Koji Ishikawa (artist)
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is a Japanese
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 contemporary artist. He currently lives and works in Los Angeles
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, though his artwork has been exhibited worldwide. Ishikawa received his B.F.A.
Bachelor of Fine Arts
In the United States and Canada, the Bachelor of Fine Arts degree, usually abbreviated BFA, is the standard undergraduate degree for students seeking a professional education in the visual or performing arts. In some countries such a degree is called a Bachelor of Creative Arts or BCA...

 1991 from Osaka University of Arts
Osaka University of Arts
is a private arts university located in Kanan, Minamikawachi District, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. The university was founded in 1945 as , changing its name to in 1957, and then to in 1964...

. Ishikawa had seven solo exhibitions since 1991.

Selected Solo Exhibitions

  • 2003 Atelier Nishinomiya, Hyogo. Japan.
  • 2002 Gallery Yamaguchi, Tokyo. Japan.
  • 2001 Gallery Yamaguchi. Tokyo. Japan.
  • 2000 Gallery Gen, Fukuoka
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    . Japan.
  • 1997 Gallery Gen, Fukuoka. Japan.
  • 1995 Gallery Gen, Fukuoka. Japan.
  • 1994 Gallery Gen, Fukuoka. Japan.

Selected Group Exhibitions

  • 2005: "Beginning" Two Japanese Artists Art show, Flor de luna art studio, Los Angeles, USA.
  • 2005: New Generation of Contemporary Printers in West Japan, Kake Museum of Art, Kurashiki. Japan.
  • 2004: "Power of Printmaking" Exhibition of ispa JAPAN, The Museum of Kyoto, Kyoto
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    . Japan.
  • 2003: Outstanding Rising Artists Exhibition, Sompo Japan Museum of Art, Tokyo. Japan.
  • 2003: Art Jam, Gallery Yamaguchi, Tokyo. Japan.
  • 2003: Busan International Print Art Festival, Busan, Korea.
  • 2002: Tokyo Wonder Wall, Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo
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    , Tokyo. Japan.
  • 2002: The Tamamoto Kanae Print Grand Prix Competition, Nagano. Japan.
  • 2002: International Print Making Exhibition in Daejeon, Daejeon, South Korea
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  • 2001: Tokyo Wonder Wall, useum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Tokyo. Japan.
  • 1999: Prints of 4 Artists, Atelier Nishinomiya, Hyogo. Japan.
  • 1999: "Triennale of 100 Cities", Rio de Janeiro
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    , Brazil
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    .
  • 1998: Contemporary Art Print Contest, Osaka Contemporary Art Center
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    The is an art gallery in Osaka, Japan, administered by Osaka Prefecture.The center started in 1974 as Ōsaka Fumin Gyararī . In 1980 its Japanese name was changed to that used today, on the occasion of its move within Kita-ku from Dōjima to Nakanoshima. In 2000 it moved to Chūō-ku.The Center has a...

    . Japan.
  • 1998: Awarded with an Excellent prize.
  • 1998: Direction of The Picture '98, Osaka Contemporary Art Center.
  • 1997: Cracow International Print Triennial '97, Cracow, Poland
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  • 1996: Into Print, gallery coco, Kyoto / Gallery Gen, Fukuoka. Japan. / Aichi Art Culture Center, Nagoya. Japan.
  • 1995: Into Print, Gallery Gen, Fukuoka. Japan.
  • 1994: Into Print, gallery coco, Kyoto. Japan.
  • 1993: The 5th Wakayama Prints biennale, Wakayama Modern Art Museum, Wakayama. Japan.
  • 1993: Tokyo Machida International Printing Exhibition, Machida City Museum of Graphic Arts, Tokyo. Japan.
  • 1991: Awarded with the Grand Prix in a contest to commemorate Jiro Yoshihara
    Jiro Yoshihara
    Jiro Yoshihara was a Japanese painter. He is in most sources named as the founder of the Gutai group in 1954. Yoshihara wrote the "Gutai Manifesto" in 1956. This leader of the "Gutai" group - a group of internationally acclaimed avant-garde artists representative of Japan's post-war art world...

     of Gutai group
    Gutai group
    The Gutai group was an artistic movement and association of artists founded by Jiro Yoshihara in Japan in 1954...

    , Osaka Contemporary Art Center, Osaka. Japan.
  • 1991: Six Artists Show of Awarded with Jiro Yoshihara of Gutai. / Shinanobashi Gallery, Osaka. Japan.
  • 1991: The 2nd '91 Daejeon Triennale, Daejeon, Korea.

Public Collections

  • Osaka Contemporary Art Center, Osaka. Japan.
  • University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas
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    , U.S.A.

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