Todays Visitor - 2009
8.66 x 8.66 inch - 22 x 22 cm
Fabric, paper and acrylic on canvas
Lucys Cargo - 2009
8.5 x 8.58 inch - 21.6 x 21.8 cm
Oil on paper
Island Breeze - 2009
8.66 x 8.66 inch - 22 x 22 cm
Fabric, paper and acrylic on canvas
Camel Rider 2 - 2009
8.5 x 8.58 inch - 21.6 x 21.8 cm
Oil on paper
New Visitor - 2009
8.5 x 8.6 inch - 21.6 x 21.8 cm
Acrylic on paper
Star Rider - 2010
70.87 x 35.43 x 15.75 inch - 180 x 90 x 40 cm
Acrylic, cardboard and fabric
New Visitor by Misaki Kawai
Misaki Kawai
b. 1978, Osaka, Japan
Lives and works in New York, USA
Solo Exhibitions:
2014
Playmaking, The Marugame Genichiro-Inokuma Museum of Contemporary Art, Kagawa, Japan
2011
Malmo Konsthall, Malmo, Sweden
TBA, Galleri Loyal, Malmo, Sweden
Pencil Excercise, Take Ninagawa, Tokyo
Enpitsu Taiso, Take Ninagawa, Tokyo
2010
Project N43, Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery
2009
Homeland 2020, Take Ninagawa, Tokyo
Kung Fu Forest, LaMontagne Gallery, Boston
2008
Outdoor Club, Paul Bright, Toronto
Fancy Pants, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen
Kimagure Float, Take Ninagawa, Tokyo
2007
Fuzzy Love, Galleri Loyal, Stockholm
Momentum 7, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston
Big Break, Perugi Artecontemporanea, Padova, Italy
Tiger Punch, Clementine Gallery, NYC
2005
Mars Investigation Laboratory, Kantor / Feuer Window, NYC
2004
Kuru Kuru Jet, Jack Hanley Gallery, San Francisco
2003
Octopus Pier, P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, NYC
Misaki Kawai, Kenny Schachter Contemporary, NYC
2002
Air Show, Kenny Schachter ConTEMPorary, NYC
Group Exhibitions:
2015
Tiger Tiger, Salon 94, New York
2014
Early Man, The Hole, New York
2013
AREA, The Hole, New York
2011
International Exhibitions / Fumetto, Lucerne, Switzerland
2010
Mutant Pop, curated by Joe Grillo, Laura Grant and Brandon Joyce, LOYAL, Malmo
Not Quite Open For Business, The Hole, NYC
Album, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen
2009
Wild Feature 2 curated by Brian Belott, Galerie Zurcher, Paris
I Believe: Japanese Contemporary Art, The Museum of Modern Art, Toyama
Visions of the Frontier, Institute Valencia d Art Modern, Valencia
Wild Feature curated by Brian Belott, Galerie Zurcher, NYC
Flight of fancy, Kenny Schachter, ROVE, London
2008
Last Secound First - Narrative Art for the New Century curated by Jordin Isip, ISB Gallery, Providence
Mail Order Monsters, Max Wigram Gallery, London
Just It, Just Be, Galleri Opdahl, Stavanger, Norway
Return to Sender, KRETS, Malmo, Sweden
I Wont Grow Up, CHEIM & READ, NYC
Everything Else, Franklin Parrasch Gallery, NYC
Wet N Wild, KIM LIGHT - LIGHTBOX, LA
Object Salon curated by Bob Nickas, Kathy Grayson, Pascal Spengemann, Brooke Geahan and Thomas Beale, Honey Space, NYC
KUNST GRUPPE, WERKSTATTE, NYC
Kawai Misaki and Tao Soju, Gallery J Chen,Taipei
2007
Making a Home: Japanese Contemporary Artists in New York, Japan Society, NYC
Red Hot: Asian Art Today from the Chaney Family Collection, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
Homegrown curated by Renee Riccardo, David Krut Projects, NYC
Not only A but also B curated by Atsuko Ninagawa, Transformer Gallery, Washington DC
Paper Trails - New Adventures in Drawing, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen
I Love Tourism organized by Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Galleria di Piazza San Marco, Venice
Five Painters, Galleri Loyal, Stockholm
2006
Guy Ben-Ner and Misaki Kawai, TAKEFLOOR 404&502, Tokyo
Unwrapping the Wing curated by Devon Dikeou, Invisible Museum, Denver
BORO-BORO DORO-DORO, Watari Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo
Art Parade organized by Deitch Project, NYC
A Thousand Things curated by 2K by Gingham, MU Museum, Holland
Collage Party, ZieherSmith Gallery, NYC
Waves curated by marsea goldberg, Mollusk Surf Shop, San Francisco
Its a Beautiful Day curated by Paul Laster and Renee Riccardo, Ise Cultural Foundation, NYC
Dont Abandon the Ship curated by Eddie Martinez, Allston Skirt Gallery, Boston
The Studio Visit, EXIT ART, NYC
Mars Investigation Laboratory, Kantor-Feuer Window, NYC
2005
Live Through This organized by Deitch Projects, Miami Design Direct, Miami
Tiger Drip, Galleri Loyal, Stockholm
Hanging by a Thread curated by Nina Arias and Jose Diaz, the Moore Space, Miami
No Bones About It, New Image Art Gallery, Los Angeles
MOVE No. 13 curated by Rich Jacobs, Clementine Gallery, NYC
Greater New York 2005, P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, NYC
The New Image Art Show, RVCA, Los Angeles
2004
FIVE ARTIST SHOW, Kenny Schachter ROVE, London
Trunk of Humours, Deitch Projects, NYC
KURU KURU JET, Jack Hanley Gallery, San Francisco
MAJORITY WHIP, White Box, NYC
2003
Special Projects Fall 2003, P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, NYC
