KUBOKI Kaname

artists
artists
I create objects using ceramics and works made of overlapping acrylic plates. These pieces do not have a specific motif, but instead move between a sense of déjà vu and the unknown, attempting to express forms that evoke vitality.
*KUBOKI Kaname
Completed the Kyoto Seika University Graduate School Master's Program in Ceramics
2018 Kyoto Prefecture Emerging Artists Selection Exhibition 2018
2018 Curse and Celebration (KUNST ARZT)
2018 EXOTICA (Toyama Glass Art Museum)
2019 Kyoto Prefecture Emerging Artists Selection Exhibition 2019
2021 SICF22 (Aoyama Spiral Hall)
2022 Amagasaki Art Stroll in A-Lab “Enjoy!” (A-Lab)
Hankyu Umeda Main Store Concourse Window Exhibition “Happy Communication”
2023 YOU WANT SOME vol.7 (Chignitta)
Independent Tokyo 2023 (Tokyo Port City Takeshiba)
UNKNOWN ASIA 2023 (Grand Front Osaka) Metasequoia Kyomachibori Art Fair 2023 (Osaka Kyomachibori)
Real man-made objects (YOD TOKYO)
YOU WANT SOME vol.8 (POMPONCAKES GARE)
Flowing Scenery (Beak 585 Gallery) 2024 Kyoto Prefecture Emerging Artists Selection Exhibition 2024
Independent Tokyo 2023 selection (gallery tagboat)
100+ Asia Art Season (Shenzhen/Buji Culture and Sports Center)
solo exhibition
2016 NICE BEACON (contemporary gallery)
2017 THE NOU (KUNST ARZT)
2019 BONUS TRACK (KUNST ARZT)
2020 Whisper <Rattles> (KUNST ARZT)
2021 CURTAIN CALL (KUNST ARZT)
CURTAIN CALL#2 (Shinjuku Ophthalmology Gallery)
2023 GHOST (KUNST ARZT)
2024 NEED VIEW (7gallery)
awarded
2023
Independent Tokyo 2023 Grand Prix
UNKNOWN ASIA 2023 Jury Award: Mavis Mak Award
Reviewer Awards: Mizuno Tomohiro Award, Kimura Hiroshi Award, Sasaki Koji Award, Yamane Siboru Award, Hirayama Misato Award, Tahara Naoko Award, Kawabe Akitaka Award
Metasequoia Kyomachibori Art Fair 2023 Furutani Takaharu Award
2024
Kyoto Prefecture Emerging Selection Exhibition 2024 NHK Kyoto Broadcasting Station Award
100+ Asia Art Season Grand Prix
residence
2018
Shiga Prefecture Pottery Forest Artist Residence
Graduated from Kyoto Seika University Graduate School Master's Program in Ceramics
2018 Kyoto Prefecture Emerging Artists Selection Exhibition 2018
2018 Curse and Celebration (KUNST ARZT)
2018 EXOTICA (Toyama Glass Art Museum)
2019 Kyoto Prefecture Emerging Artists Selection Exhibition 2019
2021 SICF22 (Aoyama Spiral Hall)
2022 Amagasaki Art Stroll in A-Lab “Enjoy!” (A-Lab)
Hankyu Umeda Main Store Concourse Window Exhibition “Happy Communication”
2023 YOU WANT SOME vol.7 (Chignitta)
Independent Tokyo 2023 (Tokyo Port City Takeshiba)
UNKNOWN ASIA 2023 (Grand Front Osaka) Metasequoia Kyomachibori Art Fair 2023 (Osaka Kyomachibori)
Real man-made objects (YOD TOKYO)
YOU WANT SOME vol.8 (POMPONCAKES GARE)
Flow Scenery (Beak 585 Gallery) 2024 Kyoto Prefecture Emerging Artists Selection Exhibition 2024
Independent Tokyo 2023 selection (gallery tagboat)
100+ Asia Art Season (Shenzhen/Buji Culture and Sports Center)
2025 ARTISTS' FAIR KYOTO 2025 (Kyoto)
The Invisible Heart (River City Bangkok)
2026 A Premonition of Beauty 2026 (Takashimaya Art Gallery, Nihonbashi, Kyoto, Osaka, Nagoya, Yokohama, Shinjuku
2023
Independent Tokyo 2023 Grand Prix
UNKNOWN ASIA 2023 Jury Award: Mavis Mak Award
Reviewer Awards: Mizuno Tomohiro Award, Kimura Hiroshi Award, Sasaki Koji Award, Yamane Siboru Award, Hirayama Misato Award, Tahara Naoko Award, Kawabe Akitaka Award
Metasequoia Kyomachibori Art Fair 2023 Furutani Takaharu Award
2024
Kyoto Prefecture Emerging Selection Exhibition 2024 NHK Kyoto Broadcasting Station Award
100+ Asia Art Season Grand Prix
2016 NICE BEACON (contemporary gallery)
2017 THE NOU (KUNST ARZT)
2019 BONUS TRACK (KUNST ARZT)
2020 Whisper <Rattles> (KUNST ARZT)
2021 CURTAIN CALL (KUNST ARZT)
CURTAIN CALL#2 (Shinjuku Ophthalmology Gallery)
2023 GHOST (KUNST ARZT)
2024 NEED VIEW (7gallery)
New New (vinyl tape, Kyoto)
2026 KIT (Kyoto Okazaki Tsutaya Bookstore)