Kohei Hosogaya (born 1992 in Nagano, Japan) is sculptor, lives and works in Sendai, Japan.
He considers the experience of events that occur on a spatio-temporal scale far beyond the human senses. The projects will be developed as sculptures, installations or curated exhibitions, referencing monuments to natural disasters and geological methods of inferring the history of the earth.
He has a doctorate in art with research in sculpture and is currently doing a doctorate in geology. He tries to treat both equally, looking for representations that cannot be made without either artistic or geological knowledge. As well as exhibiting his work, he curates exhibitions that combine natural history and art.
1992 Born in Nagano, Japan.
2015 Bachelor of Science, Earth Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan.
2017 Master of Fine Arts, Sculpture, Hiroshima City University, Hiroshima, Japan.
2017-2018 Exchange overseas, University of Hawaii at Manoa.
2020 Doctor of Fine Arts, Sculpture, Hiroshima City University, Hiroshima, Japan.
2020-2024 Works as an art educator at Miyagi Museum of Art.
2022- a Ph.D candidate in geology, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan.
2024- Works as an part-time lecturer at Miyagi University of Education.
Curation
2024 "Sekiso30" (Izumi museum/ Hiroshima)
2023 "Geological Representation of Kawauchi area" (Aoba no kaze terrace/ Sendai)
2019 "Catastrophe, Objects and Storytelling" (Hiroshima City University Art Museum/ Hiroshima)
Collaboration
2024 "Absence of Water" (N-oval music salon/ Sendai)
Solo Exhibition
2023 "Trial Garelly 2023" (Nagano Prefectural Ina Culture Hall/ Ina)
2022 "Penetrate and Linger" (Seishi Nakamoto Private Museum/ Sendai)
2021 "Transfer and Reside" (Seishi Nakamoto Private Museum/ Sendai)
Major Group Exhibition
2025 "Shinbism6"（Koumi-machi Kougen Museum of Art, Koumi）
2025 "latent, sequence, material, environment"（Takato Museum of Arts, Ina）
2025 "Above/Below"（Chika-Bo Art Gallery, Shodoshima）
2024 "Landscapes touched from within"（gallery G, Hiroshima）
2024 "Re.framing"（Hito Machi Plaza, Hiroshima）
2023 "Kanahebisui Shrine Art Project Jado"（Kanahebisui Shrine, Iwanuma）
2022 "Kanahebisui Shrine Art Project Jado"（Kanahebisui Shrine, Iwanuma）
2020 "Tasty Sculpture –Young Sculptors of Hiroshima City University"（Hatsukaichi Art Gallery, Hiroshima）
2019 "Stationary Open System and 3D closedness"（Hiroshima Art Center, Hiroshima）
Thesis
2020 "An Examination of the Relationships between the Ground, the Landscape, and the Identity of the Local People in Haruka Komori and Natsumi Seo’s Projects in Areas Affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake" (Research report, Annual Review of Hiroshima Society for Science of Arts)
2020 "History of the Relationship between Monuments for Natural Disaster and Arts in Japan" (Dissertation, Hiroshima City University)
Contribution
2023 "Challenge in the exhibition Geological Representation of Kawauchi area" "Omnividens" the Tohoku University Museum, 69, 4-5
2021 "Catastrophe, Objects and Storytelling" "Bijyutu Hiroshima 31" Hiroshima City Culture Foundation, 58-59
2021 "Review on Makiko Satake's Solo Exhibition Naminokori no Tadori" "art node JOURNAL" sendai mediatheque, 8,1
2020 "Possibilities of Disaster Ruins" Chugoku Shimbun, April 25th 2020
2020 "Report on the exhibition Catastrophe, Objects and Storytelling" "Omnividens" the Tohoku University Museum, 62, 4-5
Presentation
2025 "Exploring the intersection of geology and art: From the perspective of exhibition techniques" (Japan Geoscience Union meeting 2025)
2022 "Behavior to search for memories: Consideration about paintings by Makiko Satake" (Hiroshima Society for Science of Arts 134th meeting)
Grants
2025 NOMURA foundation