Kaito Kawasaki河﨑海斗
Not imitating life.
Creating where life emerges.
生命を模倣するのではない。生命が現れる場をつくる。
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Kaito Kawasaki is not making goldfish. He is reconstructing what allows a goldfish to exist as a goldfish — water, light, vessel, material, and the memory of the one who looks.
Kogei Realism工芸リアリズム
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Kogei (craft) is the practice of expressing an ecosystem that includes the human being.
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Within the relationship of material, environment, body, and perception, something actually rises into being. What is made is that emergence.
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This is not realism achieved through technical skill. It is an attitude that reconstructs the very conditions of existence itself.
Exhibitions
EXHIBITIONS
Kaito Kawasaki Exhibition
Shinjuku Takashimaya, 2F Special Venue (Shinjuku, Tokyo)
First solo exhibition at a department store, featuring multiple new works. Attendance updates are posted on Instagram.
Other Exhibitions
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Permanent DisplayThe Arts Fusion by Lecrin (Ueno, Tokyo) — featuring "Vermilion Wakin"
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Solo Exhibition "Shutsuran no Homare"TSUTAYA BOOKSTORE, Ebisu Garden Place (Ebisu, Tokyo)
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Three-Person Exhibition "MATSURI INORU"Spiral Garden, Shin-Marunouchi Building (Marunouchi, Tokyo) — featuring the diploma work "Nishikigoi"
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Solo ExhibitionHokusai-kan Museum (Obuse, Nagano) — free admission
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Solo ExhibitionMEDEL GALLERY SHU HIBIYA (Imperial Hotel Plaza, 1F)
Past Exhibitions
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Kaito Kawasaki Exhibition(Ended)Shinjuku Takashimaya, 2F Special Venue (Shinjuku, Tokyo) — first solo exhibition at a department store
Selected Works
REPRESENTATIVE WORKS
Artist
KAITO KAWASAKI
Kaito Kawasaki is not an artist who imitates life. He is an artist who, through kogei (craft), creates the place where life rises up.
Born in 2000 in Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture. Metal-casting artist (imono / kaikin). Completed the master's program in Metal Casting, Department of Crafts, Graduate School of Fine Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts, in 2026. Based in Tokyo.
A cast goldfish is placed inside a body of acrylic resin. The resin is neither an added material nor a protective shell — it functions as an environment: another form of water. Polishing, heat, oxygen, temperature. By precisely tuning these conditions, color is generated.
Biography
- 2000Born in Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture
- 2024Graduated, Department of Crafts (Metal Casting), Faculty of Fine Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts
- 2026Completed the master's program, Metal Casting, Department of Crafts, Graduate School of Fine Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts
- PresentBased in Tokyo. Works handled by GALLERY KOGURE, GALLERY OPET, Geidai Art Plaza, and Toubikai
Selected Awards
- 2022Tokyo University of the Arts Scholarship, Ataka Award
- 202418th Geidai Art Plaza Art Award, Special Jury Prize ("Black Chotengan")
- 2024Heisei Art Award (graduation work "Goldfish")
- 202519th Geidai Art Plaza Art Award, Shogakukan Award ("Vermilion Wakin")
- 2026Salon de Printemps Award (diploma work "Nishikigoi")
- 202620th Geidai Art Plaza Art Award, Selected ("Autumn Leaves")
Selected Exhibitions
- 2024ART FAIR TOKYO (Tokyo International Forum) / KIAF SEOUL (Seoul, Korea) / artKYOTO (Shosei-en, Kyoto) / Solo exhibition "Miyahara no Iro" (Kure, Hiroshima)
- 2025ART FAIR TOKYO / Osaka-Kansai Expo "Nippon no Takaramono Matsuri" / Solo exhibition "Kaeru Hajimete Naku" (Ebisu, Tokyo)
- 2026ART FAIR PHILIPPINES (Makati) / ART FAIR TOKYO / Three-person exhibition "A World in Kogei" (Geidai Art Plaza) / Three-person exhibition "MATSURI INORU" (Spiral Garden, Shin-Marunouchi Building)
Represented By
GALLERY KOGURE / GALLERY OPET / Geidai Art Plaza / Toubikai
Contact
CONTACTFor inquiries regarding exhibitions, works, press, or collaborative projects, please get in touch via social media.