Mitsumasa KADOTA

ARTIST

Mitsumasa Kadota (born in 1980 in Shizuoka Prefecture) has focused on exploring new horizons in painting expression by addressing traditional issues in painting, such as the limits of the medium, the relationship between ground and figure, or the relative interplay between color and brushstroke. This style has won the admiration and a solo exhibition was held at Lincoln Center, NY in 2019 in conjunction with MoMA's Young Patron Program. My works were also collected by the Sezon Museum of Modern Art. Presently represented by M Gallery (Tochigi) and TEZUKAYAMA GALLERY (Osaka).

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2022　Established “Kadota art LLC”  
2003　Finished research program of painting at Tokyo Zokei University
2002　B.F.A., Painting, Department of Fine Art, Tokyo Zokei University

2024

Solo Shows

“AS ALWAYS“ TEZUKAYAMA GALLERY, Osaka
“CUSTOM-MADE” node hotel, Kyoto
“TIME CRYSTAL” M-gallery, Ashikaga

Group Exhibition

“The Secrets of Color : from Impressionism to Contemporary Art” Pola Museum of Art, Kanagawa
“Kiaf SEOUL 2024” COEX HALL (TEZUKAYAMA GALLERY), Seoul
“Examination of Blue and Green” MARUEIDO JAPAN, Tokyo
“ART4GOOD” 4BYSIX , London

2023

Solo Shows

“PRIME SPIRAL” MARUEIDO JAPAN, Tokyo
“Monad Window” M-gallery, Ashikaga
“Collection of One Art – Mitsumasa Kadota“ Bohemian’s Guild by Natsume-Books, Tokyo

Group Exhibition

“Sydney Contemporary” Carriageworks (TEZUKAYAMA GALLERY) , Sydney
“YURAKUCHO WINDOW GALLERY 2023” bois de gui (TEZUKAYAMA GALLERY), Tokyo
“MATSUBA Collection” MARUEIDO JAPAN, Tokyo

2022

Solo Shows

“COME TOGETHER (side one/side two)” SEZON ART SHOP, Kanagawa
“SUPER PRISM” TEZUKAYAMA GALLERY, Osaka
“DOUBLE HELIX” M-gallery, Ashikaga

Group Exhibition

“ART MART” MARUEIDO JAPAN, Tokyo
“ART FAIR FUKUOKA ASIA 2022” Fukuoka Convention Center, Fukuoka

2021

Solo Shows

“Imaginary” MARUEIDO JAPAN, Tokyo
“Trinity” M-gallery, Ashikaga
“Remote” Art Collectors Circle, Saitama

Group Exhibitions

“Gallery Collection 2021” TEZUKAYAMA GALLERY, Osaka
“ART OSAKA 2021” OSAKA CITY CENTRAL PUBLIC HALL, Osaka
“Out of the Blue” ANA InterContinental Tokyo, Art Platform Tokyo, Tokyo

2020

Solo Shows

“EMO.” UP SIDE DOWN Gallery, Tokyo
“Silent Topology” M-Gallery, Ashikaga

Group Exhibitions

“Looking at Pictures” Museum of Modern Art, Gunma
“Please don’t start with “because I’m a Gyaru”. Half-assed Gyarus need to quit if they really respect Gyaru.” EUKARYOTE, Tokyo
“ONE ART Taipei 2020” The Sherwood Taipei Hotel,Taipei

2019

Solo Shows

“KADOTA” Lincoln Center, The Junior Associates of the MoMA, New York
“Star System” TEZUKAYAMA GALLERY, Osaka
“Name me!” BEB5 KARUIZAWA, Nagano
“Remix” SEZON ART SHOP, Kanagawa
“The Reincarnation of Color” M-gallery, Ashikaga
“Reform” GALLERY VALEUR, Aichi

Group Exhibitions

“Find Your ART for Christmas - Gifts for those You Cherish” MARUEIDO JAPAN, Tokyo
“The ENGINE – It induces us to... Koseki Ono × Mitsumasa Kadota” Sezon Museum of Modern Art, Nagano
“ART in PARK HOTEL TOKYO 2019” Park Hotel Tokyo, Tokyo

2018

Solo Shows

“TELEPORT PAINTINGS” Park Hotel Tokyo，Tokyo
“TOKIJIKU PAINTINGS” M-gallery，Ashikaga

Group Exhibitions

“The Present of Art OKAYAMA 2018 Call＆Response” Tenjinyama Cultural plaza, Takahashi City History Museum, HANATORI OTSUKA MUSEUM OF ART, Okayama
“rgb++2018 exhibition vol.10” ZOKEI Gallery / CS GalleryTokyo Zokei University，Tokyo
“MATSUBA COLLECTION” EUKARYOTE, Tokyo
“mutant – Mitsumasa KADOTA × Akiyoshi KOJIMA” GALLERY VALEUR，Aichi
“ART in PARK HOTEL TOKYO 2018” Park Hotel Tokyo, Tokyo

