Born in Kyoto, Japan, Kohei NAWA acquired his PhD. of Art in Sculpture. His art works explore relationship between “cell” and “skin”. He collects the medium such as glasses balls, resined fibers to transfer into his own creations. His works reveals an unknown astmosphere between fact and fake, which leads the viewers to see the world and the point of view that the artist built. NAWA also tries to create other art works in different forms, such as flims, and more over, he cooperated with the fashion brands, Hémérs and Agnès.b. Solo Exhibitions 2015 “Kohei Nawa - FORCE”, SCAI The Bathhouse, Tokyo, Japan 2013 “Kohei Nawa - SCULPTURE GARDEN”, Kirihishima Open-Air Museum, Kagoshima, Japan 2013 “Manifold Document”, ARARIO Gallery, Cheonan, Korea 2103 “Kohei Nawa : Garden”, Gallery Nomart, Osaka, Japan 2013 “Direction | TRAUMARIS”, TRAUMARIS, Tokyo/ Japan 2012 “Kohei Nawa : SANDWICH”, Hankyu Umeda Gallery, Osaka, Japan 2012 “Kohei Nawa – Trans”, ARARIO Gallery, Cheonan; Seoul, Korea 2011 “GRID_Synthesis”, B Gallery, Tokyo, Japan 2011 “KOHEI NAWA - SYNTHESIS”, Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan 2010 “Synthesis”, SCAI THE BATHHOUSE, Tokyo, Japan 2009 “Transcode”, Gallery Nomart, Osaka, Japan 2009 “L_B_S”, Maison Hermès, Tokyo, Japan 2009 “CELL”, Vera Munro, Humburg, Germany 2008 “PixCell”, Pekin Fine Arts, Beijing, China 2008 “TORSO”, Nomart Edition, Project Space, Osaka, Japan 2008 “The poetry of bizarre” the Joan Miro Foundation, Barcelona, Spain 2007 “PixCell”, IERIMONTI Gallery, Milano, Italy 2006 “AIR”, Nomart Edition, Project Space, Osaka,Japan 2006 “GUSH”, SCAI THE BATHHOUSE, Tokyo, Japan 2005 “Drawings”, studio J, Osaka, Japan 2004 “catalyst”, Nomart Edition, Project Space, Osaka, Japan 2004 “0409 science fiction”, INAX Gallery 2, Tokyo, Japan 2003 “CELL-osmosis”, UPLINK Gallery, Tokyo, Japan 2003 “PixCell”, Studio J, Osaka, Japan 2003 “PixCell”, Nomart Edition, Project Space, Osaka, Japan 2002 “Kyoto Art Map, NAWA Kohei”, Gallery Maronie, Kyoto, Japan 2002 “CELL”, Nomart Edition, Project Space, Osaka, Japan 2001 “Art Synapse 2010, NAWA Kohei”, Gallery Maronie, Kyoto, Japan 2000 “ANIMAZUMO”, Gallery SOWAKA, Kyoto, Japan Publuic Collections Hara Museum of Contemporary, Tokyo, Japan The Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, Japan Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan Takamatsu City Museum of Art, Kagawa, Japan Takenaka Corporation, Entrance Lobby, Tokyo , Japan Takamatsu City Museum, Kagawa, Japan Toyosu Front, Tokyo, Japan Shin-Marunouchi Building, Tokyo, Japan Tokyo Midtown, Tokyo , Japan Toyota Art Collection, Aichi, Japan Yaguchi-no-watashi Station, Tokyo, Japan Queensland Art Gallery, Queensland, Australia Ritz Carlton Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan Franks – Suss Collection, London, UK Pigozzi Collection, New York, USA Daimler Chrysler Contemporary, Berlin, Germany Sovereign Art Foundation, Hong Kong The Art Foundation, Kentucky, USA Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia Awards 2012 Kyoto New Artist’s Award 2012, Kyoto, Japan 2010 First Prize, 14th Asian Art Biennale Bangladesh 2010, Dhaka, Bangladesh 2008 Jury’s Prize, ROPPONGI CROSSING 2007, Mori Museum, Tokyo, Japan 2007 Kyoto Cultural Award 2006, Kyoto, Japan 2004 Sakuya Konohana Prize, Osaka , Japan 2003 First Prize , Selected Artists in Kyoto 2003, Japan 2003 Encouragement prize , Kirin Art Award 2003, Japan