Photo by Yusuke Abe

1980年名古屋生まれ。
現在はイタリア・ヴェネツィアを拠点に活動する現代美術作家。
写真や絵葉書といったヴィンテージ素材を用い、「何も加えず、何も取り除かず（No More, No Less）」という哲学のもと、カットと再構成のみで新たなイメージを生み出す独自のコラージュ作品で国際的に高い評価を受ける。
その緻密で詩的な作品は、視覚の錯覚と現実の境界を問い直し、既存の記憶やイメージに新たな物語を付与する。
世界各地で展覧会を開催。

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