Nakagami Kiyoshi

“Poetics of Light” Born from Darkness — A Solitary Painter the World Is Watching]

Born in Shizuoka in 1949. We have established a unique technique for drawing “light” using gravity and the natural flow of paint without using a brush at all. This work has a sublime spirituality, as if a philosophical golden light rises from deep darkness. Collected by a Japanese art museum. He is one of Japan's leading abstract painters, praised as “modern alchemy” by collectors around the world. In 2025, he held his first large-scale solo exhibition in Latin America in Mexico, making his evaluation even more unwavering.

Nakagami Kiyoshi | All Solo Exhibitions (Kiyoshi Nakagami: Solo Exhibitions)

1970's

• 1971: “From 12 Planes” Fujimi-cho Atelier (Yokohama)

• 1973: Tokiwa Gallery (Tokyo)

• 1973: Tamura Gallery (Tokyo)

• 1975: “On the establishment of a flat surface as a flat surface and the relationship between a plane and a frame (form)” Kanagawa Prefectural Hall Gallery (Yokohama)

• 1977: Contemporary Art Factory (Tokyo)

• 1978: “Nakagami Classic” Ginza Cinema (Tokyo)

1980s

• 1981: Peter Daniel Miller (Kamakura Gallery) (Tokyo)

• 1982: Gallery Tamaya (Tokyo)

• 1983: Gallery Tamaya Annex (Tokyo)

• 1985: Gallery Renan (Tokyo)

• 1986: Peter Daniel Miller (Kamakura Gallery) (Tokyo)

• 1989: Hino Gallery (Tokyo)

The 1990s

• 1991: Hino Gallery (Tokyo)

• 1992: Hino Gallery (Tokyo)

• 1993: Gallery Tamaya (Tokyo)

• 1993: Hino Gallery (Tokyo)

• 1994: Hino Gallery (Tokyo)

• 1996: Hino Gallery (Tokyo)

• 1997: Hino Gallery (Tokyo)

• 1998: Hino Gallery (Tokyo)

• 1999: “Various Eyes 191 Nakagami Kiyoshi Exhibition” Kawasaki City Civic Culture Gallery (Kanagawa)

2000s

• 2000: Hino Gallery (Tokyo)

• 2001: Hino Gallery (Tokyo)

• 2002: Hino Gallery (Tokyo)

• 2002: “Peintures récentes” Galerie Richard (Paris, France)

• 2005: “Peintures de Lumière” Galerie Richard (Paris, France)

• 2005: Hino Gallery (Tokyo)

• 2007: Hino Gallery (Tokyo)

• 2007: Peter Daniel Miller (Macmillan Art) (Musashino, Tokyo)

• 2008: “Nakagami Kiyoshi Exhibition: Light from Paintings” Kanagawa Prefectural Museum of Modern Art, Kamakura (Kanagawa)

• 2008: Galerie Richard (Paris, France)

• 2008: Hino Gallery (Tokyo)

2010s

• 2010: Hino Gallery (Tokyo)

• 2011: Galerie Richard (Paris, France)

• 2012: “Epiphany” Galerie Richard (New York, USA)

• 2012: Hino Gallery (Tokyo)

• 2014: “Recent Opinions” Galerie Richard (Paris, France)

• 2014: “Square Concerns” Galerie Richard (New York, USA)

• 2014: Kasuya Forest Museum of Contemporary Art (Yokosuka, Kanagawa)

• 2014: Hino Gallery (Tokyo)

• 2015: “Epiphany II” Galerie Richard (New York, USA)

• 2015: Galleria Finalte (Nagoya)

• 2015: Taguchi Art (Gifu)

• 2015: Hino Gallery (Tokyo)

• 2017: Galleria Finalte (Nagoya)

• 2018: “Light from Afar” LeWallen Galleries (Santa Fe, USA)

• 2018: “Theophany” Galerie Richard (New York, USA)

• 2019: “Theophany - Manifestation” Hino Gallery (Tokyo)

The 2020s

• 2020: Galleria Finalte (Nagoya)

• 2021: “Internal Origin-Manifestation” Art Genra (Kanazawa, Ishikawa)

• 2021: “Peintures 2018-2021” Galerie Richard (Paris, France)

• 2025: “POETICS OF SHADOW” GE Galería/colector.gallery (Monterrey, Mexico)