Biography

Naoto Kumagai

Born in Tokyo, Japan, 1978.
Co-founded Gallery Stump Kamakura (Kanagawa)
2006 Received a PhD in Fine Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts in 2011.
Lived and worked in Berlin for the fellowship for Cultural Affairs program, 2007 - 2009.

Solo exhibition
2023 “Harvest” CAVE-AYUMI GALLERY (Tokyo)
2021 “INTEGRATE(wood・cotton)” CAVE-AYUMI GALLERY (Tokyo)
2021 “Painting a Painting” CAVE-AYUMI GALLERY (Tokyo)
2020 “INTEGRATE” CAVE-AYUMI GALLERY (Tokyo)
2019 “Square Nature” CAVE-AYUMI GALLERY (Tokyo)
2017 “Naoto Kumagai 2017” Gallery Gigi (Kanagawa)
2016 “Naoto Kumagai Drawings” CAVE-AYUMI GALLERY (Tokyo)
2015 “Naoto Kumagai Solo Exhibition” CAVE-AYUMI GALLERY (Tokyo)
2013 “Naoto Kumagai Solo Exhibition” Art Front Gallery (Tokyo)
2012 “Three Forest” Art Front Gallery (Tokyo)
2011 “Naoto Kumagai Solo Exhibition” Gallery Teo (Tokyo)
2010 “Project N” Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery (Tokyo)
2009 “pd” Gallery Teo (Tokyo)
2006 “Naoto Kumagai Solo Exhibition” Gallery Kaku (Tokyo)
2006 “Naoto Kumagai Solo Exhibition” 0467 (Kanagawa)
2001 “Naoto Kumagai Solo Exhibition” Utsugi Gallery (Tokyo)

Group exhibitions
2022 “Oil on Marble” Gallery Gigi (Kanagawa)
2021 “Line Work” √K Contemporary (Tokyo)
2021 “Art for Everyone 'Exploration begins at the window!” Teikyo University Museum (Tokyo)
2020 “Filtration and Extraction” Medel Gallery Shu (Tokyo)
2019 “Souvenirs of life” Geidai Art Plaza (Tokyo)
2018 “Souvenirs of life” Geidai Art Plaza (Tokyo)
2018 “Souvenirs of life” Geidai Art Plaza (Tokyo)
2018 “Imago Mundi Luciano Benetton Collection” PECHINO (Beijing)
2017 “Arts in Bunkacho” Agency for Cultural Affairs (Tokyo)
2017 “Imago Mundi Luciano Benetton Collection” GUIYANG (Guizhou)
2016 “Imago Mundi Luciano Benetton Collection” Dianxi normal university of science and technology (Yunnan)
2016 “Imago Mundi Luciano Benetton Collection” Pratt Institute/The Rubelle and Norman Schafler Gallery (New York)
2013 “Imago Mundi Luciano Benetton Collection” Fondazione Querini Stampalia (Venezia)
2013 “World Painting Awards” Tokyo metropolitan museum (Tokyo)
2012 “Kanagawa Prefecture Art” Kanagawa prefecture hall (Kanagawa)
2011 “SCANE1” Time & Style Midtown (Tokyo)
2011 “Taito city collection” The University Art Museum (Tokyo)
2010 “10 Flowers” GANZO (Tokyo)
2009 “Plan of Mitonoya” Nabisu Gallery (Tokyo)
2008 “ULTRA” Spiral Garden (Tokyo)
2008 “11 JAHRE KUNSTAUKTION” Round Table 5 (Berlin)
2008 “leaves” Murata & Friends (Berlin)
2008 “Klassenausstellung” Weißensee academy of art berlin (Berlin)”
2006 “No you and me ~ Sunny Sunny” Gallery Stump Kamakura (Kanagawa)
2005 “Yanaka days” Gallery J2 (Tokyo)
2005 “Mayor of Tito City Award” The University Art Museum (Tokyo)
2004 “Shell Art Award 2003>2004” Daikanyama Hillside Terrace (Tokyo)
2004 “Geisai 5” PACIFICO yokohama (Kanagawa)
2003 “Artists by Artists” Roppongi Hills Mori Tower (Tokyo)
2003 “GAGA” Tokyo University of the Arts (Tokyo)
2000 “Kume Awards Exhibition” Tokyo University of the Arts (Tokyo)