2017

Solo Shows

“GAP” NICHE GALLERY, Tokyo
“Straw Paintings” M-gallery, Ashikaga
“recipe” GALLERY VALEUR, Aichi
“ULTRA” SEZON ART GALLERY, Tokyo

Group Exhibitions

“CYA! Modern – to the next stage” SEZON ART GALLERY，Tokyo
“PHYSIOLOGY OF ART, OR MEDITATION OF TRANSCENDENTAL TASTE” Sezon Museum of Modern Art, Nagano
“ART in PARK HOTEL TOKYO 2017” Park Hotel Tokyo, Tokyo

2016

Solo Shows

“SLIDE” EARTH+GALLERY, Tokyo
“Solo Exhibition” M-gallery, Ashikaga
“STROKES” SEZON ART GALLERY, Tokyo

Group Exhibitions

“paraphrase part I” GALLERY VALEUR, Aichi
“CRUSH ON ART” Sezon Museum of Modern Art, Nagano
“ART in PARK HOTEL TOKYO 2016” Park Hotel Tokyo,Tokyo
“Megururi Art Shizuoka” Gallery PSYS，Shizuoka

2015

Solo Shows

“cycle” GALLERY VALEUR，Aichi
“DRAWINGS OF COLOR” SEZON ART SHOP, Kanagawa

Group Exhibition

“SEZON ART GALLERY Grand Opening Exhibition” SEZON ART GALLERY, Tokyo
“THE FIRST DECADE OF LOOP HOLE” Fuchu Green Plaza Gallery, Tokyo

2014

Solo Show

“CHASING TWO HARES” NICHE GALLERY, Tokyo

Group Exhibitions

“Los contemporaneos - asentamiento y deriva” Alfredo Zalce Contemporary Art Museum, Mexico
“THE ACT OF PAINTING” casa-sakanoue，Tokyo / GALLERY VALEUR, Aichi
“THE START OF DRAWING” The Ueno Royal Museum Gallery, Tokyo

2013

Solo Show

“The Third” ZERO HACHI, Tokyo

Group Exhibitions

“DAI CHU SHOW” Citizen’s Gallery，Fuchu Art Museum, Tokyo
“ART PROGRAM OME” Ome Municipal Museum of Art, Tokyo

2012

Solo Shows

“BLIND” NICHE GALLERY，Tokyo
“Trope” SATOSHI KOYAMA GALLERY, Tokyo

Group Exhibition

“Guimarães noc noc 2012” Guimarães, Portugal

2011

Solo Shows

“Fantasy” gallery café ni modo, Tokyo
“Mimic” SATOSHI KOYAMA GALLERY, Tokyo
“Parallel” youkobo ART SPACE, Tokyo

Group Exhibitions

“Abiko International Open-Air Art Exhibition2 Abiko, Chiba
“VOCA 2011 - The Vision of Contemporary Art” The Ueno Royal Museum, Tokyo

2010

Solo Show

“GRAY ZONE” Sweet Emotion, Tokyo

2009

Solo Shows

“Sparks of Color” LOOP HOLE, Tokyo
“The Tree Diagram That Overlooks” youkobo ART SPACE, Tokyo

Group Exhibition

“Rain Meets the Sun” National Museum of M.K.Ciurlionis, Kaunas, Lithuania

2008

Solo Shows

“HETEROKARYON” youkobo ART SPACE, Tokyo
“SAYONARA SANKAKU” Kobo Chika, Tokyo

2007

Solo Show

“The Oracle Of The Monster” youkobo ART SPACE, Tokyo

Group Exhibitions

“The 26th Outstanding Artists Exhibition in 2007” SOMPO JAPAN Togo-Seiji Museum, Tokyo
“ART TODAY 2007 – Mitsumasa KADOTA × Eri WATANABE” Sezon Museum of Modern Art, Nagano

2006-2002

Solo Shows

“Solo Exhibition” gallery KAREN, Kanagawa
“TRICKSTER” Sezon Museum of Modern Art Tokyo Office SMMA FACTORY, Tokyo
“Solo Exhibition” Gallery Futaba, Tokyo
“Solo Exhibition” Gallery Futaba, Tokyo

Awards & Others

2021　Art for Breakfast 2021: Manifold, Asia Society
2019　The Junior Associates of the MoMA
2008　The 23th Holbein Scholarship
2002　ZOKEI Prize at ”Graduation Exhibition of Tokyo Zokei University – Zokei Ten”

Public Collections

Sezon Museum of Modern Art, Nagano