Cross-media hybrid art, Kohei Nawa

"When I create, I will mindfully consider and feel the relationship between mankind and the ecosystem. Human surely cannot represent the entire world, when engage in any activity, the nature should be the existence which helps to provide the solution." - Kohei Nawa

Known as one of the most popular artists in Japanese contemporary art, Kohei Nawa employs sculpture as the main creative form in his works. His most famous "PixCell" sculpture series explores the relationship between cells and the surface, utilizing media that is so unique in modern society, such as glass beads, resins, melt glues etc., in his creation of deformed sculptures. Kohei Nawa is also actively engaged in other creative forms such as video, and has also collaborated with fashion brands such as Hermès and Agnès. b.

In addition to sculpture creation, Kohei Nawa is also actively engaged in other creative forms. His diverse creations explore the perception between virtual space and physical site, he is good at creating complex and dynamic structures. In the "Direction" series, the artist rotates the canvas in 15 degree, and this exact degree indeed is the angular velocity of the earth's rotation, which is also the motif of the artist's creation. The artist squeezed liquid paint from the top of the rotating canvas and dripping from the canvas top edge due to gravity, forming one another vertical lines, creating his unique style of "Direction". His distinctive creative background also enables his works span across different media, conceived avant-garde and innovative, and is highly recognized internationally.