Mitsumasa KADOTA

ARTIST

Mitsumasa Kadota (b. 1980, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan) focuses on exploring new horizons in painting by addressing traditional issues of the medium—such as its inherent limits, the relationship between ground and figure, and the interplay between color and brushstroke. His distinctive style has garnered significant acclaim, leading to a solo exhibition at Lincoln Center, New York, in 2019, held in conjunction with the MoMA Young Patrons Council. (formerly the Junior Associates). His works are also included in the permanent collection of the Sezon Museum of Modern Art.

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Collaboration Gallery

TEZUKAYAMA GALLERY (Osaka)

Represented Website

FLYMEe (Tokyo)

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Lives and works in Saitama, Japan

1980　 Born in Shizuoka, Japan
2002　B.F.A., Painting, Department of Fine Art, Tokyo Zokei University
2003　Finished research program of painting at Tokyo Zokei University
2008　The 23th Holbein Scholarship
2022　Established “Kadota art LLC”  


Solo Shows

2026 “EVERGREEN“ My Grandfather's House, Shizuoka
2025 “To the Moon“ FLYMEe, Tokyo
2025 “SOUL NEXUS“ Shosei-an, Kyoto
2025 “Re-Color“ ARFLEX ReStore, Tokyo
2024 “AS ALWAYS“ TEZUKAYAMA GALLERY, Osaka
2024 “CUSTOM-MADE” node hotel, Kyoto
2024 “TIME CRYSTAL” M-gallery, Ashikaga
2023 “PRIME SPIRAL” MARUEIDO JAPAN, Tokyo
2023 “Monad Window” M-gallery, Ashikaga
2023 “Collection of One Art – Mitsumasa Kadota“ Bohemian’s Guild by Natsume-Books, Tokyo
2022 “COME TOGETHER (side one/side two)” SEZON ART SHOP, Kanagawa
2022 “SUPER PRISM” TEZUKAYAMA GALLERY, Osaka
2022 “DOUBLE HELIX” M-gallery, Ashikaga
2021 “Imaginary” MARUEIDO JAPAN, Tokyo
2021 “Trinity” M-gallery, Ashikaga
2021 “Remote” Art Collectors Circle, Saitama
2020 “EMO.” UP SIDE DOWN Gallery, Tokyo
2020 “Silent Topology” M-Gallery, Ashikaga
2019 “KADOTA” Lincoln Center, The Junior Associates of the MoMA, New York
2019 “Star System” TEZUKAYAMA GALLERY, Osaka
2019 “Name me!” BEB5 KARUIZAWA, Nagano
2019 “Remix” SEZON ART SHOP, Kanagawa
2019 “The Reincarnation of Color” M-gallery, Ashikaga
2019 “Reform” GALLERY VALEUR, Aichi
2018 “TELEPORT PAINTINGS” Park Hotel Tokyo，Tokyo
2018 “TOKIJIKU PAINTINGS” M-gallery，Ashikaga
2017 “GAP” NICHE GALLERY, Tokyo
2017 “Straw Paintings” M-gallery, Ashikaga
2017 “recipe” GALLERY VALEUR, Aichi
2017 “ULTRA” SEZON ART GALLERY, Tokyo
2016 “SLIDE” EARTH+GALLERY, Tokyo
2016 “Solo Exhibition” M-gallery, Ashikaga
2016 “STROKES” SEZON ART GALLERY, Tokyo
2015 “cycle” GALLERY VALEUR，Aichi
2015 “DRAWINGS OF COLOR” SEZON ART SHOP, Kanagawa
2014 “CHASING TWO HARES” NICHE GALLERY, Tokyo
2013 “The Third” ZERO HACHI, Tokyo
2012 “BLIND” NICHE GALLERY，Tokyo
2012 “Trope” SATOSHI KOYAMA GALLERY, Tokyo
2011 “Fantasy” gallery café ni modo, Tokyo
2011 “Mimic” SATOSHI KOYAMA GALLERY, Tokyo
2011 “Parallel” youkobo ART SPACE, Tokyo
2010 “GRAY ZONE” Sweet Emotion, Tokyo
2009 “Sparks of Color” LOOP HOLE, Tokyo
2009 “The Tree Diagram That Overlooks” youkobo ART SPACE, Tokyo
2008 “HETEROKARYON” youkobo ART SPACE, Tokyo
2008 “SAYONARA SANKAKU” Kobo Chika, Tokyo
2007 “The Oracle Of The Monster” youkobo ART SPACE, Tokyo
2006 “Solo Exhibition” gallery KAREN, Kanagawa
2005 “TRICKSTER” Sezon Museum of Modern Art Tokyo Office SMMA FACTORY, Tokyo
2004 “Solo Exhibition” Gallery Futaba, Tokyo
2003 “Solo Exhibition” Gallery Futaba, Tokyo


