Kihara Koshiro

He was born in 1997 in Hyogo prefecture as the older brother of identical twins. Completed the Onomichi City University Graduate School of Fine Arts major in 2022.

Currently, he is engaged in production activities in a joint atelier with his twin brother Kihara Kenshiro in Hyogo Prefecture.

Kihara is consistently testing the coexistence of opposing elements of abstraction and concretion. They explore a wide variety of spaces where opposites, such as “fact” vs. “fiction,” and “moment” vs. “eternity,” intersect, and attempt to show the existence of regions that cannot be fully expressed in words by attempting to incorporate them into two dimensions.

Born in Hyogo in 1997

2022 Onomichi City University Graduate School of Fine Arts, Department of Fine Arts

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[Solo exhibition]

2023 “Lemon Dream”〈Gallery A8T Sendai〉

　　　 “Moving, I Can't Grab It”〈ARTDYNE Tokyo〉

2024 “Scene”〈ARTDYNE Tokyo〉

2025 Kihara Koshiro Solo Exhibition〈A.SINGLE.PIECE Sydney〉

“The Fable of the Beginning” (ARTDYNE Tokyo)

2026 “Name it”〈Ginza Tsutaya Bookstore, Tokyo〉

　　　 “Swing”〈ARTDYNE Tokyo〉

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[Two-person exhibition]

2021 Kihara Koshiro and Kihara Kenshiro Joint Exhibition “Infinity Mirror”〈Gallery A8T Sendai〉

2022 Kihara Koshiro and Kihara Kenshiro Joint Exhibition “Figure and Ground”〈Artglorieux Tokyo〉

　　　 Kihara Koshiro and Kihara Kenshiro Joint Exhibition “Stranger” (Lloyd Works Gallery Tokyo)

2023 Kihara Koshiro and Kihara Kenshiro Joint Exhibition〈Hankyu Men's Osaka/Osaka〉

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[Main Group Exhibitions]

2021 TAGBOAT AWARD SERECT〈Hankyu Men's Tokyo Tugboat Gallery Tokyo〉

2022 aAP2022〈LloydWorks Gallery Tokyo〉

Night Before Break Exhibition 2022〈Artglorieux Tokyo〉

　　　 KUMA EXHIBITION 2022〈ANB TOKYO TOKYO〉

　　　 One Face 2022 (Lloyd Works Gallery Tokyo)

Two-dimensional exhibition〈Daikanyama Hillside Forum, N&A Art Site, Tokyo〉

　　　 3331 ART FAIR〈ARTDYNE TOKYO〉

2023 ART NAGOYA 2023〈Nagoya Kanko Hotel Nagoya〉(Exhibited by ARTDYNE)

shape! 〈Bunkamura Gallery 8 Tokyo〉

　　　 ART FAIR ASIA FUKUOKA 2023〈Marine Messe Fukuoka/Fukuoka〉(exhibited by ARTDYNE)

2024 aAP2024〈Lloyd Works Gallery Tokyo〉

ART ART KOBE〈Daimaru Kobe/Kobe〉

Dimensional Fantasia (GR Gallery New York)

　　　 ART FAIR ASIA FUKUOKA 2024 (Fukuoka Kokusai Center Fukuoka) (exhibited by ARTDYNE)

2025 CURATION FAIR KYOTO (Daihonzan Myoken-ji Temple, Kyoto) (exhibited by ARTDYNE)

　　　 Next Chapter〈ARTDYNE TOKYO〉

[Grants]

2021 Kuma Foundation 5th Creator Scholarship

　　　 Muranushi Contemporary Art and Culture Foundation Young Artist Grant Program

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[Media]

2021 BS Fuji “The Night Before the Break ~Next Generation of Artists~”

Published in the December issue of Monthly Art

2022 monthly recruitment guide “Blue and Hot” February issue published

　　　 Published in the February issue of Monthly Art Collectors

2023 Iwai Shunji's video film “Lemon Colored Dreams” painting cooperation

　　　 Picture cooperation for the film “Kyrie's Song” directed by Shunji Iwai

2024 Issue 8 published in the online magazine “Nigh”