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“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)