Group Exhibitions

2026 “Paintings of the 2000s“ Shizuoka Prefectural Museum of Art, Shizuoka
2025 “ART OSAKA 2025“  Osaka City Central Public Hall (TEZUKAYAMA GALLERY), Osaka
2025 “New Era“ Tilsitt Gallery, Porto
2024 “The Secrets of Color : from Impressionism to Contemporary Art” Pola Museum of Art, Kanagawa
2024 “Kiaf SEOUL 2024” COEX HALL (TEZUKAYAMA GALLERY), Seoul
2024 “Examination of Blue and Green” MARUEIDO JAPAN, Tokyo
2024 “ART4GOOD” 4BYSIX , London
2023 “Sydney Contemporary” Carriageworks (TEZUKAYAMA GALLERY) , Sydney
2023 “YURAKUCHO WINDOW GALLERY 2023” bois de gui (TEZUKAYAMA GALLERY), Tokyo
2023 “MATSUBA Collection” MARUEIDO JAPAN, Tokyo
2022 “ART MART” MARUEIDO JAPAN, Tokyo
2022 “ART FAIR FUKUOKA ASIA 2022” Fukuoka Convention Center, Fukuoka
2021 “Gallery Collection 2021” TEZUKAYAMA GALLERY, Osaka
2021 “ART OSAKA 2021” OSAKA CITY CENTRAL PUBLIC HALL, Osaka
2021 “Out of the Blue” ANA InterContinental Tokyo, Art Platform Tokyo, Tokyo
2020 “Looking at Pictures” Museum of Modern Art, Gunma
2020 “Please don’t start with “because I’m a Gyaru”. Half-assed Gyarus need to quit if they really respect Gyaru.” EUKARYOTE, Tokyo
2020 “ONE ART Taipei 2020” The Sherwood Taipei Hotel,Taipei
2019 “Find Your ART for Christmas - Gifts for those You Cherish” MARUEIDO JAPAN, Tokyo
2019 “The ENGINE – It induces us to... Koseki Ono × Mitsumasa Kadota” Sezon Museum of Modern Art, Nagano
2019 “ART in PARK HOTEL TOKYO 2019” Park Hotel Tokyo, Tokyo
2018 “The Present of Art OKAYAMA 2018 Call＆Response” Tenjinyama Cultural plaza, Takahashi City History Museum, HANATORI OTSUKA MUSEUM OF ART, Okayama
2018 “rgb++2018 exhibition vol.10” ZOKEI Gallery / CS GalleryTokyo Zokei University，Tokyo
2018 “MATSUBA COLLECTION” EUKARYOTE, Tokyo
2018 “mutant – Mitsumasa KADOTA × Akiyoshi KOJIMA” GALLERY VALEUR，Aichi
2018 “ART in PARK HOTEL TOKYO 2018” Park Hotel Tokyo, Tokyo
2017 “CYA! Modern – to the next stage” SEZON ART GALLERY，Tokyo
2017 “HYSIOLOGY OF ART, OR MEDITATION OF TRANSCENDENTAL TASTE” Sezon Museum of Modern Art, Nagano
2017 “ART in PARK HOTEL TOKYO 2017” Park Hotel Tokyo, Tokyo
2016 “paraphrase part I” GALLERY VALEUR, Aichi
2016 “CRUSH ON ART” Sezon Museum of Modern Art, Nagano
2016 “ART in PARK HOTEL TOKYO 2016” Park Hotel Tokyo,Tokyo
2016 “Megururi Art Shizuoka” Gallery PSYS，Shizuoka
2015 “SEZON ART GALLERY Grand Opening Exhibition” SEZON ART GALLERY, Tokyo
2015 “THE FIRST DECADE OF LOOP HOLE” Fuchu Green Plaza Gallery, Tokyo
2014 “Los contemporaneos - asentamiento y deriva” Alfredo Zalce Contemporary Art Museum, Mexico
2014 “THE ACT OF PAINTING” casa-sakanoue，Tokyo / GALLERY VALEUR, Aichi
2014 “THE START OF DRAWING” The Ueno Royal Museum Gallery, Tokyo
2013 “DAI CHU SHOW” Citizen’s Gallery，Fuchu Art Museum, Tokyo
2013 “ART PROGRAM OME” Ome Municipal Museum of Art, Tokyo
2012 “Guimarães noc noc 2012” Guimarães, Portugal
2011 “Abiko International Open-Air Art Exhibition2 Abiko, Chiba
2011 “VOCA 2011 - The Vision of Contemporary Art” The Ueno Royal Museum, Tok
2009 “Rain Meets the Sun” National Museum of M.K.Ciurlionis, Kaunas, Lithuania
2007 “The 26th Outstanding Artists Exhibition in 2007” SOMPO JAPAN Togo-Seiji Museum, Tokyo
2007 “ART TODAY 2007 – Mitsumasa KADOTA × Eri WATANABE” Sezon Museum of Modern Art, Nagano
2006 "Painters' Charity Exhibition 2006" Gallery Karen, Kanagawa
2005 "Green Wind Exhibition 4" Gallery Karen, Kanagawa
2005 "STUDIO ZOU / FIRST EXHIBITION" youkobo ART SPACE / studio ZOU, Tokyo
2005 "Painters' Gathering Exhibition 3" Gallery Karen, Kanagawa
2004 "Spring Art Exhibition" Woody House Airin, Tokyo
2004 "Green Wind Exhibition 3" Gallery Karen, Kanagawa
2004 "Painters' Gathering Exhibition 2" Gallery Karen, Kanagawa
2004 "Daikanyama Art Fair 2004" Hillside Terrace, Tokyo
2003 "Green Wind Exhibition 2" Gallery Karen, Kanagawa
2003 "element" exhibit LIVE, Tokyo
2003 " Painters' Gathering Exhibition" Gallery Karen, Kanagawa
2002 "Abflug 2002" Gallery Mori, Tokyo
2002 "Green Wind" Gallery Karen, Kanagawa
2002 "HAGUMA " Higure 17-15 cas, 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

Takahashi Ryutaro Collection
Sezon Museum of Modern Art, Nagano