小ヴァン湖

Born in Yamagata Prefecture in 1978. Completed a master's degree in Intermedia Art at the Graduate School of Fine Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts in 2011. Studied at the Stuttgart State Academy of Art and Design in Germany from 2011–13. After working in Stuttgart, relocated to Berlin. Returned to Japan in 2022 and is currently based in Yamagata. Interested in existential aesthetics and the coincidence of things across simultaneity and different levels of time. Major exhibitions include, solo exhibitions: 2025「オルガネラ」, Sprout Curation (The White / Tokyo); 2023「ラッキークローバー」Koganei Art Spot Chateau 2F; 「Bhel」HIGURE 17-15 cas (Tokyo); 2022「ハート」Sprout Curation (Tokyo); 2019「10日前の砂」Koganei Art Spot Chateau BF (Tokyo); 2018「子午線」BUoY (Tokyo). Group exhibitions: 2025「光の後始末」; 2021「THE SHARK」Deutsches Haus (Tokyo); 2018「JPN_3」Sprout Curation (Tokyo); 2017「Global Forest 2017」Sankt Georgen (Germany); 2016「Temporäre Kunsthalle Neukölln」Parkdeck 5 in Neukölln Arcaden (Germany); 2015「Letschebach Istanbul Project」Istanbul (Turkey), among others.