SUN PARK, Inman Gallery, Houston
BABY YOU CANT DRIVE MY CAR curated by Kenny Schachter, Cooper Classics, NYC
ART BAND curated by Kenny Schachter, Capitale, NYC
FUNNY CRY HAPPY, New Image Art, Los Angeles
2002
AIR SHOW, Kenny Schachter Contemporay, NYC
b. 1978, Osaka, Japan
Lives and works in New York, USA
Solo Exhibitions:
2014
Playmaking, The Marugame Genichiro-Inokuma Museum of Contemporary Art, Kagawa, Japan
2011
Malmo Konsthall, Malmo, Sweden
TBA, Galleri Loyal, Malmo, Sweden
Pencil Excercise, Take Ninagawa, Tokyo
Enpitsu Taiso, Take Ninagawa, Tokyo
2010
Project N43, Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery
2009
Homeland 2020, Take Ninagawa, Tokyo
Kung Fu Forest, LaMontagne Gallery, Boston
2008
Outdoor Club, Paul Bright, Toronto
Fancy Pants, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen
Kimagure Float, Take Ninagawa, Tokyo
2007
Fuzzy Love, Galleri Loyal, Stockholm
Momentum 7, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston
Big Break, Perugi Artecontemporanea, Padova, Italy
Tiger Punch, Clementine Gallery, NYC
2005
Mars Investigation Laboratory, Kantor / Feuer Window, NYC
2004
Kuru Kuru Jet, Jack Hanley Gallery, San Francisco
2003
Octopus Pier, P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, NYC
Misaki Kawai, Kenny Schachter Contemporary, NYC
2002
Air Show, Kenny Schachter ConTEMPorary, NYC
Group Exhibitions:
2015
Tiger Tiger, Salon 94, New York
2014
Early Man, The Hole, New York
2013
AREA, The Hole, New York
2011
International Exhibitions / Fumetto, Lucerne, Switzerland
2010
Mutant Pop, curated by Joe Grillo, Laura Grant and Brandon Joyce, LOYAL, Malmo
Not Quite Open For Business, The Hole, NYC
Album, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen
2009
Wild Feature 2 curated by Brian Belott, Galerie Zurcher, Paris
I Believe: Japanese Contemporary Art, The Museum of Modern Art, Toyama
Visions of the Frontier, Institute Valencia d Art Modern, Valencia
Wild Feature curated by Brian Belott, Galerie Zurcher, NYC
Flight of fancy, Kenny Schachter, ROVE, London
2008
Last Secound First - Narrative Art for the New Century curated by Jordin Isip, ISB Gallery, Providence
Mail Order Monsters, Max Wigram Gallery, London
Just It, Just Be, Galleri Opdahl, Stavanger, Norway
Return to Sender, KRETS, Malmo, Sweden
I Wont Grow Up, CHEIM & READ, NYC
Everything Else, Franklin Parrasch Gallery, NYC
Wet N Wild, KIM LIGHT - LIGHTBOX, LA
Object Salon curated by Bob Nickas, Kathy Grayson, Pascal Spengemann, Brooke Geahan and Thomas Beale, Honey Space, NYC
KUNST GRUPPE, WERKSTATTE, NYC
Kawai Misaki and Tao Soju, Gallery J Chen,Taipei
2007
Making a Home: Japanese Contemporary Artists in New York, Japan Society, NYC
Red Hot: Asian Art Today from the Chaney Family Collection, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
Homegrown curated by Renee Riccardo, David Krut Projects, NYC
Not only A but also B curated by Atsuko Ninagawa, Transformer Gallery, Washington DC
Paper Trails - New Adventures in Drawing, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen
I Love Tourism organized by Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Galleria di Piazza San Marco, Venice
Five Painters, Galleri Loyal, Stockholm
2006
Guy Ben-Ner and Misaki Kawai, TAKEFLOOR 404&502, Tokyo
Unwrapping the Wing curated by Devon Dikeou, Invisible Museum, Denver
BORO-BORO DORO-DORO, Watari Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo
Art Parade organized by Deitch Project, NYC
A Thousand Things curated by 2K by Gingham, MU Museum, Holland
Collage Party, ZieherSmith Gallery, NYC
Waves curated by marsea goldberg, Mollusk Surf Shop, San Francisco
Its a Beautiful Day curated by Paul Laster and Renee Riccardo, Ise Cultural Foundation, NYC
Dont Abandon the Ship curated by Eddie Martinez, Allston Skirt Gallery, Boston
The Studio Visit, EXIT ART, NYC
Mars Investigation Laboratory, Kantor-Feuer Window, NYC
2005
Live Through This organized by Deitch Projects, Miami Design Direct, Miami
Tiger Drip, Galleri Loyal, Stockholm
Hanging by a Thread curated by Nina Arias and Jose Diaz, the Moore Space, Miami
No Bones About It, New Image Art Gallery, Los Angeles
MOVE No. 13 curated by Rich Jacobs, Clementine Gallery, NYC
Greater New York 2005, P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, NYC
The New Image Art Show, RVCA, Los Angeles
2004
FIVE ARTIST SHOW, Kenny Schachter ROVE, London
Trunk of Humours, Deitch Projects, NYC
KURU KURU JET, Jack Hanley Gallery, San Francisco
MAJORITY WHIP, White Box, NYC
2003
Special Projects Fall 2003, P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, NYC
SUN PARK, Inman Gallery, Houston
BABY YOU CANT DRIVE MY CAR curated by Kenny Schachter, Cooper Classics, NYC
ART BAND curated by Kenny Schachter, Capitale, NYC
FUNNY CRY HAPPY, New Image Art, Los Angeles
2002
AIR SHOW, Kenny Schachter Contemporay, NYC