
‘ Blinks ’ | hpgrp Gallery Tokyo, Tokyo
（2009）‘ Trance ’ | Aisho Miura Arts, Tokyo
‘ Juggler ’ | Csw* Studio, Tokyo
（2007）‘ Silver Basin ’ | Csw* Studio, Tokyo
（2006）‘ Lotus Land ’ | Csw* Studio, Tokyo
‘ Personal Signs ’ | Nanahari, Tokyo
‘ Encircled Lake ’ | Gallery Yamaguchi, Tokyo
（2003）‘ Quiet Enough ’ | Gallery Seira, Tokyo

Group Exhibitions
（2013） ‘ ART TRONTO ’ | TEZUKAYAMA GALLERY,Canada
‘ Gallery Show ’ | Aishonanzuka, Hong Kong
（2012）‘ Hell/Summer/Landscape ’ | Aisho Miura Arts, Tokyo
‘ Variations of Materials ’ | Hoshi To Mori No Uta Museum, Niigata
（2011）‘ Group Show 2 ’ | Aisho Miura Arts, Tokyo
（2010） ‘ Group Show 1 ′ | Aisho Miura Arts, Tokyo
‘ A Silent Moment at Veronica Island ’
‘ Yasuyoshi Botan × Kazuma Koike ’ | hpgrp Gallery, Tokyo
‘ The 5th Daikokuya Contemporary Art Award Exhibition ’ | Tochigi
‘ No Man’ s Land ’ | The French Embassy, Tokyo
（2009）‘ Showcase ’ | Aisho Miura Arts, Tokyo
‘ The Yanase Villa Art Education Project ’ | Yanase Villa, Saitama
（2008）‘ Birth of Shapes and Relations ’ | Csw* Studio, Tokyo
‘ Japan Now ’ Inter Alia Art Company | Seoul, Korea
（2007）‘ Casino Royale ’ | Scai The Bathhouse, Tokyo
‘ Art Jam Gift ’ | Gallery Yamaguchi, Tokyo
（2006） ‘ Amuse Art Jam 2006 ’ | The Museum of Kyoto
‘ The 42nd Kanagawa Art Exhibition ’ | Kanagawa Prefectural Gallery
（2004） ‘ Kitano Education Foundation Sculpture Scholar Exhibition ’
| Nihon Art University, Tokyo
（2003）‘ The 19th Kitano Education Foundation Sculpture Scholar Exhibition ’
| Nihon Art University, Tokyo

OPENING PARTY ： 3 . 28 . FRI 18:00～（artist in attendance）