Artists

Kozo Nishino

Biography

1951: Born in Hyogo, Japan.
1977: Graduated from Kyoto City University of Art.
1978-79: Travels around to many ruins in regions throughout Europe, North Africa, the Middle East, and Asia.

Solo Exhibitions

2024: ART OSAKA / Expanded Section [ARTCOURT Gallery], Creative Center Osaka, Osaka
ARTCOURT Gallery, Osaka ['20, '14, '04]
2022: Ishigami Museum of Art, Iwate
2021: CADAN YURAKUCHO, Tokyo
2019: Gallery Yamaki Fine Art, Hyogo
2014: LIXIL Gallery 2, Tokyo
2011: Hongo Shin Memorial Museum of Sculpture, Sapporo, Hokkaido
2004: Spiral Garden, Tokyo [’97, ’92]
2000: INAX Gallery, Tokyo
1997: Toyama simin plaza,Toyama
1986: gallery 16, Kyoto

Group Exhibitions

2025: Kameoka Kiri Art Cultivation, Kameoka, Kyoto [’24 - ’21]
Overlaps: Beyond the Sky / Osaka Art and Design 2025 , Wonder Square, an open space on the first floor of the Umeda Sky Building, Osaka
Earth Day in Kyoto 2025, The Ohigashisan Hiroba in front of Higashihonganji temple, Kyoto, Special Exhibition
2024: Earth Day in Kyoto 2024, Okazaki Park, Kyoto, Special Exhibition
2023: ACG Villa Kyoto Vol.014: Shihoko Fukumoto x Kozo Nishino, ACG Villa Kyoto, ['19]
ACG 20th Anniversary Exhibition Vol.2, ARTCOURT Gallery, Osaka
Sculpture by the Sea, Sydney, Australia [’16,’08]
2021: Big heat 2021, Nihombashi Takashimaya Department store S.C. Art Gallery, Tokyo [’17]
2022: Kameoka Kiri Art Cultivation Kameoka-Related Artists Exhibition, Oomoto’s headquarters, Kameoka, Kyoto
2020: ACG Window Gallery: Hitoshi Nakazato x Kozo Nishino, ARTCOURT Gallery, Osaka
2017: Port of Kobe 150th Anniversary Port City Kobe Art Festival, Kobe Port, Hyogo
Sculpture by the Sea, Cottesloe, Perth, Australia
2015: The 27th Kyoto Fine Arts Cultural Award Memorial Exhibition, The Museum of Kyoto, Kyoto
2012: Reactivation–The 9th Shanghai Biennale, Power Station of Art, Shanghai, China
2009: Sculpture by the Sea, Aarhus, Denmark
2008: Sculpture by the Sea, Sydney (People’s Choice Prize)
2001: Gimpo International Open-air Sculpture Exhibition, Gimpo, Korea
2000: Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale 2000, Kawanishi, Nigata
1997: Contemporary Japan Sculpture Exhibition, Ube ('07, '05, '99)
1996: Art is Fun 7 IN/OUT, HARA Museum Ark
1992: Urban Index – Contemporary Sculpture and Environment Exhibition,Takashimaya Department store Japan Art Expo, Harumi International Convention Center
1990: Open-air Sculpture Exhibition of Odawara Castle, Odawara Castle Park
1989: Setoda Biennale, Setoda, The 13th Contemporary Japan Sculpture Exhibition, Ube Contemporary Figurative Arts 6, Museum of Fine Arts Gifu
1988: The 11th Kobe Suma Imperial Villa Outdoor Contemporary Sculpture Exhibition, Kobe Suma Imperial Villa
1986: Japan International Art Exhibition, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Art, Kyoto City Museum of Art ['84]
1985: Art & Craft Exhibition of Selected New Artists, Kyoto Prefecture Center for Art and Culture
Contemporary Japan Art Exhibition, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Art / Kyoto City Museum of Art ['82]
1984: Kyoto Art Exhibition, Kyoto Prefecture Center for Art and Culture ['81]

Selected Awards

2025: The 43rd Kyoto Prefectural Culture Prize by Kyoto Prefecture＜Achievement Award＞
2022: 42nd Teijiro Nakahara Award
2014: The 27th Kyoto Fine Arts Cultural Award
2011: The 15th Hongo Shin Memorial Prize
2002: Nagano City Open-Air Sculpture Prize
2001: The 32nd Teijiro Nakahara Prize, Excellence Award
1997: The 17th Exhibition of Contemporary Japanese Sculpture, Mainichi Newspapers Award
1995: The 6th AACA Award, Special Prize
1990: Odawara Castle Open-Air Sculpture Exhibition, Grand Prize
1989: The 13th Exhibition of Contemporary Japanese Sculpture, The National Museum of Modern Art (Tokyo) Prize
1988: 11th Suma Detached Palace Garden Contemporary Sculpture Exhibition, Asahi
Newspapers Prize/Museum of Modern Art (Saitama) Prize

Major Collections and Installations (Outside Japan)

2016: Tianhui Plaza, igc , Zhujiang Xincheng, Guangzhou, China
2015: ACT (Australian Capital Territory), Canberra, Australia ['12]
2013: 4 World Trade Center, NY, USA
Power Station of Art, Shanghai, China
2010: Hannam the Hill Sculpture Park, Seoul, Korea
2001: Gimpo sculpture park, Gimpo, Korea

Major Collections and Installations (In Japan)

2022: Asahikawa Museum of Sculpture in Honor of Teijiro Nakahara (Hokkaido)
2020: Ishigami Museum of Art, Iwate
North Plaza, Kameoka Station, Kyoto
2019: Koriyama City Museum of Art, Fukushima
2018: Otemachi PLACE, Tokyo
Panasonic Museum, Osaka
Taiyo Seimei Nihonbashi Building (6th floor), Tokyo
2016: KIOI Tower (Tokyo Garden Terrace main tower), Tokyo
2013: WATERRASS, Tokyo
2011: Souseigawa Park, Sapporo, Hokkaido
2007: East exit, JR Shimizu Station, Shizuoka
2006: East exit, JR Shimizu Station, Shizuoka
2005: East side of Yamaguchi University Hospital
2003: Hokkaido Ryoikuen (treatment center for disabled children), Asahikawa, Hokkaido
Shimodate Museum of Art, Ibaraki
Outside JR Aioi Station, Hyogo
2002: East exit, JR Nagano Station, Nagano
2000: Toppan Koishikawa Building, Tokyo
Nita, Tokamachi City, Niigata
1999: Kirishima Open-air Museum, Aira-gun, Kagoshima
Katakura Park, Ube, Yamaguchi
Toyama International Conference Center
1997: Ube Tokiwa Museum, Ube, Yamaguchi
1995: Chigasaki Swimming Pool, Yokohama, Kanagawa
1994: Act City, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka
1993: Ohashi Park, Nagasaki
1989: The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
Island-wide Art Museum, Hiroshima
1988: Museum of Modern Art, Saitama
1985: Kyoto Prefectural Library and Archive