Satoru Koizumi

Born in 1983, Satoru Koizumi completed his Master’s in sculpture at Okinawa Prefectural University in 2009 and is currently based in Okinawa. His work has been well-received in Japan and beyond, and has recently enjoyed enormous success in Art Taipei and other large art fairs in Asia. This is his first solo show in the United States. Koizumi's recent sculptures portray humans dressed in animal pelts, their expressions of naive purity offset by a sorrowful air of loneliness and anxiety. In Japan’s (and indeed, much of the world’s) hyper-civilized society, people are increasingly forced to walk a thin line between losing our animal instincts and navigating the world of today. Coming from a society where a high value is placed on things that are kawaii (cute), Koizumi’s work provides insight into the way that modern people have repurposed cuteness into a weapon to compensate for immaturity and powerlessness. Koizumi paradoxically expresses the weight of connections among nature, animals, human beings and society by examining contemporary situations involving anxiety and loneliness through his work. 

2017  Animal Human, Haw contemporary, Kansas City, MO, USA

2015  Finding Man All alone in the Universe, Meguni Ogita Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

2014 NINGEN, Karuizawa New Art Museum, Nagano, Japan

2012  Opposite, Meguni Ogita Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

2010  Relation, Meguni Ogita Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
 

2018  Art Taipei, Taipei, Taiwan

2018  KIAF 2018 Art Seoul, Seoul, Korea

2017  Art Taipei, Taipei, Taiwan

2017 Asian Art Exhibition of Youth Contemporary Wood Sculpture in Taiwan, Sanyi Wood Sculpture Museum, Miaoli, Taiwan

2017  In The House of Animal Human, Where The Beasts Live, MEGUMI OGITA Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

2017  In The House of Animal Human, Where The Beasts Live, CCCSCD by cifaka, Okayama, Japan

2017  Young Art Taipei, Taipei, Taiwan

2017  FORM&ESSENCE, AKI Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan

2016  Art Taipei, Taipei, Taiwan

2016  Art Busan, Busan, Korea

2016  Showcase, MEGUMI OGITA Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

2015  Art Taipei, Taipei, Taiwan

2014  Art Taipei, Taipei, Taiwan

2014  Young Art Taipei 2014, Taipei, Taiwan

2014  ART Tainan 2014, Taipei, Taiwan

2013  Sound of breathing, Ginza Mitsukoshi 8F Gallery,Tokyo

2013  Artistic Christmas vol.Ⅶ 新宿高島屋, Takashimaya Shinjuku Store, Tokyo

2012  Art Stage Singapore, Singapore

2012  SOFA New York, NY, USA

2012  Art Show Busan, Busan, Korea

2012  BAZAAR ART, Jakarta, Indonesia

2012  Artistic Christmas vol.Ⅵ , Takashimaya Shinjuku Store,Tokyo

2012  XYZ, MEGUMI OGITA Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

2011 Taipei Art Revolution, Taiwan,Taipei

2011  VARIA NAGOYA, Matsuzakaya Aichi Store, Nagoya, Japan

2011  KIAF, Korea International Art Fair, Seoul, Korea

2011  PLUSE Los Angeles, Los Angeles, USA

2011  ecesis, CCCSCD by cifaka, Okayama, Japan

2011  SOFA Chicago, Chicago, USA

2011  Shibuya Style vol.5, Seibu Shibuya Store, Tokyo, Japan

2010  Taipei Art Revolution, Taipei, Taiwan

2010  KIAF, Korea International Art Fair, Seoul, Korea