Photo by Yusuke Abe

Born in Nagoya in 1980

Graduated at Accademia di Belle Arti of Venice (Italy) and IUAV University, Faculty of Arts and Design in Venice (Italy)

[Selected Solo Exhibitions]

2024 “Tiles” Festival Filosofia, Sassuolo, Italy
2022 “Alternative Ulster” Belfast Photo Festival, Queens University QUAD, Belfast, N.Ireland (with the support of Daiwa Foundation)
“Dear Friend” Blue Sky Gallery, the Oregon Center for the Photographic Arts, Portland, USA
2021 “Re-composed” The Photographers’ Gallery – Print Sales Gallery, London, UK
2020 “Kensuke Koike” ROSEGALLERY- online, Santa Monica, USA
“No More, No Less” IMA gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2019 “Forever Mine, curated by Alessandra Chiericato, SEPTIEME Gallery, Paris, France
2018 “Hi Jane”, IMA gallery, Tokyo, JapanDear Friend…, Postmasters Gallery, New York, USA
2017 “To Wolf ” A plus A Gallery, Venice, Italy
2016 “Saved by the bell”, Ciocca Arte Contemporanea, Milan, Italy
2014 “Switchover” ARTcore Gallery, Bari, Italy
2013 “Sleepers Awake” Jarach Gallery, Venice, Italy
“Here is my secret” Ciocca Arte Contemporanea, Milan, Italy
2012 “Wish” Ciocca Arte Contemporanea, Milan, Italy

[Selected Group Exhibitions]

2025 “GODZILLA THE ART” Mori Arts Center Gallery, Tokyo, Japan (upcoming)
2024 “Roma Arte in Nuvola 2024” Centro Congressi Roma La Nuvola, Rome, Italy
“The Cutting Room Floor” The Athenaeum of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, USA
“COLLIDED” curated by Faye Dowling, Skovgaard Museum, Viborg, Denmark
2023 “Fragmented Lucidity” ROSEGALLERY, Santa Monica, USA
2022 “de/re CONSTRUCT: an exhibition by Tanabe Chikuunsai IV x Sawako Kaijima and Kensuke Koike, Cromwell Place, London, UK
“States of Disruption” CCP. Centre for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne, Australia
“Sensorama” Museo MAN, Nuoro, Italy
“Overdose” Design Museum Holon, Holon, Israel
“(de)constructed” Candela Gallery, Richmond, USA
2021 “PHOTO KOMORO” Asama International Photo Festival, Komoro, Japan
“InCadaques Photo Festival” MEP x InCadaques, La Casa Salvador Dali, Cadaques, Spain
2020 “Festival Images Vevey” Vevey, Switzerland